Check out this group 'Just Jazz' which plays at the Goa Marriott Resort's
'Ozone' on Wednesday night. Live webcast and MP3-download is at
http://www.justjazz.8m.com
Also check out Goa's Latino band in a live webcast at
http://www.obligato.8m.com The blues band is at
http://www.bluespower.8m.com
I
ANALYSIS /// RAVI'S FLOORCROSSING: WHAT'S IDEOLOGY GOT TO DO WITH IT?
May 10's resignation of Goa Deputy Chief Minister Ravi Naik from the BJP
may have caused a loss to the ruling party. But at the same time, it cannot
be dubbed as very good news for the Congress particularly in the long run,
* Coping with trouble: Soccoro's prayer-hall arson (followup)
How did the authorities cope with the fire at a prayer-hall in Goa?
Mayabhushan Nagvenkar of the Herald comes out with another side of the
story, after a shocking investigation.
* Cops and robbers... tales from the law and order fron
Queen Mother's will with details on Kohinoor kept secret
By Sanjay Suri, Indo-Asian News Service
London, May 12 (IANS) A will left by the Queen Mother, giving precise
instructions on what should be done with the Kohinoor diamond, is being kept
secret by the royal family.
Buckingham Palace annou
GOA LADY TOPS AILMENT, TO EMERGE A STAND-UP COMEDIENNE
By Frederick Noronha
If you're suffering from a difficult ailment, even while in the prime of
life, what do you do? Become a comedian! That was the choice of Chrystal F.
Gomes, a Goan settled in Scarborough, Ontario, in C
ssage through to
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through. FN
PS: The message for posting is [EMAIL PROTECTED] But you should be
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IN RAIN-SOAKED GOA, WATER SHORTAGES BECOME A POLITICAL ISSUE
PANAJI, May 10: Some two dozen people sat before the man who has been
Goa's chief minister on three different occasions, and water surfaced as one
of the issues in this part of Saligao constitutency.
Saligao, the North Goa constutuency
Don't miss this special comment piece
CHAKRAVHYU: The rot continues... an insight into how politics works in Goa.
Specially translated from the Marathi weekly column by Abhimanyu
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This is a short comment from Tuesday's Herald... published in the Tuesday
Tunes column:
Everything is fair and love and war
So, what is wrong with Ravi?
Even if he 'was once' communal,
He is still a Bhandari
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The lotus is saffron
The hand demands a ton
The watch is all false gilt
The
After intense heat, they say, comes the rain. It's around 0110 HRS on May
15, and its has been pouring for nearly the past half hour in our part of
Goa... and possibly other areas too. Some respite, hopefully from the
water shortages too. (But then, the piped water being so unreliable, we
had to f
33 die in gruesome Kashmir massacre (THIRDLEAD)
By H. Joshi, Indo-Asian News Service
Jammu, May 14 (IANS) Terrorists dressed in military fatigues Tuesday shot
dead children and wives of Indian soldiers even as the victims begged for
mercy in a gruesome massacre that left 33 people, including t
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1. MANDREM CONSTITUENCY / PERNEM TALUKA
Khalap Ramakant DattaramINC
Gawandi Hanuma
room for complacency...
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X'TIAN HIGHER EDUCATION TOPS INDIA'S BEST-COLLEGES LIST...
Christian colleges feature in the list of top Indian educational
institutions within the country. But their presence is mainly concentrated
in fields like Arts and Scien
Dear GoaNetters: Please help Dr Albuquerque if you can. She's a
writer, historian and author of books on Santa Cruz (co-incidentally, two
separate books on the village in Goa and the suburb in Bombay, both of
which share the name). She has also written on the contribution of
Catholics to Bombay, a
Please visit this page... you'll see a nice view of Calangute.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/calangutenet/
Also, check out the Photos section of this page (after logging into
yahoogroups).
There are some of football star's Bruno Coutinho's wedding photos online.
Courtesy, our Calangutkar journ
This is unlikely to hold for the May 30 Goa polls however... FN
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India's little man to know candidate's crime history
By Deepshikha Ghosh, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The "little man" of India, the world's largest
democracy, will fina
India tempts oversees markets with mango delights
By Lola Nayar, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) India is promising to make the summer sweeter in
overseas markets, especially across the Middle East, with a larger variety
of mangoes in its export basket.
