[Goanet] Fwd: Felicio Cardoso-cho Ugddas Dis

2020-08-27 Thread augusto pinto
xantor korpi Sr. Augusto Pinto-n vhodd thokos gheun kainch mandan ghenastanam ani bhou thoddea vella modem keleat. Taka amche dhinvas. What's Christ's Caste? Inglixint tea disa, Agost 30, Herald-acher uzvaddavpachi amchi yeuzonn asli punn tem zomlem nam, karonn Herald kannio uzvaddak ha

[Goanet] UK: Zoom Webinar Goans in Britain Part of South Asian Heritage Month 18 August 2020 ? Observations by Rose Fernandes

2020-08-21 Thread augusto pinto
Rose Fernandes asks some interesting questions as to why Goans come to England which I've excerpted below my post. She says she doesn't understand why Goans leave their decent houses and go to England where they frequently have to stay in at best one room in a shared house. She is essentialy

Re: [Goanet] Inquisition

2020-08-13 Thread augusto pinto
, the right honourable Eugene Correia and the rightly dishonourable yours insincerely had a huge amount of fun. Enjoy! Augusto I'm not sure if Derek is a member of the fora I write to so I'll bcc him separately On Wed, 12 Aug, 2020, 2:04 PM augusto pinto, wrote: > I beg your pardon! > &

[Goanet] What does Johnny have to say?

2020-07-29 Thread augusto pinto
In the age of Covid-19 I felt sorry For Ritu rdso...@shaw.ca Who For the third time Asked to Be unsubscribed I thought That in these Times of Covid-19 It isn't so easy To escape From The virus What does Johnny have to say? Message: 2 Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 14:27:09 -0600 (MDT) From: RITU

[Goanet] Vishnu Surya Wagh

2020-07-24 Thread augusto pinto
https://www.navhindtimes.in/the-agony-and-ecstasy-of-vishnu-wagh/ An article by Nandakumar Wagh on his friend the brilliant Konkani and Marathi poet, essayist and dramatist; and always controversial and many would add, the frequently dicey politician Vishnu Surya Wagh. Augusto

[Goanet] Claude Alvares reviews Parrikar's Biography Pt 1

2020-07-19 Thread augusto pinto
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3184804338270781=12237397962=wiwspmo=Jj8xIFCGz1XAdHCu Augusto

[Goanet] Claude Alvares reviews Parrikar's Biography Pt II

2020-07-19 Thread augusto pinto
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3187739127977302=12237397962=wiwspmo=0Pdnv5ckuaTQUibU Augusto

Re: [Goanet] Violet Dias Lannoy

2020-07-11 Thread augusto pinto
Read my comment on Selma's post: On Sat, 11 Jul, 2020, 3:42 PM 'Selma Cardoso' via The Goa Book Club, < goa-book-c...@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Dear Eugene, > > ... I know from long experience that low prices don't expand the Goan > market. The Goan market for books is not elastic and

Re: [Goanet] Souls, Spices and Sex by Prof. L. A. Rodrigues

2020-07-11 Thread augusto pinto
guess would be either Catholic Bamons or Mistises (offspring of inter-racial unions). This might be what prompted Prof. Rodrigues to write the book. This is just speculation of course. Augusto On Sat, 11 Jul, 2020, 1:47 PM augusto pinto, wrote: > Has anyone read Souls, Spices and Sex by P

Re: [Goanet] What does Johnny have to say?

2020-07-11 Thread augusto pinto
have to say? On Wed, 8 Jul, 2020, 10:27 PM augusto pinto, wrote: > In the age > of Covid-19 > > A debate raged: > > Are Lives > More important > Or are > Livelihoods ? > > A Powerful > Money Man said: > Who cares? > > Money is to be made > L

[Goanet] Fwd: Souls, Spices and Sex THE STRUGGLE FOR EURO... was uploaded by Tensing Rodrigues

2020-07-11 Thread augusto pinto
This forward might be of help to those interested. Augusto -- Forwarded message - From: Academia.edu Date: Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 4:59 PM Subject: Souls, Spices and Sex THE STRUGGLE FOR EURO... was uploaded by Tensing Rodrigues To: [image: Academia.edu]

Re: [Goanet] Souls, Spices and Sex by Prof. L. A. Rodrigues

2020-07-11 Thread augusto pinto
On Sat, 11 Jul, 2020, 1:47 PM augusto pinto, wrote: > Has anyone read Souls, Spices and Sex by Prof. Lourdino Alberto Rodrigues? > > If you have, could you please narrate your opinions of the book and its > author? > > Augusto >

[Goanet] Souls, Spices and Sex by Prof. L. A. Rodrigues

2020-07-11 Thread augusto pinto
Has anyone read Souls, Spices and Sex by Prof. Lourdino Alberto Rodrigues? If you have, could you please narrate your opinions of the book and its author? Augusto

Re: [Goanet] What does Johnny have to say?

