[Goanet] LIMERICK FOR THE DAY 59 - HANV SAIBA POLTODDI VETAM

RE From: brian mark mendonca [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Hanv Saiba Poltoddi Vetam QUOTE It helps to cross the river to know where your roots are. UNQUOTE. HANV SAIBA POLTODDI VETAM It helps to cross the river to know where your roots are. How true! In fact they are really deep even

Re: [Goanet] Direct Dubai/Goa Flights Stopped

Hi Tony, You may write to: loksevagoa at rediffmail dot com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Name: EDUARDO SHIVAJI FALEIRO, COMMISSIONER FOR NRI AFFAIRS Dipti Verlekar is the Secretary at the NRI Goa Affairs. BTW, a report appeared on mangalorean.com and covered by Gulf-Goans

[Goanet] Indians do it differently

The 'Times of India' article at the link below makes interesting reading. Pretty sure Rajan Parrikar wouldn't find a common thread between the national trait and Goa! http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/LEADER_ARTICLE_We_Do_Things_Differently/articleshow/2908280.cms Rgds, v

[Goanet] For kind favour of publication: Press Note

Dear Sir, I will be grateful if you publish the enclosed in your issue and oblige. With many thanks and kind regards, Yours sincerely, Prof. Newman Fernandes PRINCIPAL St. Xavier's College of Arts, Science Commerce, Xaviernagar, Mapusa - Goa - 403507 - INDIA. PRESS NOTE The

[Goanet] Road mishap sparks off tension in Bicholim

-- Samir Umarye BICHOLIM, APRIL 4 – A road mishap sparked off tension in Mulgao-Bicholim on Thursday, after residents accused Bicholim DySP Shamba Sawant of assaulting two of their elected representatives. Giving vent to their anger, residents along with Bicholim MLA Rajesh Patnekar have

[Goanet] Navy displays flexibility -- in Vizag

VISAKHAPATNAM: The Navy has, in principle, agreed to reduce the three-hour break in the afternoon for commercial flight operations at the Visakhapatnam airport by an hour and also consider allowing night operations till 10 p.m. when the Rs. 95-crore new terminal building gets ready later this

[Goanet] Why politiians pressurise cops?

The unpleasant violence at Tilamol where in the Parish Priest was attacked by two residents from Quepem over a row of not signing the new agreement of the church building. The witness who was present during this entire scenario also heard the accused talking to Churchill Alemao, PWD Minister. The

[Goanet] Enough is enough!

To Goanet - It has been an unusually balmy and crisp April thus far in Goa. The air also has been clear the past 2 weeks or so affording a clear sight of landscapes in the distance. I was walking along the Mandovi bridge last evening when the slum at Chimbel came into view with a clarity

[Goanet] Now exclusive roads for mining industry in Goa

As if the amount of land gobbled by mining industry is not enough for Goa's burden, State administration is planning exclusive new roads and by passes for the mining industry in this tiny State of Goa in India. Read the following document to believe how mining companies and the State

Re: [Goanet] LIMERICK FOR THE DAY 58 - CASTE AND THE CHURCH

Bab Cornel said : Thank you for your comment but this is also to inform you that I have received private emails in reply to this post pointing out that many Hindus strongly abhor caste and that there will be some developments explicated on Goanet and other sites soon rejecting

[Goanet] Shape up or ship out?

Exposed, topless Is security planning a joke? Never ending will be the debate in naval circles on whether aircraft carriers retain relevance as force projectors, or in smaller navies like India’s a substantial portion of that force is required to protect the “sitting duck”. Yet having opted for

Re: [Goanet] Honesty still exists: Pilot returns wallet with Rs 1 lakh

It is a heart-warming feeling to hear such deeds by Goans in today's Goa. And we were thinking that all is lost, the moral values et al. If we can find a handful of such zealously-clean of heart people and bunch them together, we certainly can give the corrupt and the morally drained the run

[Goanet] For kind favour of publication: Course on Sound Recording and Editing

Dear Sir, I will be grateful if you publish the enclosed in your issue and oblige. With many thanks and kind regards, Yours sincerely, Prof. Newman Fernandes PRINCIPAL St. Xavier's College of Arts, Science Commerce, Xaviernagar, Mapusa - Goa - 403507 - INDIA. Course on Sound Recording

[Goanet] What is your Mother Tongue?

