[Goanet] VfM-Restaurant reviews: So blame it on the cook... when things go right

2007-09-25 Thread Goanet Reader
TRI Continental Film Festival - Dona Paula, Goa, Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2007 http://www.moviesgoa.org/tricontinental/tricon.htm For public viewing. Registration at The International Centre Goa. (Ph: +91-832-2452805 to 10)

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Why the Penpricks expose was anonymous (thehoot.org)

2007-10-01 Thread Goanet Reader
TRI Continental Film Festival - Dona Paula, Goa, Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2007 http://www.moviesgoa.org/tricontinental/tricon.htm For public viewing. Registration at The International Centre Goa. (Ph: +91-832-2452805 to 10)

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Whistling a happy tune... in yesterday's Goa (Domnic Fernandes)

2007-10-03 Thread Goanet Reader
leam ieo" (The vicar is not in; come tomorrow); and the like. At the same time, church-employed pede or bhaia taught the parrot Konkani greetings full of bad words, which the parrot picked up faster and better and used them more often than the polite greetings. The result? Every visitor to the ch

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Where was great granddad? Musings 150 years after Cawnpore...

2007-10-13 Thread Goanet Reader
footsteps. May his life and struggles be an inspiration to the youth of today, especially of his native Goa, in this sesquicentennial year of his arrival in what was then Cawnpore. -- The writer aka Alan Noronha is a Gandhian social activist; community leader, and a businessman by profession. ---

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Reasons for returning (by Jerry Pinto)

2007-04-19 Thread Goanet Reader
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The Seedbed of a Goan Cosmopolitanism (Maria Aurora Couto)

2007-04-19 Thread Goanet Reader
seum, around which the works of other Goan artists are displayed. Vivek Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] has long been a Goanetter. ----- GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. W

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Mapping the Invisible River: Contemporary Art in Goa

2007-04-20 Thread Goanet Reader
sts will maintain their spirit of zestful exploration and never retreat into the complacent self-entombment of Cholamandal in the deep South. It is in celebration of, and homage to, this spirit of zestful exploration that 'Aparanta' is dedicated

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Why this book: some wrods from the author of "Domnic's Goa"

2007-04-25 Thread Goanet Reader
ct [EMAIL PROTECTED] A copy of the book's cover is at http://flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/471033804/ See also: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2007-April/056288.html - GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its rea

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Two views ... of G oa's art exhibition Aparantã

2007-04-26 Thread Goanet Reader
t of Goa. But artists like Viraj Naik, Pradeep Naik and Siddharth Gosavi now have gallery owners coming to them at home, in the state." And that's something Hoskote can certainly take credit for. Apr 28 , 2006 CHECK OUT for other critical views on this event, written by Margaret Mascarenhas, Rahul Goswami and Nandkumar Kamat. --

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Making war into a game... quiet chess revolution on in Goa

2007-04-27 Thread Goanet Reader
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Who cares for coloured canvas? (Rahul Goswami)

2007-05-01 Thread Goanet Reader
iter and can be contacted via [EMAIL PROTECTED] He is based at the Ferry Cross Place in Betim, Bardez. Ph 91 9881068778 or 91 9321027684 or +91 832 3251566). - GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related w

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: ... space for all, in the world of art (Cordelia Francis interviews Ranjit Hoskote)

2007-05-07 Thread Goanet Reader
mal interests and historical orientations. The lesson of 'Aparanta' is that there is space and time for everyone. We must abandon the scarcity-economy reflexes and the quota mentality that have haunted us for years. We must realise that generosity of spirit, rather than the crabbedness

[Goanet] Myths of Goa... old and new (Dr Robert S Newman)

2007-05-08 Thread Goanet Reader
nn, Alexander, numerous articles in several journals. Newman, Robert S. "Festivals of Diversity -- Festivals of Unity", Oriente, pp.34-46 Newman, Robert S., Of Umbrellas, Goddesses and Dreams: Essays on Goan Culture and Society, Mapusa, Goa, Other India Press, 2001. Pearson, Michael N. Coastal Western India, New Delhi, Concept

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The Konknnes and the Kirrghes (or, A Once Upon a Time Translator's Take on the Konkani Script Imbroglio) Augusto Pinto

2007-05-11 Thread Goanet Reader
e to master a wide range of prose and verse styles and then know when to use which -- and have the judgement to know when to translate, transcreate or adapt. Before this gets more abstruse than it already has, may I conclude by giving

