Re: [Goanet] Defence sites indicate Dabolim as ?war booty?

2011-02-03 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
than only (if so) putting it on Goanet. venantius j pinto Message: 11 Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 23:52:21 -0800 (PST) From: Gabriel de Figueiredo gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!       goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Defence

Re: [Goanet] It is official! Mobile phones, towers and base stations hazardous!

2011-02-05 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
It appears from the comment by the scientist that India may have become the dumping ground of other countries' mobile handsets that have failed to satisfy radiation standards in their own countries ...  - Original Message From: Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão drferdina...@hotmail.com

Re: [Goanet] The Curious Case Of Water Shortage In Goa

2011-02-10 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
...and its only February. Imagine the situation in May. And all this, is progress, according to a Goanetter who appears now to have left this forum.  - Original Message From: Freddy Fernandes ffernandes@emaar.ae To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Thu, 10 February, 2011 4:17:41

Re: [Goanet] Scramble for Africa, Berlin Conference, Pink Map, British Ultimatum, and the demise of the Portuguese monarchy... could Goa's history have been different?

2011-02-13 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Hence the lines on the current Portuguese national anthem (A Portuguesa), which originally went, I believe: Contra os Bretões marchar, marchar (now goes Contra os canhões marchar, marchar).   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Portuguesa - Original Message From: Frederick Noronha

Re: [Goanet] Salcete Portuguese passport holders under radar of poll officials

2011-02-13 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Goans were always Portuguese citizens, until Indian citizenship was foisted upon them by force by virtue of the invasion. The only Goan brave enough to defy the orders to change his citizenship was Pe. Chico Monteiro. Now Goans are quietly reinstating their citizenship, even in places such as

Re: [Goanet] India: Hostage to a Demented Culture

2011-02-14 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
That Me first attitude seems to be growing in other parts of the world as well. My gut feeling is that we've become so engrossed in the rat-race to get to the unattainable cheese regardless of all else that we tend to forget that there's other people around. Why were the previous

[Goanet] TAIP air-hostesses

2010-08-24 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
See link for a photo as pombinhas de TAIP taken in 1956 ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/cultura_portuguesa_da_india/4655986741/in/photostream/ NOTE: TAIP air-hostesses were the first ones to wear saris as uniforms on international flights. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Re: [Goanet] TAIP air-hostesses

2010-08-25 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
-hostesses On 24 August 2010 20:29, Gabriel de Figueiredo gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au wrote: NOTE: TAIP air-hostesses were the first ones to wear saris as uniforms on international flights. So, what's the point? Does it imply anything? Or was it just following the rule of unintended

Re: [Goanet] TAIP air-hostesses

2010-08-25 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
The photographs are not mine. I found them by chance on Flickr. The brazão (shield) designed for India Portuguesa is to the left of Viva Portugal on http://www.flickr.com/photos/cultura_portuguesa_da_india/ This shield was designed to be at the bottom right-hand side of the flag for India

Re: [Goanet] Goa to be ruled by Goans

2010-09-03 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Right on the nail, Mr. Baliga. http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg66038.html be assured that outside of first-generation emigrants who reminisce of Goa, the second-generation might call themselves Goans but they have now so much integrated into the fabric of their parents'

Re: [Goanet] Suggestion to check the stray dog situation in Goa !!!

2010-09-03 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
IIRC, there used to be compulsory dog licencing in the Portuguese regime, in addition to compulsory bicycle registration.  This seems to have disappeared over the years as indiscipline took over rational thinking. Gabriel. - Original Message From: INDOLOGY GOA indology...@gmail.com

Re: [Goanet] Talking photos: Curious to know about this building history

2010-09-03 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
It was the quartel during the Portuguese times, and entrance to it (as were other Portuguese instalations) was open to any Goan, contrary to what it is now.  I remember having lost a cap in between the quartel and and the Instituto Vasco de Gama (as IMB was knwon then) whilst returning back

