[Goanet-News] Some video links...

2008-10-17 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
The James Hardley Chase ... of Konkani Bonaventura d'Pietro, Konkani writer from Anjuna, has come out with 18 books. He earned the sobriquet of the James Hardley Chase of Konkani for his tales of suspense and murder. The writer from Anjuna talks to FN about his work and difficulies, and smiles

[Goanet] Video: Azad Maidan -Open forum - Part II (with some pics)

2008-10-17 Thread JoeGoaUk
Video: Azad Maidan - Open forum - Part II (with some pics) There were about 40 speakers. Here is a selection of few Dr. Oscar, Pravin, Arvind, Shanti, Subodh, Naguesh, Sandesh, Mathany, Shashikal, Thalmann, Florian, Parriker etc http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=jEZKp_32PzI Some more pics just

Re: [Goanet] Twist in tale: Girl tries to save Rohit

2008-10-17 Thread Gabe Menezes
2008/10/16 Venantius Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED]: A minor Stockholm Syndrome? venantius RESPONSE: Get curiouser and curiouser, Stockholm syndrome with a twist, I suppose as the girl is not in a confined environment. My fear is that she could be receiving instructions from colleagues/so called

Re: [Goanet] what the ministers will do if their daughter is raped?

2008-10-17 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
That's a hypothetical question. It doesn't seem happen that way too. Probably ministers (ex-ministers, MLAs and Opposition figures too) would just makes the most of the case when someone else's daughter is involved. FN 2008/10/17 borg costa [EMAIL PROTECTED] what the ministers will do if

[Goanet] This is an outrage!

2008-10-17 Thread U P Kamath
It is a case of rape of a minor. There need not be any physical injury. Even if the minor girl sleeps willingly and lovingly with a man it is legally rape. upkamath

[Goanet] Pitfalls and challenges of new airports

2008-10-17 Thread Philip Thomas
Praful Patel's pat for Hyderabad airport http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/17/stories/2008101759750800.htm HYDERABAD: Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has said that the manner in which the new Hyderabad and Bangalore airports came up within a period of three years did not happen in very

[Goanet] Masked Goons and masked Activists

2008-10-17 Thread Jason Keith Fernandes
My dear Soter, Reference to your email on the subject line above, I could'nt agree with you more and I am glad that you have come out so strongly and openly against the hijack of the people's movement that is being attempted. As you correctly established, the meetings at the TB Cunha Hall and

[Goanet] what the ministers will do if their daughter is raped?

2008-10-17 Thread Samir Kelekar
Our ministers --- they will ask for a Chief Minister's post, and in return for it, they will drop the charges. samir

[Goanet] Daily Grook #250

2008-10-17 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY GROOK #250 VAULT FAULT by Francis Rodrigues her name was put on my tomb double, so the mason got engrave trouble! __ puns word-play of all kinds, if you read between the lines! _

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Fish Curry Rice at Adhu's Bar Utorda

2008-10-17 Thread JoeGoaUk
Talking Photos: Fish Curry Rice at Adhu's Bar Utorda Amghe tinga or Lapitta tinga Near Utorda Mollar Lourdes Bar (Adhu's Bar) Fish curry Rice http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/2945689684/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/2945689684/

[Goanet] Nostalgia #31

2008-10-17 Thread Francis Rodrigues
Nostalgia Pic #31 ___ 1910 - 2007: Bom Jesus Basilica Altar: then and now - almost a century between the first pic, at the 1910 Exposition, and the polished altar today. For once, maintenance seems to have triumphed! http://2008goanconvention.com/nostalgia.php Pictures: kind

[Goanet] Conversions, how acceptable?

2008-10-17 Thread marshallmendonza
Rina Mukherji wrote: Since conversions are obviously the root cause behind what has escalated into large-scale violence against innocent Christians in its wake, I feel Goanetters ought to read this piece from Indian Express. Mind you, not all Christian churches are into such proselytization,

Re: [Goanet] Conversions, how acceptable?

2008-10-17 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Thu, 10/16/08, Rina Mukherji [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *Mind you, not all Christian churches are into such proselytization, but there is a new crop of missions that makes this their agenda. It is this that must be opposed-in the cause of secularism and peace!* There is nothing wrong or

[Goanet] Video: Mustard Seed Arts Co. at Panjim rally - Oct 16

2008-10-17 Thread tambdi mati
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=gwrocJvSemk

[Goanet] Congratulations Best wishes to Vinay Lewis

2008-10-17 Thread Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com
Congratulations to Vinay Lewis of  Pearl Beats for making it to the Finals of Gulf Voice of Mangalore.   Vinay Lewis and Joyline Gonsalves will represent Kuwait.  They triumped from among the 12 semifinalist at the Carmel School Auditorium.   Gulab Working Committee wishes Vinay Joslene the

