[Goanet] Cell phones and brain tumours

I am surprised that a person who swears by science is in total denial of the havoc created by the wonder drug Thalidomide. I am however,not surprised, when such scientists assume/ presume and draw conclusions: 1. That the persons who contacted cancer were smokers. 2. that the patients/ victims w

[Goanet] Ominous Signs of the Times?

Forwarded From: *Francis Gonsalves* Date: Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 5:47 AM Subject: Ominous Signs of the Times? To: Dear friends, We, in India, and others, worldwide, are looking at MODI-led India with awe and admiration since we feel that "India is Shining" -- as former PM wannabe L. K. Advani a

[Goanet] Protests After Fire in Delhi Church, Police Investigate Possible Arson

[image: Protests After Fire in Delhi Church, Police Investigate Possible Arson] New Delhi: Some 200 members of various churches protested and locked traffic on Tuesday outside a Catholic church in Delhi that has been badly burnt in a fire. Caretakers of Saint Sebastian's Church in east Delhi's Di

[Goanet] Mysterious fire guts Delhi church, foul play suspected

NEW DELHI: A mysterious, early morning fire destroyed one of East Delhi's big churches, St Sebastian's Church in Dilshad Garden, prompting allegations of foul play by the Christian community. Police have registered an FIR against unknown persons under section 436 (mischief by fire with intent to d

[Goanet] Burning of St Sebastian Church, Delhi

*PRESS STATEMENT* *AFTER UNPRECEDENTED PROTEST BY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL, GOVERNMENT APPOINTS SPECIAL INVESTIGATING TEAM [SIT] OF DELHI CRIME BRANCH TO PROBE BURNING OF ST. SEBASTSIAN’S CHURCH IN EAST DELHI; ASSURE SPECIAL SECURITY MEASURES FOR CHRISTMAS SEASON* *RELGIOUS LE

[Goanet] BJP gains in polls after every riot, says Yale study

Read more at: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/45378840.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

[Goanet] IT’S FINALLY HAPPENING ALL OVER!

*IT’S FINALLY HAPPENING ALL OVER!* *-Fr. Cedric Prakash sj** It's finally HAPPENING ALL OVER! Not that the intelligent Indian IS SURPRISED! Everything is ON EXPECTED lines! The "events" are meticulously planned and are being strategically executed Plenty of thinking has gone into MAINST

[Goanet] 'Ghar Wapasi': Those Who Converted Speak up

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/agenda/ghar-wapasi-those-who-converted-speak-up/349772?hp

[Goanet] RSS open to re-conversion of Goan Catholics

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/rss-open-to-reconversion-of-goan-catholics/article6732399.ece?homepage=true

[Goanet] The top ten Vedic-compliant career options in India Read more at: http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/TST1oCnk3v1lapgKQysIVK/The-top-ten-Vediccompliant-career-options-in-India.html?utm_source=cop

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/TST1oCnk3v1lapgKQysIVK/The-top-ten-Vediccompliant-career-options-in-India.html

[Goanet] rebooting india - Janus Faced

Kanti Bajpai   For the BJP-led government, development and communalism go nicely together Liberals in India who lost patience with the UPA government and became supporters of Narendra Modi are puzzled by the prime minister's silence over Sangh Parivar's growing communal interventions. They should

[Goanet] Doubts mount over India's claims of destroying terror boat from Pakistan

Naguesh Bhatcar: Where are we headed with this 'doubt' theory now? Response: Are we already living under a dictatorship where government claims cannot be questioned? Public memory is not short. We remember the threats to Modi's life in 2003-04 when several alleged fake encounters were conducted to

[Goanet] History repeats itself, first as tragedy then as farce-Markandey Katju

History repeats itself, first as tragedy then as farce. *Markandey Katju * The Coming Second Emergency Even if this shocks some people, I can accurately predict that

