[Goanet] Panjim Carnival Floats Parade - Part II

2009-02-24 Thread JoeGoaUk
Panjim Carnival Parade Part II About 75mnis of footage reduce to just about 28mins to make 3 separate clips. Almost all the floats covered in these 3 clips. Part 3 will be ready by tomorrow. Besides, there were individual fancy dress/clowns, Junk car rally etc within the parade. In this Part

[Goanet] Dempo to play at Sharjah - AFC Champions League

2009-02-24 Thread borg costa
All the Goans in U.A.E please come in full force support Dempo Sports Club.   Defending I-League champions, Dempo Sports Club are confident of getting a positive result from Wednesday?s AFC Champions League play-off match against Al Sharjah club in the play-off match, which kicks off at 7 p.m.

[Goanet] Benaulim's blogger Maxie Rodrigues assulted, hospitalized

2009-02-24 Thread sebastian Rodrigues
Benaulim village resident and blogger Maxie Rodrigues was today assaulted by two people at 11.30 am in his village of Benaulim at a spot called 'Voltar'. He was hit on his face and left on the road by two people from Benaulim itself that are involved in encroaching the public water pathway -

[Goanet] Mining Desaster

2009-02-24 Thread Freddy Fernandes
EDITORIAL COMMENT | Deep Trouble http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4178256.cms?frm=mailtofriend Please check out the above link. Acute water shortage could happen in the North, could happen in the South , could happen in the East as well as the West, but it's not going to

Re: [Goanet] Why?

2009-02-24 Thread mario rodrigues
Dear Rajan I agree with you and do endorse my support on the issue When A R Rahman OR Tendulkar(Duty for Ferrari) can easily pay the taxes/duties, why is the Indian government/Ministers providing them with exemptions that will make them more RICH and the POOR(incl.middleclass) more POOR.

[Goanet] 'Corrupt' projects disturb Goa's peace

2009-02-24 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
'Corrupt' projects disturb Goa's peace GOA, India - Simmering resentment against major developments in rural Goa - famous for its exotic beaches and idyllic rural countryside - has exploded in protests against allegedly corrupt local administrators. The former Portuguese enclave, which merged

[Goanet] Slumdog bleddy...

2009-02-24 Thread Venantius Pinto
Romans and Fud. Hilarious. Blessedly talented. This reminded me of my friend Trevor (Troah) who had a Anglo mother and a Goan father. Janet would say to us, Stoooaaap saying bleddy man, say blessed. Her anguished cry would be, Cussed buggers. venantius j pinto From: Hartman de Souza

[Goanet] Goan Surnames

2009-02-24 Thread Antonio Menezes
About one third of the most common Goan surnames or rather Portuguese surnames end in - ES - as follows: Alvares, Borges, Fernandes, Goes, Gomes, Gonsalves, Lopes, Marques, Martyres, Mendes, Menezes, Moraes, Nunes, Paes, Pires, Rodrigues, Sales, Simoes, Soares, Tavares, Teles, Vales; to this

[Goanet] Those old good days

2009-02-24 Thread Albert Desouza
Albert writes:- During the good old days one would see a poder coming with a big basket full of bread localy called pao,and kundeachi polle and kakna. In the hand they carried a fat bamboo stick which had chimes in between the nodes of the bamboo. They would bang the stick on the ground and

[Goanet] Fanaticism (re. Apology to Tariq)

2009-02-24 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:43:14 -0800 (PST) From: marlon menezes goa...@yahoo.com Chris, there is nothing wrong in admitting fault (I have done it too), and I even saluted you for having the courage to do so. The issue here was not your apology, but rather Mario's continued odious attacks on

[Goanet] Slumdog Millionaire

2009-02-24 Thread Marshall Mendonza
I understand that Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala too is of goan extraction. I believe he is the son of Dr Astrid Lobo Gajiwala who is a frequent contributor to the Examiner.Perhaps someone who knows the family well could confirm. Regards, Marshall

[Goanet] Goa Sudharop, thank you: Celebrate Goa event, Feb 22

2009-02-24 Thread George Pinto
Dear all, Goa Sudharop would like to thank all the approximately 250 attendees at the ICC for their attendance and support. Inspite of the rainy weather, they came, reflecting a great pride and love for Goa. Thank you to all who have written in or called with their comments, below are some

[Goanet] Slumdog millionaire --- hollow message of social justice

2009-02-24 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:50:50 -0800 (PST) From: Samir Kelekar samir_kele...@yahoo.com At last, a different viewpoint. Actually, I havent seen the movie, nor do I wish to spend Rs. 100/- on seeing it, even though it may have won Oscars. I dont quite like these KBC kind of shows, which make you a

[Goanet] Church Reconciles With Evolution

2009-02-24 Thread Goanet News
Church Reconciles With Evolution By Fr. Desmond de Sousa, CSsR, SAR NEWS PANAJI, Goa (SAR NEWS) -- This year the world celebrates the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Darwin in February (already gone by) and the 150th anniversary of his magnum opus On the Origin of the Species in November.

