[Goanet]Xabhas Goanet. Xabhas Mai bhas!

2003-10-31 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dear Joe, Good to see genuine pride in one's mother and mother tongue. There are few of us left. Maink azilant galpi toh put o doo nuim, Goenkar nuim, munis nuim...toh ek doidhiro! Teka lahn aslo tenna 'orphanatan' gatlo'lo tor toh kitem mhunpacho? Poishe aslear munis zaina; budh aslear'rui

[Goanet]Afro-Asian Games: Uzbek take soccer gold with a last-gasp goal

2003-10-31 Thread Eustaquio Santimano
Uzbek take soccer gold with a last-gasp goal AGENCIES HYDERABAD, OCTOBER 31: A last-minute goal by striker Innomov Islam guided Uzbekistan to win the soccer gold, sealing Indias title aspirations in the Afro-Asian Games and denying forward I M Vijayan a chance to retire on a winning note as

[Goanet]Counting cattle before they are caught?

2003-10-31 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dear Goanetters, One should not count chickens before they are hatched...and one cannot transport stray cattle to Kalay Farm/Cattle Pound[ a good 60 km. from Panaji] till they manage to actually catch them! The towing fee for a two wheeler within Panaji is Rs.100/- and it is Rs.300/- for a car.

[Goanet]Re: Portuguese Film Festival Oct 31 - Nov 2

2003-10-31 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:21:03 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: October 31 Kindly inquire of the Portuguese Officials attending the festival whether these movies are available on video universally, i.e. in the U.S. U.K., Canada May be the one which got an award, Cinco Dias, Cinco

[Goanet]Afro-Asian Games: Akhil, Jitender win boxing golds

2003-10-31 Thread Eustaquio Santimano
Akhil, Jitender win boxing golds October 31, 2003 21:34 IST Akhil Kumar and Jitender Kumar won two gold medals for India in boxing on the final day of competition at the Afro-Asian Games, but five other Indian boxers had to settle for silver medals. Akhil beat The Philippines' Volitio M Payla

[Goanet]Afro-Asian Games: Bhupathi-Sania win mixed doubles gold

2003-10-31 Thread Eustaquio Santimano
Bhupathi-Sania win mixed doubles gold October 31, 2003 16:26 IST Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza won the mixed doubles tennis gold medal at the Afro-Asian Games at Hyderabad on Friday. The pair beat compatriots Vishal Uppal and Rushmi Chakravarty 7-6(7/1), 6-3 in the final. The triumph gave

[Goanet]Afro-Asian Games: Uzbekistan win football gold

2003-10-31 Thread Eustaquio Santimano
Uzbekistan win football gold October 31, 2003 22:14 IST Innomov Islam scored with a long-range shot in injury time as Uzbekistan stunned India 1-0 in the football final at the Afro-Asian Games on Friday night. In a keenly-fought final, Uzbekistan, who fielded their under-20 team for the

[Goanet]Rapes and the Government

2003-10-31 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dear Goanetters, Imran is ,I believe, writing from the Arab Emirates. May be he should go to Saudi Arabia and Pakistan for a year each ...and then consider if his advice to India is relevant. It does not get better with Dictators...try Papa Doc Duvalier,Sadam,Robert Mugabe,Musharaf,any

[Goanet]Goa IFFI : Off the block..

2003-10-31 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dear Goanetters, Whether it is a spin off from the hugely successful Fontainhas Festival or a take off from the IFFI boom ...or just a continuation of the painting of the 'alfandega'[Customs House]and 'quartel'[Police HQ and barracks] by Fundacao Oriente I cannot say, but it is just

[Goanet]WORLD GOA DAY_HOUSTON..................Photograph

2003-10-31 Thread rene barreto
GOANS OF USA WORLD GOA DAY_HOUSTON --- GOAN CULTURAL SHOW E-Photo Album : http://community.webshots.com/album/86714446BpFNcu 0 rene

[Goanet]Courts and wills... woes of Goa property owners

2003-10-31 Thread rene barreto
Interesting 00 PANJIM, OCT 31  By Herald News Features Desk  If a foreigner purchases property in a friends name is it against the law? What happens if the brother of someone who sells you property goes to court? Is a will valid if

