Re: [Goanet] Confessions of an Ex-Expatriate
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | -- Who is benefitting from this story? What are the valid contributions of these people coming to stay in Goa? They are there for 6 months lounging away from their cold winters. In places like Tenerife these people have been asked to get out of the land. B. Colaço Look at some facts. There are at least 10,000 semi-permanent British expatriates in Goa, spread out thickly on the tourism belts. There's a successful British butcher selling pork pies and smoked bacon from his house in Arpora, a proper English pub complete with bangers and mash in distant Palolem. The UK media covers aspects of Goa as though it was Benidorm, and in some ways it really is. The Israelis are also here in force, with a long-term community in Anjuna that swells to several thousand at year's end. There are many places, right here in Goa, where you can be in an all-Sabra, all-Hebrew-speaking, environment. The Israeli trance-music-oriented tribe is so attached to Goa that they hold giant recreations of their nights in Anjuna back in the steamy Middle East, where thousands of youth who call themselves Goans replay the music that originated at early rave parties on our coastline. The Russians are coming, in considerable force. Each year, over the past five years, we've seen something like a doubling in number of visitors from that country, and now something similar to what happened in Anjuna may be under way in Morjim. All the signs are there steady real estate purchases, the emergence of a long-staying expatriate population, growth in charter numbers, attention to Goan land prices from the Russian media. And then you have the Germans, the Italians, the Scandinavians, the curious semi-cult of Taiwanese who live in Calangute and sell tofu and cheap chappals, and the nostalgic Portuguese, and the lanky Croatians. And India's Page 3 people, who have become accustomed to treating Goa as a private playground, ___ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com --- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * --- Spread the Christmas cheer - even when you're not here! Send Christmas Greetings to your loved ones in Goa. 2005 Christmas Package - Flowers, Bubbles and Layers of Love. http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/ ---
[Goanet] The Indian Catholic... and instant ordination
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | -- An email asked me to browse this site, so I checked up http://www.theindiancatholic.com/news_read.asp?nid=898 The Indian Catholic is apparently the news-site of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India. Reading it, I was a bit surprised to see a Google-adsense advert on the page, which refers visitors to a site offering: Free Instant Ordination www.SpiritualHumanism.org Be a legally ordained clergy person Perform weddings, baptisms, etc.Free Instant Ordination It talks of spiritual humanism and says: If you agree that Religion must be based on Reason, you can be ordained right now for free, and be still able to practice your own religious traditions by simply clicking the button below... It says, observing holidays is a tradition intertwined with spirituality and talks about paganism and the like. Which made me wonder: was the CBCI aware, or does it have any control, about the ads being put on its page by Google adsense? If so, does it necessarily approve of them? Or does it just see this as earning a few cents (while promoting something which doesn't quite fit in its worldview). FN PS: It's possible that I'm wrong about this being the news site of the CBCI, but that's what it says. PPS: On a similar issue, religious magazines like The Examiner in Mumbai have played a major role -- even if unwittingly -- in helping Goans to destroy Goa (i.e. by building and selling and speculating in ugly and huge, unsustainable building blocks of giant concrete along the once-scenic coast). Don't religious organisations also have some kind of ethical duty in terms of what they promote? --- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * --- Spread the Christmas cheer - even when you're not here! Send Christmas Greetings to your loved ones in Goa. 2005 Christmas Package - Flowers, Bubbles and Layers of Love. http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/ ---
[Goanet] Goanetters ... visiting Goa this yearend
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | -- Generally, Goanetters have an informal get-together in Goa at the end of the year. How about one this year too? Could we meet on December 22 (Thursday) since it's not too close to the Xmas break and yet close enough to ensure that most seasonal Goanetters visiting would be in Goa already? How about the Mandovi Riviera, where we meet usually, as venue? Those visiting Goa, do let us know. -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | http://del.icio.us/fredericknoronha Saligao, Goa, India | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 -- --- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * --- Spread the Christmas cheer - even when you're not here! Send Christmas Greetings to your loved ones in Goa. 2005 Christmas Package - Flowers, Bubbles and Layers of Love. http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/ ---
[Goanet] 2 Goan Priests in Kuwait.