Re: [Goanet] NRIs get right to vote

2010-09-04 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
This talk about NRIs and voting ... In the 80s, when I was in London as an Indian citizen, I was invited to join in the local and national voting, as I was a resident of London and a local tax-payer.  Besides, I was told, I had a right to vote as a Commonwealth citizen.   It appears that

Re: [Goanet] Goa to be ruled by Goans

2010-09-06 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
The crab mentality is not the prerogative of Goans only.  Such exist in the Italian community, among women's groups, in the Irish community here in Melbourne (observed it in real life), and perhaps many other communities.  It is also known as the tall poppy syndrome. (Wikipedia: Tall poppy

Re: [Goanet] Talking Photos: Mapusa's Liceu Municipal, Administracao das Comunidades de Bardez, Narcotic Drugs Court etc

2010-09-07 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Really sad re Liceu. Some of the Panjim Liceu buldings (Liceu Afonso de Albuquerque?) seem to habeen given a reprieve by the Goa branch of Bombay High Court (why I wonder, when Goa had its own High Court in Portuguese times?)   ...  Any saviours for the Mapuca Liceu? Could be converted into an

Re: [Goanet] Talking Photos: More Mapusa pics you can pick and mix

2010-09-10 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Anyone noticed:  - Central board reads: Mapusa Municipal Council - Mapusa (don't know why Mapusa is stated twice ...) and -  the board on the right (facing the building) reads Mhapsa Municipal Council ... Are there two cities with a similar sounding name having their respective councils in

Re: [Goanet] Goa news for September 11, 2010

2010-09-11 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Goanet mourns the passing of Cornel da Costa in London, England - Sep 10/10

Re: [Goanet] Portugal to revoke treaty of 1975

2010-09-12 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Goanet mourns the passing of Cornel da Costa in London, England - Sep 10/10

Re: [Goanet] Goans abroad: From dreams to nightmares

2010-09-13 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
If I may add ... Mithra talks about people who go abroad to make money, as if US and EU are other Gulfie places which they are not - doesn't talk much about people who have actually migrated to the US, EU, AUS and CAN to give themselves and their progeny a new, different, start in life. .

Re: [Goanet] Goans abroad, from dreams to nightmares

2010-09-13 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
That is true of any Indian arrival in Melbourne. I have met a Sikh taxi-driver who worked during the night whilst studying during the day, others who were half-asleep during TAFE (Technical and Further Education) classes as they worked night-shifts in their uncle's restaurant, etc. In the case

Re: [Goanet] Horror of Dual Citizenship With India (OCI)

2010-09-15 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Goanet joins Noel Rebello to raise money for Daddy's Home (Margao, Goa) Sponsor Noel

Re: [Goanet] Could This Common Beverage Be the Cause of Your Psoriasis?

2010-09-15 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Goanet joins Noel Rebello to raise money for Daddy's Home (Margao, Goa) Sponsor Noel

Re: [Goanet] A Professor Prescribes.

2010-09-16 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Goanet joins Noel Rebello to raise money for Daddy's Home (Margao, Goa) Sponsor Noel

Re: [Goanet] Gandhi God-Kings

2010-09-16 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Goanet joins Noel Rebello to raise money for Daddy's Home (Margao, Goa) Sponsor Noel

Re: [Goanet] Science Cannot Explain Life

2010-09-19 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Goanet joins Noel Rebello to raise money for Daddy's Home (Margao, Goa) Sponsor Noel

[Goanet] 7News investigation: New Delhi security risk

2010-09-20 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Goanet joins Noel Rebello to raise money for Daddy's Home (Margao, Goa) Sponsor Noel

Re: [Goanet] Follow the Flow – monday muse (20Se pt’10)

2010-09-20 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Goanet joins Noel Rebello to raise money for Daddy's Home (Margao, Goa) Sponsor Noel

Re: [Goanet] Stray cattle a menace in Bicholim

2010-09-20 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Goanet joins Noel Rebello to raise money for Daddy's Home (Margao, Goa) Sponsor Noel

Re: [Goanet] Some distressing news reports re Commonwealth Games.