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The Konknnes and the Kirrghes (or, A Once Upon a Time Translator's Take on the Konkani Script Imbroglio) by Augusto Pinto

2007-05-11 Thread Goanet Reader
h themselves -- but in addition to this be able to master a wide range of prose and verse styles and then know when to use which -- and have the judgement to know when to translate, transcreate or adapt. Before this gets more abstruse than it already has, may I conclude by giving

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Why tiny Goa needs to look into the deep end of cyberspace

2007-05-16 Thread Goanet Reader
cle was first published in New Frontiers, Life Plus, The Navhind Times http://www.navhindtimes.com, Goa, on Wednesday, May 16, 2007) - GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews

[Goanet] Goanet Reader/Learn Konkani: Goenchim Ghoram [Goan houses] ... from the Wikipedia

2007-05-17 Thread Goanet Reader
--- CONVENTION OF THE GOAN DIASPORA FROM GOA INTO THE WORLD Lisbon, Portugal June 15-17, 2007 Details at: http://www.goacom.org/casa-de-goa/noticias.html --- Goenchim Ghoram [Goan houses] >Fr

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Vote for a divided legislature (By Aureliano Fernandes)

2007-05-23 Thread Goanet Reader
price of democracy is eternal vigilance. We as an electorate cannot despair but have to keep up the discourse and initiatives for a better polity given the higher literacy of the Goan electorate. Such initiatives take at least a decade or more to come to fruition. Even if democracies such as

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: A deadly stigma -- interior Goa strugglesl with TB in a way the statistics don't show

2007-05-27 Thread Goanet Reader
ry TB, of which nearly 5000 are infectious. An average 2,100 new TB cases are detected every year, of which 50 per cent are sputum positive. -- The article appeared in Gomantak Times, Panjim Edition dated April 20, 2007. It was written with the support of PANOS STOP Media Fellowship. Preet

[Goanet] Goanet Highlights: Goan names, Asian diet, overseas Indians, Tales From The Attic ... (by Dr Cornel DaCosta in GoanVoice)

2007-06-01 Thread Goanet Reader
--- CONVENTION OF THE GOAN DIASPORA FROM GOA INTO THE WORLD Lisbon, Portugal June 15-17, 2007 Details at: http://www.goacom.org/casa-de-goa/noticias.html --- GOANET HIGHLIGHTS by Cornel DaCost

[Goanet] GOANVOICES: Has Goa Been Saved?

2007-06-06 Thread Goanet Reader
--- CONVENTION OF THE GOAN DIASPORA FROM GOA INTO THE WORLD Lisbon, Portugal June 15-17, 2007 Details at: http://www.casadegoa.org --- >From http://www.deelipmenezes.com/ Tuesday, June 5, 200

[Goanet] In the land of pork eaters (By Domnic Fernandes)

2007-06-06 Thread Goanet Reader
tinge of coconut oil). She would also carry bananas or mangoes for dessert. We would eat the kharem mas dish at around noon and rice at around 2 pm. For me, it was like a yearly three-to-four day picnic! I liked the food so much -- especially the dukrachem kharem mas -- that I would eagerly wait for anot

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Revisiting our histories in Africa... from Henley-On-Thames

2007-06-18 Thread Goanet Reader
were also able to leave behind memories of the valuable Goan contribution towards the development of the Kenya Nation." NOTE: Peter Fullerton is the Secretary of the Kenya Admin. Club in the UK. Terence Gavaghan was a District Commissioner and is now a close family friend of the author. -

[Goanet] COMPUTING: Revitalizing old computers... and other options

2007-06-30 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Small State, Big Stakes (Ramachandra Guha)

2007-06-30 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet] Transition of colours (The Hindu)

2007-07-08 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet] My alphabet soup for beloved Goa ... (By Oscar Rebelo/Gomantak Times)

2007-07-09 Thread Goanet Reader
http://www.GOANET.org International Cuisine Conference on Traditional Asian Diet Panaji, Goa, September 2-5,

[Goanet] Are you responsible for what happened to me? (Venita Coelho, Moira)

2008-10-27 Thread Goanet Reader
Are you responsible for what happened to me? By Venita Coelho [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yesterday I was dragged out of a Gram Sabha by the police as if I was a criminal, taken to the Mapusa Police Station and detained there. And I am wondering if you who are reading this mail had anything to do with it.

