Now that the Union government isn't keen on granting Special Status, I have
seen no statements from the groups, Movement for Special Status for Goa,
and Goa Movement for Special Status.
Eagerly waiting to know the future actions of these groups.
Eugene
Special status for Goa? We have it already.
Where else in the world can one see cattle grazing on public roads, then
defecating there?
Bennet Paes
http://www.epapernavhind.in/navhindtimes/epaperhome.aspx?issue=02092013
- Original Message -
From: "Eugene Correia"
To:
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 8:21 PM
Subject: [Goanet] Special Status
Now that the Union government isn't keen on granting Special Status, I
Goa and Goans are already special. They have two mother tongues and two mother
scripts for their tongues. They will patronise the migrant instead of the Goan.
Wherever they are Goans have 2 or 3 clubs, rarely one. Goans are always
drunkards and their women flirts in Bollywood. Special status is
Soter,
I agree about 2 mother tongues and 2 mother scripts.
I also agree that Bollywood depicts Goan men as drunks and their Katlick women
as "easy pickings".
What I wish to add to what you have written, is the following:
The Goan body is in Goa. The heart is really in Portugal. (does not app
True - Goan body is in Goa and mind in Portugal.
It's like sipping tea while smelling coffee
BP
From: Jose Colaco
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"
Sent: Thursday, 9 August 2012 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] SPECIAL STATUS
Soter,
I agree about 2 mother
I am thrilled to know that many Gram Sabha's across Goa are now demanding(not
requesting) for Special Status to preserve our prized identity. With real
estate and land grabbed by the rest of India mainly via black money, the locals
Goans are on the way to becoming irrelevant. Add to this the hu
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
Special Status Hai Hai!
Attaining Special Status for Goa is definitely the need of the hour. But in an
emotionally charged up atmosphere are Goans preparing themselves for yet
another betrayal by politicians? Goans have witnessed betrayals time and again,
be it with Konkanni, meta strips or wit
Bernice Pereira wroe :
Subject: Special status for Goa
Isn't it a case of closing the stable when the horse has bolted??
?
During my recent visit to Goa I found? no Goan identity left at all.? Even the
Goan ?restaurants?have?tweaked their menu to suit the palates of purely
(non-Goan) Indian
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I appreciate efforts by the North Goa MP Mr. Shantaram Naik for lobbing
the Central Government, for Special Status to Save Goa's Identity. However,
this alone will not be enough, we need to take urgent measures, which should
among other things include: (1) Creating sustainable employment/business
While special status to Goa will solve some of the problems, dont think it is a
panacea
to all evils. The law has to be carefully crafted otherwise it will be easily
subverted in
the following ways.
1) A goan can own land on paper and still lease it / rent it to outside parties.
2) A Goan can s
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To,
Mr. Pranab Mukerjee,
Finance Minister,
Ministry of Finance,
Room 134, North Block,
New Delhi -11000
Now that the Government is changed, I request the New Chief Minister Mr.
Manohar Parrikar, Mr. Mathany Saldanha and the ruling MLA's to please pursue
the long standing demand of Special Status to Goa, for Preserving its Land,
Environment, Culture and Prized Identity. The earlier Government kept
DEAR READERS IN GOANET.
ALL OF US KNOW THAT ALINA WAS A NOVICE IN POLITICS WHEN SHE WAS INDUCTED IN
BJP GOVERNMENT. IT WAS A SYMPATHY SHOWN BY PARRIKAR AFTER THE DEATH OF HER
HUSBAND MATANHY SALDANHA. NOW IS THAT PARSEKAR IS TRYING TO FOOL THE GOANS
BY TELLING THAT STATUS MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE? ALIN
I have been reading a lot in the newspapers and in electronic media about
the demand for special status for Goa.
In all the literature, I have not been able to find out exactly what is
meant by the special status, and how Goa will benefit.
Does anyone in this forum know more? I would like to
Industries set up in Goa do not utilise the native talent of Goans. There does
appear to be a significant "mis-match" between the skills available in the Goan
population. Huge swathes of land were allotted to Industry. A specific case is
land allotted to Zuari Agrochemicals Ltd (now known as t
Your bucolic army is enjoying their good stay in Goa. They have nothing to do.