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 1332

2008-10-17 Thread Miguel Braganza
    Dear Venatius,   While you mean well, as always, I believe you are pre-judging Rohit asGuilty. That is what those who campaigned against Babush Monserrate in 2006-07, instead of merely campaigning against RegionalPlan 2011, want you and I to believe.   History bears witness that, while

Re: [Goanet] Twist in tale: Girl tries to save Rohit

2008-10-17 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dear Dotor,   Adv. Aires will claim that two of his fingers are injured and, while he can handle a Press Conference in the hospital, he could not jog anyones mammary! ;-) That is a good alibi as any.   Hear tell that the priest harrassed by Adv. Aires had a e-motional break down and was in

[Goanet] Fwd: Fw: Rina Mukherji sheds a blinding new light on Orissa violence -

2008-10-17 Thread Monica Fernandes
Dear Ms. Mukherji, Your article has been forwarded to me by a friend. You have evidently made a thorough study of the ongoing crisis. However, I would like to point out as follows : 1. If the Kandhas felt that they were suffering and were losing their property and rights, there are legal

[Goanet] Masked Gandhi and Masked Minds

2008-10-17 Thread soter
Masked Gandhiji and Masked Minds Blind folding Mahatma Gandhi cannot mask the Truth. The Herald shows a photo of none other then Subodh Kerkar at Azad Maidan holding a blind-folded potrait of the Mahatma. This artist politician is the man on the digital archives of Prudent Media who accused

Re: [Goanet] Talking Photos: WE SHALL OVERCOME (Protest Meet 2)

2008-10-17 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
2008/10/17 Gabriel de Figueiredo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subodh Kerkar with his art http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk15/2946619873/sizes/l/ The above is reminiscent of the cartoons that appeared on some international newspapers after that invasion of Dec 1961. One particular one shows a

[Goanet] Sandra From Bandra

2008-10-17 Thread Roland Francis
An 18 minute film about the Christian women of Bombay who created a space for women everywhere in India... JoeGoaUK would be proud ! http://imaginingourselves.imow.org/pb/Story.aspx?id=1430lang=1 Enjoy the scenes of the real Bandra. Regards. -- Roland Francis Toronto +1 (416) 453.3371

[Goanet] What abt the goans Mr. Monseratte?

2008-10-17 Thread borg costa
  Monseratte comments on the newspaper that   Chief Minister Digamber Kamat should take note of the developments. Today it is me. Tomorrow it could be some other MLA (legislator), he warned. You are thinking about you'r MLA's, What abt the goans Mr. Monseratte? you beat Mr. Aires  tomorrow

Re: [Goanet] Rina Mukherji sheds a blinding new light on Orissa violence -

2008-10-17 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Thu, 10/16/08, Monica Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2. Some Christian radical sects may be resorting to conversion but one cannot assume all Christian sects are the same and punish all the Christians. For instance, Rajni Mahsi, the poor girl who was burnt to death, was a Hindu

[Goanet] Waiting to Explode - Wendell Rodricks in Goa Today

2008-10-17 Thread Cecil Pinto
StyleSpeak – For GOA TODAY By Wendell Rodricks WAITING TO EXPLODE! These bombs in Delhi. Again! This time though the Indian public is not brushing it away like in the past. In Bombay, twenty minutes after the train blasts, commuters were back on the trains. Jaipur went about business the next

[Goanet] Nandinho … the rough cut

2008-10-17 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
Nandinho … the rough cut Thanks to my priest-musician friend Joaquim Loiola Pereira, I got a copy of of Saudades do Nandinho just this evening. Have been tuned into it for the last hundred minutes or so… and did it bring back memories! The Sixties were a strange time in Goa. My family had

[Goanet] Giovanni Maruzzelli of Celliax.org to speak at BITS-Pilani Goa campus, Oct 22, 2008 at 6 pm

2008-10-17 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
Various themes that interest me… Free Software, Goa, books, developmental issues… Mixing fixed lines and Internet telephony … Asterisk to the rescue After a flurry of emails across the continents (and within Goa), it's finally getting done. Giovanni Maruzzelli of Celliax.org is due to talk in

Re: [Goanet] stand up and be counted

2008-10-17 Thread Mario Goveia
2008/10/16 rosario franco [EMAIL PROTECTED] STAND UP AND BE COUNTED Beginning with Mr. Advani, let every Hindu who has been through the Christian schools systems stand up and speak for what is the truth. When they came to our schools for admission were they lured by inducements? Were they

[Goanet] Conversions, how acceptable?

