EXILE, AND THE GOAN WRITER: A TANGO MADE FOR EACH OTHER?
By Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
It is relevant to the theme of this essay that the very first
novel by a Goan to see the light of day was written and
published when the author was overseas and far from home.
Francisco Luis Gomes
Invasion That Fizzled
Sticky monsoon rains pelted the little band of marchers as they sloshed up the
mud-laden roads toward the border of Goa. The long-heralded invasion was on. In
the lush, Rhode Island-sized Portuguese colony on the west coast of India,
4,000 African troops and 1,000 Goan
DAILY GROOK #185
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OLYMPIC BIOPIC
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by Francis Rodrigues
every olympian geezer
knows that the way best,
to a shapely fortune is a
well-balanced gym-nest!
LATEST 2008 CONVENTION PICS:
http://2008goanconvention.com/
NEW ALBUMS UPDATED
When you are checking that community you could also check the
following profile (link below.) It is obviously a fake but if this
person is a GBA supporter then it would be good news for Goa.
http://www.orkut.co.in/Profile.aspx?uid=2915327804482595032
regards
Rishi Mulgaonkar
(Mumbai)
Dear Gabe,
Let me repeat my incomplete message, and add to it:
Dear Gabe,
To the best of my knowledge, no law governs who may or may not organize a
Goan Convention. I did not question Casa de Goa's authority to organize it in
Lisbon; I just went, participated, and contributed to the
{Re: A short perspective
by Mrs. Acaria Almeida, Treasurer, Goa Sudharop...My family and I left with
more friends and ideas from this Convention. Upon our return to California, Goa
Sudharop has committed to the following in addition to its other volunteer
work:}
It is apparent that
Dear me!
It was better than pulp fiction ... and in whole lot worse English
language usage than Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code !
Oh, yes! I am referring to the former Editor of GT-turned- PR agent of
a family with intersets in hospitality, industry, mining and
undermining NGO-CSO-CBO activity
2008/8/12 Victor Rangel-Ribeiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Dear Gabe,
Let me repeat my incomplete message, and add to it:
Dear Gabe,
To the best of my knowledge, no law governs who may or may not organize
a Goan Convention. I did not question Casa de Goa's authority to organize it
in
OBITUARY
Lydia Fernandes (58), wife of RIOROSA (Rosario Fernandes)
Famous Goan Singer, Composer, Writer and Artist of Aldona, Goa and
Mother of Leeanne, Lloyd, Lester
expired on Monday, August 11, 2008
due to ill health at Hinduja Hospital Mumbai.
Funeral cortege leaves residence at 10.00 am
Dears,
Today is the birthday of Dr. Heman Yeshwant Karapurkar and the death
anniversary of Bhausaheb Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar.
If I remember right, Dr. H. Y. Karapurkar is 73 and batting towards
the century with singles. In his heyday, he hit sixes and fours. I had
heard my father speak
Samir Kelekar wrote:
Having said that, Remo has a point if only six minutes had passed and
the cops decided to tow away his car. Since he says that the airport was
practically empty and the officer might have overheard his fight and
did it, that could be a possibility. But here we have Remo's
2008/8/12 Sandeep Heble [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
My neighbour works at the Airport and I got a first hand report from
him. He told me, quite clearly, that this is another untruth that is
being peddled by Remo.
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- Even Elvis Presley would not have behaved
in this fashion.
Hi Sandeep
Let us give credit to where Remo is right, and oppose where Remo is wrong.
Surely, Remo wronged in parking his car or behaving against the law.
In fact, it is exactly like a terrorist's behaviour. A typical terrorist would
park his car outside the airport, then come in and create
Hi Mario, Roland and others who may have commented on
the perennial topic of the Goans and the crab
mentality.
Perhaps, I am one of the few who is highly sceptical
of this supposed 'syndrome'. Increasingly, more and
more people are involved in the process of
democratisation and
Of Crabs and GoansGoemcheo Kulleo
Below are the lyrics of the Konkani song Goemcho Kulleo sung by Felix Dias
in 90's for Neves Oliveras Album 'Kuwaitche Dinar'. I am not sure if this
story is
true but this is the nature of Goans mostly outside Goa.
Translations in English are provided
Goa and Goans
A lot of repercussions are being felt and voiced on the influx of non goans in
Goa and the way they treat the sons of the soil. The incidents voiced by Remo
and another goan origin Brit are just tips of the iceberg. If a personality
like Remo could be given that sort of
Hi Victor
I took absolutely no umbrage at Rene informing me
in Toronto that the next Goan Convention would be held
in London. I was most surprised at this totally
unexpected news when informed personally by Rene and
expressed my reservations about the wisdom of doing so
in such a short period of
Tsk tsk Gabe
I think you meant ...dog in a manger... What you (typo'd) made me wince!