India is using around 15
Orator Vajpayee gets stuck in clarification mode
By Ajit Sahi, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Widely acclaimed as a lucid orator and a seasoned
statesman with a matching clarity of thought, Indian Prime Minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee appears to be increasingly failing to put his
Webber did 'Bombay Dreams' because of Rahman
By Sanjay Suri, Indo-Asian News Service
London, May 16 (IANS) Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Bombay Dreams" releases June
19, but he says his musical offering would not have happened were it not for
Indian music composer A.R. Rehman.
Webber says he did "Bomb
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15-YEAR-OLD RESPONDS WITH CAMERA TO THE CARNAGE IN GUJARAT
>From Frederick Noronha
PANAJI, May 18: Shocked by scenes of violence and inhumanity that tore apart
the industrialised western Indian state of Gujarat, a 15-year-old decided to
tell the world his story using his camera.
Sahir R
EPW Commentary
May 11, 2002
Politics, Religion and Our Ailing Public Institutions
It would, of course, be naive to imagine that the corrosion of our
political life could be arrested simply by tightening up
law-enforcement. And yet one can't escape the conclusion that the
accelerating erosion
More Indian nurses arrive in Britain
by Sanjay Suri, Indo-Asian News Service
London, May 16 (IANS) The number of Indian nurses arriving to work in
Britain has shot up 30 times over the past four years, a new report says.
The report by the Nursing and Midwifery Council shows that no more than 30
U.S. offers tremendous scope for Indian nurses: recruiter
By Sanu George, Indo-Asian News Service
Thiruvananthapuram, May 18 (IANS) U.S. hospitals require some 650,000
qualified nurses and the southern Indian state of Kerala can play a major
role in bridging this gap, an NRI businessman has said
India mulls options as terrorists strike again in Kashmir
By Ajit Sahi, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) India Sunday brought its paramilitary forces and
the Coast Guard under the direct command of the defence services in what is
seen as a slow but calibrated step to strengthen i
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GREENWASH: POLITICIANS ALL THE SAME FOR GOA'S ENVIRONMENT
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http://www.freenewsgoa.net ... a journalists' cooperative for news
inister moots massage on air, A-I says "no oil"
By Deepshikha Ghosh, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Trying to catch up with world class in-flight
services, India's flagship carrier Air-India (A-I) wants to start giving
massages to its long-suffering clients, but it does not kno
New drug law helps police seize properties worth millions
>From Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) An amended and stronger anti-drug law enabled Delhi
Police to seize property worth Rs.15.6 million belonging to three suspected
dealers.
Deputy Commissioner of Police D.L. Kashyap to
If my memory serves me right, this gentleman served in Goa in the early
'nineties. FN
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Former top cop held for forging documents
>From Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) A former top police officer, who was once in charge
of VIP security, is
GETTING INTO THE GROOVE... UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY'RE SINGING ABOUT
Like me, you could be one of those Goans whose family histories made them
a third-generation emmigrant. If so, almost certainly, there would be a
lot of gaps in your attempts to understand Goan tradition. Blame this, if
you like
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To: GoaNet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Pakistan blasphemy laws -- state willing, political flesh weak
Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 09:28:15 +0530
SAR News May 21, 2002
Pakistan Blasphemy Laws: State Willing, Political Flesh Weak
By Robin Ferna
Goa watched by nation as small state's polls near, voters seem disinterested
By Frederick Noronha
PANAJI (Goa), May 22: For a change, the small state of Goa is in the focus
of political watchers across India. But interest in the home state is itself
at a low-ebb among the 913,000 odd v
Perhaps we could make use of the giant pool of skills available among
Goans (both in Goa and overseas) to build up a mentorship network. FN
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The Word of the Day for May 22 is:
mentor \MEN-tor or MEN-ter\ (noun)
1 capitalized : a friend of Odysseus
My friend Joshua Saldanha is searching for some relatives in
Calcutta. Any help that could be given would be much appreciated. FN
> Second here are sketchy details of my lost family branch in
> Calcutta, could you please help me in locating them.
>
> My Dad's late uncle Joaquim Saldanha, common
Indian nurses seek money and comforts abroad
By Deepshikha Ghosh, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Move over, software geeks! The most coveted
professionals from India are now its nurses.
