[Goanet-news]GoanetReader REVIEW -- Understanding Goa's soul (Lino Leitao)

2004-09-19 Thread GOANET-READER
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[Goanet-news]GOANET-READER Piggy tales from yesterday's Goa (Domnic Fernandes)

2004-10-18 Thread Goanet-Reader
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[Goanet News Bytes]Goanet Reader -- Staging Goa; Glimpses of Theatre (Isabel de Santa Rita Vas)

2005-03-30 Thread Goanet Reader
her patience and spirit has impressed a large number of her students. GOANET READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the growing readership of Goanet and it's allied network of mailing lists

[Goanet News Bytes]Goanet Reader: Tourism: bringing in the moolah, with racism and uncertainty thrown in

2005-04-18 Thread Goanet Reader
a rather disastrous ending to yet another promising season. ### ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Joseph Zuzarte is a long-time journalist, resettled in Goa from Bombay, and a regular commentator in the local media. GOANET READER WELCOMES

[Goanet News Bytes]Goanet Reader -- Mandos... from south of the Zuari

2005-04-21 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet News Bytes]Goanet Reader: Goan Summer Fruits - Zambllam, Kannt'tam, Churnam ani Poddkovam!

2005-04-23 Thread Goanet Reader
) ABOUT THE AUTHOR: The writer is known for his nostalgic recollections of the Goa of yesteryears, put out regularly by him on Goanet. GOANET READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related

*** Goanet Reader -- Unassuming giant, Felicio Cardoso

2005-05-21 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Goanet Reader -- Dr Joe, who brings life to the Bullets of Goa

2005-05-21 Thread Goanet Reader
. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rahul Alvares is a writer, author of two books, wildlife-enthusiast, musician ... and young man of many roles. He lives at Parra, Goa. Joe can be contacted at at 0091.832.2299278 (residence). GOANET READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays

*** Goanet Reader -- Goa, migration and more...

2005-05-22 Thread Goanet Reader
the country with their lives and experiences. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ruth de Souza is based in Waitakere City, Aotearoa/New Zealand and can be contacted via email [EMAIL PROTECTED] GOANET READER WELCOMES contributions from its

*** Goanet Reader: Goa needs it's big, majestic trees

2005-05-23 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Goanet Reader -- View from the Bardez hillock... a hundred species

2005-05-24 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Goanet Reader -- View from the Bardez hillock... a hundred species

2005-05-29 Thread Goanet Reader
of things Goan. GOANET READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the growing readership of Goanet and it's allied network of mailing lists. If you appreciate the above article, please send in your

*** Goanet Reader -- Looking back at the simple, slow-moving Goa

2005-05-30 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Goanet Reader -- Short story from Goa, Damodar Mauzo: The Vow

2005-06-06 Thread Goanet Reader
in Calcutta (Kolkata) and (earlier) Augusto Pinto, another Africa-born former expat, Cota is one of the few persons in Goa or elsewhere to persistently take to translating work from Konkani into the English language. Send your feedback to [EMAIL PROTECTED] GOANET READER WELCOMES contributions from its

*** Goanet Reader -- From priests, to the Big Boss and farm feni

2005-06-07 Thread Goanet Reader
. ## ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Zuzarte worked for many years in Mumbai (Bombay), before returning back to his homeland, to write about the things he holds dear. GOANET READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way

*** Goanet Reader -- Why Konkani cinema gets viewed with one eye...

2005-06-13 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Goanet Reader: What does it mean to be Goan ... of food and song

2005-07-29 Thread Goanet Reader
as the celebration wouldn’t be a celebration with them, especially with him being so far away from home. This led me to reflect on the importance of food and consider writing something for Goanet Reader. As you all know Goans have been a highly mobile population and are scattered all over

*** Goanet Reader: A tale of two IITians -- grassroot visions or grandios vanities?

2005-08-01 Thread Goanet Reader
is active in a number of social issues and campaigns. He can be emailed at [EMAIL PROTECTED] He acknowledges the debt to Vizilia de Sa for the first-hand report of her visit to the model Village Panchayat of Kuthumbakkam in Tamil Nadu. GOANET READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way