[Goanet]Afro-Asian Games: Party time for Indian hockey as hosts put on golden show

2003-10-31 Thread Eustaquio Santimano
Party time for Indian hockey as hosts put on golden show India do away with the chokers tag, claim gold beating Pakistan comprehensively in the final MANISH KUMAR HYDERABAD, OCTOBER 31: For the first time in three decades, the Indian hockey team notched up a hat-trick of wins against

[Goanet]Afro-Asian Games: Medal Tally - End of Games

2003-10-31 Thread Eustaquio Santimano
Country wise Medal Tally CountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal China25 11 5 41 India19 32 29 80 Japan15 6 2 23 Nigeria 10 12 13 35 South Africa 10 11 15 36 Korea

[Goanet]Coming soon to the TGF website: der RAUL! due Nov 4, 2003 (please stay tuned)

2003-10-31 Thread The Goan Forum
Coming soon to the TGF website at http://www.colaco.net der RAUL! expected date of Web Publication: Nov 4, 2003 please be sure to access itin the NEW section. You critical critique is welcome Opposing views extra welcome. sincerely jc for TGF = Recommended Goan Sites in Cyberspace

[Goanet]Legal bull by GUJ ???

2003-10-31 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dear Accredited Journos, Do you really want us to believe that the Goa Union of Journalists went on a month long agitation like bulls in a China shop? That the GUJ went through the experience of a newly wed bride who thinks she is pregnant, and announces it to the world, only to realize later

[Goanet]Alligator tears?

2003-10-31 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dear Goanetters, Do not worry about such allegations, the Goa Government will catch and tame the alligators! A posting in Anjuna P.S., which controls a substantial part of the beach front and the sites of the rave parties,goa trance dancing,flea market,bungy jumping and tourist drowning scene,

[Goanet]WHAT MAKES MAPUSA UNIQUE...

2003-10-31 Thread sarabond
Cecil, I admire the list you have given below of all the unique things in Mapusa. By the way the Mapusa Market itself is Unique, and one of its kind in whole of Asia when it was built in 1960. The design latter was copied by many in different states of India, specially Maharastra and Karnataka.

[Goanet]GOA DAY Link

2003-10-31 Thread rene barreto
Hi Everyone, This is the link to some pages of our souvenir. http://community.webshots.com/album/97330177WMvfAB Regards Deborah Santamaria Co-ordinator WORLD GOA DAY_KARACHI. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## # Send submissions

[Goanet]BJP VP new Chairman for Goa Industrial Development Corporation

2003-10-31 Thread Goa Desc
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[Goanet]Suggestions for the Goa Passport office

2003-10-31 Thread Goa Desc
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Re: [Goanet]AIRES RODRIGUES: Evaluating a Chief Minister...

2003-10-31 Thread Nagesh Bhatcar
Read Aires Rodrigues' assessment of the Chief Minister with a fair bit of amusement. As scathing as the criticism on the 'Failures', the 'Achievements' part is tempered with a fair amount of skepticism. Knowing Aires' disdain for the CM, one should not be surprised by the biased assessment at

[Goanet]The Wigs !!!

2003-10-31 Thread sarabond
Hi Cecil, I was fortunate to have acted in Goa's 'Shakespeare' Bab Rosario Rodrigues' non-stop tiatr in the late 70s. There were days I have spent with him and his joint family and even stayed overnight when the shows were held in far South of Goa and it was difficult to travel back to Mapusa at

[Goanet]Re: Condolence Meeting..... in Kuwait

2003-10-31 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:43:23 +, Wilson Coelho wrote: To : Xavier Feds [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fm : Wilson Coelho Sub : Condolence Meeting for Late Alfred Rose in Kuwait by KKK Dear Xavier, Your article in response the to the news item indeed made very interesting reading. There is no doubt

[Goanet]Aichea Disak Chintop (thought for today)

2003-10-31 Thread JperGOA
Chinth monxa korchea adim, uprant roddon faido nam. joegoauk ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # #

[Goanet]AIRES RODRIGUES: Evaluating a Chief Minister...

2003-10-31 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Evaluating a Chief Minister... Herald, Oct 31, 2003http://www.oherald.com -- By Aires Rodrigues Goa's Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar, has just completed three years in office. To have been able to hold on to the reins of office for thirty