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | -- Two Goan visiting Priests in Kuwait. Fr. Jerry Fernandes from Guirim and Fr. Domnick Alvares from Sangolda are currently visiting Kuwait. They belong to the Society of Pilar - Goa. They are in Kuwait on the invitation of Tony Correia. All three of them once were close colleaues and friends at Monte de Guirim School. Tony Correia is a member of Goan Overseas Association and former president of Kuwait Indian Foot-ball Federation working for National Bank of Kuwait. In Goa, he is from Nagoa, Arpora, Bardez. Tony Corriea yesterday celebrated his wedding anniversary in Kuwait and to mark this occasion he invited both his priest friends to Kuwait. Fr. Jerry Fernandes is currently doing missionary work in Megalaya in North India amongst the tribal people in a very difficult situation. Society of Pilar has recently established Megalaya as one of the latest missionary spots where Fr. Fernandes is doing his work. Fr. Domnick Alvares is currently director of Pre-Novices and Professor of Scriptures at Pilar Seminary in Goa. They are both first time visiting a country outside India and they will be in Kuwait as guests of Tony Correia till 18th of this month. Fr. Alvares is the brother of Tiatrist Rosy Alvares and he sings also very well. Having all the facial features of his sister, Fr. Alvares resembles in his voice exactly like his well known sister and this was noticed today, Friday at Pearl Marzouk Ball Room during the social organised by Goan Overseas Association. Along with Fr. Jerry Fernandes, Fr. Domnick Alvares rendered a beautiful Mando with Dulpods and both of them entertained the gathering very sweetly though for a short period. While singing they both played their musical instrumwents too, Fr. Alvares Guitar while Fr. Fernandes Organ. They are both musicians as well as very good singers. Besides and most of all they are great promoters of Konkani language. While welcoming them to Kuwait during their stay in Kuwait, I wish them all the best. A. Veronica Fernandes, Kuwait. _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ --- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * --- Spread the Christmas cheer - even when you're not here! Send Christmas Greetings to your loved ones in Goa. 2005 Christmas Package - Flowers, Bubbles and Layers of Love. http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/ ---
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: POLITICS GENESIS OF MOPA (Valmiki Faleiro)
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | -- Goanet Reader: POLITICS GENESIS OF MOPA (Valmiki Faleiro) By Valmiki Faleiro valmikif at gmail.com - An extra-curricular activity, that is how a senior minister in the Rane Cabinet describes the current Mopa imbroglio. Addressing a press conference on the feast day of Goencho Saib, the honourable Luizinho Faleiro, Minister for Industries and Education, who swears his heart bleeds for Goa, blithely dismissed Mopa: he was so busy with his portfolios, he said, that he had no time for such extra-curricular activity. Extra- curricular like Mopa, indeed, the sword of Damocles that imperils thousands of Goenkars across Goa, economically dependent on tourism. One could excuse Luizinho's flippancy because when cornered, like a kid caught stealing sugar, he is wont to open his mouth to put his best foot in. It is one thing to claim credit where none is due, quite another to wash one's his hands off an act committed while in the seat of the Chief Minister. Luizinho claimed he had nothing to do with the Mopa decision, while his peers -- rather, adversaries -- allege that Mopa materialized when Luizinho was CM. Interestingly, Luizinho's interface with the press came a day after Jitendra Deshprabhu, the Pernem MLA, disclosed that the decision to locate Goa's civilian airport at Mopa was taken during Luizinho's tenure. More curiously, Luizinho met the press with Deshprabhu in tow, and claimed the diametric opposite. It should be granted that Deshprabhu speaks the truth, even if not the whole truth. So how did Deshprabhu wriggle out of obvious embarrassment? The previous day, Deshprabhu told the press that Luizinho had brought the airport to Mopa. Now, in his presence, Luizinho was denying having done that. Deshprabhu must have kept a straight face when he let off his repartee, I compliment Mr. Faleiro for saving the airport from going to Maharashtra! And thereby hangs a tale. Of sordid politics and rank opportunism. Which led to that hare-brained and entirely ridiculous decision of bringing a totally unwarranted second airport to tiny Goa, and that too, at Goa's grave peril, on the doorstep of Maharashtra. Let's briefly peek into its genesis... In the early '90s, Manmohan Singh, the brilliant Union Finance Minister, embarked on an ambitious Economic Liberalization Policy aimed at catapulting a sluggish India into an Asian Tiger economy. To shore up infrastructure necessary for spurring growth, an Open Skies policy was unveiled. The prime export air gateway, Mumbai airport, was congested and a committee was appointed to study remedial steps. The committee recommended that an international