To Goanet -
Dr. Claude Alvares and Norma Alvares deserve our deep
thanks and appreciation for their perseverance.
But let us not get carried away and proclaim that
this is a victory of the people and that sort of piffle we
hear all too often here.
Note the following sobering points -
(a)
Selma wrote:
My only fear is that someone centuries from now will google poders and
it will spin out the made-up stories of some writers on Goanet. Not
only will it give us the wrong idea of Goa, it will also tell us all
about the penal code of Canada, the Presidents of America, the smells
of
--- On Fri, 20/2/09, goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org
goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org wrote:
From: goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org
Subject: Goanet Digest, Vol 4, Issue 163
To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
Date: Friday, 20 February, 2009, 8:02 PM
I too miss the
A few day ago I ran into Fr. Visitacao B. Monteiro and got into a political
discourse. I have met him on several occasions at T.B. Cunha hall, etc
during important meetings as he is to be found at such meetings especially
if these are sensitive Goa related meetings. And naturally, we lapsed into
Mario's magic
By Bidisha Ghosal
Why do all of Mario Miranda's men have big noses? Women have big
breasts, men have big noses, the 83-year-old master cartoonist retorts
without blinking. On a more serious note, he adds, Bigger noses are
much easier to draw.
The beauty of Mario is that he never
AIFF president asks Goa chief minister to transfer academy land
Panaji, Feb 21 (IANS) All India Football Federation (AIFF)
acting-president and cabinet minister Praful Patel Saturday asked Goa
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat to broker peace between warring local
football satraps within eight days,
I don't know if any one of you was waiting for this..
Any way, I did this just for you..
So, here it is..
Goa Carnival 2009
King Momo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk17/3296902483/sizes/l/
king momo on his 4 horse chariot
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk17/3297728114/sizes/l/
What a difference to this I remember was when the Heritage Hotel was
built in Byculla in the early 1970s.
Dorabjees a hotelier in Poona bought a building just in front of the
Gloria Church. This was adjacent to the famous Alexandra Terrace where
Goan lawyers, professors, an Indian Express editor
Concept
note
Date:
April 11-12, 2009
Place:
Menezes Braganza Hall, Panaji
Organised
by: Gawda, Kunbi, Velip and Dhangar Federation (GAKUVED), Panaji, Goa.
Goa, a
small state in Western India, was one of the earliest (and last) European
colonies in
India (1510-1961).
In a recent post Selma identifies poder with chardo caste. Several poder
families in Bardez came from Majorda in Salcete and I have known at least
one that was of Shudra caste.
But Selma and Antonio will know the old saying: *Te firangi gele and te
undde kabar zale.* Even today one tastes good
I cook Goan dishes myself, and always try to make them authentic and more
refined to perfection everytime I hit the pans. However, having just read a few
of
the ingredients these chaps use on their so called 'Goan' dishes, I am
absolutely
sure they are only using the 'Goan' and
MINI WORLD CUP 2009
GOAN SOCCER AT VARCA ON 26TH 27TH DECEMBER 2009 ORGANIZED BY FESTA
ENTERTAINMENTS. TEAMS ARE BEEN INVITED FOR THE GRAND EVENT TO BE HELD IN GOA
BRING
ALL GOANS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD THROUGH FOOTBALL LOTS OF FUN. TO REGESTER
YOUR
TEAM OR FOR MORE
*** Chef Minister of Goa Diggu Kamat ***
This weeks special
* Tiatr Academy
* Industry Status for Tiatr
To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com
Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org
Pride
He was the most beautiful of all angels. He was referred to as the Day Star,
and the
son of Dawn. His name itself spoke of his brightness-Lucifer, angel of light.
