Re: [Goanet] Prmoting caste blindness - to Victor

2007-12-25 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
--- Roland Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Victor, > The last sentence "there's room for everybody who > lives a good life" is your > own interpretation. That is not part of the passage. > > The reading is : > In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were > not so, I would have to

Re: [Goanet] Salvation of caste-blind atheists

2007-12-27 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
--- Kevin Saldanha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Victor, > > Do you believe that a person who does not believe in > a God and, in > fact, vehemently denies his/her existence will be > saved too, > regardless of how 'good' a life they live? > > What exactly do you mean by 'saved'? I pose th

Re: [Goanet] Salvation of caste blind atheists

2007-12-27 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
--- Bhandare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Kevin: > > My original contention was that according to the > Bible > a person can achieve salvation only thrugh jesus > Christ. What any individual catholic believes has no > bearing on what the Bible states. > > Though various denominations of ch

Re: [Goanet] Salvation of caste blind atheists (Bhandare)

2007-12-28 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
--- Bhandare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Jose: > > Do you mean to say that the abominable practise of > casteism is atenet of hinduism? > > btw though there is no concept of caste in > christianity , isnt the belief that only christians > will ascend to heaven while non believers will g

Re: [Goanet] Russy Karanja

2008-02-06 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
I enjoyed reading Eugene's memories of Russi Karanjia, but would like to clarify several points. Olga Tellis was not Russi's "one Goan connection." My brother Oscar began writing for Blitz soon after it was started, and I myself was taken on by Karanjia shortly after that. However, Oscar was fre

Re: [Goanet] karanjia

2008-02-08 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Eugene Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:To clarify the "one Goan connection" reference, what I meant was the "closeness" Russi and Olga enjoyed and not one of employer-employee. One Goan friend of mine worked for Blitz in the 70s. Perhaps there were more. One East Indian who worked there an

Re: [Goanet] Gandhi

2008-02-09 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Dr. Barad, To illustrate and prove your point, will you please quote the exact words Pamela Mountbatten used in her book? Don't paraphrase what she wrote, just give us the exact passage you have relied on? Sincerely, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro "Dr. U. G. Barad" &l

Re: [Goanet] Gandhi

2008-02-10 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
words without violating copyright laws. So please go to it. We are waiting. Victor Rangel-Ribeiro "Dr. U. G. Barad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear Victor, Please buy the book authored by Pamela Mountbatten titled India Remembered: A Personal Account of the Mountbatten&

Re: [Goanet] Gandhi

2008-02-17 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
regards, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro Victor Rangel-Ribeiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear Dr. Barad, I have no interest in buying Pamela Mountbatten's book. You made a statement that you claim is based on that book. It is up to you to prove the truth of that claim --- if it is ba

Re: [Goanet] Gandhi

2008-02-20 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Dr. Barad, Now that you have shown me how to complete my admittedly deficient education I feel better already. But days have passed, and you still are not able to find the quote from Pamela Mountbatten's book that would prove the truth of your allegations. Have you lost your copy? I

Re: [Goanet] The Mau Mau Film Festival

2008-08-10 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Ay, Selma! They celebrate it because it was their fight for independence, bloodily fought and bloodily suppressed. Regards, Victor --- On Sun, 8/10/08, Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] The Mau Mau Film Festival To: "Goa's premiere maili

Re: [Goanet] The Mau Mau Film Festival

2008-08-11 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Selma, Cornel, others, Yahoo has me jinxed, my emails fly out before I'm ready to send them! May I recommend an excellent book by Robert B. Edgerton: MAU MAU, an African Crucible. It was published in 1989 by the Free Press in New York, and by Collier Macmillan in London. The book is ve

Re: [Goanet] From Lisbon to Toronto Part I

2008-08-11 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Gabe, Let me repeat my incomplete message, and add to it:   Dear Gabe, To the best of my knowledge, no law governs who may or may not organize a Goan Convention. I did not question Casa de Goa's authority to organize it in Lisbon; I just went, participated, and contributed to the b

Re: [Goanet] Konkani Story writing workshop

2008-08-19 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Mr. Da Costa, Who will be conducting the workshop? That is an important bit of information that would-be participants would like to know. Regards, Victor --- On Mon, 8/18/08, Fausto Da Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Fausto Da Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Konkani Stor

