Goanet Highlights - December 21 to December 27, 2008 Compiled by: Selma Carvalho
Web-version at: http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1132 The debate this week on Goanet centered around the Right to convert and tolerance of religious beliefs.[1] The star post of this week was that of Sandeep Heble, who argued why tolerance of religious beliefs should also extend to tolerance towards lack of religious beliefs. 1: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085837.html Cecil Pinto puts us in the Christmas spirit [2] with his renditions of Contemporary Christmas Carols. 2: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085750.html Valmiki Faleiro takes a look at the long and twisted tale of Goan music [3] through the ages. 3: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085694.html Writer and journalist, George Menezes, tells a Christmas Story with a twist.[4] 4: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085755.html Goanet Reader brought us an article by Augusto Pinto which was first published in 1996. When Augusto wrote the article he was a man ahead of his time. In 1996, the first schism of communal discord were beginning to appear in Goa [5]. Since then the situation has been exploited by political parties and has become even more pronounced. 5: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085818.html Accidental activist, Venita Coelho, tells us what exactly the RP2021 promises Goans.[6] 6: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085832.html JoeGoaUK this week tingled our visual sensory circuitry with photographs of Goan Christmas sweets.[7] 7: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085840.html In a fascinating article, entitled "Goan Surnames" [8] journalist Valmiki Faleiro looks at the origins of Goan surnames and their evolution through the years. 8: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085855.html Dr Teotonio de Souza, forwarded a link on how Indian priests [9] are making a difference in the US. 9: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085877.html In response to writer Victor Rangel-Ribeiro's remarks in an interview [10] published in the Herald, that sloppy writers in Goa are giving self-publishing a bad name, Venantius Pinto looks at the pros and cons of self-publishing, in a post entitled, "what can you expect from a people who read so little?" 10: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085907.html Web-version at: http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1132 Send your feedback to [email protected] To subscribe to Goanet: http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org http://www.goanet.org Where Goans Connect