[Goanet] Today: Where I Come From (R. Benedito Ferrao)

2008-11-04 Thread Goanet Reader
Today: Where I Come From R. Benedito Ferrao [EMAIL PROTECTED] On a day following my first return to Los Angeles from London where I have lived the last few years, I was asked by a Caucasian man, whom it so happened was English, which bus he would need to take to get to Downtown LA. I advised him.

[Goanet] The village panchayats... and gram sabhas in Goa (useful background data)

2008-11-04 Thread Goanet Reader
THE VILLAGE PANCHAYAT I GRAM SABHA Compiled by: Kumar Kalanand Mani Soter D'Souza Antonnio Francisco Fernandes All information and suggestions are in accordance with the Goa Panchayati & Raj Act, 1994 (GPR Act, 1994) and Goa Panchayats Meeting Rules (GP Rules) & Circulars in force. This booklet

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: An Open Letter to L K Advani (By George Menezes)

2008-11-05 Thread Goanet Reader
s you and give you a long life George Menezes --------- GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 1-strong readership of th

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Trial by Facebook (FN)

2008-11-06 Thread Goanet Reader
DEVIL'S ADVOCATE / Trial by Facebook By Frederick Noronha All of a sudden, Goans older than 21 are discovering that there are newer aspects to cyberspace. And, there a moral panic over this. In a Margao higher secondary, a fight takes place between two girl students. Someone else captures what ha

[Goanet] The Culture Brokers: Undervaluing The Goan Cultural Fluidity (VM)

2008-11-11 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Unwrapping Goan identity -- finding the right distraction to schizophrenia?

2008-11-14 Thread Goanet Reader
ot;bhaile" will distract us from our schizophrenia. -- Dr Souza is a prominent Indo-Portuguese historian. This essay was written for the recently-published 'Semana de Cultura Goa 2008', edited by Vivek Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

[Goanet] Portugal and Goa in the 21st Century: Towards an Alliance of the Small

2008-11-16 Thread Goanet Reader
formation Adviser to the Embassy of Portugal, freelance correspondent for Portuguese weekly 'Express' and broadcaster 'Rádio Renascea', and as a columnist for the magazine 'Atlântico'. Constantino is a Portuguese citizen of Goan and German origin. This article appear

[Goanet] Green sense in a land run red (Rahul Goswami, in the Economic and Political Weekly)

2008-11-19 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Politicians on the run? (FN in Herald)

2008-11-19 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet] Goanet Reader: That is not a Portuguese house (Raya Shankhwalker)

2008-11-21 Thread Goanet Reader
Portuguese cultural fest held in Goa (called the "Semana"). The book is priced at Rs. 350 and available at Singbal's in Panjim. Thanks to VM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for making available the text to Goanet Reader.

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: When the crew gets abandoned ... tales from the high seas

2008-11-26 Thread Goanet Reader
WHEN THE CREW GETS ABANDONED... TALES FROM THE HIGH SEAS Capt. Norbert Francis Rebello was born and schooled in Mumbai until he joined the merchant navy in the early 1980s. He has sailed on various types of ships, finally opting for the oil tanker fleet. In command of ships for over a decade, he n

[Goanet] Sophisticated Attacks, but by Whom? (ALAN COWELL and SOUAD MEKHENNET, NYT)

2008-11-28 Thread Goanet Reader
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/28/world/asia/28group.html?bl&ex=1228021200&en=276ae1b71db73654&ei=5087%0A Sophisticated Attacks, but by Whom? By ALAN COWELL and SOUAD MEKHENNET Published: November 27, 2008 PARIS — A day after the terror attacks in Mumbai that killed over 100 people, one question

[Goanet] Kowtowing to the super-censors (Vidyadhar Gadgil, Herald)

2008-11-28 Thread Goanet Reader
Kowtowing to the Super-Censors >From Herald, 28 Nov 2008 Vidyadhar Gadgil [EMAIL PROTECTED] The fiasco at IFFI over a film by M F Husain highlights the extent to which the state is in the thrall of obscurantist forces, says VIDYADHAR GADGIL The 'ban' on the screening of the short film 'Through t

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Dispatch From An Anxious Mumbai (Naresh Fernandes, in The New Republic)