2010-09-22 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Goanet joins Noel Rebello to raise money for Daddy's Home (Margao, Goa) Sponsor Noel

Re: [Goanet] Goanet] Bridge collapse threatens Delhi Commonwealth Games

2010-09-22 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Goanet joins Noel Rebello to raise money for Daddy's Home (Margao, Goa) Sponsor Noel

[Goanet] CWG not ready in 7 years - will Goa be ready in 3?

2010-09-22 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Lusofonia Games are apparently scheduled to be held in Goa in 2013 (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusophony_Games ).  Does anyone know what's happening? Gabriel.

Re: [Goanet] CWG Delhi 2010--'7' Years and not yet ready?

2010-09-24 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Cheers Floriano :-) .  Outside of that comment, it appears that Mr. Lalit Banot also was not aware that paan-spitting is unique to India (comment by media show bathroom sinks full of dust and stained with an unidentifiable reddish-brown liquid - see photos 5 and 6 at

Re: [Goanet] Banco Nacional Ultramar - Fontainhas - San Tome

2010-09-24 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Hi Selma, As far as I can remember, the Banco Nacional Ultramarino was situated where today's State Bank of India is situated, between the Secretariat and Hotel Mandovi. Bits 'n pieces as gathered from my limited collection of books, old and new, some of which might not exactly fit your

[Goanet] Army called in to bridge the gap

2010-09-24 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
At long last - the armed forces are lending a hand to the CWG ... We've seen a Bailey Bridge before, across the Borim bridge when the center span crashed after a barge hit one of the pillars. Now a similar strategy is being used to fill in the gap fter the footbridge collapsed.  Hopefully it

Re: [Goanet] Talking Photos: SBI Panjim (former Banco Nacional Ultramarino)

2010-09-26 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
AFAIK, this is the new building - the original building that stood there looked more like the Customs house (now museum?) ... - Original Message From: JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Sat, 25 September, 2010 11:05:44 PM Subject: [Goanet] Talking Photos:

Re: [Goanet] Re Commonwealth Games

2010-09-26 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
There was some feedback on the news reports on ToI that it was only the white countries that complained. And when our extended family gathered last night, the same comment was made in discussions re CWG. It now appears that it was not only ANZ+UK+CAN that complained about filth in CWG, but also

Re: [Goanet] Colors of the Indan Flag

2010-09-27 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
I have read about some controversy as to the use of the INC flag as the flag of independent India. Gandhi was against its use, but Nehru, I understand wanted the INC flag to be converted to be the national flag, replacing the INC spinning wheel with the Ashoka chakra. I apologise that at

Re: [Goanet] The Portuguese ' Order of Merito' to Goa's Count'O -Invigorating Thoughts by a deceived GOAN.

2010-09-28 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
A ... sorrowing one ... perhaps ? :-)) - Original Message From: floriano floriano.l...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Tue, 28 September, 2010 4:07:04 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] The Portuguese ' Order of Merito' to Goa's Count'O

[Goanet] offtopic: Germany finally pays off WWI debt

2010-09-30 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Germany not only celebrates 20 years since reunification this weekend, it will also pay off the last of its World War I debts, 92 years after the 1914-18 conflict ended. These reparations were intended partly by the Allies, particularly France, to keep Germany weak. But historians say the

Re: [Goanet] Talking Photos: Some pics from 'Ille de Capão'

2010-10-02 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Ille is French.  Would that actually be 'Ilha de Capão'? - Original Message From: JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Fri, 1 October, 2010 5:52:24 PM Subject: [Goanet] Talking Photos: Some pics from 'Ille de Capão' Talking Photos: Some pics from 'Ille de

Re: [Goanet] The Lost Goan Identity

2010-10-02 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
This statement was apparently made by Nehru when Congress lost devastatingly (17% votes) against MGP(42% votes) and UGP (30% votes) in the first elections. For Congress, a trouncing to remember was one of the headlines of the day. Nehru was stunned by the outcome because he had expeceted Goans

Re: [Goanet] Tell Me About Sarto Esteves.