Re: [Goanet] Quiz 4

2008-08-26 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Hi, Anirudha! A couple of questions about your quiz. If the club meets on the first Sunday of every month, why is it meeting on August 31? If it has only met twice so far, how can that be the fourth meeting? Just being quizzical. Regards, wish I was there, Victor --- On Tue, 8/26/08, Aniruddha Se

Re: [Goanet] [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Re: REVIEW: Small State, big attitude (Rahul Srivastava)

2008-09-09 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Moderators, This is an article about Goa, not a review! --- On Mon, 9/8/08, Goanet Reformat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Goanet Reformat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Re: REVIEW: Small State, big attitude (Rahul Srivastava) To: "Goa's premiere mailing l

Re: [Goanet] Video Clipping - Fundamentalist assaulting a Christian in Mangalore

2008-09-18 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Valley Faleiro, And if he turns over the evidence to the police, without copying it first, what are the chances that the police will destroy it? There have been claims that the police in Karnataka (and elsewhere) have been cooperating with the assailants. Victor --- On Thu, 9

Re: [Goanet] Open letter to Goanet and other Goan related websites

2008-09-28 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
My take on the word, obnubliating means clouding over, obfuscating. Regards, Victor --- On Sun, 9/28/08, Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रे <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रे <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Open letter to Goanet and other Goan related websites To

Re: [Goanet] Ruptured Cyber friendships must be healed

2008-10-02 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Thank you for this excellent post, Selma. I have made many friends through Goanet, and had many arguments with posters who hold diametrically opposed views, but such differences of opinion should not destroy friendships or the regard members have for one another. Regards, Victor

Re: [Goanet] Anglo-Indians

2008-06-07 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear John, My memory goes back a bit farther than yours. If Anglo-Indians were disliked in the years immediately preceding Independence, could it be because Anglo-Indians generally treated us Indians as inferior beings, to be pushed around and abused, verbally as well as sometimes physical

Re: [Goanet] Dinesh D'Souza....

2007-11-19 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
--- "Frederick [FN] Noron ha * फ्रेड रिक न ोरोंया" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dinesh D'Souza is talking through his hat > ...Christopher HItchins > scores in this debate, IMO http://tinyurl.com/3detdy > (... inspite of > the organisers of the debate trying to sk

Re: [Goanet] Fracas over Macacas !

2007-11-20 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
--- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, Francis, > Unlike you, I think it is silly to make a big deal > about any mis-spelled word that is obviously a typo. > > Now that is a switch in Mario's attitude that we can all welcome very warmly! Regards, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro

Re: [Goanet] Dinesh D'Souza....

2007-11-22 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Santosh's detailed format. > > > I hereby nominate George Pinto, who lives fairly > close > to Dinesh D'Souza, assisted by Goanet's pot-stirrer > extraordinaire, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro, who does not, > to arrange such a debate, which will then be > broadcast >

Re: [Goanet] Battle?

2007-11-22 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
qi WMDs that Mario knows about could be used as prize exhibits in the lobby of the Bush presidential library. Victor Rangel-Ribeiro

Re: [Goanet] Sensational dramatic unfactual statements

2007-11-23 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
-Americans badmouth a President, whether current or past. Republicans regularly vilify President Clinton, and Democrats attack Bush. _ Since presidents are not gods, their actions are not above reproach. Recently, some very prominent Republicans have criticized Pres. Bush's policies as we

Re: [Goanet] The Red Nissan

2007-11-23 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Dear Albert, Damodar Mauzo has been to Kuwait. Your first presumption was right. Your second thought - that he wrote in Konkani and was called Mauzo and therefore could not have been in Kuwait - is based on questionable grounds. Regard

Re: [Goanet] Dinesh D Souza in debate - Cornel

2007-11-25 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
n fact given us is an example of irrelevant psychoanalysis via email - surely a first in medical history! I will make my own views on caste known in a separate post. Please line up the best psychiatrists you know, because you will need them to identify whatever cognitive dissonance I am suffering from. Very best personal regards, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro

[Goanet] Caste and logic on Goanet - Gilbert Lawrence

2007-11-27 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
, and then let us have your reaction. Based on your answer, I may have some more questions for you, and so may others. My very best personal regards, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro --- Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > Hi George, > > You are right about my post to Cor