*** Goanet Reader [Book Review]: The Sixth Night by Silviano C. Barbosa, reviewed by Zoe Ackah

2005-08-04 Thread Goanet Reader
, and includes recipes for all the food carefully described in The Sixth Night. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: The writer Zoe Ackah is editor of 'The Epoch Times', a Canadian publication, where this review was published. GOANET READER

*** Goanet Reader: In the mirror of the 'sixties: Goa as depicted in three films

2005-08-05 Thread Goanet Reader
in cyberspace. One of his recent ventures is promoting a mailing-list on documentary films in India http://groups.yahoo.com/group/docuwallahs2 GOANET READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among

*** Goanet Reader: Remembering Anthony Gonsalves: Goa's rich musical past

2005-08-06 Thread Goanet Reader
from the Sarai -- www.sarai.net -- programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. This article was first published in Seminar magazine, November 2004). It was also reproduced in Communalism Combat, February 2005. http://sabrang.com/cc/archive/2005/feb05/covernaresh.html Goanet Reader

*** Goanet Reader: Against the tide, Nalini de Sousa...

2005-08-09 Thread Goanet Reader
. - ABOUT THE AUTHOR: The writer is a young Goan, based in Portugal, who has put in a significant amount of work to build bridges between these two regions that he traces his roots to. Xavier can be contacted at [EMAIL PROTECTED] GOANET READER welcomes

*** Goanet Reader: Newspaper reading catching on in Velim-Ambelim... and how!

2005-08-14 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Goanet Reader: Don't treat women like a piece of flesh... (Bailancho Saad)

2005-08-16 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** SUNDAY SPECIAL: Blood, nemesis and misreading quite what makes Goan society tick (book review)

2005-08-21 Thread Goanet Reader
this book, earlier printed an abridged version of this review in its issue of August 20, 2005. GOANET READER welcomes contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the Goanet family of mailing lists. Please do send

*** Goanet Reader: Breaking free -- a sweet story from Goa

2005-08-23 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Goanet Reader: Let's go party (Cedric Silveira/Panjim Plus)

2005-08-28 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Goanet Reader: 'Forever' friends Shobha Tarcar, Shubhlaxmi Naik (Panjim Plus)

2005-09-02 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Goanet Reader: Lock the gates, bar the door (From the Herald)

2005-09-11 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Goanet Reader: We can all make a difference to dementia -- Dr Amit Dias

2005-09-16 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Goanet Reader: Goan Art, going global

2005-09-29 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Goanet Reader: Reverberations from Bali

2005-10-04 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Goanet Reader: Goa -- Being a window to Europe... (Panjim Plus)

2005-10-12 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Goanet Reader: Full steam ahead to Goa... (Cynthia Gomes James)

2005-10-26 Thread Goanet Reader
is an expat based in Dallas. She has written earlier for Goanet Reader. GOANET READER welcomes contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the Goanet family of mailing lists. Please do send in your feedback to the writer

*** Goanet Reader: Repackaging the Beautiful Game

2005-10-26 Thread Goanet Reader
getting a much-needed face-lift for this new millennium. -- --- ABOUT THE AUTHOR: VM is a Goanetter who resettled in Goa while in his mid-thirties. GOANET READER welcomes contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews

*** Goanet Reader -- Say it with Nirvana, a made-in-Goa brand...

2005-11-09 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Goanet Reader: Notes on Goanness.... (Eusebio L Rodrigues)

2005-11-25 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Goanet Reader: Review -- check this vision....

2005-11-26 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Goanet Reader: Just one degree more... lessons from an Italian priest

2005-12-11 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Goanet Reader: An invitation from the Consul (VM de Malar)

2005-12-15 Thread Goanet Reader
the early days a decade ago, was inspired enough to return to Goa, where he now lives with his wife and two children, and writes about the place besides photographing it. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality

*** Goanet Reader: The Amazing Abbe Faria (Luis S R Vas, PARMAL)

2005-12-17 Thread Goanet Reader
220 by air mail abroad. Make payments favourng Goa Heritage Action Group, Porvorim and contact GHAG, 29/30 Green Valley, Porvorim 403521 Goa India) -- GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features

*** GOA EVENTS: The Siddis of India and the African Diasporas in Asia

2005-12-18 Thread Goanet Reader
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages

*** Goanet Reader: Liberation musings... the many twists and turns in Goa's long story

2005-12-21 Thread Goanet Reader
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details

