Why does the government have to do everything?
Why have the people of Goa not formed a ABBE FARIA ANNIVERSARY committee to
plan and execute the celebrations?
Perhaps they are busy bashing other Goans or the Tourism or Cultural Minister.
Why have the Goan diaspora groups not used this event to
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Hi Elisabeth,
So where is the beef?
Who is stopping one from seeking the truth?
The one place we will not find the truth is by reading fiction - like Dan
Brown's Da Vinci Code.
And what makes one think that the Judas gospel may not have been fiction too?
Either way Judas gospel IMHO is not
Hi Joe,
This should more appropriately be called: Innovative ways to give.
Recently I had a young couple where the husband was severely ill. The wife's
co-workers donated to the patient's wife their own family leave as well as
vacation days. Thus the wife could take time off to take care of
Good analysis of human behavior. However one important aspect may be overlooked.
We must do the following (actions outlined below) because it is also our DUTY
to do so.
Family must take care of their family because it is their DUTY to do so.
Neighbors and neighborhoods must take of each other
To all participating in this thread, please remember:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts...
And
Some wear their halos a bit too tight.
Kind Regards, GL
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Hi Chandrasekharan,
Welcome aboard. With your varied experience, you certainly will be an asset to
this list. We look forward to your active participation.
From what you have posted, you need to be complimented for going over and
beyond the call of duty in your efforts of make the best of
A Goan Crucible of Memories by Dr. Renato Gracias
The book brings to life snippets of the author's quasi-centenary life in and
around Goa. The book's audience is the nuclear generation to whom the book is
dedicated; and which the author laments is evolving into a cellular
generation that
Hi Avelino,
I empathize with you. I am in the same boat as you.
I am defending the criticism of a Goan author's writings;
Because Mehta's review is hitting on Edna Fernandes' work.
And all that Goans - D'Souza, Colaco, Pinto, Goveia and Ribeiro did is hit-up
on me ... another Goan.
And some
Hi Victor,
It is always a pleasure and stimulus to dialogue with an individual who remains
on topic. I hope others can emulate your example. I will do so by
specifically responding to the points you raise with my reply under each of
your paragraphs.
Kind Regards, GL
Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Hi Gabe,
I welcome all Goans and Indians to review and study Holy Warrior.
This will directly and indirectly support the author and her work.
I hope ALL Goans can support the cause and issue surfaced by Edna Fernandes.
Or else the issue becomes a 'topic d jour' and a one week 'flash in the pan'
Not so fast Elisabeth! Rolling over based on opinions is not for Huttons.
They only roll over based on facts. Neither Avelino nor Victor explain the
disparity of the reviews on Holy Warriors that was posted.
Khushwant Singh (very renowned in his own right): This is vividly brought out
in
Hi George,
As usual, you get so base in your response and personal attacks. I hope your
post does not reflect where your mind is!
Do I owe Avelino an apology?
Yes I did think he wrote the review. And I noticed Mario made the same
judgement call, and very likely Victor.
I did apologize to
Hi Gabe,
I hope the airline hostess does comment about THIS - which is the reviews of
Holy Warriors the topic of this thread.
It is awfully easy to get way led with some minor comment.
Unless the ex-airline hostess spend their life harassing passengers on
discount airlines, she may not have
Interesting post and collection of views on the subject.
Perhaps the author overlooked my post that had SOLUTIONS BY Goans and FOR Goans.
Kind Regards, GL
Valmiki Faleiro
Goa's road carnage, some views...
Death and pain on our roads is, slowly but relentlessly, raging into Goa's
major
Hi Avelino,
Thanks for your additional excerpt which gives a totally different perspective
to Holy Warrior.
Amazing and this has been my experience, It's the same book, yet totally
different perspectives. So much for fairness.
Another experience of mine, more confident, sophisticated and well
Re: Review on Holy Warriors by Edna Fernandes
Victor makes several important points. I have not read the original book. Yet
as Victor points out, I have written books, non-scientific and scientific
articles, which have been published. Hence, I have dealt with many reviewers
and
For crying out loud, couldn't the reviewer be kinder to this book and its
author.
He tried to claw his way up by stomping on someone else's efforts.
Cheap shots. But in keeping with Goan character.
Kind Regards, GL
D'Souza, Avelino:
REVIEW
While Fernandes' heart is in the right place, the
Mario's response (to Elisabeth's philosophie):
This is too opaque for me.
GL Comment:
I never thought I'd read the above statement from Mario.
Is this how they say it in Toledo? :=))
Rather than, I need to bring out my cowboy boots .