2008-11-29 Thread Goanet Reader
The New Republic Dispatch From An Anxious Mumbai by Naresh Fernandes -- The editor of 'Time Out Mumbai' reports from the surreal scene of the attacks -- As columns of smoke rose from the Italianate dome of the Taj Mahal hotel in downtown Mumbai on Wednesday night, I came upon a woman standing a

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: "We've Never Felt Scared" (Naresh Fernandes in The New Republic)

2008-11-29 Thread Goanet Reader
"We've Never Felt Scared," by Naresh Fernandes Tracking the rich tradition of Jews in India. As an Indian Christian, I occasionally remind my Jewish friends that I owe my faith to them. Indian tradition maintains that a few years after Christ's death, one of his

[Goanet] Mumbai Under Siege (Yoginder Sikand in Islam, Peace and Justice)

2008-11-30 Thread Goanet Reader
Mumbai Under Siege (Yoginder Sikand in Islam, Peace and Justice) Yoginder Sikand "O ye who believe! stand out firmly for God, as witnesses to fair dealing, and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to piety: and fear God. For G

[Goanet] COUNTERVIEW -- Hotel Taj : icon of whose India? (By Gnani Sankaran)

2008-11-30 Thread Goanet Reader
Hotel Taj : icon of whose India? By Gnani Sankaran Watching at least four English news channels surfing from one another during the last 60 hours of terror strike made me feel a terror of another kind. The terror of assaulting one's mind and sensitivity with cameras, sound bites and non-stop blab

[Goanet] It would be funny if it weren't scary (Let's Put Da Blog)

2008-11-30 Thread Goanet Reader
Friday, November 28, 2008 It would be funny if it weren't scary 1. Someone has started a group in facebook called "Say NO to terrorism." Its membership is swelling by the minute. Are its members promising to not indulge in terrorism ("say no to drugs" types)? Or is the group meant to inform terror

[Goanet] A cloud over India's Muslims

2008-12-01 Thread Goanet Reader
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-nussbaum30-2008nov30,0,137039.story A cloud over India's Muslims The terrorist attacks in Mumbai may be indelibly linked to the country's Muslims, despite the likelihood of outside influence. By Martha Nussbaum November 30, 2008 If, as now se

[Goanet] For most of the educated chatteratti, VP Sin gh was an enigma – a paradox, a contradiction in terms (Chhotebhai, aka Alan Noronha, in SAR New s)

2008-12-03 Thread Goanet Reader
VP: Enigma Or Enema By Chhotebhai, SAR NEWS On the night of November 26, the earth quaked as Mumbai rocked to the sounds of terrorist gunfire. When Indira Gandhi was assassinated on October 31, 1984, the ensuing anti-Sikh riots were likened to the earth shaking when a giant tree fell. This naivet

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Before a single vote is cast... where terrorism touches ballotism

2008-12-07 Thread Goanet Reader
Before a single vote is cast... where terrorism touches ballotism By Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] The recent election for the Pale assembly by-election in Goa only confirm a trend we need to be really concerned about. That is, the results to elections in Goa are increasingly being decided

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Death Of A Salesman And Other Elite Ironies (Tarun J Tejpal, in Tehelka)

2008-12-07 Thread Goanet Reader
Death Of A Salesman And Other Elite Ironies TARUN J TEJPAL ROHINTON MALOO was shot doing two things he enjoyed immensely. Eating good food and tossing new ideas. He was among the 13 diners at the Kandahar, Trident-Oberoi, who were marched out onto the service staircase, ostensibly as hostages. Bu

[Goanet] THE PRINTED WORD: Views from, and about, 20th century Goa (FN in Gomantak Times)

2008-12-15 Thread Goanet Reader
Views from, and about, 20th century Goa Two books looking at Goa during the 20th century and before made it to the stands recently, writes Frederick 'FN' Noronha in his weekly column on books from Goa. Antonio de Noronha of Loutolim was a high court judge, during the Republican regime of colonial

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Skin-deep secularism (FN, in the Herald)

2008-12-17 Thread Goanet Reader
Skin-deep secularism FREDERICK NORONHA builds a case to show that 'secular' campaigners in Goa have their own religious and even caste biases. It may sound provocative, but the 'secular' campaigner in Goa isn't so secular. Scratch a 'secular' campaigner, and you would quickly realise that below t

[Goanet] Goanet Reader -- Africa, through Goan eyes (by Mervyn Lobo in Toronto)