Re: [Goanet] Luis Galvao another kuddho mus! Goa invaded

2007-12-05 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
at you feel Angola, Mozambique, Cabo Verde, S. Tome and Principe, Guine-Bissau, Timor and Macao were also sovereign countries? Did Salazar ever acknowledge it, or was he in perpetual deniall? I've heard of revisionist history, but this is so much better. Best regards, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro

Re: [Goanet] Changing people's hearts and minds on caste

2007-12-06 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
oke my mind because I felt the issue needed to be addressed, and as perhaps the oldest attendee there my words as a community elder would carry some weight. Regards, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro

Re: [Goanet] nonsense written on goanet

2007-12-08 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
No doubt you have some solid basis for making this statement; please share it with the rest of us Goanetters. Regards, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro _ > Post ads for free - to sell, rent or even > buy.www.yello.in > http://ss1.richmedia.in/recurl.asp?pid=186

Re: [Goanet] Changing people's hearts and minds on caste

2007-12-10 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
the convention in Lisbon had come from Goa, and they got my message loud and clear. Best regards, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro

Re: [Goanet] Changing people's hearts and minds on caste

2007-12-11 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
lack understanding or is it a case > that personal embarrassment is not part of his > mind-set? > Cornel > > Victor Rangel-Ribeiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Gilbert Lawrence wrote: > > > Gabe speaks of CURRENT casteism in UK and Victor > > speaks o

Re: [Goanet] Changing people's hearts and minds on caste

2007-12-12 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
behaviour, and I expect an apology. Victor --- Victor Rangel-Ribeiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >* * * 2007 ANNUAL GOANETTERS

Re: [Goanet] Changing people's hearts and minds on caste

2007-12-13 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
of it, that it was a private message meant for me. Hence I replied to it directly, again not realising it would go to Goanet. This was remiss of me, and I apologize to all concerned. I will be more careful in future. Regards, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro --- Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Goanet] eric parsed

2007-12-16 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
* * * 2007 ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET - GOA * * * WHERE: Foodland Cafe - Miramar Residency - Miramar, Goa WHEN: December 27, 2007 @ 4:30pm M

Re: [Goanet] Remembering Inquisition on the eve of Liberation Day

2007-12-19 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
* * * 2007 ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET - GOA * * * WHERE: Foodland Cafe - Miramar Residency - Miramar, Goa WHEN: December 27, 2007 @ 4:30pm M

Re: [Goanet] Prmoting caste blindness - to Santosh

2007-12-19 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
olic at age 82, and what my Catholic faith taught me is that there are very many ways one can get to heaven; one does not have to be a Catholic to get there, one has to live a good life. Please spread the word among those who believe

Re: [Goanet] Promoting catholic blindness - to Victor

2007-12-22 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
* * * * *http://www.goanet.org* * * * * Stage Play: ON THE HOLY TRAIL Staged By: The Mustard Seed Art C

Re: [Goanet] Prmoting caste blindness - to Victor

2007-12-22 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
* * * * *http://www.goanet.org* * * * * Stage Play: ON THE HOLY TRAIL Staged By: The Mustard Seed Art C

Re: [Goanet] Catholic Schools - Something for Nothing

2007-07-16 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Eric, Your quiet but heart-felt generosity to friends, strangers, and charitable causes more than makes up for your brother's attitude. Still, you have made a valid point, and I'm sure it will be noted by many. Enjoyed meeting you that Sunday, and our all-too-brief chat. Warm rega

Re: [Goanet] Selma's flippant remarks re. late Alfred Rose. CALL FOR A TRUCE

2007-07-29 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Alfred, Although you seem to believe that Selma's statement was made in jest, that is not how I read it. It would seem to the casual reader that she was passing on to us some information she herself had learned, and the statement that followed did not really establish that it was "utterly

Re: [Goanet] Turning the page

2007-07-30 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
WWW.GOANET.ORG *** A N N O U N C E M E N T Launching Goanet-finance - Dedicated to Money-matters Interested in Money-Finance-Stocks-B

Re: [Goanet] Fish Curry Project.

