Comedy Of Error And Judgment
Of late Goa has been suffering form an acute bout of comedy of errors and
judgments. The suspension of one of the most revered Judge, Judge Desmond
D'Costa has emphasized the magnanimity of this folly and exposed the raw
underbelly of our justice system.
I had
To Goanet -
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Regards,
r
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These are not ordinary
If Herald newspaper is bought by Timblo, it is time to exercise our power
of the consumer , and simply stop buying this newspaper.
Given that most of the Goan press is controlled by the mining barons, real
freedom of expression in newspapers in Goa is dwindling rapidly, in fact it
practically
From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com
...It is a well established understanding that science only deals with
natural phenomena, and provides rational natural explanations for them.
**Santosh is right. Science deals with natural phenomena. In the case of
Eucharistic phenomenon at Lanciano,
India invaded Goa please read the UN documents. After 61 most Goans were forced
to become Indians they had no choice. Nehru had promised elections but there
were none. The nail was finally driven into the coffin when in 1974 in a non
consultation process Goa was handed on a platter for further
Rajan Parrikar wrote: There is background chatter that Timblo is buying the
Herald newspaper. Lending weight to the rumour is the fact that Timblo's PR
flack has assumed editorship of the weekend editions of the paper, while
Tombat stains the pages during the weekdays.
If it comes to pass, it will
O B I T U A R Y
John Mascarenhas
(Bombay-Everard Nagar / Kuwait / Cansa-Tivim, Goa)
Died: 13 Feb 2011
Photo:http://bit.ly/iad8BK
Beloved husband of Elizabeth Mascarenhas
Son of Late Salvador Anthony Julie Mascarenhas
Brother/Brother-in-law of Maxiana/Caji Menezes, Maria/Jerome
Read the reply I got from Transparency International about India's CPI:
Dear Rajendra,
Thank you for your interest in Transparency International’s (TI) work and
specifically your enquiry regarding India ’s scores on the Corruptions
Perceptions Index. Your email was passed on to me, as I am
Plans are open
for ' GOA SENTINEL ' to make a CLAN RUN for GOA.
How do you guys stand on this??
The first editor to be a Bombay/Canadian GOAN is in place and/or willing to
take up the assignment.
All that is required is the WILL to be the Nitish Kumar of Bihar.
Ironically read
Rajan is right. There is a strong rumour doing the rounds about a Digu aide
purchasing 34% stake in Herald. Not at all surprising if it turns out to be
true. The planting of domesticated editors of the mining lobby in Herald is
itself a pointer of the objectives. Intellectual poisoning of the
These assurances don’t have any meaning…
And if G P Naik is involved it’s even worse..
This chap Naik is a tool…. and knows that all else are fools… to believe that
the assurance will be honored.
BTW… When he was mamlatdar at Sanguem… he illegally transferred Comminidad land
in Rivona in
The Public meeting on February 14th at 5 pm will now be at Azad
Maidan itself, instead of the Goa Chamber of Commerce Hall. Let us in
one voice protest against this sudden and unwarranted suspension of
Judge Desmond D'Costa and the further persecution of Judge Anuja
Prabhudesai.
This has to be
This 54 year old beauty still going strong
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Eugene, my suggestion -- you can disagree without being disagreeable :-) FN
dis·agree·able
adj \-ə-bəl\
Definition of DISAGREEABLE
1: causing discomfort : unpleasant, offensive a disagreeable odor
2: marked by ill temper : peevish a disagreeable person
Desmond has our full support.
The Government should be explicit and clear .
Ashley D'Silva
-Original Message-
From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org
[mailto:goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org] On Behalf Of Aires Rodrigues
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 6:24 AM
To: goa...@goanet.org
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Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your
family members, relatives, neighbours and friends.
Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed.
-
Dear Bosco who wrote: Based on a query I received earlier today, I am
trying to compile a list of self-help books to learn Konkani. Can anybody
recommend titles, authors, etc.