What is your Mother Tongue? By Plastino D'Costa We Indians, including Goans are very obsessive about ones own mother tongue, and at the top of the list would be Indians from the South. However, when the mother tongue gains precedence over the national language or an international business

[Goanet] MP interview

Rajan bab and Anand bab must be congratulated on a good job about the interview. Both this Goans are very good Goans. Only Rajan must stop abusive language. He is such a good writer, but he must not use bad language. His photos are very good. He is doing very good work for Ponje. In Ponje,

[Goanet] Some clues to Goa's problem?

WEEKEND RUMINATIONS T N Ninan / New Delhi April 05, 2008 Having listened over the past fortnight to stories from businessmen about the demands being made on them by politicians in different states, it is obvious that corruption in the states has reached levels that (most) politicians at the

[Goanet] Goa DanceSport Association gets affiliation

www.goa-world.com Goa DanceSport Association gets affiliation NT Sports Desk Panaji, April 4 The sport of dancing has now officially come to Goa through the Goa Dancesport Association, the sole recognised association of the All India DanceSport Federation and the

[Goanet] For kind favour of publication: Grafting Course at St. Xavier's College

Dear Sir, I will be grateful if you publish the enclosed in your issue and oblige. With many thanks and kind regards, Yours sincerely, Prof. Newman Fernandes PRINCIPAL St. Xavier's College of Arts, Science Commerce, Xaviernagar, Mapusa - Goa - 403507 - INDIA. Grafting Course at St.

[Goanet] Defacing Goa

Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 21:04:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a year or two, there won't be anything left to photograph in Goa. All the hillsides are going, going, gone. What the @*% is wrong with us Goans? Mario responds: Hasn't the same @*%^ thing happened near the

Re: [Goanet] Indians do it differently

On 05/04/2008, Valmiki Faleiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The 'Times of India' article at the link below makes interesting reading. Pretty sure Rajan Parrikar wouldn't find a common thread between the national trait and Goa!

Re: [Goanet] Indians do it differently

To Goanet - Valmiki Faleiro wrote: The 'Times of India' article at the link below makes interesting reading. Pretty sure Rajan Parrikar wouldn't find a common thread between the national trait and Goa!

[Goanet] Where is GBA?

Dear Goanet readers Looks like every village in Goa is?on the boil .People are fighting to save their motherland. Looks like they have lost faith in people whom they had trusted to save Goa.I have?had couple?of emails asking me what happened to?GBA and our good friend Dr.Oscar. The questions

[Goanet] Goan Identity or Culture (GIC)

Hi Cornel, At the outset let me state, what you have written below about my views is a total mis-characterization of my writings on social culture in general and Goan culture in particular. Clearly we are not talking the same thing. This was my reason for previously ending my dialog with

Re: [Goanet] Defacing Goa

What Manohar Parrikar was talking about in his recorded interview (yesterday's telecast of it by HCN cable channel) is the same thing which Miguel Braganza had said much earlier. TDR ( Transfer Development Rights). This should be the government's policy (Goa's policy which no elected

[Goanet] The Suraj and the Lotus Merge?

GoaSuraj and The Lotus With the way Floriano and the Goa suraj started off and if public memory is not so short...the Goa suraj was once critical of the communial BJP...today...Floriano has also aligned himself with the fanatic fan club... trying to be part of the big Fake Communial Porrikar

[Goanet] Fwd: Voting Rights for NRI Goans. - Letter to the Honorable Commissioner for NRI Affairs (Mr. Eduardo Faleiro)

-- Forwarded message -- From: Arwin Mesquita [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 5 Apr 2008 13:43 Subject: Voting Rights for NRI Goans. - Letter to the Honorable Commissioner for NRI Affairs (Mr. Eduardo Faleiro) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From, Mr. Arwin Mesquita, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

[Goanet] SON'VARACHIM SUNGTTAM: Eke Kornnechem Karonn...

SON'VARACHIM SUNGTTAM: Eke Kornnechem Karonn... - Jose Salvador Fernandes Iskolantlo dusrea vorgacho dekhavo. Vorgant tis xikpi. Itlea-i zannam modlea Jeronak ubo korun xikovpinnin obheasache babtint kitlexech proxn kele. Punn tache lagim ek-ui proxnak zap

[Goanet] Beautifull Panjim Shigmo Parade: Part I, II III

Beautifull Panjim Shigmo Parade: Part I, II III Panjim Shigmo Parade Part I http://youtube.com/watch?v=Rvhvs5MunxQ or http://is.rediff.com/filevideo-GOA-Shigmo2008--Part-I-id-143742.php Shigmo Part II http://youtube.com/watch?v=15HggHdc58I or

[Goanet] Face to face with Manohar Parrikar

My verdict:After going through all pros and cons, evaluation of the past work etc and also knowing that there are no saints in the Goa Politics, I strongly feel that a chance should be given to this young and dynamic leader Shri Manohar Parrikar to rule the state once again.[JoeGoaUK] Are you