airport be set up midway between Mumbai and Goa, as a measure to decongest Mumbai. One national level politico, rated, at the time he occupied the chair, as India's wealthiest Chief Minister, had invested heavily in beach lands of Maharashtra's South Konkan coast, just north of Goa. Industrialists and India's five-star hotel chains (it is rumoured, even some multi-national ones), had similarly cornered large tracts of land in the region. The place waited to the opened, an international airport nearby was just the need of the hour. But *midway between Mumbai and Goa* meant the airport would be located in south Raigarh -- or at best north Ratnagiri -- districts, a good five hours away by road from the beaches of Sindhudurg. One local level politico saw opportunity. His godfather at that point of time sat in the Chief Minister's chair. Give a politician an opportunity to spend big money -- from the public exchequer, not his own! -- and he will sell his soul. I do not need to tell the reader why. That is why gigantic projects are always welcome -- higher the budget, more the salivation. Mopa, with it's huge budget, was a heaven send. Goan politicos went for it, hammer and thongs. Wheels moved and out flew a proposal -- from Goa to Delhi -- that the airport meant to decongest Mumbai, be located, of all places, at Mopa, Goa! Such a preposterous proposal may not have found favour in Delhi. Sindhudurga lobbies were activated. Even more deviously, strings were pulled in the Ministry of Defence, to get the Navy back the proposal. The proposal was convenient to all the stakeholders: the politicos in Delhi and Goa, the industrialists and the hotel lobby that had invested in land in south coastal Maharashtra and even the Navy -- which would have a prime chunk of Goa's real estate all to itself at Dabolim, once Mopa came up.
Re: [Goanet] PO Shipping
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | -- Dear Jerry, this is the website of PO http://www.pocruises.com/index.htm Now you can see the ships as they are sailing... there is a webcam on each ship..Before our relatives had to so much difficulty in getting the schedule but now just log on the site n u can see all the details...this is what their website says in. Staff Services There are plenty of friendly faces on a PO Cruises holiday; all ready to help you enjoy your holiday to the fullest. Your restaurant steward will ensure you are well fed. You will find many a friendly member of the purser's staff who will be happy to answer your questions. Among the most popular staff members are the Goanese stewards, recruited via our special training school in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), who have been an integral part of PO Cruises passenger ships since the mid-1800s. Rgds Edward Verdes Hello Goanetters We have many Goans working for this magnificent shipping company, and when one sees the pictures of these ships one wishes to go on a voyage round the world on them. I have not seen them in person, but only in pictures and yes it's a dream to sail on the ship. I --- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * --- Spread the Christmas cheer - even when you're not here! Send Christmas Greetings to your loved ones in Goa. 2005 Christmas Package - Flowers, Bubbles and Layers of Love. http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/ ---
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Fontainhas Follies (V. M. de Malar)
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | -- Fontainhas Follies by V. M. de Malar Modern life is full of absurdities. Even so, the raucous complaints aimed at the pleasant Fontainhas Festival of the Arts stand out as pointless, uninformed and particularly stupid. It's entirely right that they have been dismissed immediately, and the threats completely ignored; the entire civilized world celebrates complex history and nuanced cultural legacy. Why should we Goans be held hostage by the lunatic fringe? A crowning absurdity in the complaints is that this wholly Goan family event is somehow about the colonials who were soundly expelled from Indian soil four decades ago. It's a monumentally idiotic claim; the artists who're proudly displaying hundreds of works this week are all talented locals, the heritage district is distinctly and inarguably local, this festival is part of a steady and distinct cultural renaissance that's identifiably a pan-Indian trend, particularly influenced by the popular Kala Ghoda arts festival in nearby Mumbai. It's also a worldwide phenomenon. Visitors to Paris always love Montmartre, where an old plaza has been converted for use by local artists; it's a wonderful open-air atmosphere with paintings on display in a classic setting. There is much the same thing in various parts of our country; in Mahabalipuram, where you can check out age-old sculptures and wander in and out of displays of brand-new versions, and Hauz Khas, where art galleries are liberally sprinkled in among the centuries-old structures of a bygone Delhi. Heritage architecture is simply a natural partner for the fine arts; it works very well at this Fontainhas festival. There are over 40 Goan artists