2008-12-18 Thread Goanet Reader
7;s. He became a civil engineer in the U.S. and returned to Tanzania after starting his studies for the priesthood. I too, had to find out what surprises the 'new world' had to offer. -- Mervyn A. Lobo wrote this essay in September 2008. He is based in Toronto. --

[Goanet] Soiled Sons and other Tourist Attractions in Goa (George Menezes, Goanet)

2008-12-22 Thread Goanet Reader
Soiled Sons and other Tourist Attractions in Goa George Menezes If there was a fear that tourism was going to take a beating in Goa, think again. There is too much happening in "amchem" Goa. And the happenings are of such exciting proportions that it will attract thousands of Indians and foreign

[Goanet] Goanet Reader -- The Scarring of Goa (book review by Manohar Shetty, Deccan Herald)

2008-12-25 Thread Goanet Reader
THE SCARRING OF GOA Goa: Sweet Land of Mine by Claude Alvares with Reboni Saha; Goa Foundation, Mapusa; Pp 92; price not stated BOOK REVIEW BY MANOHAR SHETTY Far from the picture-perfect image of Goa, lies another Goa virtually quarantined away from the milling hordes of tourists and other beach

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Christmas Story for Our Troubled Times (George Menezes)

2008-12-25 Thread Goanet Reader
Christmas Story for Our Troubled Times George Menezes writer.geo...@gmail.com There must be hundreds of Hume pipes lying all over Mumbai. Gigantic concrete ones meant to be used for storm water drainage into the sea. They make for BMC forgotten temporary, very temporary housing for millions of h

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: What Goans Have for Breakfast (by Augusto Pinto, first published 1996)

2008-12-26 Thread Goanet Reader
This essay was first published way back in 1996, and the author underlines that his favourite book is Wayne Booth's A Rhetoric of Irony [http://tinyurl.com/8qd8va] * * * What Goans Have for Breakfast By Augusto Pinto pinto...@gmail.com "History is the most dangerous of all the products of the c

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The doyen of Goan writing in English (interview with Victor Rangel-Ribeiro)

2008-12-29 Thread Goanet Reader
The doyen of Goan writing in English Victor Rangel-Ribeiro is a name closely connected with the resurgence that Goan writing in English has seen in recent years. An octogenarian, what's admirable about him is not just the high-energy levels with wh

[Goanet] Communal cauldron: Goa isn't doing enough to hold things in check

2009-01-02 Thread Goanet Reader
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (

[Goanet] THE PRINTED WORD : Konkani books... awaiting getting noticed

2009-01-12 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet] Goanet Reader: What would you be willing to give your life for? (By Venita Coelho)

2009-10-27 Thread Goanet Reader
The Accidental Activist -- Oct 26, 2009 To Die For By Venita Coelho venitacoe...@gmail.com What would you be willing to give your life for? That might seem like an odd question, but it has been on my mind the last few weeks. The Naxals and Maoists have been in the news as the war between them an

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Where old is gold (Reena Martins, in The Telegraph, Kolkata)

2009-11-02 Thread Goanet Reader
Where old is gold In Goa, old houses are being restored to their former glory. Reena Martins checks out some of these gems. Photos: House that! (From top) Ruben Vasco da Gama's villa in Quepem; A bedroom in the villa; Juhi Prasad sits outside her restored house in Saligao. Pix: Reena Martins ree

[Goanet] Goanet Reader -- Memento Mori: Simplifying life, losing hair (Venita Coelho)

2009-11-07 Thread Goanet Reader
The Accidental Activist --- Venita Coelho -- Memento Mori: Simplifying life, losing hair A few weeks ago I decided that I wanted to simplify my life. So I went ahead and did what I'd been wanting to do for many years. I shaved my head. This did not come eas

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goan... via the stomach (Alda Figueiredo's recipes)

2009-11-17 Thread Goanet Reader
THE PRINTED WORD: Goan... via the stomach Frederick Noronha f...@goa-india.org FOR GOANS overseas, music has been a strong link with home. The same can be said of Goan writing, and there is a market overseas for books on Goa. But cookery can't be overlooked

[Goanet] Musicians of brass (Maria Cabral Fernandes, in Gomantak Times)

