Skin-deep secularism
FREDERICK NORONHA builds a
case to show that 'secular'
campaigners in Goa have their
own religious and even caste
biases.
It may sound provocative, but the 'secular' campaigner in Goa
isn't so secular. Scratch a 'secular' campaigner, and you
would quickly realise that below
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Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** Bengal plays Goa in Gangulys swansong - Hindu
[2 hours ago] NEW DELHI: Sourav Gangulys final appearance in
first-class cricket would be the highlight of the Bengal-Goa
Ranji Trophy plate
http://www.ecke.com/HTML/h_corp/corp_legend.html
The legend of the Poinsettia
A charming story is told of Pepita, a poor Mexican girl who had no
gift to present the Christ Child at Christmas Eve Services. As Pepita
walked slowly to the chapel with her cousin Pedro, her heart was
filled
What Can We Offer Goa ?
Honour promises to Goa - Zino Carvalho, Davorlim - 17-Dec-2008
We are completing 47 years of Goa's liberation. Goans sincerely hope that the
central government remove the anguish and bring back the glow of happiness to
the eyes of Goans by granting special status to Goa.
A short story of an assassination at the Oberoi-Trident.
Part one of two.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did writing it.
Roland.
On The Wings of a Dove
Pankaj Sheth woke up to the bright Bombay morning light coming from
the Arabian Sea, stifling a large yawn and contemplating a pleasant
What works best is we agree on some place to go to... and then each one pays
for what he orders! FN
2008/12/17 C Demello cdeme...@emirates.net.ae
I am a regular reader of Goa net.
Since i will be visiting Goa during this season I will be happy to attend
the Gaonetters meet.
Any contribution
In an interesting disclosure made to this writer by the Office of the Station
Director of All India Radio Panaji, Mr B D Mazumdar it is now confirmed that as
on half year ending 30th Sept 2008 his office has a total of 290 Nos
Konknni Vinyl gramaphone records i.e 75 Nos. 45 speed CMP,
From: Carvalho elisabeth_...@.
Subject: Looking for Kuwaiti Goans
Date: Monday, December 15, 2008, 5:09 AM
I am looking for an Kuwaiting Goans who might have lived through the
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Please do feel free to contact me on my private
email.
Many thanks,
Dear friends,
Kindly find attached herewith an invitation for NEST 2008 conference 2008 at
DANDELI, Karnataka.
You all are invited.
Regards
Rajendra , NEST
NATURE ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY AND TRANSFORMATIONS (NEST)
DONGAR GHAR, HILLTOP RESIDENCE, CHORAO ISLANDS, TISWADI, GOA.
Hi all,
I'll be delighted to be there at the 'Mandovi Hotel' on the 6th of
January at 3.30 PM. I hope my relatives will understand that I need to
leave for Panjim, as we have our 'Three Kings Feast' on that day.
I hope to meet you all!
Warm wishes,
Isabella.
This article is from the blog res gestae (www.rajivndesai.blogspot.com
http://www.rajivndesai.blogspot.com/ )
you can reach the person managing the list at i...@comma.in
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
The
http://rajivndesai.blogspot.com/2008/12/failure-of-political-class.html
Failure of the
http://girlgonegoa.wordpress.com/2008/12/14/8-views-on-rural-journalism-in-goa/#more-195
What's wrong with Goa's media?
[I attended this workshop and found it fascinating. This is the
summary I wrote up for them Note that I won their prize for Best Rural
Journalism Story! - UR]
A summary of the
tell me, is it a fashion to degrade the portugues regime of colonial
goa??. and do these writers think that is what people want to read? These
portugese-sounding names of writers who want to castigate our heritage!. let
me tell you, the goans of portugese heritage have been respected throughout
Is the Goa Police crawling when asked to bend by the Mining Terrorists?
After the series of unconstitutional, immoral actions over the past few months
against peaceful protestors,
the Goa Police seems to be exactly on the side of the outlaws
Today the Quepem Police lathi charged and beat up
http://www.goa-world.com All About Goa Goans Worldwide
GULF-GOANS E-NEWSLETTER (SINCE 1994)
THE BOMBAY CATHOLIC SABHA.