He
dreamt of ascending the heavens and raising his throne above that of God's. But
he
was sent crashing down to the dark
Excerpts:
Most gravely, the likes of Pramod Muthalik, who are self-appointed
custodians of Hindu culture as well as morals and morality, have the tacit
support of the votaries of Hindutva who dominate the principal Opposition
party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). There can be no other
In the US, those that just repeat what Conservative talking heads write or
say are called Ditto Heads. The law encouraging mortgages to low income
earners, which is referred by some as government intervention, is / was not
the cause of bank failures.
It is widely believed that, Derivatives
Marlon said:
While much of what Mario says is true, the problem with Mario's analysis is
that he is very partisan and is not willing or able to accept the fact that
President Bush (Dubya) and the US Republican party, jumped into the home
ownership bandwagon that resulted in the mess that
Kala Chetana, Volvoi and State Woman's commission is organizing a one day
Discussion on Sunday (22nd February)
It will be Held at Savoi Verem, from morning 10 to evening 4 pm.
Our society still believes in some old customs and traditions that need to
be eradicated.
After the husband's death, women
it's true that many poder were were from Chardo or charddi caste.
We called them poder charddi
Some of the top priests at Bishop Palace are the sons of Poder Charddi.
I still see some poder charddi in the area where where I live.
When the sons go abroad etc their ancestral poderponn likely
Goa Carnival 2009 - Panjim Floats/parade part I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnJoDJ6M0c8
joego...@yahoo.co.uk
for Goa NRI related info...
http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/
For Goan Video Clips
http://youtube.com/joeukgoa
In Goa, Dial 1 0 8
For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
Talking Photos: Sab Ka Malik Ek Hai
Paduka darshan on 22.2.09 at Campal Grounds.
We were there at around 7.30am but the crowd was about 5000
already in the Q.
If it run smoothly, then it would take just over one hour but
there are another 2-3 entry points where VIPs are allowed.
VIPs does not
I have been reading this discussion about poder and goan bread. Do you guys
know who bakes the bread in goan bakeries?
I was on a holiday in Goa recently and bought bread early in the morning from
usual delivery boy on the cycle . He could not understand a word of Concani.
Because he was a
Thought the following might bring a few laughs to Goanetters on a
Toronto Saturday morning.
These hilarious exchanges are from a book called 'Disorder in the
American Courts'.
They were recorded verbatim and published by Court Reporters that had
the torment of staying calm and remaining
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** AIFF president asks Goa chief minister to transfer academy
land - Thaindian.com
resident and cabinet minister Praful Patel Saturday asked Goa
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat to broker peace
GOA’S RESTING PLACES-2
By Valmiki Faleiro
Dust you are, and unto dust you shall return. “Aiz mhaka, faleam tuka” (my turn
today,
yours tomorrow.) Yes, I am on ‘final’ resting places, three days before Ash
Wednesday.
Unpleasant as the thought of our own death may be, we could, when alive,
The word poder means to be able to do, or the power to do something in
Portuguese. In Goa the word has been **cktarised to describe a baker. The
actual word is padeiro which is a producer or seller of bread.
In Pangim and in my opinion the best bakers are/were Padaria 31 de Janeiro
situated
Hi Goanetters,
This would be a positive change for the crowded and polluted city.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-20-voa32.cfm
rubygoes
Mario Goveia said:
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell021809b.php3
Selected Excerpts:What was lacking in the housing market, they say, was
government regulation of the market's greed. That makes great moral
melodrama, but it turns the facts upside down. It was precisely government
Gilbert Lawrence wrtoe:
It is widely believed that, Derivatives and other risky instruments that
banks and other financial entities
(like brokerage and insurance companies) developed and widely used, to
leverage themselves, that caused
the financial failures. Those practices exposed the
to Goanet:
My sister is visitng Goa right now. She is in a high state of anxiety about
the way in which official records of birth, death, property information are
being thrown around and are literally disappearing.
She says that there was an article in one of the Goa papers about this alarming
Hi All,
Some people learn a new word via Goanet but do not know how, where and when to
use it.
Take HUBRIS for example, it means: 'is a term used in modern English to
indicate overweening pride, self-confidence'.