2020-07-11 Thread augusto pinto
In the age of Covid-19 On July 11 World Population Day The Minister said Population Should Be Controlled. So Aunty Corona Continued Controlling The Population. What does Johnny have to say? Augusto On Wed, 8 Jul, 2020, 10:27 PM augusto pinto, wrote: > In the age > of Co

Re: [Goanet] What does Johnny have to say?

2020-07-08 Thread augusto pinto
In the age of Covid-19 A debate raged: Are Lives More important Or are Livelihoods ? A Powerful Money Man said: Who cares? Money is to be made Let's Make it. What does Johnny have to say? Augusto On Sun, 21 Jun, 2020, 10:08 PM augusto pinto, wrote: > In the age > of Cov

Re: [Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

2020-07-02 Thread augusto pinto
On Thu, 2 Jul, 2020, 10:18 PM augusto pinto, wrote: > In > the > Age > of > Corona > Virus > > i've > taken > an airplane > > from > another > country > > to get > to India > > also > a train > > a bus > > and > a jee

Re: [Goanet] Comparative History

2020-06-30 Thread augusto pinto
“Divide and rule, the politician cries; Unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Gedichte “Divide and rule, weaken and conquer, love and enslave, these are three tenets of politics” ― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great

Re: [Goanet] What does Johnny have to say?

2020-06-21 Thread augusto pinto
What does Johnny have to say? Augusto On Sat, 20 Jun, 2020, 6:58 PM augusto pinto, wrote: > In the age > of Covid -19 > *Mzee* Gando > Decided > to go > To the *Zatra* > of the God > of the Bizarre > Lord Shri Vichitra. > > There *Mzee* > *Mjinga sana* &

[Goanet] What does Johnny have to say?

2020-06-20 Thread augusto pinto
slavery! P'd off Anu growled at Gando: up yours *Mjinga sana!* What does Johnny have to say? Augusto Pinto

[Goanet] A letter to Vavradeancho Ixtt about Racism and Caste-ism

2020-06-19 Thread augusto pinto
Goans aren't very good at responding to criticism. And when someone points out their mistakes they are too scared to deal with criticism. Last week on Vavradeancho Ixtt I read two articles which were very racist. I sent a letter to the editor of Vavradeancho Ixtt, a Br. E. Miranda a letter

[Goanet] What Does Johnny have to Say?

2020-06-15 Thread augusto pinto
In the age of Covid-19 Poets Sometimes Lose Their Balance. A Brilliant poet Named JBP Has started Writing poor stuff. I think that JBP needs to Step behind And take a break. And not force himself To produce A poem a day. On the other hand If he stops then What's The guarantee That JBP Will

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] The Goa Inquisition: when FACT creates Fiction (Alan Machado) (Mel de Quadros)

2020-06-09 Thread augusto pinto
https://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg138770.html Dear Mel de Quadros, You've used an old mail to try to cast (I presume, because your intentions aren't clear) doubt upon what Alan Machado (Prabhu) a Mangalorean Christian who has written an essay to confront the lies,

Re: [Goanet] Vavradeancho Ixtt

2020-06-06 Thread augusto pinto
> The latest Vavradeancho Ixtt has finally caught onto the issue of the > Hindutvavadis hate campaign against St Francis Xavier and the Inquisition. > I presume you can read Konkani. > > Look at the attachments. > Augusto > > On Tue, 19 May, 2020, 1:35 PM augusto pinto,

[Goanet] Vavradeancho Ixtt

2020-06-06 Thread augusto pinto
Sorry. I thought I had attached the Vavradeancho Ixtt clippings in my previous email. Here are the pages dealing with St. Francis Xavier and the Inquisition. Augusto

Re: [Goanet] What Does Johnny Have to Say?