2007-08-07 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- The First Konkani E-Cinema BLACK Nhesop Atanchem

Re: [Goanet] RSS rescued 80 christian missionaries in orissa (George Pinto)

2007-08-13 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
enterprise will be greatly appreciated. No doubt the death certificates will also describe the cause of death and the exact location of the accident. With very best regards, Victor (Rangel-Ribeiro) --- KAMALAKSH CHARI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [Goanet] Indians predated Newton 'discovery' by 250 years

2007-08-17 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
How could Jesuit missionaries have visited India in the 15th century, when the Society of Jesus was only founded in 1540, almost the middle of the sixteenth? Just curious... Victor Rangel-Ribeiro --- Sachin Phadte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Goanet] Happy in-between 12th and 14th Birthday

2007-08-26 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
rsary! Victor Rangel-Ribeiro

Re: [Goanet] Caste: Old topic revisited

2007-08-28 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
owed to sit elsewhere? I would like to visit that church, and see for myself, and sit with my friends and family in the benches that are so honoured. Thirdly, can you tell me how I can recognize a Dalit? I myself cannot rec

Re: [Goanet] Saxe-Coburg Goethe: Britains Royal family !

2007-09-09 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * GARCA BRANCA VACATION ACCOM

Re: [Goanet] Saxe-Coburg Goethe: Britains Royal family - to Tavares

2007-09-17 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
http://www.GOANET.org TRI Continental Film Festival - Dona Paula, Goa, Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2007 http://www.movies

Re: [Goanet] Calling Nairobi Goans re. preservation of Nairobi South Cemetery

2008-12-19 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
How sad, that an English historian wants to honour our Goan dead in Nairobi, while two prominent Goan institutions there refuse to cooperate! Perhaps they would, if the Goan graves were segregated by caste? Just a thought... Victor --- On Fri, 12/19/08, Mervyn & Elsie Maciel wrote: From: Merv

Re: [Goanet] Happy Birthday to Frederick Noronha

2008-12-25 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Frederick, Lea joins me in wishing you the happiest birthday ever, and the best of all possible New Years in this best of all impossible worlds. Victor --- On Thu, 12/25/08, Goanet Greetings wrote: From: Goanet Greetings Subject: [Goanet] Happy Birthday to Frederick Noronha To:

Re: [Goanet] Multicultural Community Service Awards 2007: Albert Da Cruz

2007-04-08 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Donor Congratulations, Albert. When we met a couple of years ago I was impressed by your dedication to multicultural community service, and am delighted that the importance of your work has finally been recognized. Best wishes, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro G

Re: [Goanet] Aparanta April 21: Eunice de Souza, 'How Goa invented the Sound of India', and the Mustard Seed Arts Company

2007-04-20 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
n "after 7 p.m." Get that clarified. How much after 7? You might be able to enjoy all of our delectable string music. Warm regards to one and all, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Saturday April 21, after 7PM, in the courtyard of the old GM

Re: [Goanet] Colonial cousins... the Portuguese link in stamps

2009-03-06 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Frederick, What is their email address? I'd like to join the group. Regards, Victor --- On Fri, 3/6/09, Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक न wrote: From: Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक न Subject: [Goanet] Colonial cousins... the Portuguese link in stamps To: "Goa's premie

Re: [Goanet] In search of: Savio Dias, in the US

2009-03-11 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Frederick, I have found four addresses and telephone numbers for a Savio Dias in Canada, and another address and phone number for a Savio Dias in Florida. Ask your friend to contact me and I will give him all the data I have found. You have my contact information. Best regards,   

Re: [Goanet] Family lunch & quiz- GG

2009-03-15 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
A lot of us would like to attend. Where will this family lunch and picnic take place? We need to know in order to get there! Victor --- On Fri, 3/13/09, Dr.Joyce D'Souza Shamshudin wrote: From: Dr.Joyce D'Souza Shamshudin Subject: [Goanet] Family lunch & quiz- GG To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;@s

Re: [Goanet] pls visit Francis Dias, father of the missing Savio Dias(USA)& NGO - HOPE

2009-03-17 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Wonderful idea. Thanks for suggesting it. Victor --- On Mon, 3/16/09, jane gillian rodrigues wrote: From: jane gillian rodrigues Subject: [Goanet] pls visit Francis Dias, father of the missing Savio Dias(USA)& NGO - HOPE To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Monday, March 16, 2009, 6:29 AM ---

Re: [Goanet] Looking out for: Clare Mendonca

2009-04-02 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Debashree, You should find plenty of material on Clare Mendonca in the Times of India "morgue", where they keep their clippings. She was more than the Times' film critic in the 1940s and 50s, she had a huge - and I mean huge - personal following. I believe that her funeral was so well

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] DEATH: Lambert Mascarenhas, 106, founder-editor, Goa Today

2021-06-28 Thread Victor Rangel-ribeiro
hed in the 1950s, was a source of inspiration to many in my generation. If it is no longer in print; it deserves to be reprinted. May he rest in peace.    Victor Rangel-Ribeiro -Original Message- From: Frederick Noronha To: Goanet Sent: Sun, Jun 27, 2021 5:42 pm Subject: [Goanet-N

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Leonard Fernandes talks on stamp-collecting...

