Re: [Goanet] BJP reborn in Goa after social engineering

Dr.Gilbert, Good that like-minded people meet at every step. I did not have access to OUTLOOK EXPRESS, so I could not enjoy the contributions of Goanetters. I hope that Manohar Parrikar will change the face of BJP and of Goa. Let us see how he solves the delicate problem of grants to konkani, m

[Goanet] Greetings

Dear Readers, I did not have access to Outlook Express (bsnl.in) for long time. I hope to write sometime. I am anxiously waiting for the good results of the electoral campaign. Greetings, Fr.Ivo ---

Re: [Goanet] MORAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THOSE IN GOVERNMENT

Dear Soter, We can detect a lot of politicaL gimmicks these days, not wisdom for the welfare of the people. We need wise men like Solomon for our Goa. Keep up your work for the people of Goa! Best wishes, Fr.Ivo SOTER wrote: > MORAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THOSE IN GOVERNMENT > > VATICAN CITY,

Re: [Goanet] Political use of surveys ... Re: Goa Govt. stands exposed!

To Goanet members, We are living in a chaotic state. We have forgotten even our own language. We should try to give a proper answer to the language problem. With thanks, Fr.Ivo " Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا " wrote: > Everyone will interprete the cup as being

[Goanet] Konkani MoI

From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org On Behalf Of floriano Subject: Re: [Goanet] WILL ENGLISH MOI CREATE A PARADIGM SHIFT IN GOANPOLITICS? <

[Goanet] St.John the Baptizer

St.John the Baptizer We are celebrating today the feast of St.John the Baptizer (commonly known as John Baptist). He was the Forerunner (or Precursor) of Jesus of Nazareth. He was son of Zachariah and Elizabeth. He was born in Ayn Karim, a town in Judea. He was a Jewish preacher of repentance (m

[Goanet] English Dialects

From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org On Behalf Of Santosh Helekar --- On Mon, 6/20/11, Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão wrote: >COMMENTS: There cannot be dialect and styles of the English language. >There >can be only corrupted or rather spurious versions by different >people or >nations with i

[Goanet] Promann Konknni

From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org On Behalf Of Santosh Helekar <

[Goanet] The Feast of Pentecost

THE FEAST OF PENTECOST *Fr.Dr.Ivo da C.Souza After the feast of Easter, we are celebrating the feast of the Pentecost. It is the commemoration of the pouring down of the Spirit of the Risen Lord. Pentecost is the turning-point in the salvation history. Luke describes the mission

[Goanet] Manohar Parrikar

From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org On Behalf Of SOTER Subject: [Goanet] Dissappointing Manohar Parrikar <

[Goanet] Which is our Mother-tongue?

From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org "J. Colaco < jc>" wrote: <> Dear JC, You seem to have read my mind. Just yesterday, I have sent to Sunaparant an article on this very topic. The UNESCO recommendation is being bandied in support of the denial of grants to English medium primaries. My sug

[Goanet] Cure for Cancer?

From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org On Behalf Of Santosh Helekar --- On Sat, 5/14/11, Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão wrote: >...there definitely is no record of any malignant tumour being cured. > The above statement is factually wrong. I have already provided a list from WHO and other repute

[Goanet] Medium of Instruction

From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org On Behalf Of Nascy Caldeira <<

[Goanet] Alternative Science

From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org On Behalf Of Santosh Helekar < wrote: > Santosh has been proved right all > along. His long-running battle against > alternative medicine on Goanet has been borne out by a > latest article in the > Economist. http://www.economist.com/node/18712290

[Goanet] Cancer is curable?

**What is the use for us to discuss about cancer and come to know about total cure of all cases of cancer in even terminal stages, when we are witnessing every day cancer deaths? It would be good for us, if Dr.Santosh could bring his modern drugs and modern oncologists, and could cure totally ou

[Goanet] Cure for Cancer?

From: drferdina...@hotmail.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org <<

[Goanet] Cancer Curable through Miracle

From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org On Behalf Of Michael fernandes <

[Goanet] Cure for Cancer?

From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org On Behalf Of J. Colaco < jc> >>Fr Ivo D'Souza wrote: Dear Goanetters, This is a bad news for us. I always was saying that cancer is not curable, in opposition to the statement of a neuroscientist, namely that "cancer is curable even in the last stages". In fa

[Goanet] CANCER INCURABLE ACCORDING TO WHO

Dear Goanetters, > This is a bad news for us. I always was saying that cancer is not curable, in > opposition to the statement of a neuroscientist, namely that "cancer is > curable even in the last stages". In fact, I explained why I could not accept > this blunt statement. It is unscientific.