displaying their work, some interesting and several quite outstanding; it's an eye-opening experience to wander that fairy-tale neighborhood with paintings and sculptures juxtaposed with well lit, beautifully tended, old buildings. Everything hangs together very well, it adds up to a real regional triumph for our wonderfully intricate national culture. Look at the history of the district, which sprang up only in the beginning of the 19th century, long after the colonialists had lost their economic steam and extremist zeal. Fontainhas is a distinctively Goan development, it was built by a newly self-confident local middle class in a uniquely Goan style that emerged after centuries of profound cultural interchange. Fancifully interpreted European-style facades carry all kinds of Indian embellishments, and the living spaces within are delightful evidence of ongoing dialogue between East and West, between ceremonious requirements and family customs. This Fontainhas architecture is a priceless element of our shared heritage; it's irreplaceable testimony of an intense cultural mingling, and superb expression of native Konkani ingenuity. In fact, the claims made by the small group that opposes this festival of Goan creativity are so moronic that we're forced to assume that there's some other game afoot. No sane element in our society could reasonably contend that there is something Portuguese about a Goan arts festival, organized and presented by Goans, showcasing the works of more than forty Goan artists, in that uniquely hybrid Goan heritage district of Fontainhas, a solid four decades after the colonialists were booted out. No sane person could watch the bharatanatyam performance under cloudy Indian skies this past Monday in Fontainhas, or observe the happy children getting henna on their hands, or wander past that amazingly cute little wishing-well guarded by cheeky plaster poultry, and protest that any or all of this is a bad thing or somehow alien from our soil. The carping that's emerged from that unhappy minority is particularly ill conceived because of where India finds itself right now. Our country is surging unstoppably; it is finally taking its rightful place in the leadership of the community of nations. We've never had more worldwide interest in India, in our culture and values and art, and Goa rides a crest of that wave as our country's most prized tourism marketplace. With all that, why are we paying any attention at all to this nonsense? What is Portugal in the world, when compared with India? Are these complainers so weak and feeble-minded that they can feel threatened by an entirely
[Goanet] RE: TGF website updated Dece 8, 05
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | -- Dear all TGF has uploaded a new editorial on the above subject at http://www.colaco.net If you have accessed this page recently, please hit REFRESH on your browser critique welcome jc _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ --- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * --- Spread the Christmas cheer - even when you're not here! Send Christmas Greetings to your loved ones in Goa. 2005 Christmas Package - Flowers, Bubbles and Layers of Love. http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/ ---
[Goanet] Cricket: April 3: 3rd ODI (Goa) - England may have to settle for exotic experience
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | -- England may have to settle for exotic experience By Simon Briggs in Lahore (Filed: 09/12/2005) Squad details India Tour details There was a revealing moment on the Today BBC Radio programme last week when David Graveney, the chairman of selectors, was asked why he thought England would be able to turn their tour around by beating Pakistan at one-day cricket. After an almost imperceptible hesitation Graveney replied: Because of the players we've got out there. As replies go, this was a little flimsy, but probably the best option he had available. Certainly he did well to steer away from England's record. Discounting the pushovers Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, it is 14 years since England won a one-day series on opposition soil. That historical curiosity was a 3-0 win over New Zealand, just as both teams were gearing up for the 1992 World Cup in Australia. The players England had that year really were something to shout about. From Gooch to Hick to Botham to the young DeFreitas, they made up probably the best one-day side this country has produced. To be fair to Graveney, this year's mob have their merits too. Now that the piratical Kevin Pietersen has joined the middle order, they have the potential to scupper some big ships in the Caribbean in the World Cup next spring. Yet for the immediate challenge of this five-match series against Pakistan, starting in Lahore tomorrow, they look a little short on firepower. On top of the burden of history and the knowledge they will not be seeded in next year's ICC Champions Trophy in India if they lose, England will be battling with an injury list that has deprived them of four first-choice players, including their captain. Noises from within the camp after the losing Test