Take a look at the camp at Altinho. They use the Portuguese facilities for a
good time. Were you not given a a happy moment by your panzi chiefs? On an
other note the Hong Kong chappies are asking for permanent auton
Dear Gerald
In my eyes I would consider you as a traitor for you bore arms
against your country(state) for a foreign aggressor i.e. India.
Please before you make your mind thinking that I am pro Portuguese
I am sincerely not, I care not a jot for Portugal but I do care a lot for
Mother Goa.
If
Wilson Mazerello while talking about special status for Goa said he does not
know why people are asking this and some one said he made fool of himself while
saying this. I feel that his answer is really sensible. We Goans including
myself have habit of talking at pubs, tintos and other places. I
Will Goa ever get Special Status or will it remain forever a debate for
heated discussion only. Read the cover story 'Goa uninvited to the
(special) party' on this week's (April 8-14) www.goanspirit.com. We also
take a trip to Tiracol to further report on a land grab in progress. It's
titled: 'Nee
--- On Sat, 8/30/08, ralph rau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The above comes from my head. My heart still urges me to
> fly down and join the morcha whenever its held to demand
> Special status for Goa. I'll remain tuned in Arwin
---
Well said Ralph I couldn't a
: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 11:23 PM
Subject: [Goanet] Special Status Hai hai!
Special Status Hai Hai!
Attaining Special Status for Goa is definitely the need of the hour. But in
an emotionally charged up atmosphere are Goans preparing themselves for yet
anot
Dear All : Please see link
http://www.navhindtimes.com/story.php?story=2008112464 (re-pasted below)
*Special Status For Goa*THE Goa government recently made a presentation to
the Centre, on the urgent and critical need for special status to Goa. The
latter I understand, included the need to immed
Dears,
This link tells us that the Goa Legislative Assembly passed an UNANIMOUS
RESOLUTION to the tabled motions by Mapusa MLA Francis D'Souza (BJP) and
Curtorim MLA Reginald Lourenco (SGF) sometime in 2008 that Goa should get
SPECIAL STATUS. Apparently, this resolution was expected to fi
3 HATS TO ALINA FOR HER WEIGHT-AGE AND THE CAMARADERIE SHE MAINTAINS WITH
PARRIKAR.
SF
On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 11:32 PM, Stephen Dias
wrote:
> DEAR READERS IN GOANET.
> ALL OF US KNOW THAT ALINA WAS A NOVICE IN POLITICS WHEN SHE WAS INDUCTED IN
> BJP GOVERNMENT. IT WAS A SYMPATHY SHOWN BY PARRI
."
> From: dr.udayba...@gmail.com
> To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:21:11 +0530
> Subject: [Goanet] Special status for Goa.
>
>
> I have been reading a lot in the newspapers and in electronic media about
> the demand for special status for Goa.
>
Xri António Sá,
At least let Special Status implementation begin at Mercado Municipal de
Mapuça. Get those imperial extra ghantis to clean it up,after the work is done
pile them in Parrikar's mining truck and dump them at Londa.
BC
COMMENT:
Arre baba, there you go again telling people what t
Tony de Sa wrote thus to Bernado Colaco:
1: Arre baba .. 'imperial whore masters'.
2: We live in a democracy where one is free to do what she/ he wants to do.
COMMENT:
a: Profsorbab, for a moment, I thought you were referring to the 'controllers'
of the devadasis.
b: I did NOT know t
> I appreciate efforts by Goa MP's Shripad Naik and Shantaram Naik for
> lobbing the Central Government, to adopt Special Status to Save Goa's
> Identity. However, this alone will not be enough, we need to take urgent
> measures, which should among other things include: (1) Creating sustainable
Special Status for Goa - A must
The recent utterances by Pranab Mukerjee and Nitin Gadkari that there is
no provision in the Constitution of India for Special Status, must not
only be condemned and rejected but taken very seriously by Goans. It
only confirms that the central parties and its
Ole Xacxac:
I hope you will also pick up the? martelo, we like minded have been
doing it for over a decade or since the advent of www. If want to discuss,
here are a few points to consider- 1st as an educationist you have to undo
the indoctrination of young Goans that Delhi is our master, Goa
Special Status to Goa:
From: The NT Inbox by Ravindra V. Panjikar, Corjuem-Aldona.