[Goanet] Diabetes

From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org On Behalf Of Santosh Helekar

[Goanet] Dibetes

From: Santosh Helekar [mailto:chimbel...@gmail.com] <<...Regarding cinnamon and other untested alternative and quack nostrums, the Mayo Clinic website in my previous post in this thread does not recommend that they be used as an adjunct therapy. Please see the relevant quote below: "Numerous subs

[Goanet] Diabetes

From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org On Behalf Of Gilbert Lawrence Hi Ivo, You again display your acumen, carefully selecting very nuanced terminology like "adjunct therapy"; which many non-clinicians may not understand or appreciate. **Thank you, dear Dr.Gilbert, for your sincere encouragemen

[Goanet] Automatic Promotion in the Schools!

From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org On Behalf Of Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão <<

[Goanet] Diabetes

From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org <

[Goanet] Blessed John Paul II

BLESSED JOHN PAUL II * IVO DA CONCEIÇÃO SOUZA (Margão) “Santo Subito! (Soon a Saint)” were the words to be read on several plackards on the day of the death itself of Pope John Paul II. They were the wish of the people who admired and loved him, in particular the youth. Today he is

[Goanet] "Konkani" before 1961

Dear Goanneters, I think that the problem of education has been "politicized". 1. Konkani is the language of Goans, the language of Goa State, it is part and parcel of Goan identity. Then why grants are given also to "regional languages"? Why there should not be only Konkani medium schools, not

[Goanet] Automatic Promotion

No examination Policy As students, we were bombarded with examinations in the school, college, university. We could learn a lot from the examination, perhaps it was the beginning of knowledge. One of our professors called it “inevitable evil”, another one said it was “a formality”. But I am conv

[Goanet] "Konkani" before 1961

From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org On Behalf Of Sebastian Borges ___ "J. Colaco < jc>" wrote: <> Dear JC, You seem to have read my mind. Just yesterday, I have sent to Sunaparant an article on this very topic. The UNESCO recommendation is being bandied in supp

[Goanet] Saint Joseph: The Worker

SAINT JOSEPH: THE WORKER *Fr.Ivo da Conceição Souza On May 1, it is the International Workers’ Day. Saint Joseph was a craftsman (a carpenter and a builder). He is the Patron of the Workers. He was Mary’s husband and the father of Jesus (legally yes, not biologically). What do we find in hi

[Goanet] Diabetes

From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org On Behalf Of Gilbert Lawrence Managing Diabetes and cholesterol the natural way! Please see following link. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mercola/cinnamon-diabetes-_b_839487.html **Dear Dr.Gilbert, You know better than I that there are different types of

[Goanet] Medium of Confusion

From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org On Behalf Of floriano < *Medium of Confusion* by Radharao F.Gracias The struggle to delink grants from medium of instruction, appears to be gaining momentum. The movement may turn, into a typhoon and blow the detractors, into the dustbins of history or may no

[Goanet] Article on MOI

From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org >>>Tony D'Sa wrote: <<

[Goanet] The Wisdom of the Cross

Dear Goanetters, I was pained and disgusted when one of the goanetters wrote some time back an insult to the Cross. Like Jesus, I can only say: "Father, forgive him, for he does not know what he is doing!" Cross is not only the symbol, but the instrument of salvation. We worship the Cross, not t

[Goanet] Happy Easter to All!

VICTORY OF RESURRECTION *Fr.IVO DA CONCEIÇÃO SOUZA Christianity is a powerful movement which began with a very specific message: The Crucified Jesus had been raised from the dead (1 Cor 15:3-5; Acts 2:22-24). Jesus is the Risen Lord, the Christ. He gives us victory over sin and death (1

[Goanet] Maundy Thursday

From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org <

[Goanet] The Triumph of the Cross

THE TRIUMPH OF THE CROSS *Fr.Ivo da Conceição Souza Jesus left for us the memorial of his Death and Resurrection: The Eucharist. It is the process of his continued Incarnation among us. Jesus wishes to live in our hearts, in our beings, in our society. The Paschal Mystery is the kernel

[Goanet] Maundy Thursday

MAUNDY THURSDAY *Fr.Ivo da Conceição Souza We are celebrating the Holy Triduum. It is the greatest event for the Christian community all over the world, since it is the celebration of the Paschal Mystery: Suffering, Death and Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. On Maundy Thursday we comme

[Goanet] Our Mother-Tongue: Konkani

From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org On Behalf Of Albert Desouza <<<...If some one had to see the text books in konkani medium you would not know whther you are reading urdu, kannad or konkani. I am a konkani writer but I was finding it difficult to read and understand the language for I am sur

[Goanet] Konkani, not dialect

From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org On Behalf Of Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão <>>May I ask Mr. Manohar Parriker to stop playing politics with the future of our children? Can Mr. Par

[Goanet] What is My Tongue?