Thousands of nurses all over the country are helping themselves to plum jobs
in foreign cou
TEN QUESTIONS: MINORITIES TOTALLY EXPLOITED BY GOA'S POLITICAL
PARTIES-Soter D'Souza
TILL A FEW days back, Porvorim-based Soter D'Souza (42) was the general
secretary of the BJP's Minority Morcha, the 'minority' front of Goa's
rul
Kanwal Rekhi hits out at Gujarat intolerance
By Ela Dutt, Indo-Asian News Service
New York, May 22 (IANS) Kanwal Rekhi, the millionaire Silicon Valley
entrepreneur, has lashed out at sectarian violence in India that has raised
serious questions about the nation's future and its time-honoured sec
GUJARAT CARNAGE VIDEO-CASSETTE SCREENING PROMPTS GOVERNMENT ACTION IN GOA
>From Frederick Noronha
PANAJI, May 22: Gujarat cast its long shadow over the Goa elections, with
the BJP chief minister of the state, Manohar Parrikar, threatening action
against those screening videotapes on the carn
Vinod Mehta in Outlook
Out Of True
To ignore clear and present danger is foolish. A
Goebbelsian campaign has been gathering strength over
the past six weeks or so. The people who gave us the
Gujarat carnage are assiduously spreading a canard:
they say what we are witnessing in the country today
BJP, A PARTY WHICH "SETS INDIANS AGAINST INDIANS", CHARGES SONIA AT GOA RALLY
PANAJI (Goa), May 23: Resurgent from the party's recent upswing and hoping
for positive results from Goa, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi took a
hard-line stance against the BJP, calling it a party which "sets Indians
a
SONIA LAMBASTS BJP'S "MISGUIDED ETHOS" AT CAMPAL RALLY
From Frederick Noronha
PANAJI, May 23: Buoyed by resurgent Congress showing in state polls, party
chief Sonia Gandhi lambasted the BJP, saying it lacked morality, ran
partisan governments where ever elected to power, and w
ys he.
So, Gauns was outraged when the BJP caretaker government threatened to slap
"communalism" charges against those exhibiting a video-film narrating the
reality behind the carnage in Gujarat. This came in the run-up to the May
30 elections in the state. In an interview with Frederick
Taking the liberty to circulate this note, from Samir Kelekar. I knew Hugo
-- but due to geography perhaps we didn't have as much contact we should
have had. In the few meetings we had, I was impressed by Hugo's commitment
to issues like human rights. He always sent in that fifteen paise postca
From: John Gomes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Meeting at Azad Bhavan,Alto Betim on Sat 25th May02 from 5PM to6.30PM.All the
candidates standing from the Aldona Constitutency namely from the BJP,Congress,MGP,NCP
and Suraj party have been invited,and requested to ensure they come in time since this
is int
~***cls*
C Y B E R - M A T R I M O N I A L S **
LOOKING OUT FOR a life partner? Circulate your message among thousands of
Goans for fre
ing politicians who
divide the people and enrichen themselves.
A former Assistant Director of Naval Operations at Delhi, he was later also
in the Merchant Navy. He voices the growing impatience many feel with Goa's
selfish politician
Christian body slams terrorism, calls for peace
>From Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) A prominent Christian body Saturday urged India and
Pakistan to refrain from armed conflict and resolve their differences
through peaceful means.
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBC
lection" indicates the
importance of Goa 2002 to his party. He speaks to FREDERICK NORONHA
explaining the Congress perspective before a critical poll:
-
FN: The general perception is that Congress observers made off with a l
BJP tries to encash war fears
EC seizes video on Gujarat carnage in Goa
By Devika Sequeira/ DH News Service
The Election Commission has seized video cassette of a documentary on the
Gujarat riots that was being shown in many parts of Goa, and has ordered
all copies to be withdrawn from circula
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Subject: Goa polls -- BJP worried over Church influence
Goa polls: BJP worried over church influence
From Devika Sequeira
DH News Service
PANAJI, May 26
Keen to gain the acceptance of the minority vote, senior
Foreign airlines bend backwards to woo Indian travellers
By Deepshikha Ghosh, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Weeks after standardising air tariffs in tune with
global norms, international airlines operating in India are bending their
own rules to attract the whimsical Indian tr
My friend, Dr Ajit Shirodkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a senior former
manager in pharma concerns, ex-Purdue, who has now shifted to
horticulture, explains why mangoes are costly this year round:
Fred,
No need to apologise for a genuine QUERRY.