2010-10-03 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
One names comes to mind, and that is the pianist Margarida Miranda, one-time head of Goa Kala Academy's Western Music wing.  She left Goa for Germany, some time before the Indian Armed Forces marched into Goa, on a Gulbenkian scholarship. AFAIK, she is in Panjim. The cellist Alexandre

Re: [Goanet] Doce de Grão (gram sweet)

2010-10-03 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Doce=sweet or something swee (usually denoting cakes or dessert I would presume) as opposed to rebuçado=a sweet (as in candy or toffee) There are various doces - check http://www.gastronomias.com/doces/ for a large list of recipes in Portuguese.  Re price, I cannot comment, but please observe

Re: [Goanet] Talking Photo: Neglected Heritage Structure by the Army?

2010-10-03 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Why photography not allowed? - Original Message From: JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Sat, 2 October, 2010 10:22:13 PM Subject: [Goanet] Talking Photo: Neglected Heritage Structure by the Army?   Neglected Heritage Structure by the Army?

Re: [Goanet] Announcement: 10.10.10

2010-10-03 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Sure will, for a young couple who plan to get married in a Church at that precise moment: 10:10 am on the 10th October.  Rare time, and even rarer is the reception that will follow, which is in the form of an extended breakfast :-)) Hope it all goes well for them, offspring of good friends of

Re: [Goanet] Science for sale ...

2010-10-03 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
That is peer review of today, I presume ...   And another word used nowadays is consensus among scientists ... - Original Message From: Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Mon, 4 October, 2010 4:13:05 AM Subject: [Goanet] Science for sale ...   And

Re: [Goanet] Centenary of the Portuguese Republic

2010-10-03 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
A trivia piece.  Here's the origin of Rua 5 de Outubro, and if I am not mistaken, there was a company in Goa called Cintubro ... - Original Message From: CLP Instituto Camões clpicpan...@gmail.com To: add...@chowgules.ac.in Sent: Sun, 3 October, 2010 10:46:16 PM Subject: [Goanet]

Re: [Goanet] Talking Photos: Panjim Garden - Garcia da Or ta – Finally thrown open today

2010-10-05 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Wow! what a transformation! Congratulations to all involved. Thank you for the photos, JoeGoaUK. An observation, if I might make: there are plants growing at the base of the lions, which could weaken the pillar in the long term. On the other hand, could some enterprising sculptor make a bust

Re: [Goanet] Talking Photos: Jardim Garcia da Orta – The day after

2010-10-08 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Where is the jardineiro? There used to be a jardineiro IIRC in charge of that garden, upto maybe 1964. He used to ensure that no flowers were plucked nor anyone slept on the benches / committed nuisance as such in the garden.  High time such an institution was in place! - Original

Re: [Goanet] Who Built Bombay......

2010-10-08 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
That should have been 'Bom Baim' = Good bay. The normal Portuguese rendering of 'good bay' would have been boa bahia rather than the grammatically incorrect bom bahia. However, it is possible to find the form baim (masc.) for 'little bay' in sixteenth-century Portuguese. However, note

Re: [Goanet] Jardim Garcia de Orta - New Pics

2010-10-11 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Thank you for those pics - glorious eye-candy.  Happy to note that some modernity exists in the PMC ... - Original Message From: JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Tue, 12 October, 2010 12:04:17 PM Subject: [Goanet] Jardim Garcia de Orta - New Pics

Re: [Goanet] Cross-Border Tax Liability.