2020-06-04 Thread augusto pinto
Augusto Pinto said: In the age of Covid-19 Remember that Augusto Pinto Said it first: The age of Covid-19 Is the Golden Age Of Forwards. Forwards Which say... To be continued... On Thu, 28 May, 2020, 6:13 AM augusto pinto, wrote: > In the age > > of Covid-19 >

[Goanet] History of Politics & Attacks on Jesuits, SFX

2020-06-02 Thread augusto pinto
Professor Mascarenhas made so many interesting points only I, a Moidekar, could possibly possess the temerity to examine his arguments given that he's a world renowned intellectual and I (sigh) am just a *ganvtti* sort who believes in the adage: *soglleanchem aikunchem, punn mhaka borem dista tem

Re: [Goanet] History or Religious Politics - www.goainquisition.info (Epifanio Valadares)

2020-06-01 Thread augusto pinto
Roland wrote on this thread: "Augusto, you were tr?s dr?le" Roland-bab, Hem tum kitem sangunk sodtai re? Hanv dotor (dr) nhoi. Puzzled, Augusto

[Goanet] History or Religious Politics - www.goainquisition.info (Epifanio Valadares)

2020-05-31 Thread augusto pinto
Epifanio Valadares sent in the following post: https: // www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg138603.html His essential plea is: "My request through this mail, is that if possible, please push this websiteto the concern authorities and our Goa state leaders (as I do not have their

[Goanet] What Does Johnny Have to Say?

2020-05-31 Thread augusto pinto
does Johnny have to say? Augusto Pinto

[Goanet] Wendell's Poskem

2020-05-30 Thread augusto pinto
Wendell gifted me Poskem a few weeks before he died was published by Om books in 2017 and is illustrated with Mario Miranda's cartoons. It's one of the many books I hadn't read. When I took it up I realised that Poskem was a skilled essay in faction i.e. fact disguised as fiction. The problem

[Goanet] Adv. Albertina Almeida, Cecille Rodrigues and other Activists Arrested in Taleigao

2020-05-30 Thread augusto pinto
https://www.facebook.com/PrudentMedia/videos/562518134691909/ Interestingly enough all of them were women just questioning the illegalities. During the next election I bet all the people of Taleigao will nonetheless vote for Babush's candidates. Augusto

Re: [Goanet] What Does Johnny Have to Say?

2020-05-29 Thread augusto pinto
On Fri, 29 May, 2020, 5:56 AM augusto pinto, wrote: > In the age > > of Covid-19 > > Anonymous > > Preachers > > Prattle > > on Mailing Lists > > whilst their Gods > > like Fleas > > in a Morgue > > Feast > > on Corpses. > > What does

[Goanet] Selma's article on 'The Goan Doctor and the Plague'

2020-05-29 Thread augusto pinto
I felt a tinge of nostalgia when I read Selma's article in the Herald titled The Goan Doctor and the Plague because if memory serves me correctly, I used to live on Campos-Ribeiro Road atop the piquantly named Hole in the Wall bar. I wonder whether it still exists. Augusto

[Goanet] What Does Johnny Have to Say?

2020-05-28 Thread augusto pinto
In the age of Covid-19 Anonymous Preachers Prattle on Mailing Lists whilst their Gods like Fleas in a Morgue Feast on Corpses. What does Johnny have to say? Augusto Pinto On Thu, 28 May, 2020, 6:13 AM augusto pinto, wrote: > In the age > > of Covid-19 > > Teachers

[Goanet] What Does Johnny Have to Say?

2020-05-27 Thread augusto pinto
In the age of Covid-19 Teachers have become Warriors. like Soldiers with 7th Pay Incomes they must do as they're told - and Not ask Questions. What does Johnny have to say? Augusto Pinto

Re: [Goanet] Books on Goan Houses

2020-05-22 Thread augusto pinto
of the Hindu business class and of the Bamon and Chardo Catholic bhatkar class and this was now beginning to show in the increasingly ostentatious houses that they built. To be continued... Augusto On Thu, 21 May, 2020, 7:54 PM augusto pinto, wrote: > The second book on Goan architecture whic

Re: [Goanet] Books on Goan Houses

2020-05-21 Thread augusto pinto
in more detail in a subsequent post. Augusto On Sat, 16 May, 2020, 6:17 PM augusto pinto, wrote: > I wanted to read up on Goan architecture. > > Unfortunately when they were in print I didn't buy books about Goan houses > as at the time they were a bit expensive and I didn't have

Re: [Goanet] The Threat of CANCER .in Goa & Tanzania

2020-05-21 Thread augusto pinto
May, 2020, 10:24 PM Adolfo Mascarenhas, wrote: > > > Message: 1 Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 16:24:31 +0530 > From: augusto pinto > > To: augusto pinto > > Subject: [Goanet] GOVERNMENT MUST ACT AGAINST ADULTERATED FOODSTUFF > > &g