General Answer :
1. Current year is an OFF year.Last ye
COMMUNITY NEWS: Rudy Otter has a 'must read' article about the Asian
Chaplaincy, London which appeared in The Universe, 28 Apr. Excerpts: "I
wish," said Fr Oliver Antao of the UK's Asian Chaplaincy, "that we could
have a place of our own. I'd like to set up an advice centre -- this is our
most
'Unconventional' candidates liven Goa polls
By Shiv Kumar, Indo-Asian News Service
Panaji (Goa), May 26 (IANS) After years of funding politicians, Goan mining
magnate Anil Salgaoncar decided to plunge into the election battle himself.
"Over the years, I have spent enormous amounts of money on p
10QUESTIONS*
FROM THE U.N. TO THE ISLAND OF CHORAO: THE POWER OF VOLUNTEERING
>From the UN to an island, Alwyn Noronha (46) has opted for a life in Chorao,
a tiny island-village off the Goa capital of Panjim. This returned expat is
now
xcept for a few banners." Lobo, who once fought a battle against noise
pollution, explains the issues behind the high-decible election campaign, as
his party sees it, to FREDERICK NORONHA:
---
FN: You have some good cand
TWO MINUTE REVIEW: Potpourri, mostly of the past... and good food
THE GOOD THING about Goa (there are a lot of things one doesn't like) is
that the place is the fountainhead of seemingly boundless talent. Even if
the best and the brightest have long migrated, you could always come across
a Goan w
Magicians 'seal' the fate of Goa politicians in a bank vault
By Frederick Noronha
PANAJI (Goa), May 30: Even before a single vote could be cast, the fate of
politicians contesting Goa's May 30 elections has been sealed -- not in a
ballot-box. Magicians here claim they can accurat
Interesting to compare with the situation in Goa. FN
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Factors that determine the effective protection and promotion of human
rights in India:
In addition to governmental indifference, there are a number of factors
that are determental against the effective
Below is what AVF wrote in goanet-digest 4015.
As it happens, I recently got the chance to meet veteran journo Alfred
D'Cruz, and we got acquainted. As a matter of curiosity, I wrote to the
octogenarian writer, to check up the veracity of what was stated below.
I was surprised to hear what he h
PAST THE PULPIT; CHURCH LOOKS TO SOUND-AND-LIGHT AT OLD GOA
>From Frederick Noronha
For a change, the pulpit is passe. Goa's Catholic Church is showing signs
of embracing the new information and communication technologies (ICTs) as
it attempts to spread its message by means of a sli
A brief journey (UNHEARD VOICES/HERSH MANDER/FRONTLINE MAGAZINE)
The saga of Sushila's struggle with AIDS captures the essence of the
untold stories of scores of women whose voices have perhaps been lost
forever.
http://www.flonnet.com/fl1911/19110880.htm
SUSHILA'S brothers did not want to sen
> --
>
> Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 18:54:53 +0100
> From: "C Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: [Goanet] ONE GOA
>
> Hi Aloysius,
>
> I think that you are right.
>
> I do not think that Goans do not need any more discussion group. Perhaps,
> this type of dis
A crusader with 'common sense'(FEATURE)
By Imran Khan, Indo-Asian News Service
Patna, June 1 (IANS) A man in Bihar is seeking to fight social ills,
including religious hatred and fundamentalism, with an uncommon weapon:
common sense.
Fifty-five-year-old M.T. Khan believes that lack of r
Dr Anupam Saraph, the Computer Society of India (Goa chapter)
Secretary, told me that Sachin Chatte speaks at on computer virii on
coming Friday. Do come along for the talk...
Time: 6 pm
Date: Friday, June 7, 2002
Venue : CSI, 3rd Flr, Naguesh Apts, Opp Navtara, Panjim Market Area
All
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DETAILED RESULTS OF VOTES POLLED IN GOA 2002 ELECTIONS
Who won where... and some (limited) explanations why
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MANDREM CONSTITUENCY :
can't call myself a campaigner. You can say whatever you want to," he
says modestly, in an interview with FREDERICK NORONHA.