2009-11-19 Thread Goanet Reader
Musicians of brass MARIA CABRAL FERNANDES taps her feet to the 'Rubber Band', one of Goa's very rare brass bands. With the advent of pop bands and DJs, genuine brass bands in Goa are slowly fading out. Many that exist play the easier chorus/pop music. Finding a band that plays authentic classical

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: A mirror to the media (FN, in Gomantak Times)

2009-11-21 Thread Goanet Reader
THE PRINTED WORD/A mirror to the media By Frederick Noronha f...@goa-india.org 'Saralvaat' is retired editor Suresh Walve's autobiography of his times in journalism. For those interested in knowing about the men -- our media is only just overcoming its gender imbalances -- who shape our thoughts

[Goanet] THE PRINTED WORD: West coast history, for the lay-man

2009-11-27 Thread Goanet Reader
THE PRINTED WORD: West coast history, for the lay-man Frederick Noronha f...@goa-india.org The Bombay we know was renamed Mumbai in the mid-1990s, at the insistence of the Shiv Sena. At that time, there were questions over what the city's name really meant. Where did its name really come from? D

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Just Loving Life: The Spirit That's Uniquely Anglo-Indian (SAR News)

2009-11-28 Thread Goanet Reader
Just Loving Life: The Spirit That's Uniquely Anglo-Indian By SAR NEWS BANGALORE, Karnataka (SAR NEWS) -- There were fears among the Anglo-Indians in India that the federal government would remove the constitutional privileges and the minority status for the community as enshrined in the Constitut

[Goanet] The ocean ... indigenous and migrant people... a view from a Goan in Aotearoa/New Zealand (Ruth DeSouza)

2009-11-30 Thread Goanet Reader
is what we have in common." This piece for Goanet Reader is an attempt to create some engagement and discussion among the Goan diaspora about the relationships we have with indigenous and settler communities in the countries we have migrated

[Goanet] Goanet: Icon -- FN Souza (Vivek Menezes... in GQ)

2009-11-30 Thread Goanet Reader
ICON: F.N.SOUZA His artwork has sold for millions and hangs in the world's greatest museums. Yet, until his death in 2002, Francis Newton Souza struggled for recognition, and even faced bankruptcy. Vivek Menezes looks back on an extraordinary friendship with India's most misunderstood artist FN SO

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The Goan behind the revolution in Asian skies (Anoop Babani, in Business India)

2009-12-01 Thread Goanet Reader
B U S I N E S S I N D I A ! November 29, 2009 Overseas Indian New age airline for a new age Asia Tony Fernandes acquired a loss-making carrier in 2001 and transformed it into Asia's largest budget airline. Scurrying air-hostesses in bright red uniforms, young managers in jeans and sports shoes

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: One Nation Reading ... but are we in Goa? (Venita Coelho, Herald)

2009-12-02 Thread Goanet Reader
The Accidental Activist :: Venita Coelho One Nation Reading ... but are we in Goa? A couple of years ago I published a children's book. That led me to being a part of 'One Nation Reading'. Every year my publisher, Scholastic India, has its authors go to schools and societies for underprivileged

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: St. Francis Xavier... yesterday and today (Vincy Quadros)

2009-12-02 Thread Goanet Reader
By Vincy Quadros vincyatpe...@rediffmail.com Sonvsarachea khoincheay kon’xak Gõykar asum, Gõycho Saib konn hem kednach visorcho na. Gõy rajyacher kitlim orixttam yetam yetam chukon gelim. Hache fattlem mukhel karonn Gõycho Saib mhonntat. Aiz legit zaite zann bhatta-bhatti vo dhormantoracheo goz

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The coconut tree, more than just another friend to Goa (Nandkumar Kamat)

2009-12-06 Thread Goanet Reader
THE COCONUT TREE, MORE THAN JUST ANOTHER FRIEND TO GOA This essay by Goa University assistant professor, microbiologist, environmentalist and campaigner Dr Nandkumar Mukund Kamat forms the preface to master craftsman Vijaydatta Lotlikar's fortcoming book 'The Art of Coconut Craft'. It is to be rel

[Goanet] A new dawn... optimism over football emerging from Goa (Vivek Menezes, in GQ India)

2009-12-10 Thread Goanet Reader
hest level of football, in the reality of a childhood dream. He shows me how he angled his body and fired low to score for India. "From that moment things have been different," he says, his quiet voice full of emotion, eyes shining intensely in

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: An engineer's dream ... the Technical University of Berlin (Manuel Caldeira)