*** Goanet Reader: Quiet village life: Of Chorao, the island of fidalgos

2005-12-25 Thread Goanet Reader
-- || |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | |

*** GoanetReader: Subaltern elites in Portuguese Asia (Teotonio R de Souza)

2005-12-26 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Goanet Reader: Breaking the Afro-Indian Silence

2006-01-13 Thread Goanet Reader
, 2006 edition of The Herald, Goa. GOANET READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the growing readership of Goanet and it's allied network of mailing lists. If you appreciate the above article

*** Goanet Reader: Goencho Saib for Sale (V M de Malar)

2006-01-23 Thread Goanet Reader
for the Goa and Mumbai media. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed

*** Goanet Reader: The Goa Knowledge Revolution (by V. M. de Malar)

2006-02-03 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Illustrious Academician and Historian (Alban Couto's tribute to JC-A)

2006-02-07 Thread Goanet Reader
- Alban Couto is a former senior official of the Government of India, who served in Goa, Bihar and many other centres. He is currently retired and lives in Carona in Aldona, Goa. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality

*** Goanet Reader: From stethoscope to keyboard... an expat novel set in the US (Cornel DaCosta)

2006-02-07 Thread Goanet Reader
, consultant and specialist in university education, London, England. Review written on January 5, 2006. The weblink for On Thin Ice is http://www.booklocker.com/books/2194.html ISBN 1-59113-826-4 GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think

*** Goanet Reader: Remembering a forgotten intellectual from yesterday's Goa

2006-02-07 Thread Goanet Reader
. Therefore, when you read the book you may understand the text in a totally different way than I have understood -- there can be two different yet valid opinions about same event. Joseph Deva is a journalist in Goa. GOANET-READER WELCOMES

*** GoanetReader: Goa's panchayats, rich promise... sad reality

2006-02-07 Thread Goanet Reader
, and who has written much by way of issues related to this small state. His other interests include Free Software, cyber initiatives, environmental journalism, photography and writing about documentary film in India. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews

*** GoanetReader: The First Goan President (V M de Malar)

2006-02-16 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** GoanetReader: Da Cunha in Absurdistan (V M de Malar)

2006-02-16 Thread Goanet Reader
for the Goa and Mumbai media. GOANET READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the growing readership of Goanet and it's allied network of mailing lists. If you appreciate the above article, please

*** GoanetReader: Creating an oasis amidst the heat and dust of Hampi

2006-02-19 Thread Goanet Reader
in cyberspace, who writes on issues both within and beyond Goa. Email contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 8000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network

*** Goanet Reader: Goa's writers are multicultural by inheritance -- Victor Rangel-Ribeiro

2006-03-07 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Goanet Reader: We never took the main road... [Principal Mervyn D'Souza of Assagao/Weekender]

2006-03-27 Thread The Goanet Reader
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*** Flower power (feature on Ashok Dande, in Gomantak Times/Weekender)

2006-03-28 Thread The Goanet Reader
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*** DOCUMENT: Statement of the Commissioner for NRI Affairs (Goa)

2006-04-12 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Goanet Reader: Mutual sustenance: Goan women and the Catholic church in New Zealand

2006-05-01 Thread Goanet Reader
] or at her website: http://www.wairua.com/ruth GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated

*** Goanet Reader: Rooting for Goa ... the fruits are beginning to show

2006-05-05 Thread Goanet Reader
, like him, at Britto's and Xavier's in Mapusa and was in the scouting movement in the 'seventies. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet

*** Goanet Reader: Those were good days... Mapusa in the 1930s and 1940s

2006-05-07 Thread Goanet Reader
was there, my countrymen. -- GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network

*** MEDIA: Goa... the size of an Indian district... but with a torrent of 300 journals in 140 years

2006-05-13 Thread Goanet Reader
of the 'Bibliography of Goa and the Portuguese in India'. New Delhi: Promilla, 1982. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing

*** Goanet Reader: Being Goan, in a sea of Chinese and Malay... and beyond

2006-05-14 Thread Goanet Reader
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*** Goanet Reader: Of Goans, Indians and foreigners: Goa's racism and reverse-racism

2006-05-16 Thread Goanet Reader
. JOSEPH ZUZARTE [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a journalist with long years of experience mainly in Mumbai, where he worked at senior positions before returning back to Goa recently. -- GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers

*** Goanet Reader: Far better, far worse... on planning a wedding and more in Goa

2006-05-20 Thread Goanet Reader
FAR BETTER, FAR WORSE: ON PLANNING A WEDDING AND MORE IN GOA Go ahead, plan a grand marriage, but plan the finances in advance, to make the big day truly memorable, writes CEDRIC SILVEIRA Susan and Vivek got recently married in the grandest of fashions. Reception at a five-star hotel, a list of

*** Goanet Reader: Don't fear Dan Brown or Da Vinci. Be afraid of our own ignorance. (Chhotebhai Noronha)

2006-05-22 Thread Goanet Reader
India Catholic Union, and Founder Secretary of the Manav Sadhbhav Abhiyan, Kanpur). -- GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related

*** Goanet Reader: Goa's heated real estate draws both buyers and ire

2006-05-25 Thread Goanet Reader
GOA'S HEATED REAL ESTATE DRAWS BOTH BUYERS AND IRE By Pamela D'Mello asianage at sancharnet.in Panaji (GOA): As real estate in this popular tourist paradise gets increasingly snapped up by foreign and domestic buyers -- steadily skewing traditional ownership patterns -- the rumblings of

*** Goanet Reader: One off -- where children learn to love books (by Reena Kamat)

2006-05-27 Thread Goanet Reader
with an excited squiggly tail! Reproduced on Goanet courtesy: Panjim Plus. CONTACT: Ilidio de Noronha (Editor Publisher) [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 2464687 or 9422058131. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers

*** Goanet Reader: Of misinformed fundamentalists, fresh controversies, and true conversions (George Menezes)

2006-05-29 Thread Goanet Reader
writer, management consultant and was, in the 80s, a member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity at the Vatican and a member of the Asian Bishop’s Think Thank. - GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays

*** In small Goa, big developmental projects constantly attract local protests

2006-06-02 Thread Goanet Reader
In small Goa, big developmental projects constantly attract local protests By Pamela D'Mello Panaji, Goa: A series of high profile projects flagged by the Goa government have run into trouble with local protestors --- largely over perenially-contentious land acquisitions. The latest in a line of

*** Goanet Reader: Wanted: an Asian perspective on the freedom of religion (Eduardo Faleiro)

2006-06-04 Thread Goanet Reader
will affirm the Asian perception of Freedom of Religion at the highest level of the Catholic Church. -- The writer is a former Union Minister and presently is Commissioner for NRI Affairs in Goa. - GOANET-READER WELCOMES

*** Panjim from space... Nandkumar Kamat on Google Earth

2006-06-15 Thread Goanet Reader
Panjim from space By Nandkumar Kamat The Navhind Times Sitting before my desktop at the Goa University, I can clearly watch on the screen the whole campus from space, including the tiled roof of our faculty enclave and all the landmarks. I can see the shadows of the transmission towers of the

*** Goanet Reader: Uncoding the politics of Christian fundamentalism post-Da Vinci

2006-06-15 Thread Goanet Reader
Vinci. Note that neither John nor John the Baptist have womanly bodies in these paintings. - George Menezes is a prominent writer and retired management expert based in Mumbai. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers

*** Delhi - Goa - Delhi (Sudeep Chakravarti)

2006-06-17 Thread Goanet Reader
From OUTLOOK : http://tinyurl.com/rwg6g Delhi - Goa - Delhi I've had friends tell me I'm nuts to walk from a job and profile in Delhi and traipse to Goa and lessness. Then I've had them say they would kill to do it. Funny, I've felt similar ambivalence. SUDEEP CHAKRAVARTI I stood knee deep in

*** Goanet Reader: Tourists upset as Goa begins to act over foreigner land deals

2006-06-23 Thread Goanet Reader
TOURISTS UPSET AS GOA BEGINS TO ACT OVER FOREIGNER LAND DEALS By Pamela D'Mello Panaji: The Goa home department says it has begun the process of examining some 200 land sale deeds purchased by foreign nationals in North Goa for FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act) violations. FEMA provisions,

*** Goanet Reader: Goa, like Shantadurga, is permeated with influences from all over

2006-06-23 Thread Goanet Reader
Goanetter (among the first) who opted to shift back to Goa after nearly three decades abroad. He lives and works out of Campal in Panjim, mostly writing and understanding the heritage that earlier generations migrated away from. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays