To Goanet -
Mr [Digambar] Kamat told The Navhind Times that he had heard
the viewpoint of Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, Mr Shripad Naik and
Mr Manohar Parrikar, and that of Goas Movement Against SEZs
convenor, Mr Mathany Saldanha, and told that his government
would decide on the issue
This is one esoteric Goan issue which is getting national play and we should
be grateful.
http://www.suchetadalal.com/articles/display/46/2653.article
The first Konkani E-cinema BLACK produced and directed by T-Bush will be
screened at 5.45 p.m at the Indian Embassy Hall, B-1 Diplomatic Quarter,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 31st January 2008.
For more details -- www.t-bush.com
For Entry Passes, kindly contact the below:
In 48 hours, the website - 2008 Toronto International Goan
Convention - goes live! This is the biggest ever Convention
- concerts, workshops, seminars, debates, tiatros, reunions,
exhibitions, action-plans, awards of excellence, the works!
We even have an International Miss Goa pageant, a
The concrete family tree
Vinay Kamat
It is fun to write about Goa. Everyone has a take on the sunshine land.
Goans lament their sunny paradise has become a grab-land, with
filthy-rich outsiders gobbling up farms, flats and mansions. Outsiders
feel guilty about turning a virgin paradise into a
Let me take the message as it appeared on Goa Net and give my views against
each Para of the said message.
Your first Para: The GMAS does not scare me ...it is mostly a bunch of
losers. The GMAS leaders lack credibility..And, more importantly, followers.
Without the BJP, I doubt Matanhy
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone interested
may refer to the book - Jesus lived in India - by
Holger Kersten
--
Holger's book is one of the most insipid and banal
hypotheses ever put forward, and should be filed in
the library alongwith the Da Vinci
Margao Goa 22nd December 2007
The HRDF institutes have taken strong objection in the manner the
new Order dated 12-12-2007 vide Reference No. 3.9/97-Ind(1)/90 where
the governing Committee of Human Resource Development Foundation has
been reconstituted ; There are several technicalities
Hi Edward
How come you invariably miss the key point in a post? Jose Colaco asked
Bandare if in any other religion entry is forbidden to low castes in certain
temples? The assumption is that he is talking about Hindu temples today. You
reply entirely erroneously about Christ being against
Hi Gilbert,
Likewise, a privilege really. First time if I am not mistaken, and
that too on the last day of the year. A question of perspectives
really. No MBA theories either. That (the other write up where the MBA
bit was mentioned) was an analogy (an extrapolated one at that) on
Open Spaces,
To Goanet -
Miguel Braganza wrote:
The GMAS does not scare me ...
Hallelujah! Brother Miguel finally sees what everyone else
has long known - that GMAS is a peace-loving group composed
of peace-loving Goans walking along the peaceful path
illuminated by the eternal teachings of Christ,
..I am not familiar with all the MBA economic theories you guys are engaged
in...[GL] ..But, it is not even about supply and demand if one was to
interpret those words as anything other than the discreet algorithm of
economic reality. That is a fine economic construct which we have been
forced to
Avoid being stampeded into Mopa
Philip S. Thomas
Some useful details of the ICAO report about Dabolim and Mopa have appeared
elsewhere in the local English media recently. Ostensibly the report is,
indeed, about the two airports together. In fact, it acknowledges that both
airports may be needed
The claim that Francis Xavier was somehow responsible
for dismantling the caste system is pure baloney...The
man was a religious fanatic at best and his own
letters are a testamnet to that fact. The only
education he provided was catechism classes and not
any secular education.
if the church is
dear goanet readers
Looks like Minguel is working beyond his capacity to make sure that the
fight against Sez doesnt take a violent turn. Poor fellow, he has been
having sleepless nights specially to make sure that all our tourists are not
harmed during festive season.
He has been also busy
HINDI FILM TO BE SHOT IN KUWAIT
A group of Kuwait Indians are in search of talented and enthusiastic people
to perform in a forthcoming Hindi mega feature film to be produced entirely in
Kuwait with professional Bollywood crew.