2009-12-11 Thread Goanet Reader
rsities in Germany, with 20.9% in the summer semester of 2007, roughly 5,598 students. The university alumni and professor list include eight Nobel Prize winners. (Wikipedia) Homepage (in English): http://www.tu-berlin.de/menue/home/parameter/en/ Goanet Reader is compiled and edited by Frederic

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Understanding the old laws (Frederick Noronha, GT, The Printed Word)

2009-12-14 Thread Goanet Reader
THE PRINTED WORD/Frederick Noronha -- Understanding the old laws Ave Cleto Afonso, who lectured in Philosophy at the Dhempe College till not long ago, came out last month with a book on the family and succession laws of Goa. The former journalist and scholar talks

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: India's wealthiest 100 and her smallest State (FN, in Herald)

2009-12-16 Thread Goanet Reader
India's wealthiest 100 and her smallest State - Devil's Advocate/FREDERICK NORONHA f...@goa-india.org Check this out: the richest Goan isn't someone linked to the mining sector, whose role has been controversial for long in Goa. Nor is he into real esta

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Going soft on terrorism (Vidyadhar Gadgil, Herald)

2009-12-17 Thread Goanet Reader
Going Soft On Terrorism [Herald, 30 Nov 2009] That the Chief Minister isn't taking firm action against the Sanatan Sanstha is an ominous sign, says VIDYADHAR GADGIL It is now a month and a half since the bomb blast in Margao on Diwali eve, which killed two Sanatan Sanstha activists who were alle

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: One of the first things that a girl is taught is that she shouldn't make too much noise (Venita Coelho)

2009-12-17 Thread Goanet Reader
The Accidental Activist Women Aloud by Venita Coelho venitacoe...@gmail.com One of the first things that a girl is taught is that she shouldn't make too much noise. "It's not ladylike... girls shouldn't be so loud... stop shouting!" Then you grow up an

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Rethinking a relationship... young Goans and Goa (Jason Keith Fernandes, Gomantak Times)

2009-12-18 Thread Goanet Reader
Rethinking a relationship... young Goans and Goa By Jason Keith Fernandes jason.k.fernan...@gmail.com Subsequent to hearing a critical participant's observation about the 'Know Goa Programme' organized by the Department for NRI Affairs, I had my reservations about the Programme, wondering if it

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Vasco Pinho's Goastalgia... books on the Goa of another day (FN)

2009-12-22 Thread Goanet Reader
THE PRINTED WORD/Frederick Noronha -- FOCUSSING ON THE GOA OF ANOTHER DAY Some readers might recall Prof Vasco Pinho as their lecturer in Economics at St Xavier's College. Post-retirement, he has reinvented himself well, to successfully author half-a-dozen books. I

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The drums of war ... (by Dr Oscar Rebello, Herald)

2009-12-23 Thread Goanet Reader
THE DRUMS OF WAR :: By Dr Oscar Rebello docosca...@rediffmail.com My dear Diggu kaka, It was with a sense of shock and awe that I heard your passionate appeal to all of us Goans, on December 19, 2009, to rise and fight all the "enemies of the State, out to defame us." Nasty fellows, these critte

[Goanet] CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS: Seeing the image of Christ in the eyes of a stranger (Daniel G. Groody, NCR)

2009-12-24 Thread Goanet Reader
Theology in the age of migration Seeing the image of Christ in the eyes of a stranger By Daniel G. Groody Migration has always been part of human history. But because of widespread changes caused by globalization, more people are migrating than ever before, prompting some to call our own generat

[Goanet] A tribute to Jesus... What does it mean to be religious? (Mike Ghouse, on WorldMuslimCongress)

2009-12-25 Thread Goanet Reader
A tribute to Jesus A tribute to Jesus on this Christmas; What does it mean to be religious? Mike Ghouse This column is dedicated to Rev. Petra Weldes of the Center for Spiritual Living in Dallas. Some of my conversation with her inspired me to write this tribute to Jesus and what it means to be

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Cause celebre... Wendell Rodricks and Goa (Business Standard)

2009-12-27 Thread Goanet Reader
Business Standard Delhi December 27, 2009 MEET WENDELL RODRICKS wendellrodri...@gmail.com AT THE GOANETTERS' 2009 MEET, DEC 28, MONDAY AT 4 PM, MIRAMAR FOODLAND: Cause celebre Archana Jahagirdar / New Delhi December 27, 2009 Fashion designer Wendell Rodricks, in his activist avatar, keeps the G