Here's one:
http://www.amazon.com/Lets-Learn-Konkani-S-J-Borkar/dp/1553941322
Let's Learn Konkani by S. J. Borkar is one
Let me reiterate that my interest in this discussion is only to provide
accurate medical scientific information, and in refuting the bogus claims made
in the post appended below that a relic preserved in Italy has been confirmed
by modern science to be of miraculous origin. I have no interest
HERALD REPORTER
MARGAO: Portuguese passport holders, beware. Booth Level Officers (BLOs) have
fanned out to various corners of Salcete to strike down the names of voters,
who are now Portuguese passport holders, from the electoral rolls.
Three months after the Foreigners branch came out with a
When two sides negotiate, each side tries to get the best for his side.
Corporate trying to get best for their shareholders is nothing wrong provided
they do not do anything illegal. Securing the public side was the duty of
Raja-Manmohan-Sonia trio. They failed miserably. Before issuing
Pandu, you of choris-and-pao fame: Your post reminded me of Sacrula de
Saligao. As kids we mocked the Pope of All Religions, but I feel bad
for that now. Maybe he too had a superior wisdom which we could not
understand. The formula of how to stay sane in a crazy world :-) FN
Frederick Noronha ::
http://www.oheraldo.in/newpage.php?month=2day=12year=2011catid=15
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM
Seize property of the corrupt, Bihar style
This is a story from the latest issue of the Forbes India magazine,
headlined Bribeless in Bihar, which details a complete turnaround of
?How is the number plate the new format?
-Original Message-
From: JoeGoaUk
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 7:39 AM
To: goa...@goanet.org
Subject: [Goanet] This 54 year old beauty still going strong
This 54 year old beauty still going strong
Winners South Africa
Player of the tournament Dale Steyn/Jacques Kallis
Percy Ferrao
According to trade unionist and social activist, Christopher Fonseca: In
Goa, too, many homeless people are seen sleeping in the passages of
buildings in Goa's cities.: Mr. Fonseca being Goan surely might be
knowing who these people might be who are sleeping in the passages of
Building in Goa's
Fred wrote
Eugene, my suggestion -- you can disagree without being disagreeable :-) FN
dis·agree·able
adj \-ə-bəl\
Definition of DISAGREEABLE
1: causing discomfort : unpleasant, offensive a disagreeable odor
2: marked by ill temper : peevish a disagreeable person
Fun and games; still the world keeps turning.
Horrific Konkani but here are the translations.
What was Lobo doing sharing credit for this with Tomoko Lobo. I hope she
never knows how bad it is.
Its like the pick up line book for lord knows who. This would never have
happened even at a base level,
Now the thing that really intrigued me:
whatever use would Venantius have for ten kisses from August(us)o Pinto? FN
Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490
On 14 February 2011 00:43, Venantius J Pinto venantius.pi...@gmail.com wrote:
1) Two egdom bor-ray dista.
You look really
--- On Sun, 2/13/11, rajendra kakodkar rskakod...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
2. Given its methodology, CPI is not a tool that is useful
for trend analysis or for monitoring the changes in the
perceived levels of corruption over time for all countries.
Can it also mean that despite CPI going up
Elementary my dea Fredbe selective as to who one rubs shoulders
with and hope the rest wise up.
Aha sense of humorgood old Xasti humor . poetic and
carefree surely goes a long way...
andwipe the chooris juice off your mustache.lest someone call
you an 'indecent citizen'!
--- On Sun, 2/13/11, Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com wrote:
A person with type AB blood indicates one of three possibilities, as far as
his parents' blood types are concerned. The parents had type A and type B
blood, type AB and type A blood, or type AB and type B blood.
I forgot to
Troy De Souza
Candidate for Member of Parliament
Esquimalt Juan De Fuca
--
Troy is Manglorean. He is running again on the Conservative ticket for
the seat that has been held by Dr. Keith Martin who announced he will
not seek re-relection in the next elections, not yet called but likely
to be
Politica dos Casmentos - Fact or Fiction? (part 2)
6. Barely having nurtured their wounds and repaired their salvageable ships, to
AA’s good fortune, a very large Portuguese armada heading for Malacca happened
to stop at AnjadevaIslandto re-supply. They helped AA retake Goa(third battle)
There is no difference between invasion and conquest. Most Goans living in Goa
today are happy and proud to be Indians. They do not want Goa to be independent
from India. Why should they vote for Goa Su-Raj, which is run and supported by
people who are not Indians?