C/O ; St. Michaels church.
L.J.Road, Mahim
Mumbai 400 016.
Ph: 24446632, 24463853.
Email: cont...@bcsabha.org. website:
Some links, if you're into this issue:
Disability Goa: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/disability-goa
disability-...@yahoogroups.com
Disability India: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/disability-india
disability-in...@yahoogroups.co
A differently-ability lady (visually) who does radio reporting and
This article is from the blog res gestae (www.rajivndesai.blogspot.com
http://www.rajivndesai.blogspot.com/ )
you can reach the person managing the list at i...@comma.in
Friday, December 5, 2008
http://rajivndesai.blogspot.com/2008/12/battle-ground-st-xaviers-college-ap
prox.html
Re-try2
Talking Photo: My eyes are 16 times more powerful than yours
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk15/3115883172/sizes/l/
And I am watching you
Who am I ?
joego...@yahoo.co.uk
for Goa NRI related info...
http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/
For Goan Video Clips
Hello all,
I'm a Canadian freelance writer, staying in Goa until April 2009. I wonder
if anyone has an estimate of the recent numbers on:
1. The Goan population in Canada? (I've been told 25,000?)
2. In Toronto? (I've been told 10,000?!)
3. In Vancouver?
...or an official source for these
Re-try2
Talking Photos: River, Bridges, trains, Bus, Ferryboat etc
Two bridges, Ferryboat and a dog
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk15/3115882878/sizes/l/
Two bridges, a train boat scrap yard (including one from the Navy?)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk15/3115055969/sizes/l/
Santosh:Please provide me with actual first-hand evidence from a responsible
law enforcement agency in a point-wise manner here that Ekal Vidyalaya, VHP
America and/or Indicorps are/were directly involved in funding any kind of
illegal or criminal activity in India or anywhere else. I will forward
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085300.html
Excerpt:
India's Muslim population has not benefited from the country's
economic boom, lagging behind in almost all areas. These shortfalls also
contribute to the Muslim community's perception of itself as the target
This is for those Goanetters who feel sorry for jihadis and post articles that
blame their victims for the terrorism, as well as for the rest of us Indians,
Americans, Brits and Jews who are their targets so we can understand what we
are really facing. These are some insights from Khalid
Hi,
I looked for you on Reunion.com, but you weren't there. Please
connect with me so we can keep in touch.
-Lisette
Do You Know Lisette?
YES - Connect with Lisette, and see who's searching for you
On behalf of all Goanetters, wishing Many Happy Returns of the Day, 18th
December
to RICKY NORONHA of Saligao/Nuvem
==
NOTE: Please send your Birthday or Anniversary details to
greeti...@goanet.org or if you wish to greet somebody on their Birthday,
Wedding Anniversary or other
Hi Samir,
Thanks for this report. It proves my contention and yours that we should not
take anybody, and anything we read, at face value. It also indicates that if I
sent this report to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as a complaint
against Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation for their
at a Children's christmas party.
http://goanvoice.org.uk/supplement/SEGoansKidsXmasParty2008.html
best,
selma
Police assaults lawyer Adv. John Fernandes
Seven School students beaten by police violence
Franky Rebello hit by Police lathi on head
In a continuing saga of Police violence on peacefully agitating anti-mining
agitators Goa Police today added one more feather of shame in their kitty.
Today
Reporters Without Borders/Reporters sans frontières
17 December 2008
INDIA
Journalist and two assistants arrested over book exposing violence
against minorities in Orissa State
Reporters Without Borders today condemned the arrest of Lenin Kumar
Roy, author and editor of the quarterly review
OPEN LETTER
To:
The Chief Minister
Government of Goa.