John Monteiro
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Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
.. when in doubt
Am trying to build a listing of bookshops around Goa. Could anyone
help me, with your pointers and comments? Also do inform if any on the
list are no longer in business. Thanks, FN
Panjim
* Singbal's Panjim 2425747
Old world charm, near the church square. Known for
textbooks in the past. Has
Hi Gabe
Good questions from you that are now at least
partially addressed by Victor.
I can assure you that were you to organise such a
Convention to a really exotic place like Timbuctoo,
many people, including me, could not resist the urge
to attend. So, is this Timbuctoo Convention a firm
offer
Hi to all goanetters,
Remo's Bomb Scare issue at the Airport
This particular saga has been going on for a while on goanet, some support, some
against Remo's reaction and his excuses. Like Remo and a lot of Goans, I love my
Goa too and get very emotionally depressed every time I arrive
Dears
Abhinav Bindra has won a gold medal at the Olympics. This is the
first medal that India has got after 28 years.
That means the last Gold medal India won was in the 1980 Moscow
Olympics where we won a Gold in the women's hockey competition. In
that team there was the goalkeeper Loretta
Well done Manohar Par ri kar (paar to ker hi diya) your statement to ask for
special status for Goa and support the people against the mining lobby, I am not
a supporter of the BJP or of Mr. Parrikar, but due credit to you for coming up
with a googly that took us all by surprised, if it was on
Media slut -- pot calling the keetle black
i feel rajan narayan has done more to Goa than taking pictures from afar and
triggring panic among Goans and trying to create a state of obstruction in the
development of Goa...
perfect gutter crab this...
so now what? after all avenues fail the
To quote my own posting :-) and Wikipedia...
2008/8/11 Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wikipedia (as usual) has its own view:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality
It suggests this term is used for Filipinos,
Quite rich, the statement from Rafearo.
Doggone the rest of the rest of the organizers and volunteers. Proof
positive of my calling it the Saldanha Convention.
Roland.
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 11:06 PM, Lola Rafearo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Twenty years later, Kevin and Lisette Saldanha, another
Hi Mervyn,
Thanks for your kind response and explanation. I have some searching (not
smart Alec) questions and comments which follow your pertinent paragraphs below.
Regards, GL
- Mervyn Lobo
ML: We went ahead with our plans. Kevin went to every Goan social for the past
Sarto Baptista re-elected IFRA President
for third Term
Kuwait, 12/8/2008
Former India International and Ex-Salgaocar player Sarto Baptista was
unanimously
re-elected for a third term as President of Indian Football Referees’
Association (IFRA)-Kuwait at its 28th Annual General Body
Tumkaan sogleank Aamontron ditaun aamchea Bazaar Disaak yeopaak: (We invite
you all to come for our Market Day. ) held on the fourth Sunday Club day on 24
August 2008 to celebrate World Goa day and Bazaar Dis held at Warrigal Road
State School from 2pm to 5pm
In addition to regular sporting
Dear Members and Friends,
The executive committee of the GWS will be celebrating the World Goa Day on
Sunday 31st August 2008.
Venue : Goan Institute, Nairobi
Mass: 11.30 am followed by Lunch. at the GI
Charges Adult members- 500/- per person
Adult Non- Members- 700/- per
Dear Augusto,
Absolutely brilliant and reflective, right down to the application of the
appelation of bhinktam to so-called respectable families. Genius.
Venantius
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:57:01 +0530
From: augusto pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Goanet] 28 Years After: An Olympic Gold -
Augusto, you have fielded very topical points.
, while they are at it, they should canvas the lofty Loretta's opinion why
Indian hockey stands so eclipsed today as to not evenmerit qualifyiing for the
Beijing olympics after eighty years of quite superb honours, right from
inception
of hokey
Talking Photos: Azad Maidan AZAD for all etc
Azad Maidan AZAD for all (see the insert, 4 migrant sleeping all 4 sides)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_dirtypanjim/2756871986/sizes/l/
Also used as playground
Panjim new Market: Vendors using the main passage in protest
EXILE, AND THE GOAN WRITER: A TANGO MADE FOR EACH OTHER?
By Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
It is relevant to the theme of this essay that the very first
novel by a Goan to see the light of day was written and
published when the author was overseas and far from home.
Francisco Luis Gomes
Today, the Editor of Navhind Times is attempting to tear down the GBA
in his article The Great Goan
Illusion-http://www.navhindtimes.com/story.php?story=2008081210 giving
analogy of children fighting in Kitchen.
coincidently the article name rhymes with article -THE GREAT GOAN
UPRISING published
FOOTBALL U-17 BOYS AND GIRLS PROBABLES
Panaji, August 12, 2008
The Directorate of Sports Youth Affairs has short listed the
talented probables to attend the Phase II Pre-National Football Boys
Girls U-17 Coaching Camp to be held from August 14, to September 13,
2008 at Government Village School
OBITUARY - Mrs Lydia Fernandes (58), wife of RIOROSA
Mrs Lydia Fernandes (58), wife of RIOROSA (Rosario Fernandes) Konkani
writer, Tiatrist, Composer, Singer, Writer and Artiste of Aldona-Calvim, Goa
and Mother of
Leeanne, Lloyd, Lester expired suddenly on Monday August 11, 2008 due
massive
Dears,
As has been widely reported, GSRP was represented at this rather largely
attended meet organized by 'Center for Environment Education' - CEE at the
Vivekananda Hall, Junta House on 8 Aug., 2008 a PowerPoint presentation by
Sujitkumar Dongre of CEE.
A brief report
1. Hats off to Shri.
Hi Cornel,
I remember a few years a back my deceased friend Santolino Rodriges who served
in the Kenya Police Force in the late fifties telling me gruesome stories he
witnessed how the Mau Mau fighters caught by British troops were laid down on
the road and ran over by the truck to save costs
Some of you might know my colleague and friend John Aguiar, a journalist
from his college days (1980s) in Ponda, then with the papers in Panjim and
currently with the Department of Information (the solely minister-focussed
agency of the state government, wish they would put out more information
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:08:24 +0400
From: Arwin Mesquita [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There is currently a lot of talk about the tolerance
of Goans, particularly because Goans are in increasing
numbers, starting to speak out against the
fast deterioration of Goan Culture Identity; mainly
with the rapid
- Original Message -
From: floriano
To: Navhind Times
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 7:15 PM
Subject: NT- Editorial Article - Power to the People - The great Goan
Illusion- COMMENTS
The Navhind Times
View Points
GOA AND GRAM SABHAS
Power to the People: The Great Goan Illusion
Oscar Rebello fell to Goa's traitors
By Sujay Gupta
11 August 2008
The history of India is pockmarked with tales of backstabbing and
backbiting. Of shallow traitors who have destroyed, what heroes
attempted to create.
When Muhammed bin Qasim attacked Dahir of Sindh, it was Dahir's
astrologers
Here is an excerpt from the Times of India, Mumbai regarding Altamont Road or
Altamount Road:
quote
Residents of Altamont Road, South Mumbai's toniest 3.5 km strip of land and the
tenth most expensive in the world - resent their homes being viewed s juicy
pieces of real estate, as bungalows
Hi Selma
There really is absolutely nothing to be apologetic
about re the premature anticipation of the
Convention in London. Your genuine keenness to have
contributed to it is clearly well intentioned and
worthy of note.
I now present a few further reflections on the
Toronto Convention--and
Good to see this thoughtful opposition to the continuing incitement of hatred
against non-Goan Indians in all its forms. The solution to Goa's problems is
law-abiding Goans. There should be a grass roots campaign to promote honesty in
public affairs, and respect for the law, for each other, and
Whatever the reason=2C nobody=2C however popular=2Cmighty or powerful is not
above the law and cannot take the law in his own hands. An accused cannot be
the judge himself and decide whether the car was parked for ten minutes or
less. Security posted at every airport is never local and rightly so.
GULAB SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS IN KUWAIT
Gulab Silver Jubilee Celebrations will kick off on 61st India’s Independence
Day, August 15, 2008, with Konkani Tiatr “Ghorabachea Vantte” written and
directed by Mario Menezes (Tragedy King) which will be held at the Hawally A.C.
Rajan Narayan???
Cedric, are you not Lynching the wrong bandicoot?
AT
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:37:56 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] media slut -- pot calling the
keetle blackMedia slut -- pot calling the keetle black i feel
rajan
Hi,
I do not know who this JK is.
Is she Portuguese?
WELL, similar miracles were performed by a portuguese lady.