[Goanet] GOVERNMENT MUST ACT AGAINST ADULTERATED FOODSTUFF

2020-05-19 Thread augusto pinto
I read Aires's post. I too am surprised by the number of deaths due to cancer. In about the last 10 years my brother Tony, my cousins Simon, Felix, Fermino, all D'Cunhas, and their sister Flavia Mendonsa and her husband Caetano have all died due to cancer. Although Simon lived in Pune, the

[Goanet] Vavradeancho Ixtt

2020-05-19 Thread augusto pinto
After many days of the lockdown, the Vavradeancho Ixtt, (Workers' Friend) came to my home today. Published by the Pilar society, it says it is Goa's only Konkani weekly since 1933. I don't usually look too closely at it because the articles are mostly about saintly thongs and I have more

[Goanet] Fwd: Who is this Joao?

2020-05-17 Thread augusto pinto
-- Forwarded message - From: augusto pinto Date: Sun, 17 May, 2020, 11:30 PM Subject: Who is this Joao? To: augusto pinto Cc: Francis Rodrigues Joao Barros Pereira is a brilliant poet whose work compares well with another brilliant poet who specialises in short poems

Re: [Goanet] Books on Goan Houses

2020-05-17 Thread augusto pinto
, 9:41 AM augusto pinto, wrote: > A couple of other things need to be said about Houses of Goa. > > It's a gloriously produced coffee table book. The paper is excellent and > so is the printing. The photos used to illustrate it are also very good. > > Besides the pictures of ho

Re: [Goanet] Books on Goan Houses

2020-05-17 Thread augusto pinto
the citations would have enabled the reader to go back to those works. Augusto On Sat, 16 May, 2020, 6:17 PM augusto pinto, wrote: > I wanted to read up on Goan architecture. > > Unfortunately when they were in print I didn't buy books about Goan houses > as at the time they were a b

[Goanet] Books on Goan Houses

2020-05-16 Thread augusto pinto
I wanted to read up on Goan architecture. Unfortunately when they were in print I didn't buy books about Goan houses as at the time they were a bit expensive and I didn't have enough money at the time. However fortunately for me my neighbour from Moira Leroy Veloso who collects books about Goa

[Goanet] Mahabharot (Adi Porv)

2020-05-07 Thread augusto pinto
This lockdown is as good a time as any to check on the books that I possess but haven't read. I'll tell you about a book that I set out to read but actually didn't. As the subject line says it's name is Mahabharot (Adi Porv which means first part) and if I remember correctly it was given to me by

[Goanet] Tensing Rodrigues's Konkanapurana

2020-03-10 Thread augusto pinto
https://www.academia.edu/42185578 Tensing Rodrigues has for quite a long time been publishing a series of articles in the Navhind Times called Konkanapurana. This is quite a detailed exposition on how Goa got populated from the earliest times. He uses a vast variety of sources to buttress his

[Goanet] The Strange Moira Club Centenary Souvenir Saga

2020-03-05 Thread augusto pinto
On Sunday the 16th of February, at around 7.00 pm a function was held in the Associação Académica de Moira Club to release a souvenir to mark to mark the century of the founding of the club. The function itself was a nice one. It's what happened later that was surreal as far as I am concerned.

[Goanet] Which is the oldest club in Goa?

2019-12-17 Thread augusto pinto
I know that the second oldest sports and cultural club in Goa is the Associacao Academica de Moira founded in 1920. Does anyone know which is the oldest? Augusto

Re: [Goanet] [GOABOOKCLUB] Catalogues of IFFI from Inception

2019-11-16 Thread augusto pinto
> www.wendellrodricks.com > Address: Wendell Rodricks, Campal, Panjim, Goa. 403001. INDIA > Off: +91-832-2420604 Shop:+91-832-2238177 > E-retail: wendellrodricks.com > > On 18-Oct-2019, at 12:18 AM, augusto pinto wrote: > > I have been an IFFI delegate since the time IFFI bega

[Goanet] Fwd: Jomo Kenyatta

2019-11-09 Thread augusto pinto
-- Forwarded message - From: augusto pinto Date: Sat, 9 Nov, 2019, 10:09 PM Subject: Jomo Kenyatta To: Does anybody know whether J. M. Nazareth was a defence lawyer of Jomo Kenyatta? Augusto

