[Goanet] DOCUMENT: Fiona Mackeown's letter to the PM

2008-03-13 Thread Goanet News
DOCUMENT: Fiona Mackeown's letter to the PM 12th March 2008 To, The Prime Minister of India South Block Raisena Hill New Delhi Sir, My name is Fiona Mackeown. I am a British National and mother of Scarlett Eden Keeling. I had arrived in Goa on a holiday with seven of my children on

[Goanet] NYTimes.com: Slum Visits: Tourism or Voyeurism?

2008-03-13 Thread rubygoes
This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GDAY F.N. AND GOANET. HERE'S ONE FOR YOU. PLEASE ADD THIS TO YOUR LIST. THANK YOU. R. GOES TRAVEL | March 9, 2008 Heads Up | Poverty Tours: Slum Visits: Tourism or Voyeurism? By ERIC WEINER Some visitors are trading museums and monuments for

[Goanet] senior citizens note

2008-03-13 Thread deepaloy
For all Senior Citizens, The Railways have introduced one additional facility for Senior Citizens travelling alone -- they will be issued a confirmed ticket and will not be placed on the Waiting List or RAC list -- Also they are assured that they will be allotted a lower berth -- the

[Goanet] MP and DK interviews-My Final Word(More glaring contradictions)

2008-03-13 Thread sandeep heble
More glaring contradictions(Caps added are mine, to give emphasis to a few comments that I wish to make) Then…….. Dr. Anand wrote earlier on Goanet 2 ) When I said finally , I was referring to the final point in my last message. Goanet moderators and administrators should have been aware from

[Goanet] Saraswat Bamon CM backstabs ST champion of the downtrodden to uplift Bhat Bamon

2008-03-13 Thread Miguel Braganza
Thank you Rajan, It is nice of you to promote William de Curtorim's VCD via Youtube and Goanet ;-) The changes in the Goa cabinet were on expected lines Bhatt, naturally! March is a month when everyone is fed up with tax problems: IT, ST and the like. Digu Kaka has abolished ST for now. IT

[Goanet] BJP is not an option for GOA

2008-03-13 Thread Philip Thomas
There is a general feeling that Parriker is a BJP moderate. Leaving aside Parriker's own sins of commission and omission, let us not forget, Parriker is part of a larger party, one that has never been able to reign in its extremists.[Selma] I think Selma is absolutely right in drawing the

[Goanet] Comments on Newspaper Headlines - March 13, 2008

2008-03-13 Thread Floriano [goasuraj]
H: Sudin Drives in - Madkaikar Offloaded. [Good riddance] Dropped Minister warns of political tremors. [Has now offered to pay Rs.1000/head for the ST/SC Mob to show solidarity. This amount includes the Rs.200/head he didn't pay last time when he mustered the mob to shake Digamber Kamat's

[Goanet] One more detained, Goa police claims to have solved murder

2008-03-13 Thread Gabe Menezes
One more detained, Goa police claims to have solved murder Panaji (PTI): Goa police has arrested yet another man and with it on Thursday claimed to have cracked the case of the murder of British teenager Scarlette Eden Keeling who it said died due to drug overdose and drowning after being

[Goanet] India, sixth 'Wonder' of Americans

2008-03-13 Thread Jerry Fernandes
  Dear Netters Its surprising to read a news which says that India is the sixth most popular country in US. I remember some years back, it was known as the snake charmers land, and many had no idea of India at all. So what has brought about this sudden rise in the interest of India amongst

[Goanet] GSCA to condem second circuler of AICF on payment to coaches in April 27 meet

2008-03-13 Thread Kapil Deo
GSCA applauds coaching scheme In the March 9th Executive Body meeting of the GSCA, the following resolution was passed unanimously - This was a good circular…. INFORMATION TO ALL OFFICE BEARERS, STATE ASSOCIATIONS CHESS PLAYERS COACHING PROGRAMME

[Goanet] Goans in the Middle East in pain !

2008-03-13 Thread Gabe Menezes
The USD is at fixed rates against many Middle East currencies, so as the dollar depreciates, so also does their remittances back to Goa. Excerpt:- History further reveals how costly inflation reduction can be. To curb price increases in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Paul Volcker's Fed raised

[Goanet] Caje's Bhaji- Top 5 on current affairs

2008-03-13 Thread cajetan vaz
Hi All, There are two options that I am faced with. Unsubscribe to Goanet, or express my opinion. I choose to express. Top 5 disgusting views on the Scarlett murder: 1. Blame the mother. 2. Support the cops. 3. Publish the sordid sexual details. 4. Gain political mileage. 5. Sound

[Goanet] Scarlett Murder case solved

2008-03-13 Thread Bonefacio Lopes
It's so shameful to announce that it has been solved , on the contrary the Police Department of Goa should have apologised not only, for not doing their job properly in this case but for many cases such as follows:= 1. They know drug/sex illegal activities are being carried out in Goa on

[Goanet] Is this killing any less heinous?

2008-03-13 Thread Mario Goveia
Woman tourist murdered in Goa - Hindu PANAJI: A woman tourist from Gujarat was found strangled to death at a city hotel on Tuesday. According to police, Hema Sodha (25) had on Sunday checked in, ...

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Panjim Campal Promenade

2008-03-13 Thread JoeGoaUk
Talking Photos: Panjim Mandovi/Campal Promenade http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_dirtypanjim/2331916880/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_dirtypanjim/2331086801/sizes/l/ It seems the popular promenade has become all Zones Area now e.g Hawking Zone Sleeping Zone (day n nite)

[Goanet] Goa Sudharop: Thank you

2008-03-13 Thread George Pinto
The management of Goa Sudharop would like to thank Mervyn Lobo (Toronto) for initiating and organizing a fund-raising effort for GOA SUDHAROP to benefit this year's activities (YEAR OF EDUCATION). We would also like to thank all those who participated in the hyphenated-words contest and thank

[Goanet] Is Christianity a Religion

2008-03-13 Thread Leo Conrad D'Souza
Dear Ana Maria and Mario, Is Christianity, a religion? To us it is not, its only a relationship with Christ. The Ten Commandments in the Old Testament was summed up by only Two Commandments in the New Testament by Christ. These Two commandements covers up all the Ten Commandments and much

[Goanet] Daily Haiku #41

2008-03-13 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY HAIKU #41: _ COMMITTMENT _ a rolling stone gathers no moss, if u can't atone thenvoss! _ Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc ___

Re: [Goanet] NYTimes.com: Slum Visits: Tourism or Voyeurism?

2008-03-13 Thread Alfred de Tavares
Is'nt this the SHANTARAM effect? Alfred de Tavares From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:54:41 -0400 Subject: [Goanet] NYTimes.com: Slum Visits: Tourism or Voyeurism? This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GDAY F.N. AND GOANET. HERE'S ONE

[Goanet] The perils of Goa's party scene (Soutik Biswas, BBC)

2008-03-13 Thread Goanet News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7295055.stm The perils of Goa's party scene By Soutik Biswas BBC News, Anjuna, Goa The average foreign tourist to Goa these days is a British citizen, usually on a budget holiday, staying for a little more than a week in one of more than 2,400 hotels, guest

Re: [Goanet] Sorry, but I blame Scarlett Keeling's mother

2008-03-13 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
I find it interesting, but not surprised, that the otherwise active / vocal Goanetters from UK are silent about the current Scarlet episode. Gabe posted a few posts, but they were downloads of what appeared in the British press rather than his opinions. I am sure the Goans and Indians in UK are

[Goanet] Goa news for March 14, 2008

2008-03-13 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** CBI should probe Scarlette murder: Brinda Karat - Hindustan Times [17 hours ago] A forceful plea was made in parliament on Tuesday for a federal probeinto the alleged rape and murder of

[Goanet] LIMERICK FOR THE DAY 36

2008-03-13 Thread Shanti Dhoot
So much news and hype about Scarlett's death and police file Wasn't seen in the Indian and world media in quite a while. We've had such cases in the past But the press furor died down fast. Could it be that this time the victim was pretty and nubile? - Shanti Dhoot

[Goanet] The truth about 'Good Life' of murdered teenager Scarlett Keeling (Tom Rawstorne, Daily Mail)

2008-03-13 Thread Goanet News
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=532789in_page_id=1811 The truth about 'Good Life' of murdered teenager Scarlett Keeling By TOM RAWSTORNE - More by this author » Last updated at 16:50pm on 13th March 2008 An empty milk bottle, tie-dye sheets pinned

[Goanet] Shahenshah

2008-03-13 Thread JoeGoaUk
Shahenshah ‘Rishte mai to hum tumhare baap lagte hai, naam hai mera Shahenshah’ No, I am not talking about the Amitab Bachaan 1988 film ‘Shahenshah’ But this one is ‘Shahenshah’ Orchestra (Live music with songs/dances etc). There was programe at Panjim Market organized by Panjim Municipal

[Goanet] Konknni as a mother tongue in Census of India 2001

2008-03-13 Thread pratap naik
Census of India 2001 data is available on line of Census of India website. It gives population data according to the mother tongue. According Census of India 2001 (COI 2001 there are 2,489,015 Konknni speakers all over India. COI 2001 has included 10,192 Kudubi/Kudumbi mother tongue speakers,

Re: [Goanet] Sorry, but I blame Scarlett Keeling's mother (Allison Pearson in the Daily Mail)

2008-03-13 Thread Alan Rodrigues
Allison Pearson in the Daily Mail has correctly summed up the trend among parents today to shun their responsibilities. As she rightly says, schools are perhaps the only moral framework the children have. Scarlett's mother should also be tried for murder as she is equally responsible. That