2021-07-19 Thread Victor Rangel-ribeiro
Dear Frederick and Leonard,    I would very much like t attend the webinar because I've been a stamp collector for most of my life. But I was unable to register.    HELP Mog assundi,Victor -Original Message- From: Frederick Noronha To: Goanet Sent: Sun, Jul 18, 2021 5:03 pm Su

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Tony de Sa...

2021-09-27 Thread Victor Rangel-ribeiro
That is truly troubling news. Am praying his situation changes for the better.Mog asundi,Victor -Original Message- From: Frederick Noronha To: Goanet Sent: Mon, Sep 27, 2021 11:49 am Subject: [Goanet-News] Tony de Sa... Tony de Sa's daughter Anna Marie de Sa responded to say: "My dad

Re: [Goanet] [goawriters2] World Book Day Celebrations

2019-04-05 Thread Victor Rangel-ribeiro
And I'll be there as well, Leonard, God willing.Victor -Original Message- From: V M vmin...@gmail.com [goawriters2] To: goawriters2 Cc: Goa Book Club ; goanet Sent: Fri, Apr 5, 2019 10:58 am Subject: Re: [goawriters2] World Book Day Celebrations #yiv7923761900 #yiv7923761900 -- #yiv7

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] DELHI: A Godin & Co, the piano shop of Connaught Place, is gone (2016)

2021-01-23 Thread Victor Rangel-ribeiro
My dear Frederick,    The Godin Piano store may have vanished from Delhi, but the Bombay store, located barely 50 yards from my apartment in Byculla when I lived there in the 1950s and whose owner was a friend of mine, continues to exist in Panaji under a different name and perhaps a different o

Re: [Goanet] Congrats, Carmen Miranda!

2009-10-14 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wed

Re: [Goanet] Why salt?

2009-11-03 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Frederick, Salt was a government monopoly in British India. That is why Mahatma Gandhi made his historic salt march---just a handful of salt picked off the ground was enough to drive the British berserk. Many of the Mahatma's moves struck at Britain's economic imperialism; as when he

Re: [Goanet] Panjim Open Philharmonic ... at practice

2009-11-03 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Frederick, Loved the photos. Obviously the musicians are having a wonderful time, and Rui has started a venture that will get many more people involved in music making and in listening. Congratulations to him and to all those who turn out, week after week! A small suggestion: si

Re: [Goanet] Goa University Merit List, April-2009

2009-11-09 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Congratulations to St. Xavier's, Mapusa, for continuing to provide high quality education. Victor Rangel-Ribeiro --- On Mon, 11/9/09, St. Xavier's College - Mapusa - Goa - India - 403507 (TEL: 0832-2262356 WEBSITE: www.xavierscollege- wrote: From: St. Xavier's College - Mapus

Re: [Goanet] World War II German presence in Goa

2009-11-15 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Vivian, The German ships raced into Mormugao harbour to avoid being captured by the British naval forces, not to avoid being torpedoed by them! Far from torpedoing them, the British would gladly have used them to replace some of their own ships that were lost to the German submarines

Re: [Goanet] World War II German presence in Goa

2009-11-16 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
11/15/2009 10:59:09 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org writes:Message: 7 Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:22:16 -0800 (PST) From: Victor Rangel-Ribeiro To: "estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list" Subject: Re: [Goanet] World War II German presence in

Re: [Goanet] World War II German presence in Goa

2009-11-16 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Fritz Dimsak? - Original Message ---- From: Victor Rangel-Ribeiro To: estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list Sent: Mon, 16 November, 2009 2:22:16 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] World War II German presence in Goa  In the early 1990s I met several times with the German sailor turned watchmake

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goan... via the stomach (Alda Figueiredo'srecipes)

