India is an overpopulated country with overburdened cities. The wealthy in
cities like New Delhi would like to provide their families with a cleaner
environment especially clean air. They also seek a safer society where their
women folk will not be subjected to harassment. When wealthy migrants
Should we grieve so deeply for a 100 trees
Why not plant 200
That would be sustainable development?
On Sunday, October 28, 2018, 5:43:39 AM GMT+4, Goanet Reader
wrote:
*You Died on a Saturday*
-Dr. Brian Mendonca
The dreaded sight was before me.
Though I knew about your demise premat
Dear Mr DaSilva,
"What you resist will persist" - this adage applies to those priests (an nuns)
who have fallen prey to "temptation"
The sex urge is the most powerful urge programmed into the DNA of all
beings-next only to hunger. It is what brought our parents into the marital
union and us into
Hi there
Can you place the following ad.
Thanks
Ralph
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2 bed unfurnished apartment for sale on first floor in a serene, prime locality
at Dona Paula near Hotel Cidade de Goa.
The building comprises 6 apartments spread over G+2 floors.
The built-up area is 81 square metres . Price
Interestingly two chaps with goan sounding names moved into our new Dubai
community.
When I asked one if he was Mangalorean or Goan he replied - "We are 100%
Pakistani
but our parents are of Goan origin."
The guy actually sounded like he was boastingabout his present nationality!
I would
I became confused when I heard the word 'service' used with these agencies.
Indian Administrative 'Service'
Indian Police 'Service'
Civil 'Service'
Indian Revenue 'Service'
Indian Postal 'Service'
Telephone 'Service'
State, City, Public 'Service'
This is not what I thought 'service' meant.
But t
"When you get to Dubai you are treated worse than dirt by the natives" - Tim
Dmello
Dear Tim,
You are ill informed about Dubai.
It is arrogant Kuwaitis who, being the wealthiest per capita, despise
all foreigners, even their relatively poorer GCC neighbours. Likewise many
Saudis, the poorly edu
As Mumbai dies , Dubai offers an immediate ready to move in alternative for
those who aspire to live in a clean modern city within 2.5 hours flying time
from the motherland.
The vision/mission statement of Dubai Municipality (not sure if Mumbai
Mahanagar Palika has one)
"TO CREATE AN EXCELLENT
The world's ecosystems are in a state
of terminal decline. We need leaders who will tell it like it is and
urge people to Reduce, Re-use & Recycle.
Humankind's
survival is at question here. Should near term growth be damned ?
The
choices are all unpalatable.
A-Continue the US
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For all your Goa-based media need
Masjid based on the "fact" that it
is Ram Janmabhoomi
Kind Regards,
Ralph Rau
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wrote:
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Subject: Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 1579
To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
Date: Thursday, December 11, 200
Wars and strife begin in the heart of man. So it is in the heart of man that
the solution to peace may be found.
We must each of us look within and if we find in our hearts anything less than
deep compassion for the condition of millions of our fellow men of whatever
national or religious affil
Economic downturn and terror attacks notwithstanding Goa's 5* hotels are ready
for the season. Here are their "distress prices" for 9 nights of double
occupancy (incl 10% tax):
Check In: 24-Dec
Check Out: 02-Jan
INR 239,000 Marriott
INR 309,000 Park Hyatt
INR 345,000 Taj Exotica
Mariott genero
Dr U.G. Barad seems to be critical of the current government's failure to
prevent the Bombay attacks.
Wasn't it the current opposition party, the BJP, which was running the country
when the Indian Parliament was attacked by Pak controlled militants ?
As somone rightly pointed out the enemy of t
Dr. Barad speaking as an apologetic sinner should not ask who is a saint on
Goanet. Goanet is not a forum for saints.
What intelligent readers on Goanet expect however is that Dr. Barad will
apologise for insulting the intelligence of Goanet readers by first
plagiarising comments of KV Kamath a
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The world's banking giants are unworthy of our trust and the White House houses
a Black. What next ?
Along with the other flawed pro-US and pro-Christianity writings the fertile
award winning imagination of this niz Goenkar has produced (like What's so
Great About America) , I stumbled across one of his earliest "seminal" works
The End of Racism: Principles for a Multiracial Society.
Here is
Advani's soft spot for Christians is in the same place as that of his Hindutva
buddy Arun Shourie.
Under the sole of his foot.
These scoundrels owe their education to Christian Institutions.
They are ever ready to bit the hand that fed them since it furthers their
political careers.
With the unending US Financial Hurricane season (Hurricane Bear Sterns, Fannie,
Hurricane Freddie, Hurricane Lehman...AIG...WAMU...and Hurricane Credit Card
Default season to follow) the Indian economy is not exactly "rocking" as it was
this time last year. Goa's tourism is also poised to take a
Cornel DaCosta seems to be distressed that his deserving and enlightening posts
have not seen the light of day on Goanet.
To be honest I too have suspected Fred Noronha of being an arbitrary and high
handed editor of goanet. But I have neither the time nor the inclination to
offer myself for t
The attempt to extract spending info from Raj Bhavan deserves our support. If
indeed such info is made available it may be a first ever in the civilised
world.