[Goanet] An Article about those who wrote about Moira

2019-11-06 Thread augusto pinto
the article please feel free. I'm afraid there's no remuneration in this endeavour as all the proceeds will go to the Moira school. Best, Augusto -- Forwarded message - From: augusto pinto Date: Fri, 1 Nov, 2019, 10:39 PM Subject: Re: Nazareth Writers from Moira To: John Nazareth Dear

[Goanet] Catalogues of IFFI from Inception

2019-10-18 Thread augusto pinto
I have been an IFFI delegate since the time IFFI began in Goa. Hence I have most of the cataloguea from the first IFFI that was held in Goa. Now I am facing a problem because I don't have space in my house to store a lot of stuff which I had preserved because I thought they would be useful. So

[Goanet] Hanv Konn an excellent new blog

2019-07-15 Thread augusto pinto
*Hanv Konn* https://hanvkonn.wordpress.com/is an online blog that contains articles written by various authors during the course of their MA in Sociology Programme at Goa University. 'These authors show us how higher education could, and perhaps should, be a process of discovery and recovery

[Goanet] Alito Sequeira’s Articles on How 8000 Candidates Failed a Govt. Accountants’ Test

2018-09-13 Thread Augusto Pinto
> Prof. Alito Sequeira wrote a thought provoking series of articles in the > Herald critiquing the manner in which not single one of 8000 candidates from > Goa could qualify at a government accountants’ test titled “The Dark Side of > State Employment” (OHeraldo) > Augusto > >> Part 1:

Re: [Goanet] [GOABOOKCLUB] Increasing levels of dissolved CO2 disrupt fish’s olfactory skills, study finds.

2018-08-13 Thread augusto pinto
A couple of comments about this thread: 1) Themistocles mentions that 'catfish' is '*tigur' *in Konkani. Catfish is usually called *'sangott'. *I'm not sure what *tigur* (or* thigur* as we pronounce it in North Goa) is called in English although it might well may be a variety of catfish. Wonder

[Goanet] Yup

2018-06-05 Thread Augusto Pinto
Sent from my iPhone

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] DEATH: Luis Assis Correia, ex-Africa and UK, author of many books on Indo-Portuguese history

2018-02-24 Thread Augusto Pinto
Sorry to hear of the death of Luis. I was quite fond of him and I believe he too was fond of me given our common Kenya background although he was much older. During our last email chat he was quite annoyed that I didn’t make it to the release of his last book. I was amazed at his literary

Re: [Goanet] [GOABOOKCLUB] Goa Books at GALF

2017-11-30 Thread Augusto Pinto
> On 30-Nov-2017, at 12:39 PM, Augusto Pinto <pinto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Of the five books that are to be published, one title caught my eye: A House > of Many Mansions: Goan Literature in Portuguese: An Anthology of Original > Essays, Short Stories and Poems Edited

[Goanet] Much ado about nothing

2017-11-05 Thread Augusto Pinto
Dear Joao Barros Your prose is puerile and I was thoroughly bored by your pointless rambling which focuses on Vishnu Wagh’s Sudirsukt to begin with and then veers off staggering here and there like a stoned drug addict. (To be fair to you, I know that as opposed to the rubbish in your goanet

[Goanet] Divorce among Goans

2017-11-05 Thread Augusto Pinto
I am witness to a rather messy domestic squabble between a married Goan couple who live in England. They are a couple who used to live in Bahrain where their parents worked, and fell in love in school, a relationship which their parents approved and got married at the age of around 25 at a

[Goanet] Goodbye ... JC!

2017-04-16 Thread augusto pinto
It's hard to believe that we won't be reading jc again. Like many others I too had never met him personally and our acquaintance was through correspondence on internet mailing lists where he would write on a plethora of issues. On subjects that he was expert at - medicine and medico-legal matters

[Goanet] To Sir with love,,

2017-03-18 Thread Augusto Pinto
Someone who knows the facts must write a tribute to Joaquim D'Cruz's sister, the renowned music teacher, the late Philomena D'Cruz. She taught numerous students at Kala Academy's Music School in Panjim and after her retirement at her home in Bambordem in Moira. She was spoken of highly by all

[Goanet] On Jayanti Naik in The Goan by Bharati Pawaskar

2017-01-16 Thread augusto pinto
http://everyday.thegoan.net/index.php?pagedate=2017-1-15=71=71=1=2 Augusto Pinto