Or has all the ossification gotten de-calcified in front of
When one attracts the attention of the ayatollahs from the major centers of the
Goan world, it is a sure sign that the individual has become a Hutton. I bet
Elisabeth is enjoying every moment of this adulation. Surely some not-so-young
mauxis are seething that the guys with calcified views,
Elisabeth's Easter post threw me for a loop. She starts by telling us her post
is sans the bitter coffee. Then she precisely goes on to pour it for us.
When she, and other agnostics, find all the answers they are seeking to all the
philosophical and religious questions they are asking, please
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A few enlightenments from Mario (as usual).
Thanks for informing me that Afra Dias is a she and that's her real name.
Now I can sleep better though her posts often keep me awake. :=))
I did provide the official / cultural names for Goan Hindus and Catholics.
So we are NOT Loosely speaking we
With all due respects to Peter D'Souza, his explanation to his question is
rather lame. Perhaps his question is just exoteric. I am not claiming that
Peter made a libelous post; since I do not follow all his or other posters'
post.
Yet, should the Goanet administration take a stronger stand
I would think the cyber-Goans would follow the MOPA story with more factual
information than emotion or vested interest.
I agree that Goa needs a lot of local projects.
Local projects are paid for by local revenues (taxes).
Because of different funding sources, local projects (roads,
Yes Peter, defrocked is a derogatory term both to the indiviudal and to the
institution the person belongs.
If incorrect, one may even call the accusation libelous.
With a name like Peter, I thought you would know that!:=))
Kind Regards, GL
Peter D'Souza
2. Is the term defrocked derogatory?
Bahrain - the country with the recent boat tragedy
Knowing about the countries where Diaspora Goans live and work.
The following is what was published about Bahrain.
Kind Regards, GL
Country profile: Bahrain
An archipelago made up of some 30 islands, Bahrain was once viewed by the
ancient
Mark Fernandes is a supurlo Goenkar with his roots in Saligao. He has a BE from
Manipal, a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Berkeley and a MBA
from Harvard. Their company's investment is only for Institutions or big -
really big investors (like endowments).
I call on all
My prior post congratulated Elisabeth on her forthright placement of an
enlightening post on Goanet. As I read her post, the question raised in my
mind is: Why are there many bigoted minds in Goa?
Is it a camouflage for our failure to be hardworking, productive, and
broadminded that blinds
I read your post below with interest.
Without reference to the individual you refer in your post, yet excluding no
one; I wonder why people post supposedly pious post.
Are they being smart, manipulative or just plain silly?
Kind Regards, GL
Santosh:
Goanetters, please note that the above
BC (Goanet's one and only) missed a golden opportunity to brand-name /
trademark the one word for which he is most famous for. Read below for the
rest of the story from Reuters as it appeared on the wire service. Now Bharti
will be really taking over.
Nortel revamps services business to
Kudos Elisabeth,
You are on a fast-track to being an ayatollah.
Kind Regards, GL
Elisabeth Carvalho
I hope you are not apologising on my behalf atleast. If you take the word
Konkno out of the Konkani vocabulary, I'd be interested to know what you
would replace it by. Hindu? There are many
With all due respects, this appellation would belong to a bygone era, if posts
like the one below did not keep digging stories from that era in unrelated
issues.
The chances are the mauxis and others of that era looked down on Mesticios and
a whole lot of other people, including Christaums.
I let this pass when first posted, thinking it was a typo. But the quote is
getting repeated.
Can someone enlighten us on the relation of pre-marital AIDS test to be a
deterrent to post-marital sex?
AIDS may be a lifestyle disease - though I have never heard it described that
way.
Yet, in
To make any effort a success, one needs to set UNITED AND ACHIEVABLE GOALS (as
the Kerala NRI).
PRIOR to the delegation's visit, the groundwork needs to be laid.
AT THE VISIT, a clear plan should be developed with a TIME-TABLE FOR ACTION for
each issue.
AFTER the visit, at REGULAR PERIODS an
The following story from Netscape News (March 23) relates to how Racial Epithet
is and should be handled.
This is a good article for Goans in Goa and in the Diaspora, in how to address
blatant errors.
No excuses of Freedom of Press or Freedom of Expression etc., etc.
Please note the APOLOGY
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You may have read the post (I think by Gabriel) about Russian women (Russian
mafia-prostitutes) bringing HIV to Goa. The blondes spread it to the local
population with the help of the Goan motorcycle pilots - perhaps in exchange
for a free lift.:=))
Also there was a post about the spread of
Hi Elisabeth,
The Goanet administration encourages new members to initially spend some time
seeing how the Goanet process works. Yet they do not give any specifics. Here
is a HUMOROUS rendition of how the system operates.
There are several self-appointed professors on Goanet. A few of them
This is mid-March where Winter is on its way out and Spring is arriving.
