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Two new showrooms/office spaces, double height (135 sq m each with bath) for lease in upscale Campal/Miramar beach area, Panaji, Goa. Contact: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goanet highlights by Selma Carvalho [email protected] One of the tragic events which occurred in Goa this week was the death of 55 year old Joaquim and his 20 year old son, both electrocuted by a stray live wire lying on a beach. This incident has sent shock waves and created an outrage even as negligence by certain Government departments persists in Goa. Some of the comments these incident elicited: JoeGoaUK: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/182782.html Freddy Fernandes: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/182876.html Jeevan R: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/182822.html There is some good news for those Goans deeply concerned about protecting our architectural heritage. Thanks to a plan mooted by the Margao Civil body, two heritage structures, the Municipal building and the home of Dr Francisco Luis Gomes may now be saved from dilapidation. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/182612.html Dr Teotonio de Sousa's essay on Portugal and her relationship with her colonial neighbours makes interesting reading. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/182633.html Another sad tragedy to befall a Goan in the Diaspora was the shooting of Joe Fernandes in Houston. What makes this a double tragedy is that the family lost their son a year ago to a similar untoward incident. Follow the report sent in by Eddie Fernandes: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/182702.html Frederick Noronha gives us a list of his favourite Goa books and where we might be able to buy them. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/182718.html JoeGoaUK continues to give us his beautiful photo-essays on Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/182740.html Vivek Menezes draws a nuanced portrait of Goa's Catholics: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/182744.html Oscar Lobo gives us some details about celebrations of World Goa day in Melbourne, Australia. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/182756.html Sandeep Heble is one of those commendable Goans who has taken on the onerous task of becoming a thorn in the flesh of right-wing groups wanting to set up camp in Goa. Here he implores us Goans to act against hate speech. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/182789.html An on-going argument in Goa of late has become Church properties and who has jurisdiction over their management. Follow the thoughts of Jason Keith Fernandes, who has more than a passing acquaintance with the law: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/182812.html In an incisive essay titled 'Folk religion and Hindutva' Vidyadhar Gadgil explains why right-wing groups cannot become the custodians of Hinduism in Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/182816.html Valmiki Faleiro continues his series on Goodbye Goa, this time listing Goans in the worldwide Diaspora. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/182834.html Dominic Fernandes the author of Dominic's Goa has once again begun retelling his wonderful stories about Goa. Here is part two of a forgotten tribe, the Mhar. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/182837.html Is gambling enticing Goa women into a life of waywardness? Sabina Martins says there is a case to be made: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/182837.html Selma Carvalho tells us a little more about Goans in East Africa, this time giving us a glimpse into the lives of civil servants. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/182848.html READ GOANET's FULL ARCHIVES HERE http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/ Debate these and more issues, with many others, by simply sending a mail to [email protected]