[Goanet] Keith Vaz in 'Amsterdam'

2016-10-29 Thread augusto pinto
I had to get a new book from Central Library and it being the Booker season I thought of getting a Booker Prize winning book. Of course our dear Krishnadas Shama Library was never that perceptive that it would predict the latest Booker winner

[Goanet] Deepti Kapoor: Why I am leaving Goa

2016-09-14 Thread augusto pinto
The beautiful, laid-back Goa of old is disappearing amid pollution, over-development and fears over personal safety. It’s time to leave, says resident Deepti Kapoor https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/sep/07/deepti-kapoor-why-i-am-leaving-goa

[Goanet] On August 19, What Should I Ask Selma at the release of Baker, Butcher, Doctor, Diplomat: Goan Pioneers of East Africa?

2016-08-13 Thread augusto pinto
Selma Carvalho will be having her book *Baker, Butcher, Doctor, Diplomat: Goan Pioneers of East Africa *released at Dogears Bookshop, Adolfo Mansion, Rua Bernardo da Costa in Margao. The bookshop is close to Dr Menezes Hospital, which in turn is near Hospicio Margao on Friday, August 19. The

[Goanet] Madhav Gadgil on Jungle Raj in Goa

2016-06-14 Thread augusto pinto
http://scroll.in/article/809597/move-over-bihar-theres-a-jungle-raj-in-goa-that-not-too-many-talk-about There are endless debates about the jungle raj, or the apparent lawlessness, in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat. But strikingly, no one discuss the jungle raj raging in India’s mineral-rich

[Goanet] From Mind to Keyboard - Part II: VRR's Foreword - "...It is not lust..."

2016-06-09 Thread augusto pinto
The very first sentence of Goa1556, Golden Heart Emporium and Goa Book. Club's 2016 publication prosaically titled: '*From Mind to Keyboard*' - an anthology of "writers from Goa and beyond" who "share stories of how they made it" is written by the nonagenarian Victor Rangel-Ribeiro who writes in

[Goanet] From Mind to Keyboard - Part I - Why didn't Bina do the cover?

2016-06-08 Thread augusto pinto
Goa1556, Golden Heart Emporium and Goa Book.Club have jointly come up with their latest offering poetically named for some reason: '*From Mind to Keyboard*' It is an anthology of "writers from Goa and beyond" who "share stories of how they made it". If you're the sort who judges your books by

[Goanet] Bhakti Wins Asian Women Championship - Will Play in World Woman Championship

2016-06-04 Thread augusto pinto
at the grassroots level to unearth talent. Augusto Pinto

[Goanet] Raw Earth by Alexandre Moniz Barbosa

2016-05-31 Thread augusto pinto
*Raw Earth* by the journalist Alexandre Moniz Barbosa starts promisingly and certainly quite colorfully. "Blood seeped slowly from the wounds and formed a bright red streak on the cassock he was wearing. It darkened the purple fascia around his waist and plastered the clothes to his body." A

Re: [Goanet] [GOABOOKCLUB] Diamonds Under My Feet... (Maria Viency Cardozo) ... a recording

2016-05-30 Thread augusto pinto
'*Diamonds*...' the latest from the Goa1556 stable is a 'good' book. That's because it seeks to provide a path for those families which suffer from alcoholism by publicizing the work of Al - Anon. Before talking about the book I think it is worth pointing out the difference between A.A. and Al -

Re: [Goanet] [Moira-Net:6951] Power Shutdown on 21st

2016-05-20 Thread augusto pinto
Thanks for that information Cecil. Incidentally I saw with despair the way they spelled 'Pomburpaha'. I stopped complaining about such 'errors' long long ago. In my latest ratiion card my name has been changed to Augusta. And my village has been changed to Nachinola. I accepted it without too

[Goanet] Mango Chepnim

2016-04-18 Thread augusto pinto
My wife was asked for a mango chepnim recipe. I'm copying out one for him and anyone else who wants to make raw mango chepnim: 25 tender mangoes (the seed should be soft) 2 cups Goa salt 8 Kashmiri chillies 1/2 teaspoon Hing (asafoetida) Method Wash and wipe and dry the raw mangoes Take a

[Goanet] Support Caurem Villagers in their Struggle Against Mining: Sign the Online Petition

2016-04-04 Thread augusto pinto
be given adequate compensation by the prison authorities for failure to protect him while he was in custody. I have endorsed this appeal, and request you to sign the Petition and circulate it on other forums that you know about. Thanks and Regards Augusto Pinto