His party, the UGDP, was quick to join the BJP-led coalition. But, without
saying so in as many words, Saldanha drops hints he would have been happier
if the
Thanks to Jorge for pointing out that the winning margins went in the
misplaced column in some case. I know it's no excuse, but I had to convert
a bulky XLS (Excel) statement into plain text, and it was around 3:30 am by
the time the task was showing signs of getting done. Am grateful for
poi
'Amend law to check Indian political defections'
By Ajit Sahi, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Seventeen years after India framed a law to check
political defections, politicians and pundits admit the legislation has
failed to rein in politicians willing to switch parties at the
E-spamming at election time
---
Elections 2002 in Goa will come to be known among cybersurfers as the one
which lead to a whole deal of spamming. The BJP sent out its propaganda to
thousands of email subscribers in the state. Whether they wanted it or not.
This would prob
Nisarga Nature Club will organise Plant World 2002 at Nehru Park Mapusa
from 10 am to 6 pm from 7 to 9 June to coincide with World Environment
Day.
Viraj Nursery and Lil's Nursery will take part.
Nisarga is an NGO which is setting up plant nurseries in Goa to plant
forest and avenue trees around
Gujarat has mixed feelings about war
By Sukrat Desai, Indo-Asian News Service
Ahmedabad, June 10 (IANS) For nearly three months, Gujarat endured sectarian
violence that numbed India for its scale and brutality. But some people here
are still all for a war between India and Pakistan.
But not eve
Mangoes all the way in Tamil Nadu
>From Indo-Asian News Service
Chennai, June 10 (IANS) A little over 100 varieties of mangoes were on
display as south India's biggest mango festival got under way in the Tamil
Nadu town of Krishnagiri.
Tamil Nadu Education Minister M. Thambidurai inaugurated th
The boy who hawked newspapers could become India's first citizen (PROFILE)
By Deepshikha Ghosh, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) The boy who once hawked newspapers rose to become
the nation's top scientist and could now become India's 11th president.
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Ab
Thanks to Mervyn Lobo for forwarding this... FN
-- Forwarded Message --
Subject: Brendon De Souza - Miracle Child
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 22:26:03 -0400
From: "Mervyn Lobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Frederick Noronha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAI
http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?sid=3&fodname=20020617&fname=Goa+%28F%29
INTERVIEW
"I Am RSS, So I Am Not Communal"
The BJP's triumphant CM, Manohar Parrikar, spoke to Outlook on the agenda
he has set out for himself and the impact of the Gujarat violence on the
elections in Goa. Excerpts:
GOA
Feni, Vidi, Vici Again [From Outlook www.outlookindia.com]
Call it the new polar cap. A hard, Gujarat-focused campaign by the Congress
backfires and the BJP pockets a fourth state.
MANU JOSEPH
http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?sid=1&fodname=20020617&fname=Goa+%28F%29
If you throw a ca
GOA [From OUTLOOK www.outlookindia.com ]
A Beachhead, but the Hinterland is Another Battle
The victory in Goa is a shot in the arm for the BJP but to replicate it
elsewhere may not be easy
BHAVDEEP KANG
"Who are these people accusing us? India was secular even when the Muslims
hadn't come her
CBI accused of delaying Staines' trial, re-examines witness list
By Jatindra Dash, Indo-Asian News Service
Bhubaneswar, June 13 (IANS) With the defence accusing the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) of delaying the case of murder of Australian missionary
Graham Stuart Staines and his minor s
former choir
member of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
Excerpts from an interview with FREDERICK NORONHA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:~
FN: What stage is you plan at presently?
The orchestra is presently rehearsing for its August 14 debut. There has
been an excellent response from corp
Margaret Mascarenhas at Home
[1]Interviews with M
[2]Margaret's resume
[3]Poetry by M
[4]Excerpt from Passion Fruit
[5]Reviews by Margaret Mascarenhas
[6]articles by Margaret Mascarenhas
[7]more articles
[8]Foreword to Dust
Southern Birdwing- Guide for Goan Wildlife Animal
Animal Lovers package tours sightseeing goa
sightseeing sight seeing India Goa forests jungles goa conservation of
natural habitats rehabilitation
crocodiles snakes birds animals flowers vete
+
Goa Budget highlights, June 14, 2002
+
* Revenue deficit Rs 886.0 million (Rs 88.60 crore)
Primary deficit Rs 1662.0 million (Rs 166.20 crore)
Fiscal deficit Rs 4586.
