Mario Cabral e Sa: On journalism, Goa and more (1/2) and (2/2)
A prominent journalist who has written a lot about Goa since the 1960s
(and before) talks about journalism, Goa and more...
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=jGZ8Ige2k4E
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=5knMr3FWrTU
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Where are Goans headed?
Directionless at the mukhar crossroads
By Cecil Pinto
Sossegado is a word that non-Goans will never truly comprehend or
appreciate. Simlarly there is a Konkani word 'mukhar', used largely in
South Goa, the nuances of which North Goans have difficulty in fully
fathoming.
Goa based record label 'Rock and Raaga' has released the Brown Indian Band's
debut album titled 'E-Fusion'.
Contact Rajesh in Goa on cellphone: 9850207220
or send an email enquiry to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=51831n_tit=Indian+Navy+Not+to+Shift+their+Base+from+Goa
Daijiworld Media Network - Panaji
Panaji, Oct 2: The Indian Navy will not shift their Goa base elsewhere
as the huge naval expansion plan at INS Hansa base is in the pipeline,
top naval
--- On Wed, 10/1/08, Tony Barros [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Or may be, Robert Gregory was inspired by the late author
from the the
French Carribbean island of Martinique- Franz Fanon whose
book - Black
Faces White Masks gave greater insights into how
coloreds aped European culture.
Indian Navy Not to Shift their Base from Goa
http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=51831n_tit=Indian+Navy+Not+to+Shift+their+Base+from+Goa
The Indian Navy will not shift their Goa base elsewhere as the **huge naval
expansion plan at INS Hansa base is in the pipeline**top naval
Advani's soft spot for Christians is in the same place as that of his Hindutva
buddy Arun Shourie.
Under the sole of his foot.
These scoundrels owe their education to Christian Institutions.
They are ever ready to bit the hand that fed them since it furthers their
political careers.
I was very interested to read Vivian D'Souza's post that he was born
in a European Hospital in Dar-es-salaam. For me, this is quite a new
experience, but then, things might have been different in the old
Tanganyika? I say this because, in Kenya, no way could a Goan or non-White
be admitted to a
Nostalgia Pic #19:
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1975: Thirty-three years ago this fading Morris Minor in
North Goa had already been put out to pasture. Following
on from the Mercs, Chevys, Pontiacs and Volkswagens of
the Portuguese days, these ubiquitous little Morris Minors
began dotting the Goan landscape
Sera que nosso bamana bhau agora esta a procura da cidadania portuguesa?
Hum aja se Portugues bolonghe!
BC
Eu falo portugu?s (I speak Portuguese)
http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2204827066
Para quem quer falar ou praticar seu portugu?s, se pode encontrar aqui.
For those that want
Elders' Day - Some of the best wishes I received so far.
Received about half a dozen greetings so far.
It should have been more but I guess most of you don't believe what I say (in
my profile etc).
Never mind.
Devan tumkam sodanch toxinch dourum (I mean, sodanch bhurgim ou nenttim dourum).
I have come across some books on Asians in Africa, such as The Ismail community
in Tanzania, etc. Like Neera Kapur-Drompson's book, From Jhelum to Tana, Karen
Isksen Leonard, a scholar I am familiar with, has written Locating Home:
India's Hyderabadis Abroad. She has talked to NRI Hyderabads,
One of the most balanced editorials which appeared in the Economic Times dt.
2.10.2008
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Editorial/Orissa_may_be_a_fit_case_for_Article_356/articleshow/3551243.cms
Regards,
Marshall
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Will the all new Indica Vista zip ahead of the Suzuki Swift? Read the
Ralph Rau said:
Advani's soft spot for Christians is in the same place as that of his Hindutva
buddy Arun Shourie. These scoundrels owe their education to Christian
Institutions.
They are ever ready to bit the hand that fed them.