Don't miss this opportunity of a lifetime to see
I often travel by bus out of Goa. Flying is a necessary evil, at best,
avoidable, even if somebody else is picking up the bill (as is often
the case while on work). With all this global warming around us, can
we justify needless carbon footprints?
So, coming back to the topic of the bus... I
Goa Congress against SEZ projects
Special Correspondent
It is not in the interest of Goans
PANAJI: The movement against the special economic zone (SEZ) projects
received a major boost on Saturday with a committee set up by the ruling
Congress expressing a view that establishing the SEZ
On 29/12/2007, Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
To Goanet -
To me - and I think to GMAS as well - resolution of the
SEZ issue means the following. Anything short of this
ought to be unacceptable.
...
(d) Recovery of the land sold by GIDC and/or
Hello Mr.Cornel Dacosta
Just wanted to let you know that your experiences as a Goan in Mombasa, were
interesting to read. I usually never bother with Goanetters and their replies
as theyre usually squabbling over un-important and un-interesting things. lol
I dont want to say anything
Story-telling aspects of Goan village life brings back memories of
(mostly Salcette) where folks gathered around at dusk and leisurely
told tales of days gone by and a few bits of inconsequential current
gossip. They were most fascinating (being real) and being told when
the light was fading
Hard to believe it... there were no flame-baits, there were no angry
words. There was just a nine-year-old (Ivana Furtado), playing chess
against six other kids (and beating them all). Smiles. Cameras. A few
snacks. And a wonderful sunset.
Take a look at scenes from the Goanetters' meet 2007,
SUBSEQUENT TO VARIOUS QUERIES FROM STUDENT GROUPS THE GOA BACHAO ABHIYAN
WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT IT HAS NOT CAST ASPERSIONS OR MADE ANY ALLEGATIONS
AGAINST THE STUDENT COMMUNITY IN GOA.
THE GBA RECALLS FONDLY THE VALIENT EFFORTS AND TREMENDOUS ENTHUSIASM DISPLAYED
BY THE STUDENTS COMMUNITY
Bosco gives a soundbyte:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2146067206/
And the sunset that comes free, with your ticket to Goa (and the beer
your paid for!)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2144986780/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2144982812/
On 30/12/2007, Bhandare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
if catholic church is such an egalitarian institution
why have there been no non white popes ever?
QUESTION: Are you absolutely certain that there has never been a non
white Pope ? St. Peter was the first and
Dear Rev Fr. J. Loiola Pereira,
Could you please kindly put forward my email to his Grace the Archbishop.
I have in front of my house in Navelim - 69 Rattvado some Gaddas which
are on Church land. I had written to the then parish priest Rev Fr
Costa proposing a resolution to the removal of these
Dotor,
Your memory seems to be failing again...
It was here itself on goanet, that the below mentioned appeared and it was
our own fellow Goan Shri Pravin Sabnis of GBA who penned that...
hAVE a nICE dAY
Seb
From: Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Recently I saw this on another site and it
I have visited temples in London (Tamil - Murugan Temple in Archway), Hindu
Temple in Berkshire, Temple in France several local one main Durga Temple
( a separate Kali Maa) in Mauritius. Non of which had turned away anyone.
My wife, born bred of Tamil stock in Mauritius whose family
Flying is a necessary evil, at best,avoidable, even if somebody else is
picking up the bill (as is oftenthe case while on work). With all this
global warming around us, canwe justify needless carbon footprints?[FN]
I learned somewhere that more global warming takes place due to bull-shit
than
Dears,
I had made a passing reference to Prashant Naik [whom I first met at a
florist shop at the old Margao bus stand named Lily Lilac with
which he is associated, possibly as its owner, and later as the
Chairman of the Shri Nirakar Saunstha, which is believed to manage the
SS Angle HSS-
From: nelson ferrao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
dear goanet readers
Looks like Minguel is working beyond his capacity to make sure that the
fight against Sez doesnt take a violent turn. Poor fellow, he has been
having sleepless nights specially to make sure that all our tourists are
not
harmed
To Goanet -
Great going, Goans ! Sex orgies, rave parties, drugs. Wah !
What lovely development !
Also, if a group is hiring two or three gigolos, the total rate
is reduced. For instance, Anjali Gupta*, a bank employee,
and her husband, who plan to have an orgy in Goa with
some of their
Here is the result of the RTI query:
Sea Harrier crashes so far (based on RTI query) DATE LOCATION PERSONNEL
LOST* 04/05/88 Goa Sqn Ldr V Mehta* 09/07/93 Goa --* 13/03/94 Goa* 12/08/94
Goa Cmdr KM Karnik/Lt Cmdr NS Rane* 09/12/94 Jamnagar --* 07/02/96 At sea
(off Goa) Lt Arun Punia* 30/09/97 At
Arre Baba Goan Fanatic Nelson Ferrao,
Xanti ani sovoskai tumkam anvddetam.
Violence-sachem poillem ullovpi Bab Siddanath Buyao-ant mhaka hi SMS
daddlea Tuka ani tuje familik annondborit natalam ani kuxalborit
Novem voros 2008 anvddetam? Matanhy-babant 02 Janver pasun Xant
astollo mhunn CM-ak
Raj National Express Volvo coach: Facilities include --Point-to-point
service. Absolutely punctual services. 41 seats insteadof 53, so more leg
space for you. Seat reclines to maximu. Two LCDTV/DVD instead of one.
Uniformed coach captain. Headphones on everyseat. Mobile and laptop charging
To Goanet -
Nelson Ferrao wrote:
Looks like Minguel is working beyond his capacity to make sure that the
fight against Sez doesnt take a violent turn. Poor fellow, he has been
having sleepless nights specially to make sure that all our tourists are not
harmed during festive season.
He has been
Dear Nigel,
Thank you for the kind words ... It is rare to find people to stand up
to the truth when it is inconvenient.
It matters not to me who is with me as long as I have Truth by my
side. I have been brought up that way. No politics of the convenient
for me.
True, that Siddanath Buyao
Dear Dr.Barad,
Your posting below was obviously playing to the galleries. I hope
the Goanetters have enjoyed your strokes of humour and repartee as
much as I have. It lightens the mood amidst serious discussions.
After years on the Goanet, you obviously know me not. The Google
search machine or
Bhandare Wrote
While violence of any kind needs to be deplored it is
time that anti hindu activities of the foreign
sponsored missioanries need to be curtailed if peace
is to be maintained.
Dear Chinmay
Religious conversion of Hindus is threatening individuals, families,
communities and
On 30/12/2007, Kamalaksh Chari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
RESPONSE: Rightly said Nelson. I fully agree with you.
Looking the rate at which the population increase in Goa every year,
ofcourse of Non-Goans, there will be hardly anytime when Goans(Niz Goenkars)
will turn into minorities and there
Dear Rajan,
The photos of the chapel of O.L. of Remedios, CAC, are really
breathtaking. Thanks.
It is hoped thaty there is a quick remedy to the SEZ problem in Goa.
The GMAS extended deadline to Digu Kaka to scrap all SEZs in Goa is 02
January, 2008. There are just TWO working days ... 31 Dec
Even as the INC led coalition Government braces up
with the first agenda for the New Year 2008 -- viz;
its role on the future of Special Economic Zones in
Goa --- it is now clear that the three SEZ's approved
are on the way to being recommended to the Central
Government for DENOTIFICATION as a
Hi Philip and Venatius,
After all the latest theories of 'supply and demand' and 'risk management', are
we are left with cant teach an old dog new tricks? What ever happened to the
cave man? My theory on what makes men and women innovative, is what my mother
said, Necessity is the Mother of
Dec 2007 Google:Here is the result of the RTI query... Dec 2005
Goanet:Military statistics indicate ...
A quick check of the dates shows that there are many discrepancies between
the two accounts. How the RTI data varies so much from what purports to be
military statistics I am not able to
To Goanet -
Bonefacio Lopes wrote:
It's a sad ending to one of the most pro-democracy figure of Pakistan.
You must be kidding. She was among the most vile
of women. See -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCRFWStxV_4eurl=http://www.deeshaa.org/
Regards,
r
Frederick [FN] Noronha wrote:
I often travel by bus out of Goa. Flying is a necessary evil,
With all this global warming around us, can we justify
needless carbon footprints?