Cheers,
Santosh
--- On
Goa’s Governor Dr. Shivinder Singh Sidhu continues to hang on at Raj
Bhavan on an illegal and unauthorized extension. Article 156 (3) of
the Constitution of India mandates that every Governor shall be
appointed for a five year term. Dr. Sidhu having been appointed as a
Governor on 6th August,
Btw, a fairly good list of books to learn Konkani from has been put
out by various posters at
http://groups.google.com/group/goa-book-club
Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490
The Scramble for Africa [1] in particular and the general European
race for colonies, after the Berlin Conference of 1884 [2] etc, can
be seen to have ultimately culminated in World War I. But could it be
argued that the Portuguese-British dispute over Africa, led to the
demise of the Portuguese
On Sat Feb 12
10:11:30 PST 2011 Santosh Helekar chimbelcho at yahoo.com wrote : 1- Here
are the differences between the radio frequencies
emitted by a cell phone and a cell phone tower, and the microwaves generated by
a microwave oven.
2- Neither
cell phones/towers nor microwaves have been
When I mentioned this to my colleague from The Netherlands - he says India
is a good bet.
The situation in Europe is bad. The only two countries that are strong is
Germany and 'The Netherlands'.
Portugal's economy is in dire straits and is being temporarily propped up by
the EU.
In the EU
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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
MONDAY MUSE (14 February 2011)
LOVE?
Since last evening, many of us received messages by SMS, email and on
networking sites that ‘on 14/02/1931, the legendary Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and
Sukhdev were hanged to their deaths, but Indians forget them and celebrate
Valentine Day!’ I replied to the
Hi!
Happy Valentine's Day (14th February 2011)from a Goykaar to all Goykaars.
Please find my letter below, a sequel to Food for Thought
(OVERSEAS GOANS CAN HELP SAVE GOA).
Regards,
Wilmix.
Wilmix WILSON MAZARELLO
Margao Goa
Mobile: 9822386579
Email: wilson_mazare...@rediffmail.com
Date:-
FN, A very good point.
My act had to do (as always) with intervention and learing (usually one way,
but cool)--which I often engage in with full comprehension of however subtle
or overt the implications. However, I do come from a tradition (albeit
borrowed, learnt, and cherished) where men kissed
This should warm the hearts of the Lusophiles on this list:
WASHINGTON: The flub, in the eyes of Indian officialdom, was minor;
but the feedback was ferocious.
India's external affairs minister SM Krishna, frequently under attack
for not being up to speed in 21st century engagements, gave some
Judge Desmond D’Costa’s Suspension.
The unexplained suspension of Judge Desmond D’Costa has sent shock waves not
only among Goans in Goa but across the world.
Anyone who knows Desmond will vouch for his incredible intelligence, his
simplicity, his honesty and above all his ability and
Did you conduct a poll to check the level of happiness of Goans? Why are Goans
leaving in droves? Things are getting so desparate that Goans might even vote
for Chinese to rule Goa.
BC
There is no difference between invasion and conquest. Most Goans living in Goa
today are happy and proud
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
--- On Sun, 2/13/11, George Pinto georgejpi...@yahoo.com wrote:
To: reg-high@nic.in
Date: Sunday, February 13, 2011, 9:48 PM
Honorable Chief Justice
It is with deep shock that I have learnt of the suspension of Additional
District Sessions Judge Desmond D'Costa. I urge you to
Dear Elvino,
If anyone at all does qualify for the Highest GOAN award, name it whatever
it may be, YOU Elvino deserve that AWARD for saying what you have said.
WHAT IS THAT WE GOANS NEED TO CALL OURSELVES 'INDIAN' SO THAT WE ARE PROUD
OF THE COUNTRY'S CITIZENSHIP FORCED ON US
We would
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India:
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