2010-10-13 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
I have been told by an Indian tax-payer that some clerk demanded Rs 50 to get her tax refund cheque from the tax authorities. So, be aware of these issues. - Original Message From: eric pinto ericpin...@yahoo.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org

Re: [Goanet] India elected to UNSC as non-permanent member

2010-10-13 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
I wonder how the TOI could state that India was a founding member of the UN. The UN, essentially a successor to the League of Nations which was established in 1919 after WWI to promote international cooperation and to achieve peace and security, came into existence on 24 October 1945, almost

Re: [Goanet] A superb analysis of the idea that is Sports in India

2010-10-13 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Ah well, India hasn't done too badly in these Delhi games, being 2nd in the Gold medal tally list leading England's 3rd. - Original Message From: Venantius J Pinto venantius.pi...@gmail.com To: Goanet Mail list goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Wed, 13 October, 2010 4:26:44 PM

Re: [Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-22 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Why dig out only the Portuguese? Perhaps comparative history would be better - how many people were subject to torture in England in the same period, and how many people were tortured in India by the Brits in a similar period for political and religious reasons? - Original Message

Re: [Goanet] Interview of Edila wife of Pundalik Gaitonde

2010-10-22 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Looks like Edila did not quite understand the meaning of India. Goa is part of India she says.  So is the whole of Bengal and the whole of Sind (check the Indian national anthem) were parts of (British) India. So why is Bengal divided into East Bengal (India) and a separate country now called

Re: [Goanet] Rename 'Garcia de Orta' say Goa's FFs

2010-10-22 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
If The Goa, Daman and Diu Freedom Fighters Association want to truly get rid of the Portuguese legacy, please ask them to give up cooking using:   Tomatoes   Chillies   Potatoes   Pineapples   Cashew and all the varieties of mangoes and bananas we have in Goa.   These and more (see an article by

Re: [Goanet] Interview of Edila wife of Pundalik Gaitonde

2010-10-24 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Dear Rico, The genteel world in which Dr Gaitonde also lived in the 50s (I found him very cultured.. feted by the crème de la crème of monarchal families says Edila) together with my father's generation, has nothing to do with my question, which is, why did Dr. Gaitonde leave Goa soon after

[Goanet] Republic Portugal changed Goans’ lives for better, feel experts

2010-10-24 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-news/republic-portugal-changed-goans-lives-better-feel-experts A conference held at the Portuguese consulate on Saturday to discuss the impact on Goa as regards the Iberian nation... PANAJI: A conference held at the Portuguese consulate on Saturday to discuss

Re: [Goanet] Interview of Edila wife of Pundalik Gaitonde

2010-10-25 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Dear Jose, Thanks for your comments.  They are much appreciated in trying to understand the people involved in this topic. I apologise if I have upset the people involved. Regards, Gabriel. PS Your understanding re bye-election appears to be correct. - Original Message From: J.

Re: [Goanet] Talking photos: Welcome to 3rd ODI, Margao

2010-10-25 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Incredible India at its best! Couldn't the Margao municpality get its act together for once? Or ist it someone else's responsibility to ensure the cleanliness of the place? What about the organisers? Is their sense of hygiene different from the rest of the world? - Original Message

Re: [Goanet] Three fleeting voices of Goan (Portuguese) literature (Dr Paul Melo e Castro, in Tambdimati.com)

2010-10-25 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
A little-know poéta was professora Clara Menezes, a teacher at Massano de Amorim, Panjim, passed away a few decades ago. I don't know if her Portuguese compositions still exist. She was married to Camilo Menezes of Loutolim. - Original Message From: Goanet Reader

Re: [Goanet] Talking Photos: Garden, Palace, Club, gates, Mangoes etc

2010-10-27 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
The original Clube Vasco da Gama was a grand place - high ceilings (required to keep the place cool), tall windows, large mirrors, billiard tables, et al. Shame progress destroyed what was once a beautiful piece of Indo-Portuguese architecture. Bar-Restaurant Capucinna was another quaint

Re: [Goanet] Get your wad in a wad

2010-10-31 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
I am not altogether whether this fits in this topic. How good is the Legatum Prosperity Index?  India falls in the 88th place in the 2010 rankings, with Zimbabwe at the bottom of the 110 countries listed in http://www.prosperity.com/rankings.aspx  So yes, while the cream are the ministers in

Re: [Goanet] Is Melbourne becoming another Kampala for Indians?