From: goanet@lists.goanet.org On Behalf Of Albert Desouza <

[Goanet] Konkani Letdown

From: goanet@lists.goanet.org On Behalf Of Arwin Mesquita <

Re: [Goanet] Xik Pora Xik

lino dourado wrote: > Xik Pora Xik > ://groups.yahoo.com/group/gulf-goanshttp/message/34000 **Konknnyantlyan amchya bhurgyank odik borem som'zota. Inglez prartomik modhyamachi bhas zaunche khatir chollvoll kortastona, fuddari Konknnintlyan uloytat. Kityak zayt? Inglez sarki yeyna vo avoy

Re: [Goanet] Congratulations to Education Minister

"Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão" wrote: > JoeGoaUk joegoauk at yahoo.co.uk > > Sat Apr 2 23:58:48 PDT 2011, wrote: > >> Congratulations to Education Minister > > It’s time to celebrate with champagne again. > > School/college students should take example of their Education > Minister. >

Re: [Goanet] Game exposed- medium of Instruction

SOTER wrote: > This clarification below has been cleverly inserted in another letter on the > website of Herald to confuse the reader. There iss no such mistake in the > Herald hard copy. The agenda of the fundamentalist agents within Herald is > too glaring. > Yesterday a leter was pub

Re: [Goanet] Holistic Medicine

Santosh Helekar wrote: > Good to know that Gilbert is practicing conventional modern medicine, despite > forwarding quack articles from Huffington post. Please see how the word > "holistic" has been used by quacks to sell their nostrums and fool the public: http://www.quackometer.net/blo

Re: [Goanet] Holistic Medicine

Gilbert Lawrence wrote: > GL responds: Ivo, you are right But... ! If doctors do all that you outline, they will never get to writing that prescription or doing that operation. Furthermore we expect all that you outline to have been done by the spouse, relatives, mother-in

Re: [Goanet] Holistic Medicine2

Dear Goanetters, I was wondering from which part of the world the message on "holistic mdicine" came. Certainly it is not from a true scientist. Diverting, insulting, ridiculing is not the scientific way to answer. Let me stand by what I said: Holistic medicine is the approach to the patient as

[Goanet] Holistic Medicine

From: "Santosh Helekar" < wrote: > Holistic Medicine. >Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain, and most fools do. > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-katz-md/holism-helicopters-spiral_b_828643.html **Dear Dr.Gilbert, You have understood well the role and the importance of holistic appro

Re: [Goanet] The origins of Byculla

From: "Roland Francis" > Fred, > >> You and Gabe Figueiredo are right in suspecting that there was no 'King > Byculla" Portuguese or otherwise. That explanation on Wiki is pure > fiction. > >> It was common knowledge to the old Maharashrian folk in Byculla that the > name came from a huge well on

Re: [Goanet] Regurgitating Historical Facts on Goa

Gilbert Lawrence wrote: Recently I have been reading a number of regurgitated historical facts about early Portuguese history in Goa. In interest of full disclosure, I have myself reproduced some of these statistics in my writing. But here is a very short list of recent Goanet posts with 'acc

Re: [Goanet] AN ATHEIST IN THE WOODS

Goanetters annual year-end meet is on Dec 27, 2010 (Monday) from 4-6 pm at Institute Piedade (near Hotel Mandovi, opp Bread & More) in Panjim. Do come along. RSVP via SMS 9822122436, f...@goa-india.org or 2409490 (after 2 pm). * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * D

[Goanet] The Itinerant Saint

ST.FRANCIS XAVIER: THE ITINERANT OF GOD Born in Navarre, Spain, on April 7, 1506, Francis Xavier from April 7, 1541, when he left Lisbon for India, till the day of his death, December 3, 1552, travelled by sea 38,000 miles, a few thousand by land, during 11 years: 1. Lisbon to Goa, April 7, 154

[Goanet] "All religions cannot be equal"

Santosh Helekar wrote: > --- On Wed, 8/18/10, Frederick Noronha wrote: > > > >I disagree with Santosh's attempts to mix both up, or the suggestion that > >one's religious views would be decided by the State's approach to a > >>[parallel] matter. > > > > This is Admin Noronha's fabricate

Re: [Goanet] Can Jose Pereira be anti-Hindu?

Dear Dr.U.G.Barad, You sent me the link which I read and just laughed at the poor writer, because Christianity is the opposite of what he wrote. There is no need to thrash out all those 20 points. Nothing is true. If he left Christianity for those reasons, he did well following his own conscienc

Re: [Goanet] Can Jose Pereira be anti-Hindu?

Dear Dr.U.G.Barak, Any one of any religion needs help from the State when s/he is poor, weak, persecuted (the principle of subsidiarity). When Catholics, Muslims or Hindus are persecuted as a religious community, the State has to come to their rescue. The State will help the Catholics, Muslims

Re: [Goanet] Can José Pereira be anti-Hindu?

Dear Santosh, A secular state does not give preference for any religion, all religions are equally respected. The religious rights of every citizen are respected. The secular state cannot say that "all religions are equal". Being an agnostic, you will not be able to appreciate this point, since

[Goanet] Richard De Smet

I liked the book of the world-renowned Jesuit Indologist, Richard De Smet, Brahman and Person: Essays by Richard De Smet. It was edited by Ivo Coelho. Brahman and Person is a collection of fourteen essays by the late Richard De Smet, SJ (1916-1997) on the topic of person in Indian thought. Overt