Perhaps there is a need for a more comprehensive forum to tackle this in a
sustained manner. The successes of such forums elsewhere in
Give us this day our
daily ration of
water and forgive us our CO2 emissions
As we forgive the US Government that
repeatedly abuses our trust in the Dollar (which we are told Trusts in God)
Lead us not into further speculative investments
And deliver us always from the
purveyors of worthless (somet
The decision to emigrate or return must remain an intensely personal matter
that one discusses with one's near and dear and not on a public forum like
goanet.
Else you get armchair recommendations from those firmly entrenched outside Goa
(in Dubai?) about the merits of returning !!
By his own
Remy de Almeida is 32 years old - a babe - too young clearly to be making major
decisions in life without the aid of goanet.
Can we have our cake of family, friends and the familiarity of Goa and also eat
or should we say partake of the font of ready to drink tap water in London? But
then again
A kind and gentle soul. An exemplary and noble human being. Doyen of a model
Goan and model Indian family in a multi-faith home.
I have also had the opportunity to feel the "magic" of Dr. Sardesai's healing
touch.
We have our memories to cherish as we grieve along with his near and dear ones
h
I believe all goanetters must express unreservedly the outrage they feel about
live ongoing events in Orissa. I'm puzzled by Rajan Parrikar dredging up past
incidents which can in no way mitigate or preclude this outrage.
How can the depopulating of Hindus in alien lands of Bangladesh
and Pakista
Eagerly await the outcome of Floriano's RTI request for Governor's expenses.
Is there any reason why detailed Public Expenditure accounts are not available
on the official government website ? Taxpayers have a right to know ?
Arwin's vociferous UAE based arm chair support for Kashmir type legislation to
preserve Goa's identity is commendable.
I wholeheartedly support this stance but realise that such an exercise is
doomed to fail because you cannot turn back the clock.
Some 80-85% of the UAE population is expatriate
Last time I heard Goanet was a forum for discussing social issues of concern to
Goans and not debating matters of faith.
Its rightly said - to those who believe (the man of the cloth, Fr. Ivo) no
proof is necessary. To those who cannot, will not, or do not (the doubting
Thomases - all of them)
REITs cannot be created in India as yet.
SEBI is working on the framework along the lines of US REITs.
So this proposal will have to wait until the legislation is put in place.
The bribe used to be 1 lakh twenty five years ago. Are people desperate enough
to want to join AI today - and desperate enough to pay for this ? Any idea what
the bribe is now ?
Should society ideally create legislation to reserve 50% of jobs in large
companies and organisations for women?
Lets set aside the truth that women are better equipped emotionally and
physically to create and nurture babies till adulthood.
One major problem with women working 10-12 hour sched
Unless Goans are passionate enough about this and willing to demonstrate their
passion by queuing up for self immolation in front of Goa State Legislature no
Government at the State or Centre is going to pay heed to this demand.
Dreams of Kashmir like status will not materialise unless self immo
The drop of 10-15% in tourism is not only in Goa. Dubai too has experienced a
similar drop. This may not have anything to do with the absence of
infrastructure of which Dubai has plenty.
It is more likely related to the falling spending power of consumers seriously
impacted by double digit inf
Elizabeth makes two assumptions which may not generally hold good.
One - that the majority of middle income Goans in the Gulf have fulfilled their
base level needs and should consequently be moving towards self actualisation.
Second - that Goans outside the Gulf whether in Florida or Mumbai are
100 years - maybe in 50 or 75 years.
Oil at $ 200? Yes...bring it on.
Ralph Rau
Dubai
Upon visiting the Taj Mahal at Agra last month, my wife and I were challenged
by the ASI employee at the entrance. He said "You look like an NRI" (he meant
Foreign passport holder but being a lowly paid staffer was ignorantly using the
term interchangeably).
He continued "Why have you bought a
What about the RTI Right to Information Act. Can RTI not be used to "harass"
the head of that government department to give a detailed account of each
procedure and inspection and an explanation of what went wrong each step of the
way to prevent clearance of the case.
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Convenor of Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) Dr Oscar Rebello has been nominated
for CNN-IBN's Ind
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WHEN: December 27, 2007 @ 4:30pm
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St. Mary's Convent High school, Mapusa is staging a play titled "Lion King"
Dece
Reading various posts on the subject it is evident that land prices are being
driven beyond the reach of the Goan. The occassional guilt laden "patriotic"
Goan developer claims he prefers selling only to Goans, usually non resident.
However what is the guarantee that the non resident Goan will n
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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
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d Wipro bosses Narayanmurthy and Premji
for example use small cars.
Once the top stops flaunting wealth the rest of the
pyramid will naturally begin to follow.
In the meantime all we common individuals can
do is
REDUCE - REUSE - RECYCLE - the 3Rs for the survival of
the Human Race.
Ralph Rau
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While India receives $ 5 billion in remittances and
another $ 5 billion in export of other goods and
services, India also imports some 2/3 rd of its oil
and gas requirements from the Gulf.
The net result is an outflow of $ to the Gulf.
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I liked A. Veronica Fernandes letter to Arab Times and Goanet. It clearly
identified some hard realities.
Unfortunately Pakistan's own government does not seem to be in full control of
the country. They are only managing to protect Musharraf no doubt at a great
cost and with a complex and expen
It is a pity that Goa's unique cultural identity may soon vanish under the
onslaught of unbridled construction and "occupation" by the likes of our own
Monserrate and other Indians. The reality is that under the constitution only
land in Kashmir is protected.
However India defintely needs
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