Response: Ricohave you calculated your carbon footprint appropriately -
average of a plane-full of humanoids for
Dear George,
It was nice to be at the annual awards function and to see the Eco
Club at my Alma Mater, St.Britto HS, and the NGO Botanical Society of
Goa, receive appreciation. I would be delighted if you and Marlon
could also visit St.Xavier's College, Mapusa, and the Thomas Stephens
Konknni
Dear Godfrey
It was refreshing to read your article on the above subject. you have
clearly analysed the situation based on facts and some thorough research
unlike some selfstyled saviours of Goa who think that they are the only one
who have the God given right to analyse and criticise every
--- Bhandare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The claim that Francis Xavier was somehow
responsible
for dismantling the caste system is pure
baloney...The
man was a religious fanatic at best and his own
letters are a testamnet to that fact. The only
education he provided was catechism classes and
As per constitution of India, President and Governors of any state is just
symbolic heads while the actual powers last with Prime Minister and Chief
Ministers of state. In this context what ever things expressed by President
and or Governors has got no relevance, while what is expressed and or
Dears,
In one of the ridiculous things that can happen only in Goa, a TASK
FORCE headed by the Chief Minister has recommended to the GOVERNMENT
OF GOA [headed by who else, except the CM of Goa] that it srap the
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the state terming them ''detrimental
to the overall
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2146091010/
Blimy! Nobody Drinks Beer any more at Goanetters meets? I have seen other
times... ;-)
Cheers and Happy 2008 to All!
patrizio and Dnooos1 (in coold Amsterdam)
Hard to believe it... there were no flame-baits, there were no angry
words.
Dear Nigel,
Only God can save humankind. Jesus came to save us. Does it mean that those
who do not know Jesus will be condemned, though they have been living
according to the dictates of conscience? Jesus died for all. Therefore, if
we believe that God revealed himself through and in Jesus,
Will 2008 bring the much needed financial support from the Govt? Goan chess
players look forward to the year 2008 and the Goa government to get much
needed relief in the terms of financial support to their careers which they
have pursued with immense success so far. Many promises have been made in
A post from Benny de Souza - It may interest some of our exZanzibaris
rene
000
Dear SJCS Members and friends
It looks like Goa will be buzzing in January/February 2008 with all the social
activities planned.
We are now well on our way getting
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** Goa: Panel for scrapping of SEZs - Times of India
[5 hours ago] PANAJI: Terming them detrimental to Goa's
interest, a task force, headed by Goa chief minister Digamber
Kamat, on Sunday
After reading the posting of SELMA (Message No 8, Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007) I
could get better understanding and perspectives about the book titled JESUS
LIVED IN INDIA by Holger Kersten and also about Da Vinci Code - the hard
copies of which are sold in millions!!
Along this line I would like to
THOMAS STEPHENS KONKNNI KENDR
B. B. Borkar Road, Alto Porvorim, Goa – 403 521, INDIA.
Phone: (0832) 2415857, 2415864
FAX: 91-832-2413389
Estd. 29-03-1982. Reg. No. 23/Goa/82
E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
website:www.tskk.org
29 December 2007
Sir,
Kindly give publicity to the following press
Only God can save us
If salvation is to take place on 06th January 2008,
perhaps, the Goa Catholic Church would say:
Only God can save us i.e. so-called Chardis and
non-Chardis from Goa.
Cip
--- Fr. Ivo C da Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Bhandare,
What you think Christianity is
Dotors on this list seem to either have lots of work in their proffessional
carrier or nothing at all.
You seemed to have made some valid points until u reached the fifth para and
messed it upIf only u had been at the Black Box, would u have known the
great work Goa Sudharop does for the
ZAGOR at Siolim
SIOLIM: The famous traditional Zagor Utsav will be celebrated at Dando
in Siolim on December 31 from 10 pm onwards. It is a symbol of
Hindu-Christian unity and will include a tiatr Upkar Naslele.