[Goanet] Goan Novelist Amita Kanekar on the Ravindra Velip Assault

2016-03-30 Thread augusto pinto
The Goan novelist and architectural historian Amita Kanekar expresses her dismay at Goa's mining mafia in the context of the Ravindra Velip custodial assault case. Augusto http://www.dnaindia.com/india/column-this-people-s-movement-is-posing-a-challenge-to-goa-s-mining-mafia-2195703 This

[Goanet] The University Under Siege

2016-03-22 Thread augusto pinto
The following articles by Udaya Kumar, Satish Deshpande and Partha Chatterjee in the EPW help to offer some perspective to the larger issues which underlie the recent goings on at Hyderabad Central University, JNU and other universities. I hope that reading them might stimulate Goan readers to

[Goanet] Moira Musings: The Cube's Webotika and AAM's General Meeting

2016-03-22 Thread augusto pinto
So what has yours truly been amusing himself with in Moira of late. Well I'd pick out my visit to The Cube and the Special General Body Meeting of the venerable Associação Academica de Moira. 1) I went to The Cube, the art gallery of Sonny Singh which is just next to the Church to see Webotika an

Re: [Goanet] [GOABOOKCLUB] Bookworm Trust for Literacy Hero Award - Please vote

2016-02-26 Thread augusto pinto
I did. So all the best to Bookworm. When I looked at the modus operandi of this poll methought that it was a bit dodgy. It all depends on how many people the candidate can get to cast their votes online. So irrespective of the worth of the candidate all that one needs is the skill to garner that

[Goanet] Fwd: Invitation for a public talk -" Heavy with History: From Memory to Memoir" by Prof Vrinda Nabar on 14th Jan at 2.30 pm

2016-01-13 Thread augusto pinto
.sique...@gmail.com>, Augusto Pinto < pinto...@gmail.com>, "Kaustubh.. the sole witness" < naikaust...@gmail.com>, Venkatesh Prabhu <nothingsm...@gmail.com>, Amita Kanekar <amitakane...@gmail.com>, Arati Das <arat...@gmail.com> Please send to your contact

[Goanet] Disgraceful Coverage of the Disgraceful ISL Finals.

2015-12-29 Thread augusto pinto
making such a difference that all ethics of journalism such as fairness have been thrown overboard by the journalist fraternity of Goa? Augusto Pinto

[Goanet] The Road to Hell Will Pass Through Moira and Aldona

2015-12-26 Thread augusto pinto
It struck me that the "development" that is going on around involving the slaughter of the age old trees by the Moira club ground.had been stuck in the RP 2021 as a kindred soul reminded me of late. Since this club ground is Nobody's property, Everybody felt sorry but only Nobody wanted to raise

Re: [Goanet] [GOABOOKCLUB] Peacock supports FTII students at IFFI

2015-11-27 Thread augusto pinto
; “India is not North Korea” we were told. But we all know that > democracy by itself is no panacea when misapplied and perverted. Who > will police the policemen? That is what Amol and Jose and I talked > about while walking back to our cubicles in the Maquinez Palace. > > > >

[Goanet] Peacock supports FTII students at IFFI

2015-11-26 Thread augusto pinto
Peacock, the daily bulletin of ESG slipped in a comment about the FTII students protest. In a review of the Indian Oscar entry Court, Vivek Menezes connects the injustice in the film with the disgraceful treatment of the film students. He writes: ... over the past week, very many people

[Goanet] Diabetes Epidemic to Strike Goa

2015-11-14 Thread augusto pinto
? Augusto Pinto Novo Portugal, Moira Bardez Goa

[Goanet] I can't sleep

2015-11-10 Thread augusto pinto
I know that 'I can't sleep' would normally be an extremely inane subject line in a letter to any mailing list, but in the present instance there is a point that I'm trying to make. A nearby temple has been blasting music from a loudspeaker all night. It's now past 5 o'clock in the morning this

[Goanet] CDCS Goa Small Grant Announcement

2015-11-06 Thread augusto pinto
Dear All Given below is a Goa small grant announcement offered by the Centre for the Studies of Developing Societies New Delhi in association with the Department of Political Science, Goa University which is the Local Coordinator. The purpose of the programme is to stimulate different modes of