2010-11-01 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Goans have been in Melbourne since the 70s.  Goans and Indians who assimilated into the Australian culture had little, if any, racial issues.  The issues commenced when illegalities and a large number of students descended in Melbourne in the last 5 years. No Indian talks about illegalities -

Re: [Goanet] INDIA's FREEDOM CHURCH LAND GOING GOING GONE

2010-11-04 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Ah! Another G confirming what I had stated aeons ago! :-)  Guess the final straw was the Naval mutiny in Bombay ... - Original Message From: Gabriel gabrielr...@gmail.com Sent: Thu, 4 November, 2010 11:44:10 PM Subject: [Goanet] INDIA's FREEDOM CHURCH LAND GOING GOING GONE The

Re: [Goanet] Why double standards?

2010-11-07 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Why not destroy everything that the Moslems, British and Portuguese built and start all over again? Why worry about an insititution called modern civilization? Go back to the bullock cart. I'm sorry, but if you insist on going the way you are, you probably belong to that age. BTW, are you

[Goanet] The other Garcia de Orta gardens you might not know ....

2010-11-07 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
check this one out: http://www.portaldasnacoes.pt/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=572%3Ajardins-garcia-da-orta-talhao-de-goacatid=249%3AprimaveraItemid=364lang=pt Check out the mango tree in full flower ... and this in Portugal, glorifying Goa ...

Re: [Goanet] For OPINON: Goa: the stereotype capital of India (FN) Devil's Advocate

2010-11-09 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Hmmm - what's so different from what has been said prior to the invasion of 1961? The lies appears to abound. Check http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg36570.html  BTW, I understand Sir Walter Crocker's book has recently been reprinted in India. --- Arthur Rubinoff's

Re: [Goanet] Authentic Goan Caju Feni

2010-11-11 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
It is Grau (grau  = degree ).  Grau can also be translated as secondary level of education (as in Segundo Grau ) in addition to above, which can apply to mathematics, temperature, or as described below, to the strength of a brew. - Original Message From: JoeGoaUk

[Goanet] A light-hearted history of Portugal ...

2011-11-17 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- Goanet Classifieds --- Enescil, a Brazilian engineering firm requires Engineers, Architects and Draftsmen,

Re: [Goanet] GOODBYE 2011 WELCOME 2012.

2012-01-01 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- Annual Goanetters Meet --- Annual Goanetters Meet - January 3, 2012 - 12:30 - 2pm Tourist Hostel,

[Goanet] Yeta another Goa Hippy documentary

2012-01-19 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Australia's SBS television has compiled a set of interviews with the old hippies ...   http://www.sbs.com.au/goahippytribe/#/get-your-passport-ready   Cheers,   Gabriel --- Protect Goa's natural beauty

Re: [Goanet] Dol Mhojea Bai - Pipitt, Kemkem, Biskutt, Bol, Boll, Mama, tata etc - What it all means?

2012-01-19 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
If I am not mistaken, moll=bud (as in flower ... fulola fullancho mollo, amguela zonela sokollo ...).  Therefore,  dakoi mogachem moll = show (your) budding love? Cheers, Gabriel.   - Original Message - From: JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk To: goa...@goanet.org goa...@goanet.org Cc:

Re: [Goanet] A Cry in the dark - this day, 50 years ago (Eugene Correia)

2012-01-19 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Remember the church bell tolling in Loutolim, and uncle Dr. Jocu Melo describing an event to my Mum, exclaiming #39;ele nao parou, e os miltares abriram fogo#39;. This was sometime between Xmas and New year (1961). Probably related to the event in Cansaulim as described by Leo Lawrence in his

Re: [Goanet] Dol Mhojea Bai - Pipitt, Kemkem, Biskutt, Bol, Boll, Mama, tata etc - What it all means?