[GoaNewsClips]
Dears,
The Zagor of Siolim is an unique blend of culture, tradition,
Hi Gabe
I am happy to provide the clarification you need. I will do so, through
interspersed
comments with your text but in CAPITALS merely to distinguish the inputs. I
hope the moderators accept such use of space.
Cornel
Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 28/12/2007, CORNEL
Kerkar Art Complex organizes concerts of Indian Classical Dance and Music
every Tuesday from 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. during the tourist season.
This is the only place in Goa where concerts of Indian Classical Dance and
Music are organized on a regular basis.
For the last *fifteen* years, Kerkar
--- Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
RESPONSE: Chari, after your long absence on Goanet,
your style of
writing has improved immensely !
-
Gabe, seems like the gang are all out in full force to
get Miguel. Maybe they could start by spelling his
Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members,
relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED
Hi Rajan:
thats true Rajan..she deserved what she got...very
vile and corrupt to the core..looted bilions from her
impoverished nations along with Mr 10 percent
husband..
taking a page form our servile polticians her 19 year
old son is now the new leader the poor soul can
barely speak urdu it
Folks,
For those of you who are not aware of it, the daily news summary from Goan TV
is now available on You-Tube. I find it an excellent service since I can now
put faces to the names I have been reading all year. The current series of news
also shows all the high lights of the year 2007.
Dear Rajan,
But, of course! I know that Soter is also in the GMAS.
Where ever Soter may be, he is a strong, influential voice. Where he is
NOT a strong, influential voice he ceases to remain. That is the way it
should be with any man of substance.
Just because Soter has chosen to join
Dears,
It is New Year's eve today. As of yesterday, the road near St. Alex Church
and Post Office, Calangute has been made One way. The rush of tourists is
just too much already . and we have the ABBA reunion band performing at
Candolim tonight. The traffic will be spread on the roads like
This is partly (?) true Philip; apparently the gasses (I know, yuck)
is one of the contributing factors to global warming and in a
significant way.
To clarify, I am not an expert nor a scientist but sometimes hear
about this on the variety of internet radio programs. Here is a link
to podcasts of
GOA DIALOGUES
The International Centre Goa
in association with
KALA ACADEMY
Cordially invites you to a Special Lecture on
Mao Zedong: The Real Story his Attitude to India
by
Jung Chang and Jon Halliday
Co-authors - Mao: The Unknown Story
Under the Patronage of: Shri Pratapsingh Raoji
The contents of the post appended below have been
plagiarized from the following articles:
http://conversionagenda.blogspot.com/2005/03/coercive-religious-conversion-crime.html
http://www.geocities.com/focussrilanka/gautier02.htm
Cheers,
Santosh
--- Vinay Natekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Miguel,
You did an outstanding job and there is hope for Goa when we see people like
those on the panel
and in the audience fight the good fight. They is no personal benefit, in fact
great personal cost
and we are grateful to them.
Regards,
George
--- Miguel Braganza [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dears,
There is a Portuguese adage that says Gosto e relatif [excuse spelling
errors], meaning Tastes differ.
Khalil Gibran wrote, There is no problem that comes without an opportunity
in its hands.
The RP-2011 was an opportunity for Goans to wake up. SEZ was an opportunity
for the people of
MONDAY MUSE (31 December '07)
LET GO OF THE PAST
Today is the last day of the calendar year. For many
it is a reason to celebrate the year that was. Some
use it as an occasion to evaluate their journey of
events. While this can be a very good thing to do,
quite often, we tend to look back more
Dear Fr.Ivo
If we believe that all will be saved irrespective of whether they believe in
Jesus or not, won't it be contradictory to what Jesus said?
John 3:18 says, Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does
not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the
My theory on what makes men and women innovative, is what my mother said,
Necessity is the Mother of InventionIn Goa, whatever one's opinion,
tourism and SEZ is presented as an answer. Those who are opposed to these
have to be intellectually honest and present economic alternativesThe
old
To Goanet -
From today's NT (Dec 31, 2007), p18 -
Yet another Task Force member, Mr Datta Naik said the
non-availability of affordable housing is the main problem
in Goa, which could be solved if the willing local land
developers/construction companies are provided with
land by the government
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