All cultures worldwide celebrate this transition, for the town to come out of
their winter doldrums, people end their cabin fever and reconnect and interact
with other members of the community.
United States being a
The issue is not who got the flight statistics, but rather the need for facts
to have an intellectual dialogue.
Now that we have the facts, it is clear there is plenty of room (and runway)
for military and civilian authorities to share Dabolim airport.
Analyzing the numbers to death is not
Hi Mario,
Perhaps others can explain what you are seeking.
Our friend Cornell calls the behavior of British Muslims (on this issue) as
Over the top.
Very British! (Perhaps true for British Muslims)
You can analyze the differences between UK Muslims and others who behave
differently, as you
A Goenkar in UK can get these statistics.
Yet native experts continue an unending dialogue on Dabolim with no facts and
statistics.
Amazing!
Those having a difficulty of civilian and military use of Dabolim cooperatively
should find some sense in these numbers.
And does this reflect the ultimate
I have no doubt that Santosh, as he reported, may have received a fatwa from
some Goan ayatollah. However as Santosh does not believe in God, he should
believe the ayatollahs have no fatwa power. And being a Goan ayatollah, the
individual has even less imagination, in issuing the fatwa.
If
Clearly Salazar was using Goa and Goans as pawns in his game to prop up the
bankrupt (literally and figuatively) Portuguese regime in Lisbon.
And brown Portuguese in Goa looked upon Lisbon as their savior!
Another example of: One eyed man is a king among the blind
Kind Regards, GL
Teotonio R.
Hi Cornel,
What I wrote in my post are entirely my thoughts and words.
I did not have any sentences of my post in quotes.
So I apologize to you for not quoting you.
I am always amused by life (perhaps you know me by now).
Your thoughts as reflected below, suggest I had a stronger
Hi Cornel,
I have been working on the response to your views about the Denmark press
story. Usually with a considered response, I tend to take some time to
finesse my thoughts and writings. Hence I hope you pardon this delay.
I agree with you about the appalling response of the uncontrolled
U.S. neoconservative like Bill Kristol are political advisers who perhaps are
unfamiliar with the history going back to the 1950's and 1960's. Yes the
Salazar's regime was also hollow at the core unable to do anything for Goa
and Goans expect for empty promises. The same applied to his white or
Response to Floriano.
Vote banks is nothing peculiar to Goa or India. Under different names,
(sometimes called voting blocks or party base), it is the basis of
democracy and elections. After the election the group trades the
banked-votes for social and economic progress and preferences.
Response follows:
Mario Goveia:
Gilbert, Where have you been throughout the 90's?
Bill Clinton does not distinguish between Goan women and other women. He will
chase any skirt or pantsuit that moves.
Hi Mario,
That's called Fermones.
For most men over 40, it's all in the head.
For some
Three Islamo-terrorists were indicted on a plot yestereday in the USA.
They allegedly wanted to attack the heart of USA (after attacking New York
City).
Their center of operation (where they resided) was Toledo, Ohio.
That is Mario Govea's hometown / city.
Hence MG's Islamo-fascist-phobia is not
Is this a greeting for Prez Clinton?
For those Americans not familiar with Konkani, please translate the salutations.
Thanks
Kind Regards, GL
Gabe Menezes
TUMCHE AXIRVAD ASSUM ANI BORO KHOR MOG KOR!
Gabe Menezes.
London, England
Is that what MG does when there is serious competition?:=))
Or as they say it in America: Are Goan women so hot, they are ILLEGAL (reason
for hiding)?.:=))
Ok! In honor of Prez Clinton in Goa, I had a double shot of feni.
And for the hot Goan women, it is Cheers BABY
Kind Regards, GL
Mario
With the presence of President Bill Clinton in Goa, has the Goa branch of the
CID been informed of the presence of hard core / fanatic / Democratic-phobic /
Hillary-Haters, Republican card holders in Amchem Bangharacem Goem?:=)))
Could there be a security risk for the ex-Prez in the sands of in
Is this a correction?
Or is this A New and Improved Version?:=))
Kind Regards, GL
From: jose colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Goans who speak Konkani say Thank You in three ways
1. Deu Borem Korum
2. Obrigadh
3. Dhandiyawadh
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SHOULD read as follows:
Goans who speak Konkani say Thank You in
Hi Cornel,
Thanks for your kind review of our book - On Thin Ice - which recently appeared
on Goanet.
We appreciate your kind words on our endeavor.
Thanks too for reading my post on the above story and taking the trouble to
make some thoughtful comments.
You are correct that Greenland in a
Hi Carsten Juste,
(Editor of the newspaper that published the controversial cartoons.)