[Goanet] Culture Moral Policing V/s Morl Policing or Hooliganis (by Savio Figueiredo)

2009-02-24 Thread Cecil Pinto
From: Savio Figueiredo rende...@yahoo.com Dear All Dr/Mr Joe D'souza  ex Goa University wrote his Contrarian views in the Herald and I gave my opinion in the opiniated column ofthe Herald on 24.02.09 I reproduce my opinion first followed by Dr Joe'opinion OPINIATED   HERALD  24TH FEBRUARY 209

[Goanet] Sour grapes aplenty on Planet Bollywood

2009-02-24 Thread Mario Goveia
http://publication.samachar.com/pub_article.php?id=3713710navname=Generalmoreurl=http://publication.samachar.com/dnaindia/general/dnaindia.phphomeurl=http://www.samachar.com/mostread.phpnextids=3712172|3713710|3711508|3713615|3711528nextIndex=2 I found the link above on Samachar.com, titled,

[Goanet] Goa news for February 25, 2009

2009-02-24 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa asks offshore casinos to shift further down in sea - Hindu hore casinos to shift towards ...

[Goanet] The Accidental Activist - A Gameplan for the RP2021

2009-02-24 Thread Venita Coelho
The Accidental Activist - A Gameplan for the RP2021 By Venita Coelho The government has finally decided to extend the date to react to the Regional Plan by one month. For those villages who are still wondering what to do, here is a possible game plan based on our on-the-ground experiences in

Re: [Goanet] Goa Sudharop, thank you: Celebrate Goa event, Feb 22

2009-02-24 Thread ibonio dsouza
Qudos to you and your team George for promoting Goa and Goans through such cultural events! The indefatigable efforts of GS members keep the true spirit of a Goan very much alive when increasing number of our fellowmen take it for granted at incalculable risks. Let's not doubt a bit that with

[Goanet] No Criminals in Politics

2009-02-24 Thread kaleon
Enough of politicking, speeches and boring lectures. A new campaign against criminalisation of politics will be fighting the menace with the new age weapons of blogs, social networking sites like Orkut and Facebook and SMSes. The campaign launched by Forum for Clean Politics under the Public

[Goanet] Lotuses in the mud

2009-02-24 Thread Venantius Pinto
Lotuses in the mud by Reena Martins in The Telegraph. No theatrics, a straightforward piece. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090222/jsp/7days/story_10572965.jsp venantius j pinto

Re: [Goanet] Slumdog millionaire --(Mario G)- hollow message of social justice

2009-02-24 Thread Nascy Caldeira
Very well said, Mario G!!!   Indian middle and upperClasses have to 'Wake Up and Now' before more of the country becomes 'the Slum'.  What with Slum type and Divisive attitudes of the Fascist Leaders and Organisations. These are they who make India look like a 'Maha Slum'. 'India Shinning' and

[Goanet] DNA: India: BJP gets help from 'unofficial SMS campaign'

2009-02-24 Thread Ruby Goes
Goanetters, If you didn't already know this, here it is: http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1233802 rubygoes

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (25Feb09)

2009-02-24 Thread alexyz fernandes
Jai Ho Pookutty! Jai Ho Rehman! Jai Ho Oscars! P.S. Keep Smiling Pinki To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

[Goanet] Jai Ho Rahman / Why?

2009-02-24 Thread Mario Goveia
In a post titled Jai Ho Rahman http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-February/174222.html Soter wrote: A. R. Rehman's statement at the Oscar's, I had a choice between hate and love, I chose love and that is why I am here today, shows the greatness of this man. Rajan P.

[Goanet] Melbourne Olympic football heroes felicitated

2009-02-24 Thread SHRIKANT BARVE
They belonged to the golden era of Indian football. Barely nine years after Independence, they had stormed into the semi-finals of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics — the best showing by an Indian football team. Call it a commemoration of the great performance fifty years ago or guilt, the sports

[Goanet] D. D. Kosambi Intelectual Seminar 2009. Feb 26 to Mar 1 at Kala Academy, Panaji

2009-02-24 Thread SHRIKANT BARVE
D. D. Kosambi Intelectual Seminar 2009. Art Culture Department of Goa is organizing ‘ D. D. Kosambi Intelectual Seminar 2009’ from Feb 26 to March 1, 2009 at Kala academy Panaji. Lectures will be delivered by eminent speakers every day from 5.00pm. On 26 Feb Rajdeep Sardesai on Media 27 Feb

[Goanet] Goa Carnival 2009 - Float Parade Part III

2009-02-24 Thread JoeGoaUk
Goa Carnival 2009 - Float Parade Part III In this clip you will see.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfpNJQj3Lxg - Jumbo, jumbo Vana.. (singing) - King Kong - Goan Traditional Carpenters (I like this so much that I kept it for 2.5min duration, but sadly, it got 3rd prize I think. - Dinosaurus