[Goanet] The Blight Of Unthinking

http://www.outlookindia.com/article/The-Blight-Of-Unthinking/292914

[Goanet] Ghar Wapsi: Political Agenda, Religious Garb - Rudolf C Heredia

http://www.epw.in/commentary/ghar-wapsi-political-agenda-religious-garb.html

[Goanet] Indian Christian Persecution - The CSF 2014 Report

*Justice Michael Saldanha (Rtd) Releases The CSF Indian Christian Persecution Report 2014* *5 Christians reportedly martyred for the faith. Over 300 clergy & community leaders attacked* *Over 2000 women and children victims. 7000 Others. Chhattisgarh most dangerous state to be a Christian* The las

[Goanet] In the conversion noise, the silence by Sumit Baudh

http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/in-the-conversion-noise-the-silence/99/

[Goanet] A Preamble to Disaster - Gopalkrishna Gandhi

http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31818&articlexml=poke-me-A-Preamble-to-Disaster-31012015016066

[Goanet] Food Story: How Sorpotel travelled from Brazil to India

http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/food-wine/food-story-how-sorpotel-travelled-from-brazil-to-india/99/

[Goanet] Zimbabwe By The Sea

The RBI guidelines on acquisition of immovable property by NRI's, PIO's and Foreign Nationals is very clear. If one has gone through it or studied it, there should be no confusion. I am appending below weblink to the guidelines and also highlighting critical points which are all self-explanatory:

[Goanet] Sneak peek into the sweet, sour and spicy famous Goan cuisine; try these must-have dishes

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/sneak-peek-into-the-sweet-sour-and-spicy-famous-goan-cuisine-try-these-must-have-dishes/articleshow/46078826.cms

[Goanet] Zimbabwe By The Sea

Jose Colaco asks: 1: Do guidelines (as in the RBI guidelines) constitute the law? 2: What if the property was purchased before the FEMA, 1999.came into effect? Response: 1. Guidelines have the binding force of law. 2. FEMA, 1999 is the successor to FERA,1973. FERA was far more stringent as compar

[Goanet] Zimbabwe By the Sea

Jose Colaco: Dear Marshall .Thank You.I am sure you are right.Even so Let me re-submit Q 1: while the RBI guidelines are binding upon Banking institutions and borrowers, transferrers of funds et wrt allied Banking Matters, DOES the RBI, per se, have the legal right to determine the

[Goanet] Parrikar: Church's Most Venerable Patron

Eugene Correia in his article made the foll main points: ** ** 1.Parrikar asked for mercy for his "mistakes" of cancelling the feast of St. Francis Xavier and Good Friday holidays. If Parrikar hadn't shown regret, he may have been crucified at the ballot box 2.The Deputy Chief Minister,

[Goanet] Reason under fire in India

Santosh’s postings on this subject have now become very predictable and boring. He will pick on a minor issue, distort it, and then mislead, misrepresent and obfuscate the whole matter. ** ** I have gone through the newspaper report as well as the CSF newsletter and I have the following observati

[Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 7, Issue 420

Santosh Helekar: He falsely stated that I was propagating falsehoods like Goebbels. He could provide not a single piece of evidence that I had made any assertion that was factually false. Response: Here is evidence No 1:- in the end the motive of the Church is always to convert (as always)..

[Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 7, Issue 420

I had provided evidence of the falsehoods propagated by Santosh in my last post. As it was a simple open and shut case, I had expected Santosh to accept he was wrong with honesty and humility and move on. However, apparently, I am mistaken. He prefers to live in denial and bluff and bluster his way

[Goanet] We worship the Crucified Lord

Dear Oscar, ** ** I think you have not been reading all the messages posted on Goanet. Fr Ivo was only responding to Sanal Edumaraku, a person who claims to be a rationalist who uttered these words "If Christ was killed on the Cross, then it is not a thing to be worshipped. Does anyone worshi

[Goanet] Phase out Haj subsidy in 10 years, SC tells govt

I am happy reading this. Hopefully it will send a message to state governments who are subsidizing pilgrimages to Shirdi, Vailankanni, Mansarovar, Amarnath, Ankor Vat, Jerusalem. The business of the government is to provide good governance to all citizens and not to pay for private religious pilgr

[Goanet] Support Sanad Edamaruku

Selma Carvalho: Please speak out against this injustice because we cannot have an India which suppresses free thought and scientific enquiry and needlessly wallows in the indulgence of "hurt sensibilities." Please support free thought. ** ** Response: Selma,if you are of the opinion