2012-01-22 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
That is really spelt as molho, as used in fish, meat and prawn preserved in sauces. Other spellings as used by commercial vendors and English writers are corruptions, as English-educated people cannot prounce lho properly and ends up as llo, as in carvalho pronounced as carvallo. Right Selma

Re: [Goanet] Dol Mhojea Bai - Pipitt, Kemkem, Biskutt, Bol, Boll, Mama, tata etc - What it all means?

2012-01-23 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Venantius, I am not sure about the konkani spelling for molho. Note that cozinheiro became cuzner in konkani, like many other Portuguese-derived words, so this one could have suffered a similar transition, especially after being influenced by anglicised speakers (considered by some as being

Re: [Goanet] Dol Mhojea Bai - Pipitt, Kemkem, Biskutt, Bol, Boll, Mama, tata etc - What it all means?

2012-01-24 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Hi Venantius,   This discussion has taken a new twist :-) However, comparing languages, the Portuguese pronounce each and every letter in a word (well almost), so that psicología is pronounced as 'pisikogía'. Lazy adoptions of Portuguese words into Konkani have left out the last vowels of most

Re: [Goanet] BOOK REVIEW: Moda Goa: History and Style by Wendell

2012-01-26 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
In addition, a number of shops have changed their names / reverted to their Portuguese names, Ducló Bobó had become Dukle Bhobe and is now back to its original Ducló Bobó; Zubeida Bakery is now Padaría Zubeida, but it appears to have changed its vocation in the bargain, that of selling

Re: [Goanet] In public interest- Is the Christian Art Museum an abandoned child?

2012-01-31 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Quite possible - quite a collection in those shops, some strangely familiar, last time I was there circa 2008. - Original Message - From: Edgar Silveira ed...@goencar.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Cc: Sent: Sunday, 29 January 2012 3:20 PM

[Goanet] RTP on iPad and the 'net

2012-01-31 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Perhaps you folks already know it  ... if so I apologise for the repeat.    For those interested in Portuguese television programs (recorded and direct), you can watch now them on your iPad by downloading the RTP app for free, The programs are free too, with the exception of programs which have

Re: [Goanet] Goa, Goan, Hansard's

2012-02-02 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Hmmm ... interesting. 1)  Is the noble Baroness aware that Goa sent representatives for many years to the Portuguese Parliament, so it was closely allied with Portugal and Goans spoke Portuguese? (Lord Orr-Ewing)    I should add, as early as 1834 (Bernardo Peres da Silva of Neura). Francisco

Re: [Goanet] CONTROVERSY: The MOCA replies...

2012-02-08 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
I am not sure if this has been discussed, or whether it is a good idea to publish the photos of the stolen artifacts, if available, in all papers locally, and nationally. More importantly, supply the photos to old gold dealers, antique dealers esp in Cochin, local and national police (might not

Re: [Goanet] CONTROVERSY: The MOCA replies...

2012-02-08 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
I understand there was an attempt to remove the jewels off the casket of St Francis Xavier in the 40s/50s - having read of the episode in Memorias do meu passaado (Fernando Noronha). The culprit, IIRC, was an Englishman, and was caught red-handed ... So there were issues in those times, but

Re: [Goanet] Sex scandals and Porn

2012-02-09 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Salazar lives ... visado pela censura :-)    Sandeep Heble sandeephe...@gmail.com wrote: That's right UNTIL I read this article (of INTERFERENCE with the electrical supply and TV) in the Times of India

Re: [Goanet] CONTROVERSY: The MOCA replies...

2012-02-09 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
] CONTROVERSY: The MOCA replies... Aaah! Do you mean to say that the loot of Goa didn't start after 1961, as some  on this list try to keep suggesting? FN On 9 February 2012 08:28, Gabriel de Figueiredo gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.auwrote: I understand there was an attempt to remove the jewels off

[Goanet] More historic photos of TAIP ...