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goa's growing urban chaos: any solutions? (Frederick Noronha, in Herald)

2009-12-27 Thread Goanet Reader
Goa's growing urban chaos: any solutions? By Frederick Noronha f...@goa-india.org Goa's urban spaces are bursting at the seams, getting crowded, lack entertainment, and face unplanned growth and urban sprawl. As if that all was not enough, this small sceni

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Going without fireflies? Concerns on biodiversity... from Goa (Dr Nandkumar Kamat)

2010-01-01 Thread Goanet Reader
ther issues. Dr Kamat is also a product of the ferment among concerned Goan students of the late 1970s. Goanet Reader is edited and compiled by Frederick Noronha.

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Can all Goans be treated like DLF please? (Dr Claude Alvares, Herald)

2010-01-08 Thread Goanet Reader
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Artistic freedom and self-restraint: From Subodh to Calvert and beyond (Vidyadhar Gadgil, Herald)

2010-01-09 Thread Goanet Reader
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Bad or good... the most influential of the decade (Dr Oscar Rebello, Goan Observer)

2010-01-11 Thread Goanet Reader
Bad or good... the most influential BY DR OSCAR REBELLO docosca...@rediffmail.com I was asked by the Goan Observer to put up my personal choices of the ten most influential set of people who influenced the decade. Some did so positively, some did so negatively, and some were there with a huge pot

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Farewell to Duda (Mári o Cabral e Sá, Gomantak Times)

2010-01-12 Thread Goanet Reader
FAREWELL TO DUDA :: By Mário Cabral e Sá mariocabra...@yahoo.co.in I dedicate this column to Maria dos Anjos Messias Gomes e Rebello -- Duda to her family and her innumerous friends and admirers, among whom I was perhaps one of the oldest. She was no famous personality, no beauty queen, though sh

[Goanet] Not a sin city: Skewed media coverage of a few crimes involving foreigners has sullied Goa's image (Devika Sequeira, Deccan Herald)

2010-01-17 Thread Goanet Reader
Skewed media coverage of a few crimes involving foreigners has sullied Goa's image Not a sin city Devika Sequeira devikaseque...@gmail.com 'Of all the places I have worked, lived and travelled in India, none is safer for women than Goa, despite the recent ugly convulsions in crime, the laid-back

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Keeping track of time (Frederick Noronha)

2010-01-22 Thread Goanet Reader
THE PRINTED WORD/Frederick Noronha -- KEEPING TRACK OF TIME When we talk of the "printed word", we usually assume that it has to necessarily be related to the world of books. Though we're already well into January, it is perhaps still timely to focus on another for

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: A historical novel looking at what happened after 1510 (and more): Love and Samsara

2010-01-22 Thread Goanet Reader
A HISTORICAL NOVEL LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENED AFTER 1510 (AND MORE): LOVE AND SAMSARA LOVE AND SAMSARA By Eusebio L. Rodrigues New Academia Publishing, USA 2007 611 pp. Price not listed Love and Samsara is a historical novel set in the sixteenth century. It explores the conseque

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Early end of a celebrated chapter (Valmiki Faleiro, on late Olivinho Gomes

2009-07-31 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training a

[Goanet] The Pope's moral blunders on outsourcing S A Aiyar (Times of India)

2009-08-02 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training a

[Goanet] Samir Kelekar's write-up draws attention of MLAs, Speaker in Goa Assembly

2009-08-05 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training a

[Goanet] From Goa: An open letter in defence of Free Speech

2009-08-09 Thread Goanet Reader
- Goanetter Francis Rodrigues (Vasco/Toronto) unveils his book, The Greatest Konkani Song Hits. Launch dates: Goa (Kala Academy) on 9 Aug. 4 pm. U.K. (Staines) on 15 Aug. Canada on 20 Aug and US on 30 Aug. Details http://www.konkaniso

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The price of language chauvinism: English education in Goa (Nisser Dias)

2009-08-10 Thread Goanet Reader
The price of language chauvinism: English education in Goa BY NISSER DIAS nisserd...@gmail.com Goa is said to be one most literate state in the country. Yet, for almost twenty years now, we are still discussing and debating the medium of instruction suitable for our children. This seems to be a c

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