Example: The person who does painless surgery in Philippines without cutting
the skin has been declared as fake, all the blood and gore that he produces are
hidden in a condome, which
It is heartening to see community initiatives being promoted by my
colleagues. I'm sure there are others who work quietly in the
background.
Joy de Souza is a colleague from Bombay Veterinary College, now a
veterinarian in Australia married to fellow Saligaokar Louis. She
has been very
I had written an article on the editorial page of The Navhind Times either on
the day or the day before of the 1990 International Goan Youth Convention, held
in December. I don't remember the dates of the convention.
It explians the genesis of International Goan Organization (IGO). I may be
Dears,
This is one view point we would all do well to read. The truth is slowly
revealing itself: see it unfold in the days to come ...till the Regional Plan
for Goa is unvieled. The likely date is Saturday 30 August, 2008. Three things
happen that day 1. the Monsoon session of the Goa
---
THE PRINTED WORD
---
A tale of two cartoonists
Cartoonists, and careers,
in this week's review
of books from Goa by
FREDERICK FN NORONHA.
Goan tiatr was born, ironical though it may seem, in Bombay.
So seems to be the case also with the cartoon. At
Thanks to my one time class mate and friend(Marcos Gomes Catao), I was put
in touch with Orlando Oliveira who,
with a team of helpers, produces The Paulite Link - a magazine connecting
former Paulites worldwide
I have just received the second issue of the magazine which is full of
interesting
Unless Goans are passionate enough about this and willing to demonstrate their
passion by queuing up for self immolation in front of Goa State Legislature no
Government at the State or Centre is going to pay heed to this demand.
Dreams of Kashmir like status will not materialise unless self
To Goanet -
It is reliably learnt that hectic moves are afoot by the
Margao builder lobby and its chelas to rehabilitate their
blue-eyed dolly in an upcoming meeting of the GBA:
Goa Bachao Abhiyan is about to transmute into
Oscar Bachao Abhiyan.
The media hacks have already gone to work
**
* *Goans are increasingly opposing Land Sales to Non-Goans. I request
Non-Goans to appreciate our basis. Yes, Goans can buy land in many Indian
states/Western countries. But let's look at this in a bigger perspective; *this
time globally*; I'll take the UK example, just to drive my point.
I
BABUSH: A TROJAN HORSE?
Babush has finally made it to the cabinet, and although many may think
the move will lend some sort of stability to the Digambar Kamat-led
government, there are a few in the government that think otherwise.
Babush's induction means, the cabinet now has a little less than
Dear Selma,
I want to ask you one question only.
Would the British Immigration Department
employ you if you could not speak English?
As for B.N.P.asking where are my countrymen
we are a minority in this country,knowing you have just migrated
from U.S. you must not have seen the obvious.
Other
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** Heavy rains likely to lash Mumbai, Goa - Sahara Samay
[13 hours ago] Downpour is also likely over districts of
Central Maharashtra, Marathwada and Vidarbha and over Goa during
the same
I feel, when talking of history, one should first lay down ones own status
on the table, so all can gauge ones bias.
I am not a Goan, but trace my ancestry to Goa - to Goltim - part of present
day Sao Matias village in the river island of Devar. I am a GSB, an
agnostic. I beleve in free markets,
To Goanet -
Joe,
Thank you for doing this. This is simply the ongoing,
what I refer to as, 'ghatification' of Goa. The CCP
and the Goa govt are in violation of the High Court
order following the PIL on Panjim. I have filed a
contempt petition. Let's see when it comes up on
the board.
Are you sure it was posted on Goanet?
Couldn't be... unless it was posted later. Because Goanet was launched in 1994.
And the 14th birthday comes up shortly :-) FN
2008/8/12 Eugene Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I had written an article on the editorial page of The Navhind Times either on
the day
[Goanet] 28 Years After: An Olympic Gold - the Moira Connection
Dears
Abhinav Bindra has won a gold medal at the Olympics. This is the first medal
that India has got after 28 years.
That means the last Gold medal India won was in the 1980 Moscow Olympics
where we won a Gold in the women's
Mario
Can you put your ANTI-GOAN IDENTITY views in the Goa's Media; lets see what
Goans in Goa have to say about it. Below are addresses of the Goan
Newspapers.
, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL
Santosh,
Its more of Blind opposition not thoughtful. Your habit is to misinterpret
posts for vested interests; my letter was not inciting hatred.
Can you put your Anti-Goan identity views on the Goan newspapers; lets see
what Goans in Goa have to say about it? I am sure you have the addresses.
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