IN the monsoon session of the state Assembly, the Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar
Parrikar had said that the government was open to taking an all-party
delegation to the Centre to push for the state's demand for sp
It is good to see that finally, our MLA's unanimously resolved to demand
Special Status for Goa. Of course, we have not got anything yet and have to
ensure that we do not stop until we achieve the same. Preservation of Goa's
Identity is a long term objective. Special Status is one single major Goal
Dear All : Pls see below link (repasted below)
http://www.oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=12106&cid=13
*4 Nov,2008*
*Special status now!
Peter Noronha, Fatorda*
With reference to the Opinionated column 'Special Status for Goa' by
Visitacao Monteiro in Herald, 31 Oct and Fr Eremito Rebello's
"floriano" wrote :
Cc: SHANTARAM NAIK
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goa Liberation Day be celebrated as
"Svatantryapurti Divas" at National Level
Dear Mr. Naik,
Greetings.
Requesting this bit of info from you.
1. Goa Legislative Assembly is on record to have passed an unanimous
resolution on
Special Status for Goa - A far Cry
To my mind, the demand to ban sale of property for residence and
settlement is almost impossible in view of constitutional guarantee of
residence and settlement. It has to be noted that the demand requires a
change to the fundamental rights, something that i
What is this chap talking about? The reason Goans are asking for Special Status
is that no land can be sold to the ghantis. Clearly the status should be in
line
with the NE states.
BC
Special Status for Goa - A far Cry
To my mind, the demand to ban sale of property for residence and
settl
Arwin wrote:
"I appreciate efforts by Goa MP's Shripad Naik and Shantaram Naik for
lobbing the Central Government, to adopt Special Status to Save Goa's
Identity."
Should one laugh or bite this one without questioning?
Was Shripad Naik not part of the NDA government till 2004? Was Mathany not
Muntat ki
'MELLE MOSHIC BARA XHER DUDH
Ha Ha Ha
Cheers
floriano
goasuraj
9890470896
www.goasu-raj.org
PS: Well done Soter-ji
- Original Message -
From: soter
To: goa...@goanet.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Special Status for Goa
On 3 March 2012 10:39, Geraldo Oliveira wrote:
The recent utterances by Pranab Mukerjee and Nitin Gadkari that there
is no provision in the Constitution of India for Special Status, must
not only be condemned and rejected but taken very seriously by Goans.
The first demand for Special Status was
When he assumed office on 9th March 2012, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar
had rightly pointed out that Goa’s exploding population needed to be
frozen. But his government has done nothing whatsoever towards achieving
that end, except keeping Goans entertained with the empty talk of Special
Status fo
It would be interesting if Goans would comment on the article below by Sr. J.
Miranda. In past there were only armchair freedomfighters (Samir Kelekar) like
me and others who would comment and lament on the situation in Goa. But today
the story is different. Many Goan citizens such as Mr. Mirand
Ole Xacxac:
Many Goan citizens such as Mr. Miranda have picked the cudgels to save Goa
from total destruction. Adv. Antonio Lobo is on a mission for the same
purpose. GSRP has also lent its voice, today the organization is armed with
young people who are ready to take on the fight. Goa Days are fa
Xri António Sá,
I hope you will also pick up the martelo, we like minded have been doing it
for over a decade or since the advent of www. If want to discuss, here are a
few points to consider- 1st as an educationist you have to undo the
indoctrination of young Goans that Delhi is our master
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SPECIAL STATUS FOR MONEYBAGS HEADED TO GOA!
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August 9, 2008
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Reuben Sequeira, by email
Recently, one of our eminent politicians suggested
that the territory of Goa be expanded to include the
predominantly Konkani-speaking talukas of Karwar and
Joida in adjoining Karnataka. Our burgeoning
population is cited as the reason why this merge
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