[Goanet] Support Sanad Edamaruku

The below poster has made it a habit of embarassing himself on public forums when he sermonises on subjects of which he has zilch knowledge, little insight and no awareness. One can only forgive him for he knows not what he is talking about. Regards, Marshall *One Goanetter has recirculated rep

[Goanet] Support Sanal Edumaraku

When exposed for his ignorance, the poster develops a persecution complex. What's new? We have seen it all. Regards, Marshall *Repeated attempts have been made by the author of the post appended below to communalize this issue and garner cheap sympathy from co-religionist partisans by invoking B

[Goanet] Support Sanal Edumaraku

Mervyn, Birds of a feather flock together. Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge. Regards, Marshall *1) I believe Santosh knows exactly what he his talking about. 2) The only person you are fooling by repeating sentences such as, "he is embarrassing himself," is yours

Re: [Goanet] Support Sanal Edumaraku

> > Mervyn, > > ** ** > > For the nth time let me assure you that I have no issue whatsoever with > Sanal Edumaraku providing a scientific explanation to the ‘dripping cross’ > phenomenon. We all need to eradicate superstition from our lives.However, I > am not able to accept from you or anyon

[Goanet] Clare Mendonca, ToI film critic in the 1930s and 1940s

Frederick, I suggest you check with the Mendonca's of Lawrence & Mayo, Opticians. I understand Clare was closely related to them. We Mendonca's of Assonora and formerly of Moira are all related, some closely and some distantly. It is sad that my father who was like an encyclopaedia on matters relat

[Goanet] The power of the media

U G Barad wrote: Recently, I mentioned to a business friend of mine that NDTV and IBN have accumulated losses of Rs 300 crores each. As a businessman, he asked how these losses are financed. I told him that the balance sheets published by* *** them do not give a clear indication. The O

[Goanet] The power of the media-business losses

MD Thank you for your post and the explanation. As a person with an accounting and legal background, I fully understand and agree with what you say. However, I was reading Barad’s post between the lines and what it insinuated. Hence my queries to him. I am still waiting for the information. **

[Goanet] 'Hitler' Parrikar shows his communal colours yet again

Anil Desai: ** ** Read this in TOI: BJP threatening Ram sena chief? Unbelievable. ** ** Response: Are we seeing a redux of the Mutt and Jeff show? Wouldn’t it have been more appropriate for the Goa administration to file a criminal case against Sri Ram Sena Chief, Pramod Mutalik in

[Goanet] Bharatnatyam dancer heads to London, boxing for Kiwis

Excerpts: A Non-Resident Indian Bharatnatyam dancer, with 17 years of stage experience behind her, will be at the Olympic stadium when the curtains go up for the London Games on July 27. But this isn’t a story about Danny Boyle, the brain behind the opening ceremony and Slumdog Millionair

[Goanet] Move to ban Sanatan Sanstha / HJS pending with Centre: ATS

Extracts: ** The government has concluded that the organisation (Sanatan Sanstha) is liable to be banned with its affiliated sister concerns Hindu Janjagruti Samiti and Dharna Shakti Sena, the letter says. It has requested the Centre to consider the recommendation and declare the outfits as unla

[Goanet] Cow slaughter: Situation continues to be tense in Punjab towns

Why are voices so muted when it comes to such repulsive and regressive laws? Why should the state decide what food peoples should eat? Where are our champions who went ballistic on the blasphemy laws recently? ** ** Regards, ** ** Marshall ** ** *Cops book the owners for hurting r

[Goanet] Prison Diaries

Mumbai-based activist Arun Ferreira kept a prison diary during his incarceration in Nagpur Central Jail. Here is a shortened version of his experiences and some of the sketches he drew in prison ** ** http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/prison-diaries

[Goanet] MoI - After one week of praises comes the statesmanly googly?