2012-02-10 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Os Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa foram criados em 1955 como uma empresa pública ligada ao Governo-Geral do Estado Português da Índia, sob o nome inicial de “STAIP - Serviços de Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa”, designação logo simplificada para “TAIP - Transportes Aéreos da

[Goanet] Singapore 1942 - End of Empire

2012-02-10 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Some eons ago, there was a discussion on this forum re Indian Independence etc.   At that time, my personal belief was that the Brits gave independence to India not because of Gandhi or Nehru, but because they could no longer trust the loyalty of the British Indian Army. The following program

Re: [Goanet] GOA-OLDPHOTO: Colvale carreira, first Kadamba, Luso consulate, bund at Pernem, unusual Carnival placards...

2012-02-10 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
If interested ... ErmelindaParrasFigueiredo: My grandmother (date unknown). A story has been told to me recently... Torcato and Gabriel Figueiredo were courting this elegant lady, and Torcato lost out. For my grandparents' wedding, Torcato then composed the now-famous Mando de Despedida (Adeus

Re: [Goanet] Singapore 1942 - End of Empire

2012-02-10 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
an important factor in the complete withdrawal of the Raj from India. - Wikipedia Royal Indian Navy mutiny.   Regards,   Gabriel From: J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com To: Gabriel de Figueiredo gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au; Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994

Re: [Goanet] Don't miss this!

2012-02-11 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Happiness, like crappiness, is relative. What is crap for the Goan, is normality for the Delhiite. --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the

[Goanet] Spam using my email id

2012-02-17 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Dear Goanetters, There is currently spam email being spewed on the internet, using my email id as the display name, with the subject VACANCY ... It has not been sent by me. Please delete it if you have received it. Cheers, Gabriel de Figueiredo

Re: [Goanet] CALVIM TRAGEDY: Serendipity to the rescue for some villagers ... When the going got tough... To inspect bus.... (Andrew Pereira, TNN)

2012-02-20 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
A question needs be asked of witnesses before finer analysis is undertaken:   Did the bus suddenly belch thick black smoke before it raced and plunged into the river?   If yes, this (the uncontrollable speed) could be the result of diesel overrun (or runaway). In many vehicles, a crankcase

Re: [Goanet] Goanet] No intruz celebrations in Goa more than 3 decades ago.

2012-02-20 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
The word intruz comes from a Portuguese word entrudo, which according to my Collins dictionary, translates to Shrovetide or Carnival. From: MD mmdme...@gmail.com To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, 21 February 2012 10:31 AM Subject: [Goanet] Goanet] No

Re: [Goanet] DOCUMENT: Goa elections 2012, manifesto Congress Party

2012-02-22 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
From what I understand, in India, a local can never be a Governor of the state they were born in Something to do with prevention of secession as I was told. From: Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا fredericknoro...@gmail.com To:

Re: [Goanet] Fwd: Fw: HOW LONG IT TAKES TO DECOMPOSE !!!!!

2012-02-27 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
I am not sure about all plastic bags - I had a few books stored in the garage in a plastic bag; a few months later when I picked the bag up, the bag had disintegrated into tiny flakes ... From: Bernice Pereira bernicepere...@gmail.com To: Goanet

Re: [Goanet] Racism, Britain, Goan expat workers....

2012-02-28 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Do you mean that Goans create slums in Britain? That they spit/defecate/sleep on park-benches/demolish old structures to build concrete jungles? From: Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا fredericknoron...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere

Re: [Goanet] Cop's night investigation at Velim Church

2012-02-28 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
PIDE seems to live on, fifty years after the event ... From: Tony de Sa tonyde...@gmail.com To: Goa's Premiere Mailing List, Estd 1994 goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, 28 February 2012 2:23 AM Subject: [Goanet] Cop's night investigation at Velim Church

Re: [Goanet] Racism, Britain, Goan expat workers....

2012-02-29 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
And they are ... ? From: Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا fredericknoro...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, 29 February 2012 9:25 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Racism, Britain,

Re: [Goanet] How Dilli (and Tai) understands MoI

2012-03-01 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Why not Portuguese? After all its one way of maintaining identity in an otherwise sea of English-speaking Indians. It would be of immense assistance to those seeking a Portuguese nationality. Colonial language you say? What the heck is English then?  From:

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