I read with interest your letter on your web page about the No Holocaust
cartoons. I saw the interview that your cultural editor, Rose Flemming,
gave to CNN where he offered to establish contact with
Given my penchant for not writing long e-mail posts, the following is split to
a three part series. It appeared on the web page of Writers' Weekly - a US
based webpage that caters to American writers. Those interested in writing
could review this weekly web page (revamped every Wednesday) for
Is this what is termed spreading the manure around?
Where are all the Ponjekars of cyber Goa?
They do not seem to raise their voice at their elected representative pushing
this need / largess.
Or perhaps they may like the manure, now that it is their backyard.
On the other hand, any school,
Hi JC,
Thanks for agreeing with me!
Kind Regards, GL
In response to this from me (JC):
[When I first joined clinical medicine, I had the opportunity to do a rotation
at the Ribandar Hospital. And while the Panjim GMC hospital was beginning to
be partitioned and messed around by the
As the post below shows, GMC (Goa Medical College) was a mess when it was run
by the Delhiwallas as Union Territory. Goans of all shades at that time felt
that this mess would be resolved (along with other messes) only if Goa became
self-governed as a full-fledged state.
It appears that GMC
I second JC's concise and to the point post on this thread. However there can
be a smug feeling (among Goans) that this is someone else's problem. This
issue (and JC's advice) also applies to:
1. Non doctors.
2. Everybody and every where including Goa and India.
3. Seasoned residents /
I am a champion of active ethnic organizations that do more than
wine-and-dance or scotch-ani-sorpatel events.
There is an economic perspective to social organizations which you have well
outlined.
From a social perspective, culture provides the basis for the (unwritten)
language of social
This is another Goan example of, we have a so appalling problem and
it is someone else who should care for it.
Why don't the Goans in the UK, encouraged by Mabel Santos, raise some funds and
the native Goans provide space / building to put together a mini-museum to
protect, safeguard
Hi Antonio,
Second question first: I lived in a Goan village (Aldona) from 1950-1961 (and
visited the place in later years). Pre-1961, Aldona had no electricity (and
gadgets that depended on it), running water (flush toilets) or paved roads. As
my mother would say Goan villagers did not have
To maintain my Goan culture, my wife and I attended a social evening to
celebrate Blessed Joseph Vaz, Pongal and Makarsankranti festivals in Utica,
New York. I would encourage other Goans to learn about these Goan festival
traditions.
Kind Regards, GL
Hi RKN,
Please do not be too harsh on the miniscule minority of Bhatkars and Fidalgos
in Goa (pre-1961).
They were really like A one-eyed person, who is a king among the blind.
Kind Regards, GL
Radhakrishnan Nair:
Portuguese Goa was a neat and civilized society only to the miniscule
minority
Could it be that Goan women have overtaken men in education and have moved into
middle management jobs?
So instead of being a waitress, they are now supervising the waiters - in a
restaurant or in a hotel.
Kind Regards, GL
Hi Gabe and Cornel,
Reading many of your posts, on the subject of Goa exiting colonialism, one
could fairly state that you two have intellectually been at the two ends of the
spectrum. Yet, I was amused that in today's posts of this subject, both of you
appear to be in agreement!!!
I was
Josenoron:
Hi Jose,
I agree with you, that nothing much is finally accomplished by merely pounding
on the computer-key board. IMHO, taking a good idea and making it practically
useful, may involve the following steps.
1. Having a concept and expressing its scope, application and importance.
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Period of review / comments ends
If you are reviewing the Indian-American novel On Thin Ice for the novel's
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Hi Mario,
Thanks for your response to my post about educating the wider American
community about us. I could have responded to you privately but the
following may be of interest to other cyber-Goans.
Our recently released novel was reviewed by an Indian-American physician who
said the
I read this post with interest.
There was a lot written on language and little on socio-economic growth.
Following many posts on cyber-Goa, the Goan languages and their scripts
constantly need government handouts for survival.
So does this actual-story on language foretell the conceptual
Nearly all must have seen the racial riot (or near-riot) situations across
Europe affecting recent immigrants, Muslims and non-Europeans. Now in
Australia we see on TV, the clashes between the Muslims and the European
natives of the country. In fact the situation in Australia is with the
Hi Santosh,
Your stand and based on all the historical sources you have quoted, the sole
reason Dr. d'Orta was a victim of the Inquisition was because he was a
crypto-Jew.
So please tell us (based on your knowledge and references) how many cypto Jews
were there in Goa?
And how many
Hi Santosh:
Thanks for your polite and intellectual response. I think we are getting
somewhere.
If it is alright with you, I will analyze your quote and your sources.
Kind Regards, GL
Santosh Helekar: Please note that neither Alfredo nor I claimed that Orta was
brought before the Inquisition
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