Soter, MP's decision on the MoI is like a double-edged sword. If he is ultimately able to find a viable solution, he would grow in stature. However, the present decision is like a damocles sword hanging over the heads of diocesan schools. Grants have not been sanctioned to these schools on permanen

[Goanet] Four Steps to Wisdom by Anthony de Mello

Dear *Luis,* * * *Thank you for posting that very thought provoking piece by Fr Anthony de Mello. I still have with me a few of his books like The Song of the Bird, Prayer of the Frog, Sadhana, a Way to God and One Minute Wisdom. They are extremely readable at any time or age. Whenever I feel lo

[Goanet] Four Steps to Wisdom by Anthony de Mello

Dear Alfred, I bought my copies from St Paul's Bookshop here in Bombay. You could probably get them from their branches in Panjim as under: *Pauline Book & Media Centre *Rua De Ourem, Fountainhas Panjim 403 001 Tel: (0832) 2432608 go...@paulineindia.org *Pauline Book & Media Centre *Rani Prami

[Goanet] Dom, in Love and at War

** http://www.indianexpress.com/news/dom-in-love-and-at-war/965603/0

[Goanet] Another of those rationalistic secularly Parivarturn persecution-conspiracy theory?

Here are two reality checks for those who wish to increase their knowledge, gain insights on the issues troubling the minorities and weaker sections of society and improve their awareness of the general social conditions prevailing in the country. http://www.pluralindia.com/issues-in-secular-polit

[Goanet] The many scripts of Konkani

Dear Jose At the outset, let me clarify that I was not the author of the article/ interview. I came across this interview in the DNA and posted it on Goanet as I believed it would be of interest to goans. Although I did provide the weblinks, I erred in not prefacing it with my comments. All-in-al

[Goanet] UK luxury cruise liner sacks Indian crew over pay protest

The owners of the British luxury liner P&O Cruises have sacked 150 Indian waiters for protesting wages as low as 75 pence per hour – eight times below the national minimum. The waiters, the lowest paid in an Indian restaurant on board the cruise ship Arcadia, were sacked aft

[Goanet] Goa news for July 5, 2012

Goa to fund trip of 1500 students to Swami Vivekanand Memorial in Kanyakumari - Times of India mes of IndiaGoa will organised the visit of around 1500 school students from the state to the Swami Vivekanand Memorial at Kanyakumari, as part of the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Swami Vivekan

[Goanet] A textbook case of exclusion - Rupa Viswanath

Excerpts: “SC” and “Dalit” simply refer to different sets of people. Where “Dalit” refers to all those Indians, past and present, traditionally regarded as outcasts and untouchable, “SC” is a modern governmental category that explicitly excludes Christian and Muslim Dalits. For the current ver

[Goanet] K'taka lokayukta police in tatters

The anti-corruption ombudsman, lokayukta, remaining headless in the state has drawn the ire of the Karnataka high court, but what has gone unnoticed is the quiet and slow death of the agency’s police wing, which is considered to be the sword and the cutting edge of the quasi-judicial body. Sample t

[Goanet] Mr Gracias Saldanha - RIP

Mr Gracias Saldanha (Saligao) Founder & Chairman Emeritus of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd expired on 21st July 2012 and buried on 22nd July 2012. He is survived by his wife Blanche, daughters Cheryl and Blossom and sons Glenn and Mark. Regards, Marshall

[Goanet] NoMoZo

If the NoMoZo is to be effective and successful,there has to be a total ban on motorised vehicles in the area demarcated for the NoMoZo,irrespective of business interests. Businesses will not suffer as those who want to purchase will make the effort anyways. I have seen such pedestrian plazas in Mu

[Goanet] Fighting Corruption

A man who allegedly fudged his date of Birth and who raised corruption issues only when denied an extension has better credentials than whom A man who spent an entire working life in the army but did not raise any corruption issues as long as the system worked in his favour!!! A man who shares

[Goanet] As Hai hai

I am simply aghast reading such views. Do we want to perpetuate casteism and class. Should not our youth aspire for upward mobility by studying and acquiring professional qualifications and skills? Why should a cook or tailor or cobbler or carpenter’s son not study and become a doctor or lawyer or

[Goanet] Lourdes Chapel Feast

*Augusto Pinto* S was the victim of a hit and run accident some years ago and lost one leg after it got gangrenous and had to be amputated above the knee. Response: If S is in need and would like to get a 'Jaipur Foot', I may be able to help him get one free of cost. Pl do let me know.**

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