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Hi Peppy,
Zulficar Ali Bhutto the Ex- Pakistan's Prime
In response to:
Message: 7
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:05:43 -0400
From: Ethel Dacosta [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Goanet] Heart to Heart: When you `will' so will it be `done'
Dear Ethel,
Your plea to Babush was very well written and done so in poetic finesse, I am
usually the aggressive
As usual, Gandhi Jayanti is a day for revering the Mahatma. But in today's
India the Mahatma gets crucifixed every day in the name of religion and
non-secular ideals. It took Gandhi to cross the kala pani and put an end to
the Hindus' misconception that those Hindus who went abroad got
In response to:
Message: 5
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:15:55 +0530
From: Goanet News [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Goanet] 4 picnickers die at 3 different beaches
To All Goanetters,
I am a resident of Nuem, Cabo de Rama, and I would like to advise all the goanet
readers that there have
Mario Goveia wrote: Perhaps I need to remind you that it was my
ideology, not yours, that recently liberated 50 million Muslims from
brutal oppression by Muslim tyrants in Afghanistan and Iraq and
previously led the liberation of Muslims in Kosovo from Christian
Serbs...
Who're you kidding,
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Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members,
relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED
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2008/10/2 Goanet AE [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Power and intrigue in personal relations in Goa
A review of Ben Antao's The Tailor's Daughter by Cornel DaCosta
Eliza is quickly besotted with Jorge and sees him as a potential husband to
be taken by her and her family to Nairobi, Kenya, to a new
The ad in the Economist features a site in Liberia. The copy says we need
bold-thinking engineers and managers to drive our steel and mining projects all
over the world. If you think you could, visit yesicould.com/econ .
Further to my post of 28 Sep 2008
In response to:
Message: 3
Date: 25 Sep 2008 08:17:48 -
From: Wilson Mazarello [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Goanet] Article by Wilmix Education or Personal Vendetta'
I am told by a lot of people that I was too harsh on Wilmix, although I was
The Vices of Mahatma Gandhi
By Augusto Pinto
Should we be given a holiday on 2nd October to celebrate Gandhi
Jayanti ? And on top of that make bar owners to suffer by declaring
it a dry day? Of course not! It's about time this nonsense stopped.
We are the victims of a massive fraud! From our
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/
MP Vaz faces code-of-conduct probe
By Joe Churcher, PA
Thursday, 2 October 2008
A Westminster sleaze watchdog has launched an inquiry into claims that
Labour MP Keith Vaz tried to interfere in a court case, it was
announced today.
The
Dear Tony,
I have a faint feeling that you could apply the experiential and aesthetic
tropes in your text to conceive a phenomenal poem.
venantius
From: Tony Barros [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Goanet] East Africa's Black Europeans
East Africa's Black Europeans
Hi Selma et al !
Here is an article in Outlook which looks at terrorism of the extreme right and
also questions whether Islamic terrorists are responsible for all the terrorist
attacks in India. An interesting point of view.
http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20081006fname=Cover+Storysid=4
Regards,
Oh dear! Let me accept FR's bait for a change, particularly since he names me.
He writes, Those who settled in Goa (their parents insisting on
eating and being interred in Goenchi matti) assimilated reasonably
well,driving around powerlessly (like ex-Power minister Aleixo
Sequeira!) in these
02/10/2008
Naval Officer In Charge,
INS Kadamba
Arga Karnataka
Sir,
You are aware that under the conditions stipulated by the Government of Goa in
1987 when the use of Anjediva Island was permitted for Sea Bird Project, the
customary feasts ought to be permitted on the Island.
Even prior to
This would be like saying that the 1930s and early 1940s mindset of
Germany was a Catholic one. Yes, atrocities were also committed in
the name of religion against other religions (Jews, for instance).
To mix up an extremist political ideology (Hindutva) with a religion
(Hinduism) only helps the
This is indeed a balanced view, which lays bare the whole truth, and
suggests requisite actions. Please see the following quote:
Reports that Bajrang Dal and VHP goons have been intimidating
Christians of Kandhamal to convert back to Hinduism by threatening
them with economic cleansing and worse
Hi Gilbert, I am not a pundit of English!
But btw, does your ideology not include the possibility of referring to Google?
If you threaten us with your prowess over language, and the various
possibilities this throws up, the rest of us Goanetters might just
retreat to being cancer specialists :-)
Eugene Correia wrote:
Wasn't Nehru obliquely called an Englishman before he came joined
the Indian freedom struggle and donned the cap (now called the Nehru
cap) and the vest (now called the Nehru vest).
