[Goanet-News] CONTROVERSY: Banned in Bangalore (Wendy Doniger, NYT)

2014-03-07 Thread Goanet Reader
The Opinion Pages|Op-Ed Contributor Banned in Bangalore By WENDY DONIGER MARCH 5, 2014 PHOTO: Dinanath Batra, 84, with portraits of the founders of a Hindu right-wing group. CHICAGO -- LAST month a retired Hindu schoolteacher named Dinanath Batra, who had brought a

[Goanet] HIGH COURT URGED TO INITIATE CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST CM MANOHAR PARRIKAR

2014-03-07 Thread Aires Rodrigues
Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court has today been urged to initiate contempt of Court proceedings against Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar for his blatant public contemptuous outburst yesterday against the Judiciary. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar yesterday while addressing the Goa

[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....

2014-03-07 Thread Gabe Menezes
Breakin' Up Is Hard To Do - Neil Sedakahttp://www.youtube.com/artist/neil-sedaka?feature=watch_video_title http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbad22CKlB4 g -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] U.S. says ready to do business with Indian front runner Modi

2014-03-07 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/07/uk-india-usa-modi-idUKBREA260BD20140307 -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest: Brazen copyright violation by Herald (Rajan P. Parrikar)

2014-03-07 Thread Patrice Riemens
1. Brazen copyright violation by Herald (Rajan P. Parrikar) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 17:49:29 -0800 (PST) From: Rajan P. Parrikar parri...@yahoo.com To: Goanet goa...@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Brazen copyright violation by Herald To Goanet - See the photo in this news item,

[Goanet] MONTH'S MIND - Henry Fernandes (Ex-Dar Es Salaam / Ex-Dubai / Carmona, Goa)

2014-03-07 Thread Goa World
www.goa-world. comGULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994) http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/gulf-goans/www.colaco.net  http://www.live365.com/index.live Tumcam Maie-mogacho ieukar. Stay tuned to Gulf Goans e-Newsletter  - everyday someone, somewhere learns a

[Goanet] CONDOLENCES - ANTONETTE DE CALANGUTE

2014-03-07 Thread Goa World
www.goa-world. comGULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994) http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/gulf-goans/ http://www.colaco.net/ http://www.live365.com/index.live Tumcam Maie-mogacho ieukar. Stay tuned to Gulf Goans e-Newsletter - everyday someone, somewhere learns a

[Goanet] Precious secret and sacred vote

2014-03-07 Thread Nelson Lopes
PRECIOUS SECRET AND SACRED VOTE There is no alternative in a Democracy, but to vote the system in place. NOTA a new hyped addition only can only give personal, mental satisfaction, but will not tilt the balance or lead to re-poll. Whether we cast our vote or not, it matters very little, because

[Goanet] Another completed project on a hill

2014-03-07 Thread JoeGoaUk
Short video  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAUNFy1YjZw Pics  http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/12975378123/in/photostream   A 3D Pic (from one hill, you can see two other hills) http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/12975363923/in/photostream/   Tejpal reminder

[Goanet] Diaspora

2014-03-07 Thread Bernice Pereira
Who can be deemed a tenant?  Maybe some 30 years ago a man sowed a tract of land just once for one season.  His son, however, stealthily goes to a corrupt talati, bribes him and puts his name as tenant in form 1 and 14.  This has happened in my case. The same has happened in so many other

[Goanet] EAINC

2014-03-07 Thread Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا
Somehow, I was reading just today that the East African Indian National Congress (EAINC) held its first session at Mombasa on March 7, 1914. A century away, to the day! What a coincidence! A few links (but not free access): East African Indian National Congress

[Goanet] Wendy's triumph of reason and freedom over religio-political extremism

2014-03-07 Thread Santosh Helekar
Please see - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/06/opinion/banned-in-bangalore.html?src=rechp_r=0 QUOTE What is new, and heartening, this time is that the best are suddenly full of passionate intensity. The dormant liberal conscience of India was awakened by the stunning blow to freedom of speech

Re: [Goanet] Follow the Money

2014-03-07 Thread roland.francis
The problem in India is not with personal expenses, it is with receipts (assets accumulated illegally).  So that Ontario solution has no relevance to India. Also the premier who is bringing in that legislation is trying to hoodwink the public. She is creating a ruckus about expenses of mere

[Goanet] [Goanet-News] CONTROVERSY: Banned in Bangalore (Wendy Doniger, NYT)

2014-03-07 Thread Goanet Reader
The Opinion Pages|Op-Ed Contributor Banned in Bangalore By WENDY DONIGER MARCH 5, 2014 PHOTO: Dinanath Batra, 84, with portraits of the founders of a Hindu right-wing group. CHICAGO -- LAST month a retired Hindu schoolteacher named Dinanath Batra, who had brought a

Re: [Goanet] Diaspora

2014-03-07 Thread J. Colaco jc
On 7 March 2014 10:22, Bernice Pereira bernicepere...@yahoo.com wrote: Who can be deemed a tenant? Maybe some 30 years ago a man sowed a tract of land just once for one season. His son, however, stealthily goes to a corrupt talati, bribes him and puts his name as tenant in form 1 and 14. This

[Goanet] Goa Sudharop - International Goan youth survey

2014-03-07 Thread George Pinto
Dear Goan Youth, Goa Sudharop is excited to further collaborate with you!  We have accomplished a lot over the past few years with Goan youth, and we want to continue this successful trend in 2014 and beyond.  We are here to give you every resource you need to become leaders, assist you in

[Goanet] Konkani resources and pointers in cyberspace

2014-03-07 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Permit me to share a few URLs below, which lead to some Konkani resources online which I recently spotted: Songs from Goa (via Austria) -- thanks to Michael Pinto in Ca for the link: http://www.songs-from-goa.at Goan music, via Goa-World http://www.goa-world.com/goa/music/ Bible stories in

[Goanet] A DEVIOUS LEGISLATION

2014-03-07 Thread Aires Rodrigues
In a very devious move, the State Government has hurriedly bulldozed through the Goa (Abolition of Proprietorships, Titles and Grants of Lands) Bill, 2014. While claiming it is to sort out the Mayem imbroglio, the devious intent is clear. Firstly, the term *proprietor *is defined thus: (o)

[Goanet] Fw: A 50-cent microscope that folds like origami by Manu Prakash

2014-03-07 Thread Con Menezes
A 50-cent microscope that folds like origami From: Today's TED Talk Sent: Saturday, March 8, 2014 3:46 AM To: cmene...@tpg.com.au Subject: A 50-cent microscope that folds like origami Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. March 7, 2014

[Goanet] Goa news for March 8, 2014

2014-03-07 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Fixing Goa polls on Maundy Thursday evokes sharp reactions - Times of India 4NzfV72WMihh9HdtRLN8Y8wcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331