2009-11-17 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Frederick, Since Ms. Alda Figueiredo loves Goa, Goans, and Goan food so much, and has also been in and out of Goa over the years, what on earth led her to use the term "Goanese"? The term was applied to us disparagingly by outsiders, and as a teenager in Bombay I often heard it used

Re: [Goanet] Goanese ani Goan

2009-11-26 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Selma, Jack Sequira? Who could that be? One of the Sequiras from Sussex Downs? Since his name appears in your post four times you must know him well. We would like to convey your apologies to his family "up to 16 generations", but could not find him listed anywhere, not even in the e

Re: [Goanet] St.FrancisXavier

2009-12-04 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Fr. Ivo, Your quite lengthy article on the life and achievements of Saint Francis Xavier, you left out one important fact. Can you please tell us what the omission was, and why you did it? Regards, Victor --- On Thu, 12/3/09, Ivo da C.Souza wrote: From: Ivo da C.Souza Su

Re: [Goanet] St.FrancisXavier

2009-12-04 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 20:02:47 -0800 (PST) Victor Rangel-Ribeiro < vrangel...@yahoo.com<http://in.mc940.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vrangel...@yahoo.com>> wrote: Dear Fr. Ivo, Your quite lengthy article on the life and achievements of Saint Francis Xavier, you left out one important fact. C

Re: [Goanet] Fw: John Hopkin's Update on cancer.

2009-12-08 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Frederick, Johns Hopkins is one of the most prestigious and highly respected medical institutions in the United States. I thank Eric Pinto for bringing this update to our attention, because it will help protect thousands of families from developing cancer if they follow the advice that

Re: [Goanet] Fw: John Hopkin's Update on cancer.

2009-12-08 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
accepting it blindly. Regards, Victor --- On Tue, 12/8/09, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro wrote: From: Victor Rangel-Ribeiro Subject: Re: [Goanet] Fw: John Hopkin's Update on cancer. To: " estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list" Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 10:54

Re: [Goanet] A new dawn... optimism over football emerging from Goa (Viv...

2009-12-11 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Photos from Goa's 2009 mando festival: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/sets/72157622843319441/ Event on Wed, Thurs evening from 5 pm onwards, Kala Academy, Panaji-Goa -

Re: [Goanet] Fw: John Hopkin's Update on cancer.

2009-12-11 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
;Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" Date: Friday, December 11, 2009, 1:53 PM Dear Victor, Regardless of the prank behind the earlier "John Hopkins" mail, I'm curious to know more of your views on the following: 2009/12/8 Victor Rangel-Ribeiro : > Lea and I ha

Re: [Goanet] Fw: John Hopkin's Update on cancer.

2009-12-12 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
olds a different meaning altogether! Regards, Victor --- On Fri, 12/11/09, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro wrote: From: Victor Rangel-Ribeiro Subject: Re: [Goanet] Fw: John Hopkin's Update on cancer. To: " estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list" Date: Friday, December 11, 2009, 1

Re: [Goanet] Technical analysis of mixing Virgin coconut oil with Holy water

2009-12-12 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Santosh, Your suggestion that feni should also be introduced into the mix raises interesting possibilities. The feni should obviously be made from coconut palms, preferably from the very same trees whose nuts are turned into the coconut oil being used. Of course, since caju/cashew fen

Re: [Goanet] Technical analysis of mixing Virgin coconut oil with Holy water

2009-12-13 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
entist, I would have lambasted you for promoting unscientific illiteracy about the world of traditional knowledge :-) 2009/12/12 Victor Rangel-Ribeiro : > into the mix raises interesting possibilities. The feni > should obviously be made from coconut palms, > preferably FROM THE VERY SAME TREES

Re: [Goanet] NY institute selects GIM for India programme

2009-12-14 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Could this be the very prestigious and internationally known Aspen Institute in Aspen, Colorado? Regards, Victor From: Goanet News Service Goa Institute of Management (GIM) has been selected by the prestigious Aspen Institute, New York, as part of its Teaching Innovation Programme India (TIP

Re: [Goanet] Coconut tree climbing device...

2010-01-02 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
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Re: [Goanet] [Fwd: Portuguese words]

2009-09-06 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Two new showrooms/office spaces, double height (135 sq m each with bath) for le

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goans in Pakistan, the small community which...

2009-09-12 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
had on hand in Karachi. Of course, even if they merely rearranged the music, they deserve credit for having the skill and the diligence to have done so. Regards to all, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: The caring, helping musician: Filipeneri 'Fi...