Have you check out this Penguin novel, Skin?
Write/paste in your review/opinion of Skin, by Margaret Mascarenhas, at this site:
http://www.allreaders.com/Topics/Topic_4978.asp
Or read what the others are saying... FN
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++
Below are some official statements, facts and figures
that give a hint of what progress Goa has (or has not)
made while promising to promote IT in the state:
++
FROM THE ECONOMIC SUR
Obese Anil Kapoor redeems film on Hindu-Christian amity
By Subhash K. Jha, Indo-Asian News Service (byline mandatory)
"Badhaai Ho Badhaai". Starring Anil Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty, Keerthi Reddy,
Amrish Puri, K. Vishwanath, Farida Jalal and Kader Khan. Directed by Satish
Kaushik.
There's a thin Ani
Peaceful Society, a Madkai-Ponda based voluntary organisation, is to release
three booklets on various aspects of panchayat functioning in Goa. In view of
the relevance of these village-level institutions (whether they work well, or
not) these booklets of 10 to 14 pages each could be of interes
WHO'S WHERE... AMONG GOA POLITICIANS (telephonically)
Below are contact phone numbers of some of Goa's new ministers, and other
legislators whom constituents might wan
Indian prime minister's office says Time magazine article in bad taste
>From Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister's Atal Bihari Vajpayee's
office has decried a report in Time magazine as being replete with material
and factual errors and in "bad taste" and said
Practically no "severe problem" in Saligao? Far from it! FN
DR WILLY PREDICTS SHORT LIFE FOR PARRIKAR GOVERNMENT Herald June18,2002
CALANGUTE, JUNE 17: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) state president
Dr Wilfred de Souza may be the only NCP candidate in the Assembly, but
that does not stop h
Rene: He's ex-Belgaum. FN
>From the obituary ad: "Death Capt Joseph F X DeSilva (Joe), Navelim-Belgaum,
ex-Indian Navy. Son of late Capt Julius and late Jovina DeSilva, beloved
husband of Olya, loving father of Alexander (Shurick), Ravi Mark and Dr
Natasha. Expired on 18/6/2002 under tragic circu
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To: GoaNet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LETTER FROM PAKISTAN / 'Milestone' for ecumenism in Pakistan
A "milestone" for ecumenism in Pakistan
KARACHI: Catholics are hailing the appointment of two Protes
t month. He
has ideas to edit a big book on Goa "but no arts foundation or grants
commissions seem interested," he complains.
After all this serious work, Shetty took time to recently look at Goan
humour. FREDERICK NORONHA uses the peg offered by Shetty's recently-edited
'hu
India Going Nuclear for New Prez? (Politics 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,53250,00.html/wn_ascii
The architect of India's nuclear program gets overwhelming support and
appears set to become the 12th president of the country. Ashutosh Sinha
reports from New Delhi, I
Pioneer
June 17, 2002
http://www.dailypioneer.com/secon3.asp?cat=\story4&d=FRONT_PAGE
This 'Time' it's really sick
By Chandan Mitra
(Mr. Mitra is the Editor of Pioneer newspaper.)
"Aap ko to maloom hoga, kya PM sach-much meetings mein so jaate hain,"
queried the Chairman of a leading public sec
Time (Asia edition)
June 17, 2002
http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501020617-260747,00.=
html
Asleep at The Wheel?
As India and neighbor Pakistan put up their nukes, is an ailing and frail
Vajpayee the right man to have his finger on the button?
BY ALEX PERRY NEW DELHI
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Goa Chamber of Commerce & Industry in collaboration with the Government of
Goa is organising a seminar on Simputers on Saturday, 22nd June at 10 am
at the Hotel Mandovi, Panjim.
Adv Francisco D'Souza, honourable minister for IT, Government of Goa will
inaugurate the event. K.R.Naik, chairman and
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FLY BY GOA, THE STATE'S COAST IS TRANSFORMING FROM GREEN TO GREY CONCRETE
By Frederick Noronha
PANJIM, June 21: Fly by Goa, and you be in for a shock to minutely observe
the changes brought about in India's smallest state over just three decades,
as an innovative and just-compl
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