series suggest a frustrated state of mind, exacerbated by blanket security and hotel fever. All of which strikes a direct contrast with Pakistan, a team revelling in their new-found potency. This series may come to be seen as no more than a learning experience for England, and an exotic one at that. When they last played one-dayers in Pakistan five years ago, the first match was disrupted by dew, the second by swarms of flying insects (which Andrew Flintoff remembers as being as big as his hand), and the third by clouds of tear gas. The only survivors from that tour are Flintoff, the likely BBC sports personality of the year on Sunday, and Marcus Trescothick, captain in Michael Vaughan's absence. Squad details Pakistan (from): *Inzamam-ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal, Salman Butt, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Abdul Razzaq, Shoaib Malik, Yasir Arafat, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Shoaib Akhtar, Danish Kaneria, Mohammad Sami. England (from): *ME Trescothick, AJ Strauss, MJ Prior, VS Solanki, IR Bell, KP Pietersen, PD Collingwood, A Flintoff, GO Jones, ID Blackwell, SJ Harmison, LE Plunkett, JM Anderson. Umpires: D Hair (Australia) B Jerling (S Africa). The England and Wales Cricket Board have announced the final itinerary of their tour to India next year after the Indian authorities incorporated several changes to the draft tour programme. ECB official John Carr, in a statement, thanked the Indian Board for the changes. They have significantly eased England's travelling schedule, confirming that both teams will travel by direct flights from venue to venue, he said. India Tour details ENGLAND ITINERARY.- Feb 13: Arrive in Bombay. 18-20: Cricket Club of India (Bombay). 23-25: President's XI (Baroda). March 1-5: 1st Test (Nagpur). 9-13: 2nd Test (Mohali). 18-22: 3rd Test (Bombay). March 25: One-day warm-up (Jaipur). 28: 1st ODI (Delhi). 31: 2nd ODI (Faridabad). April 3: 3rd ODI (Goa). 6: 4th ODI (Cochin). 9: 5th ODI (Guwahati). 12: 6th ODI (Jamshedpur). 15: 7th ODI (Indore). --- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * --- Spread the Christmas cheer - even when you're not here! Send Christmas Greetings to your loved ones in Goa. 2005 Christmas Package - Flowers, Bubbles and Layers of Love. http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/ ---
[Goanet] Happy Feast to you all (watch this photos taken at night plus few video Clips 'Traditional Brass Band'
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | -- Imaculad Saibinnichem Fest, Ponnje, Dezemrache 8ver Happy Feast to you all (watch this photos taken at night plus few video Clips 'Traditional Brass Band' Sorry, I could not invite you for our Feast yesteday. I was so busy that I myself went there at night a 7.30pm. See the beactiful church at night, gorom-gorom chonnem, festachio kaddio-boddio, poskotte etc and dont forget our seniormost 'Festacho Pirjent'. Enjoy with slide show if u r on broadband - just click the link top right. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/joegoauk/album?.dir=626a.src=phstore=prodid=.done=http%3a//uk.photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos Don't forget to watch them playing the Traditional 'Festachem Muzg' (Traditional Brass Band) Click below. (May not work with some) Its vidio clip file with ASF extension the movie format is MPEG4. Don't worry if it did not work, it did not work with me iether I have been trying this whole night and hence the delay in posting. Fire work is also captured. I may sort this out when I am to UK. Any help as to how to watch this clip will be much appreciated. http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/files/Traditinal%20Brass%20Band/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ for Goa Goa Flights info.. http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LetsGotoGoa For info on Konkani VCDs (Films, Tiatr, Comedies and films on GOA...) ___ NEW Yahoo! Cars - sell your car and browse thousands of new and used cars online! http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/ --- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * --- Spread the Christmas cheer - even when you're not here! Send Christmas Greetings to your loved ones in Goa. 2005 Christmas Package - Flowers, Bubbles and Layers of Love. http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/ ---
[Goanet] [***] Asians in New Zealand