[Goanet] BRIDGING THE GAP II

BRIDGING THE GAP II An interactive seminar for parents Are Hurts a Hindrance? The Salesian cooperators are organizing an interactive seminar for Christian parents, details as below: Venue: Indian English Academy School (Don Bosco), basement hall (Salmiya, Kuwait) Date: Friday 11th April 2008

[Goanet] now the russians

Another murder covered up in Goa? Barney Henderson , Hindustan Times Mumbai, April 05, 2008 In a chilling parallel to the murder of British teen Scarlett Keeling, a Russian who died on a Goa beach over two years ago had a stab wound to his stomach, yet police maintain he drowned and have

Re: [Goanet] The Suraj and the Lotus Merge?

Cedrico; Cedrico, Why do you seem to be so shallow Goasuraj and floriano has 'never stopped', 'never stops' and 'will never stop' being critical of anyone, of the BJP, of the Congress, of the NCP et al as long as these fail to walk the talk the path that goasuraj has set in its

[Goanet] Congress-int porot zhogddim

Je meren Congress pokxan Digamber Kamat-ak Goencho mukhel montri kela te meren savn pokxant bhitorchea- bhitorlean borinch zhogddim zalolim dison aileant ani babddea mukhel montreachi nhid sud'dam pidd'dear zalolim lokxonam distat.Aiz Goeant sogllech amdar-montri kodelache fattik laglolean hea

[Goanet] TILAMOL TENSE BUT UNDER CONTROL - Police sources.

The situation at the Church of Our Lady of the Poor, Tilamol was generally calm and peaceful, when this writer visited the Parish priest Fr Lucio Dias this evening. There was the Goa Armed Police Constabulary posted at the site of the ransacking and burning of the shop amd motorcycle ust a

[Goanet] Goa Board for secondary and higher secondary Schools

Dear friends Goans have brought laurels all over the world. The older people who just managed to be in school for just two or three years could handle anything beyond the sun, and could compete with the top people of the world. The list is endless. But shame to write that Goa board cannot find

Re: [Goanet] Indians do it differently

Dear Dr. Rajan, That was a lovely, short and sweet comment (wish you had also posted it on the TOI website!) Your last para reminds me of an essay on the virtues of an Indian bucket bath v/s the British public baths, by Kaa Na Subramaniam. It was hilarious. We had discussed it with the authour

[Goanet] The Mine and the Madkaikar

To Goanet - On a clear day - the mines of Shirgaon seen from Taleigao. Notice the Chorao church in the far right of the frame - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/shirgaon-mine.jpg Early this morning, I was at the Chapel of the Mary Mount. I have talked about the signs of suspicious

[Goanet] Daily Haiku #64

DAILY HAIKU #64: _ SHORT SWEET _ amchem goem, gone to sunnem! http://2008goanconvention.com/blog/index.php http://2008goanconvention.com/registration.php _ Try Chicktionary, a game that

Re: [Goanet] Bishops comments on Migrants will be misread by Politicians

Somebody must whisper into the ears of the good Archbishop that CHARITY SHOULD START AT HOME BEFORE IT IS EXTENDED TO MIGRANTS goasuraj floriano - Original Message - From: cedrico dacosta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 5:32 PM Subject:

Re: [Goanet] Goa for sale... (Herald Mirror)

Mr Shirali Thank you for your insightful piece on Goa. The thing is Bombay used to be a clutch of seven islands, not too different, I would imagine, from Goa. The sepia toned pics that I have seen show a verdant place of coconut and banyan trees, and green hillocks and clean beaches. It's

[Goanet] Zito Almeida

clik on pic for bigger view or click below http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextras/2390263773/ Zito Almeida Hailing from Banda, Assolna, Almeida was a highly respected writer for around five decades. He has some books and thousands of articles to his credit. He was honoured with Dalgado

Re: [Goanet] Hinduism and Henotheism

I am yet to see a single post by Gilbert whose object is not to demean or belittle others, by making self-serving bogus assumptions about them. In this thread alone he now has 4 gratuitous and unprovoked posts of this nature. Ignoring the abusive garbage in his latest post appended below, I

Re: [Goanet] Goan Identity

Hi Bosco I discovered Gilbert's post in reply to Mrs Saldanha, on Goan Identity dated 28/3/08,19:25:57, not in my Inbox, for inexplicable reasons, but fortunately, in the Goanet archives. I therefore transferred the content with some difficulty and now reply to it by interspersing my comments with