Ed said: At that time there was this Shiv Sena movement - if I am not mistaken
An Eyeful a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
‘Lulu Hyper Market’-an bhitor sorpa vatter astona, mhozo mobile vazlo. Fon
korpi ixttak hanvem sanglem, Indian fresh halal mutton vikot ghevnk hanv khas
ailam. Tacho vichar mhaka:
“Ghelea don sumana adim tuvem ‘Tuji Bholaiki Tujea
Even before the BJP has woken up to demand that the Casinos operating in
Mandovi river be sent out to sea by 15th March 2009, one can very well conclude
that their demand will be fullfilled by the 31st march 2009. This is called
'perfect setting' in politics. There is no difference between one
What say you? Seen the movie yet?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/21/opinion/21srivastava.html?em
rubygoes
7 good pics from News of the World - UK
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/showbiz/article188135.ece?slideshowPopup=truearticleId=188135initialArticleId=188135
---
Roland Francis
http://roland-torontogoan.blogspot.com
+1 (416) 453.3371
DAILY GROOK #329
SHAM SPAM
by Francis Rodrigues
politicians do so despise
the truth..when they spit,
out falsehoods and lies
one canardly believe it!
_
puns word-play of all kinds,
hey...read between the lines!
Guirimboy said: At this rate any progress made will soon vanish the way of
Zimbabwe.Wonderful! Wonder who will make it to the finish line first - the UK
or India?Tim
Hi,
That's right Tim, that is all you can do - keep wondering.
But you don't have to wonder for long, it is said that,
Paduka/e are slippers; basically just a knob which sits on a post that juts
out of the sole. Those worn by rishis, munis, sants were made of wood. Peopl
still waer them.
An example of ceremonial paduka from the Bata Shoe Museum:
http://www.allaboutshoes.ca/en/paduka/the_paduka/index.php
Bhurghem, Ek Devachem Dennem
Sokallchea fanttear fogoteancho gonn-gonn aikolo
Vegim vegim ghorantlo hanv bhair sorlo
Xezarnin kuxallkaien ulas sodlo
Vhoddlea putache bailen babuleak zolman haddlo
Zaitech vorsamni xezarnnicho ghorabo uzvaddlo
Xezareank kuxallkaecho umballo funtlo
Vaddeant
To Goanet -
Soter D'Souza wrote:
But by then the common man will be immunised to into
tolerating the casino culture and we always have the politicians
with an alternative distractor in their pockets. It could well be the
lollipop of 'Special status' which is softly cooking on low fire on
Dear Goans,
I will support any one who does anything for the Goan Cause, please see
below from Manohar Parrikar. I would have thought the TRUE BLOODED Goan
Politicians particularly from Salcette, like Digambar Kamat, Churchill
Alemao, Mickky Pacheco, Francisco Sardinha etc would have been the
Roland
This Freida Pinnto is not goan she is
Mangalorean So why are we we goans expected to
to getso excited about her why don`t
you post this on the mangalorean net or whatever they
have for
It is nothing but a shame that on Saturday the All India Football Federation
(AIFF) acting-president and cabinet minister Praful Patel had to ask Chief
Minister Digambar Kamat to intervene and broker between warring local
football satraps within eight days, failing which the proposed Bharti
( Published in The Navhind Times - 21st Feb)
The 81st Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscar's are less than
48 hours away. There is a considerable buzz this time thanks to
Slumdog Millionaire's Indian connection and of course music maestro
A.R. Rahman's three nominations (although he can
Here is a list of somewhat rare surnames among Goan catholics.
Amaral, Aranha, Barco,Barneto, Caeiro, Campos, Cardinho, Castanha,
Chagas, Cotta,
Dantas, Delgado, Egipsy, Figueira, Franco, Frias, Gomendes, Gouveia, Henriques,
Heredia, Jacques, Joanes, Lacerda, Macedo, Maciel, Mazarelo, Neto ,
45 matches
Mail list logo