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | -- There's even a Goan link here... and it's Ruth. FN Forwarded Message From: T.Matthew Ciolek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [***] Asians in New Zealand Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:57:00 +1100 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE from this e-journal send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] message: unsubscribe asia-www-monitor your email address -- The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: late Nov 2005, Vol. 12, No. 17 (242) -- 23 Nov 2005 Asians in New Zealand Wairua Consulting, Waitakere City, Aotearoa/New Zealand Sel-description: Asians are a growing population in New Zealand. By 2016 they are expected to make up 9% of New Zealand's and 20% of the Auckland Region's total population. There is debate about the utility of such a term, which is strategic on one hand and disguises difference on the other. This page has links to 'Asian' websites both in New Zealand and the rest of the world. 'Asian' is a term that has differing definitions depending on the geographical context in which it is used. Here it defines a category under which Indians are subsumed but more commonly in New Zealand it is used in reference to those of South East Asian and Chinese origin. Site contents: Stereotype busting links; Asian Migration and New Zealand; Asian New Zealand links; Articles about Asian New Zealanders; Asian links (world); South Asian/Indian Links; Indian New Zealand Links; Chinese Links. The editor of the site 'Asians in NZ', Ruth DeSouza is Centre Co-ordinator/Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Asian and Migrant Health Research, Faculty of Health Environmental Science Auckland University of Technology, NZ. - ed. URL http://www.wairua.com/ruth/culture/asians.html Internet Archive (web.archive.org) - the site was not archived at the time of this abstract. Link reported by: Ruth DeSouza (ruth.desouza--at--aut.ac.nz) * Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide * Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business * Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful * External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: 30 -- Src: The Asian Studies WWW Monitor ISSN 1329-9778 URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html The e-journal [est. Apr 1994] provides free weekly abstracts and reviews of new/updated online resources of significance to research, teaching and communications dealing with the Asian Studies. The most valuable resources identified by the Monitor are also grouped in http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/ The email edition of this Journal has now over 4,880 subscribers. Currently (i.e. in Nov 2005) The Monitor has a Google rank #2 among the 72,600,000 'asian studies' web pages published world-wide. Please announce new/improved Asian Studies' Web sites via http://coombs.anu.edu.au/regasia.html - regards - Dr T. Matthew Ciolek tmciolek[use@]coombs.anu.edu.au Head, Internet Publications Bureau, RSPAS, The National Institute for Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia ph +61 (02) 6125 0110 fax: +61 (02) 6257 1893 also, Asia Pacific Research Online at www.ciolek.com [You may freely forward this information, but on condition that you send the text as an integral whole along with complete information about its author, date, and source.] - To subscribe to Asian Studies WWW Monitor email edition send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] message: subscribe asia-www-monitor your email address International students: ANU (http://studyat.anu.edu.au) CRICOS Provider Number is 00120C - --- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * --- Spread the Christmas cheer - even when you're not here! Send Christmas Greetings to your loved ones in Goa. 2005 Christmas Package - Flowers, Bubbles and Layers of Love. http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/ ---
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: An imaginative story of Goa's turbulent time (Ben Antao's novel reviewed by Cornel DaCosta)
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | -- BLOOD AND NEMESIS: AN IMAGINATIVE STORY OF GOA'S TURBULENT TIME A review by Cornel DaCosta On beginning to read this novel by a Goan author and set in Goa, my memory was drawn to a period between August and December 1961 that I spent in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, whilst temporarily away from my hometown of Mombasa. I had stayed at a relatively new up-market YMCA, made new friends, including fellow Goans, others from the Indian sub-continent, and a few Brits, Germans, Dutch and Danes. One was a particularly jovial young Portuguese gentleman. Television was not yet available to us, but in the main, BBC radio kept us informed about news around the world. On the morning of December 19, 1961, on radio, I heard the dramatic news that, after 461 years, the Portuguese rulers had been ousted from Goa by the Indian armed forces. I recall being quite elated by this news. I had always opposed colonialism in principle and felt happy over the removal of the colonial yoke in my ancestral homeland of Goa. Over breakfast that morning, it became clear that most of my new friends were rather excited and seemingly pleased with the news. However, the Portuguese gentleman in our midst wept inconsolably. When he calmed down, he explained that it was not so much the news about the Indian occupation of Goa that really upset him. He felt that this would have occurred sooner or later, because of the obduracy of the Portuguese Prime Minister Salazar. Rather, it was the manifestation of joy in me and fellow Goans, that morning that upset him greatly. How, he asked, still in tears, could you, my Portuguese brothers celebrate the Indian takeover of Goa? He was pained even more when I told him, as gently