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Dear Eugene,
As an amateur but keen student of fashion your statement above
It is a foregone conclusion ( as far as we are concerned) that the Indian
Navy will have to shift its base from Goa to the Sea Bird facility at
Karwar. No way the Navy will be allowed to have mega plans for its expansion
at Goa. Dabolim Airport was a Civilian Airport when the Indian Army
Dear all,
While a lot that has been said here and in other forums on the
contentious issue of Orissa riots and Conversions, below is a nice
objective article that I came across. The article, though a bit long,
is positively brilliant and is a must read for all. Please spare some
of your time to
Castro starved 365 crewmen to death on Anjediva, besides Gov. Shipman and his
family of five. Britain owes them a memorial monument on the island.
Godfrey is not being realistic if he expects sympathy from navy officials who
are offered a peek at the misguided contents of the colaco.net site.
First of all let me say that the internet is an evil form of communication. It
denies us every form of sensory reception and yet affords us the opportunity
for intellectual stimulation. Given this limitation, our friendships are formed
based on shared opinions, but ruptured at the drop of a
Mogall Agnelo,
Last month or so I posted the following site on GoanetCheck this out
http://www.songs-from-goa.at/goa/
Most of the Mandosdekhnis available on this site with the SOLFAM.
I understand this site is owned by Dr. Lourenco Noronha, who has done great
job as far as Traditional
FROM GOA SUDHAROP COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC. USA. (www. goasudharop. org), a
Goan Diaspora Volunteer, Non-profit, NGO working for betterment of Goa and
Goans worldwide.
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October 2, 2008
Teachers Training Workshop held at Cuncolim.
Goa Sudharop
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 13:04:12 + (GMT)
From: JoeGoaUk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Goanet] SONG WITH MOG - Thank you Jane
here is the song..
http://ishare.rediff.com/filemusic-Noman-tuka-Goa-id-56543.php
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Dear Joe,The million thanks that I said in advance go to
I strongly object to hear we were Europeanized. We kept our Portuguese then
Indian (after independence) passports in East Africa.
Some of us worked for English Banks with Banking degrees from London Institute
of Bankers but were still treated as different from Overseas recruits from UK
even
Mario Goveia wrote:
Is there something wrong with being a Kenyan?? During one of your
shifting explanations on how you picked the low price of gold didn't
you tell us about your lobster catching exploits in Kenya?
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:10:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mervyn Lobo [EMAIL
Thank you for this excellent post, Selma. I have made many friends through
Goanet, and had many arguments with posters who hold diametrically opposed
views, but such differences of opinion should not destroy friendships or the
regard members have for one another.
Regards,
Victor
Mario Cabral e Sa: On journalism, Goa and more (1/2) and (2/2)
A prominent journalist who has written a lot about Goa since the 1960s
(and before) talks about journalism, Goa and more...
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=jGZ8Ige2k4E
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=5knMr3FWrTU
Feedback: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** Indian Navy Not to Shift their Base from Goa -
Daijiworld.com
[19 hours ago] Panaji, Oct 2: The Indian Navy will not shift
their Goa base elsewhere as the huge naval expansion plan at INS
The writer convinced/converted a judge, and collects alimony from his former
wife : in dollars. Honest Injun. eric
Agreed. Cyber-fights, specially those where no malice is involved,
should never be taken seriously! Sometimes, these stem just from a
difference of politics or perception. It hardly means we wouldn't be
on agreeable terms if one met face-to-face. FN
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FN * Independent Journalist
I was taken by surprise when one friend challenged me saying CE/BCE is no
more defined as was before. He continued saying CE now stands for Common
Era. It is a relatively new term that is experiencing increased usage and
is expected to eventually replace AD. The latter is an abbreviation for
Dears,
Below is an article by Jason Keith Fernandes, a law graduate from the
National Law School based in Dona Paula -Goa and currently a
researcher on people's movements. the views expressed are so close to
my own views, that I could well appropriate them.
Mog asundi.
Miguel
Dear Govt of Goa you celebrate my Birthday...and yet you allow
Casinos...for which you will have to pay dearly... - MKG
To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com
Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org
The then British East Africa comprised of (1) Kenya Colony Protectorate (
i.e. Coast Province of Kenya which I believe was obtained by the British
from the Sultanate of Zanzibar) (2) Uganda (3) Tanganyika ( a former German
colony that came into British posession at the end of the First World
DAILY GROOK #236
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NAME GAME
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by Francis Rodrigues
the priest queried
what's her maiden name,
oh to get married...
that's my maiden aim!
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puns word-play of all kinds,
if you read between the lines!
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