Mr. Chief MInister,
I am one amongst the thousands of Goan voices from the villages that are
concerned about your claims through recent advertisements about having put in
place a transparent and participatory process for the Regional
This writer received frentic calls on 16th and 17th December, 2008 from well
meaning ersons, over a news item on one of the local English dailies (Gomantak
Times ) over the reported utterances of the President of the Goa Konknni
Academy Mr Pundalik Naik (now completing his term in office) at
eric pinto ericpinto2 at yahoo.com
Tue Dec 16 16:33:36 PST 2008
It's amazing to see how much news a pair of shoes can cause in these
days of televised news.
More than a pair of fractures, several, in fact: an arm and several
ribs, at last count. They are still working on him, on hold in
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:51:03 -0800 (PST)
From: Rajan P. Parrikar parri...@yahoo.com
What you will never hear from professional Hindu-haters and Islamic apologists
like Arundhati Roy, Amartya Sen, Praful Bidwai, Perfusser Puniyani, Teesta
Setalvad, Biju Matthew, Vijay Parshad and the rest of
o
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From: louella sequeira
Sent: Wednesday,
December 17, 2008 2:26:14 PM
KARNATAKA GOAN ASSOCIATION - Bangalore :
MONTHLY Newsletter
The KGA Committee
Skin-deep secularism
FREDERICK NORONHA builds a
case to show that 'secular'
campaigners in Goa have their
own religious and even caste
biases.
It may sound provocative, but the 'secular' campaigner in Goa
isn't so secular. Scratch a 'secular' campaigner, and you
would quickly realise that below
Frederick FN Noronha wrote;
Hi Mervyn, There is a certain nostalgia for the past. There is also the need
to protect lifestyles which have sustained so many for so long. (Whatever
happened to the ramponkar? Does he want to remain a ramponkar? Would we
encourage our children to graduate into
Freddy Fernandes wrote:
Thanks for your response, from your write up I assume you lived close to the
city or in a tourist populated area hence the blades embedded in the trunks of
coconut trees.
Hi Freddy,
A good guess but not correct.
Colvale has/had a disproportionate number of:
1. Drunks
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*** Bengal plays Goa in Gangulys swansong - Hindu
[2 hours ago] NEW DELHI: Sourav Gangulys final appearance in
first-class cricket would be the highlight of the Bengal-Goa
Ranji Trophy plate
Santosh asked for evidence; when evidence was given in the form of a federal
report (US does not have a monopoly on the word federal) from the
highly credible Hindu newspaper report, Santosh asks for better evidence.
Santosh, didnt you read the subtopic about spreading hatred? I hope Santosh
now
More than a pair of fractures, several, in fact: an arm and several
ribs, at last count. They are still working on him, on hold in
the 'green zone'. eric.
Mario responds:
Eric,
The fact that you are ruing unfounded rumors of fractured arms and ribs shows
how far Iraq has come since
In response to:
Message: 2
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:41:01 +
From: Naguesh Bhatcar sgbhat...@hotmail.com
Subject: [Goanet] Guards with AK-47 will secure Goa CM - From the Times of India
Dear Mr. Naguesh,
Good point !
Who would want to kill our Goan Politicians anyway and who are
Cheers Dears
By Augusto Pinto
Paklo And His Pikleleo Popeyes
Dears,
I asked the mirror on the wall: Mirror dear, who has the whitest of them
all? And the dear mirror replied - Paklo!!
Any niz Goenkar will tell you that Paklo or the White One is the nickname of
Xavier de Moira, who has the
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Mario responds:
when this ungrateful maniac would have been dispatched
RESPONSE: Aye-aye-aye.at the risk of irking 'amcho Bushacho
posko'why ungrateful.he/his family/his tribe might have
benefited from the SH largesse, no??
Somebody sent me a weblink to a
DAILY GROOK #307
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A WORSE X'MAS
_
by Francis Rodrigues
the world's ill
with slownness,
only dogs will
get their bonus!
_
puns word-play of all kinds,
if you read between the lines!
_
--- On Wed, 12/17/08, Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
They don't use rose tinted glasses when looking at Pakistan, whose children
are taught jihad against India in their government run public schools.
Hi Mario,
Do you have any objective pieces of evidence for the allegation that
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