Re: [Goanet] An open letter to Goan Catholics

2008-07-08 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
Hi Selma, Are you sure you're not falling into the trap of those who want us to believe that our religious identities are the most important aspects, and that minorities don't belong? Such a logic doesn't work for too long, as election results have repeatedly shown. Even Pakistan is paying the

[Goanet] An open letter to Goan Catholics

2008-07-08 Thread edward desilva
Hi All, I wanted to include only part of the text below, but the whole of it is worth reading again. My brother in law said that his late father (tarvoti) had said to him, 'all Goans should go abroad'. When he came abroad (through his wife), he said, 'now, I know my father was right to say

Re: [Goanet] An open letter to Goan Catholics

2008-07-08 Thread floriano
the swords and not look for a visa. :-) B/rgds floriano goasuraj - Original Message - From: Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 5:44 PM Subject: [Goanet] An open letter to Goan Catholics Those

[Goanet] An open letter to Goan Catholics

2008-07-08 Thread Arwin Mesquita
of complaining saying all the Cant Do's lets look at Can Do's instead. I believe if we look at latter we can definetely do wonders for Goa; our home least we forget!! Message: 3 Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 05:14:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] An open letter to Goan

[Goanet] An open letter to Goan Catholics

2008-07-07 Thread Carvalho
I spent three years of my college life in Panjim. Being of Shasti origins, my best friend from San Jose d'Ariel and I, would routinely make a trip to Margao every weekend. There we would spend endless hours at Peter Stores, buying knickknacks we didn't need and then heading to Loughinos for a