2009-10-07 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wed

Re: [Goanet] Postal rates in India

2009-04-15 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Frederick, Why don't you consult with Lourdes Bravo da Costa at the Central Library? In the past she has been able to send books overseas quite inexpensively. Regards, Victor

Re: [Goanet] One morning in Shastikar-land

2009-04-15 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Alfred, The phrase is most often used after family members who have been away for long come to visit, and the house is full of fun and merriment for a while. Then the visitors pack up and go; that is when the house seems very big and very empty, so empty that it "comes

Re: [Goanet] Yesterday, we had lunch at Marietta.

2009-05-09 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Joe, Glad to hear you had lunch at Marietta's. How was the food? Regards, Victor --- On Sat, 5/9/09, JoeGoaUk wrote: From: JoeGoaUk Subject: [Goanet] Yesterday, we had lunch at Marietta. To: goa...@goanet.org Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009, 4:08 PM Yesterday, we had lunch a

Re: [Goanet] Goans in Swindon [UK] sore over Sardinha's win - Comments

2009-05-17 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear JC, and dear Floriano, It seems relevant to ask, as you did, JC, just what nationality the Goans in Swindon claim to have. I suspect that they are now either full-fledged British citizens, or on their way to achieving that exalted status. If that is so, they should stop looking at

Re: [Goanet] Violin Recital - Milind Raikar

2009-05-20 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Warm personal regards,      Victor Rangel-Ribeiro --- On Fri, 5/15/09, Goanet A&E wrote: From: Goanet A&E Subject: [Goanet] Violin Recital - Milind Raikar To: "Goanet" Date: Friday, May 15, 2009, 7:10 AM -- Forwarded message -- From: milind rai

Re: [Goanet] How many more Mr. Maha Killer?

2009-05-20 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
accused of complicity thus far. We can have trial by the judiciary, or trial by the mob, but not both. I do not know whether or not Mahanand's confessions have been obtained under torture. If so, they would be highly suspect. What do you think? Victor Rangel-Ribeiro --- On Wed, 5/

Re: [Goanet] Goa,s Freedom Fighters

2009-06-22 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Ignatius, If you had lived through those tumultuous times, you would have known the answer. The push to get Goa out of Portugal's clutches began centuries ago; Goa has had freedom fighters before India had an army, a navy, and an air force. Portugal's colonial jails housed many of our

Re: [Goanet] Goa's Freedom Fighters

2009-06-23 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Bernardo, Surely your post deserves to be taken note of by future history books! Gen. Vassalo e Silva was a Goan? Why didn't you tell us this earlier? And how about all the governors who preceded him, were they Goans too? Did you have any particular favourites among them, that you'd re

Re: [Goanet] Goa's Freedom Fighters

2009-06-23 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Jose, Yours is a very thought-provoking post. But when you ask, "Duck the question: Were Goans given the choice to autonomously decide their future?" the answer must surely be, we were prevented from exercising that choice, first and foremost, by Salazar. Very best regards, V

Re: [Goanet] Goa,s Freedom Fighters

2009-06-24 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Goans, whether they are remembered or not. They fought for Goa selflessly. What I have been consistently against is fake freedoom fighters entering the list and making the best of it to insult the memory of the real freedom fighters. B/rgds floriano - Original Message ----- From: &qu

Re: [Goanet] Goa's freedom fighters

2009-07-02 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
you Antonio Menezas for reiterating my point of view that Goa was freed by the Indian Armed forces and not by our pseudo- freedom fighters of Goa. I wrote this a few days ago and I got a scathing letter from Victor Rangel-Ribeiro that it was our Goan Freedom Fighters that liberated Goa. Also li

Re: [Goanet] Free Ireland

2009-07-03 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
My dear Ignatius, I honour you for wanting to honour those who bore arms against a foreign tyranny, or even just against foreign domination. But what about a man like Mahatma Gandhi? He did not bear arms against the British, yet surely he ranks as a fighter for the freedom of India. Wo

Re: [Goanet] Canecos

2009-07-13 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Roland, A double bass is a rebecao. Regards, Victor --- On Sun, 7/12/09, Roland Francis wrote: From: Roland Francis Subject: Re: [Goanet] Canecos To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" Date: Sunday, July 12, 2009, 10:21 AM And here I was thinking that boncao was the K

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