[Goanet] The L & T of T.B. Cunha by Desai and Prabhudesai

2015-11-06 Thread augusto pinto
The Life & Times of T.B. Cunha narrated by Nishtha Desai and Ved Prabhudesai is a graphic book published by the Dept. of Art & Culture. The book tries to explain why Tristão de Bragança Cunha was known as the "Father of Goan Nationalism" in the space of 50 odd pages in illustrations and commentary

Re: [Goanet] [GOABOOKCLUB] Gambling away Goa's Brand Value

2015-11-03 Thread augusto pinto
V.M. in Wonderland What Goa hogwash is V.M. bleating about? Goa is where Goans must make money. If they don't or can't they will go abroad. Casinos manifest their dearest wish. V.M.'s Goa is Wonderland and he is a louse. His Wonderland is full of fogies and fantasists. They love creating

Re: [Goanet] THE HYPOCRISY OF GOA’S PROTESTING AWARDEES

2015-10-25 Thread augusto pinto
BTW Maria Aurora Couto responded to the article here: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-sahitya-akademi-row-padma-shri-awardee-maria-aurora-couto-responds-to-charges-of-hypocrisy-2138134 Augusto On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 2:23 PM, augusto pinto <pinto...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think

[Goanet] THE HYPOCRISY OF GOA’S PROTESTING AWARDEES

2015-10-25 Thread augusto pinto
THE HYPOCRISY OF GOA’S PROTESTING AWARDEES By JASON KEITH FERNANDES, DALE LUIS MENEZES, AMITA KANEKAR, VISHVESH KANDOLKAR, and KAUSTUBH NAIK In the context of a number of Sahitya Akademi awardees across India

[Goanet] Fwd: Ordinance news

2015-10-24 Thread augusto pinto
Ordinance issued but Statute remains. How does the Registrar continue? http://m.goanews.com/news_details.php?id=6246#.Vit9vmt8QgI.whatsapp

[Goanet] Fwd:

2015-10-24 Thread augusto pinto
Dear All What follows is the text of Dr Peter Ronald De Souza's letter which was the first pile of wood lit in the pyre of the greedy, unscrupulous, VC, Registrar, et al. In the meanwhile the rumor is that the DHE engineered the downfall of the VC with whom there is no love lost, although he was

[Goanet] Fwd: Legal opinion on continuation of the Vice Chancellor, Goa University

2015-10-24 Thread augusto pinto
-- Forwarded message -- From: Peter DeSouza Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 12:58:28 +0530 Subject: Legal opinion on continuation of the Vice Chancellor, Goa University To: atmaramsnadka...@rediffmail.com Cc: Dear Shri Atmaram S Nadkarni, I write to you as a member of the

[Goanet] Birds of Goa by Bikram Grewal and Savio Fonseca: A good buy

2015-10-20 Thread augusto pinto
Among the books I picked up during my last visit to Broadway Book Shop was *Birds of Goa* by Bikram Grewal and Savio Fonseca. It's published by Goa Tourism and Bird Insitute of Goa and is priced at Rs 500/= Although I'm not a bird-watching enthusiast I've occasionally picked up these bird books

[Goanet] Is the Goa College Principal's Forum and DHE WILLFULLY IGNORANT of the Goa University Amendment Act 2006

2015-10-19 Thread augusto pinto
ors apart from themselves, the Vice Chancellor and Registrar. I am sure that the College Professors and Associate Professors will be suitably impressed by this touching gesture. Augusto Pinto

[Goanet] Fwd:

2015-10-19 Thread augusto pinto
Just heard that the Executive Council has approved the statute change.yesterday.

[Goanet] Goa Konkani Akademi Website

2015-10-11 Thread augusto pinto
I tried to access the Goa Konkani Akademi website but I think it has been hacked. Please check: http://goakonkaniakademi.org/ Perhaps somebody in charge should do something about it. Augusto

Re: [Goanet] Off-Topic: Sunny Singh's Solo Painting Show at The Cube

2015-10-08 Thread augusto pinto
them. Perhaps someone will pass this message to the school authorities. It would be an interesting experience both for teachers and students, certainly better than being cooped up in class all morning. Augusto On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 10:27 PM, augusto pinto <pinto...@gmail.com> wrote: >

Re: [Goanet] Off-Topic: Sunny Singh's Solo Painting Show at The Cube

2015-09-27 Thread augusto pinto
logies. Augusto On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 10:27 PM, augusto pinto <pinto...@gmail.com> wrote: > About a week ago I met Sunny Singh who is the owner of The Cube Art > Gallery (which is next to the Moira Church) when both he and I were on our > morning walks. > > In our b

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