2008-10-17 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:08:02 -0700 From: Rina Mukherji [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Since conversions are obviously the root cause behind what has escalated into large-scale violence against innocent Christians in its wake, I feel Goanetters ought to read this piece from Indian Express.* ** *Mind you,

Re: [Goanet] In celebration of the Bush legacy

2008-10-17 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Mario Goveia wrote: He says McCain has voted 85% with Bush, insinuating that this is a problem because of Bush's low 26% approval ratings. Mario, Bush is my hero. He debauched the US currency, the US economy and the US military. I am forever grateful for the currency issue (sic). McCain's 

[Goanet] Masked Goons and masked Activists

2008-10-17 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dear Jason,   It needs all we can do to prevent social activism from becoming a Self Help Group of the urban pseudo elite and spurious intelligentsia. Just look how they withdraw from the scene during the lean period and pop up when the showers of money arrive ...just like frogs, jumping and

[Goanet] Your comments in todays goanet org

2008-10-17 Thread Rajiv Singbal
Dear Samir, Our ministers --- they will ask for a Chief Minister's post, and in return for it, they will drop the charges you are right! But tel me para dukhkhha sheetal(other persons grief is cold) is the key word Minister and chief minister all are responsible for the protection of their

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 1332

2008-10-17 Thread Venantius Pinto
Dear Miguel, It may have come across as such but I am going on record saying that I am not pre-judging Rohit as Guilty. Although I did make it a point to talk about punishing the child and the father to atone. This is what I know my mother would do to me if we were in a similar situation.

[Goanet] Some video links...

2008-10-17 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
The James Hardley Chase ... of Konkani Bonaventura d'Pietro, Konkani writer from Anjuna, has come out with 18 books. He earned the sobriquet of the James Hardley Chase of Konkani for his tales of suspense and murder. The writer from Anjuna talks to FN about his work and difficulies, and smiles

[Goanet] DNA - India - Scores of Christians convert to Hinduism.

2008-10-17 Thread Ruby Goes
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1198928 Damn sad. rubygoes

[Goanet] Joel D'Souza, on news and cyberspace

2008-10-17 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
Journalist Joel D'Souza has been linking Goa and cyberspace for over a decade now. He talks about his experiences there, and the pressures too. Joel is best known for his Newsclips. http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=36gXXVWJS2k

[Goanet] Goa news for October 18, 2008

2008-10-17 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Politics may hinder probe in Goa rape case - NDTV.com [20 hours ago] Goa's latest scandal now threatens to become Goa's latest political crisis. MLAs said to be close to Babush Monserrate

[Goanet] Who will champion low cost aviation?

2008-10-17 Thread Philip Thomas
BJP accuses UPA of being insensitive to aviation sector http://www.thehindu.com/holnus/002200810180324.htm Accusing the UPA Government of consistent insenstivity towards the civil aviation sector and its personnel, the BJP on Friday said the present dispensation had also frittered away the

[Goanet] THE OPEN FORUM CIRCUS

2008-10-17 Thread Albertina Almeida
THE OPEN FORUM CIRCUS Open Forum? Sounded like a great idea. Finally, it is not going be about select speakers, I thought. We shall overcome. An even more positive proposition! But alas! The Open Forum held on 16th October 2008 to condemn the brutal assaults against Prajal Sakardande and Aires

[Goanet] We shall venceremos

2008-10-17 Thread Bernado Colaco
The maha censor is at it again. Besides condoning the attack against Aires, he comes with the same rententive story.. Those pushed out of their homeland have now landed in Swindon with Portuguese citizenship. Keep on blaming the Portuguese to sidestep the real issues of Goa.   It even looks

[Goanet] Demise of Fr. Moraes in London

2008-10-17 Thread Jesus Mario B. Fernandes
Forwarding the attachment on the death of Fr. Moraes, former chaplain of the Asian Chaplaincy in London. Please publish the same on behalf of Fr. Francis Rosario sfx, the current Goan Chaplain. Thanks J Mario Fernandes goan Chaplaincy (UK) St. Thomas of Canterbury School, Commonside East,

[Goanet] Twist in tale: Girl tries to save Rohit

2008-10-17 Thread J. Colaco jc
Miguel wrote: Adv. Aires will claim that two of his fingers are injured and, while he can handle a Press Conference in the hospital, he could not jog anyones mammary! ;-) That is a good alibi as any. Hear tell that the priest harrassed by Adv. Aires had a e-motional break down and was in

[Goanet] Rina Mukherji sheds a blinding new light on Orissa violence

2008-10-17 Thread marshallmendonza
Santosh Helekar wrote: Ms. Fernandes raises very good points. She also appears to have corrected an inaccuracy that was propagated in this forum, namely that a nun was burned to death. The truth is that she was a Hindu girl. In either case it is an atrocity. But journalists and activists

[Goanet] A Moratorium On Conversions: Who Decides?

2008-10-17 Thread marshallmendonza
A very thought provoking article on the recent articles calling for a debate on conversions. http://www.ccbi.in/viewnews.php?action=viewmorevalue=2095 Regards, Marshall -- Hyundai to launch the i20 in India. Catch the exclusive preview on ZigWheels.com