as I could, that as a Goan, I was never pro-Portuguese as he had perhaps imagined but an Indian at heart. On continuing with Ben Antao's recently-released novel 'Blood and Nemesis', it further struck me that, despite visiting Goa several times from my subsequent abode in England, I had not followed the political changes in Goa too closely over the years. Instead, I was strongly drawn to study the abomination of caste practice among significant numbers of Catholic Goans, and also, to explore the effects of mass tourism on the paradise that is Goa. The novel, however, captured my attention to the dramatic events leading to the incorporation of Goa into the republic of India and the roles of many individuals there who were for, or against, the expulsion of the Portuguese from the territory of Goa. We thus get a vivid account of many antagonisms and actions centred mainly in Goa, over a relatively short historical period, up to, and soon after December 1961. The Indian military action is presented in considerable detail and the many characters involved are very real in terms of the actual events of the time. In this very absorbing story, we note the ever-vigilant police presence represented by Jovino Colaco and his immediate boss Gaspar Dias. Both are determined to suppress any Goan anti-Portuguese sentiments and political activity sympathetic to Indian nationalism. They take it upon themselves, on behalf of the authoritarian Portuguese administration, to bait freedom fighters, capture them, physically abuse them and then incarcerate them in the infamous Aguada jail in Goa. Their particular quarry from May 1955 was a fellow Goan, Santan Barreto. They kept a close eye on him and on his friends who usually spent their leisure time at Bombay Cafe in the town centre of Margao in south Goa. This cat and mouse strategy is captured brilliantly in the novel. It depicts Jovino, the policeman invariably on his motorbike, as a power-hungry individual, with a weakness for drink, gambling and prostitutes. He is determined to amass wealth corruptly and to gain promotion at work, having been told by his superiors that his advancement would depend on his success in capturing Goan freedom fighters who operated clandestinely. In contrast, Santan, fired by a powerful desire to rid Goa of the Portuguese presence becomes increasingly elusive but very active in the subversive underground political network. He surreptitiously outsmarts and frustrates Jovino for a long time. He also gets emboldened by minor skirmishes against the police, and with fellow conspirators, manages to attack isolated police posts to obtain firearms and ammunition. However, his luck
[Goanet] Buying Konkani VCDs in GOA ? Buy at MUSIC HOUSE, Mapusa
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | -- I just thougth of mentioning this guy's shop -Music House. When I told him that I wanted to buy about a doz VCDs of same type for free distribution he was so generous to offer me 20% discount. In all I bought 12+26 VCDs from him and he offered me 10 to 20% discount on all others too,even on those which were not marketed by him. When asked the same at my regular shops at Panaji, one said no discount as there is hardly any margin and the other said 5% discount. Where as, today I found, margin per VCD is upto Rs.50. Should you wish to buy any VCDs in GOA please go to this guy's shop and mention my name 'Joe' and take Rs.10 off per VCD or buying in bulk then Rs.20+ off per VCD. If you do go there and you did not get the discount then pl let me know. Or write to me before going there. This offer may be valid for limited period only. But pl write me. The discount which I got will offcourse, pass on to all VCD lovers for whom I bought these 26 VCDs so far. (likely to buy at least 15 more by tomorrow morning) OK his address is.. MUSIC HOUSE Stall No. 2, Opp. Fish Market Mapusa Contact: Gurudas Phone: 9822167757 or 0832 2265774 [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ for Goa Goa Flights info.. http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LetsGotoGoa For info on Konkani VCDs (Films, Tiatr, Comedies and films on GOA...) ___ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com --- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * --- Spread the Christmas cheer - even when you're not here! Send Christmas Greetings to your loved ones in Goa. 2005 Christmas Package - Flowers, Bubbles and Layers of Love. http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/ ---
[Goanet] Another New VCD - Maimcho Upkar
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | -- Today I went to Mapusa Friday Bazaar, there I bought this VCD from the Music House. MAIMCHO UPKAR by David D'Costa With Lawry, Francis de Tuem, Antonette de Maina, Josephin, Com.Ambe, Janet etc etc Rs.150 Verdict: TBR Very soon, I will give all the 61+ VCDs details in the above format and with brief review (where possible) thanks to variois feedback receieved. [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ for Goa Goa Flights info.. http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LetsGotoGoa For info on Konkani VCDs (Films, Tiatr, Comedies and films on GOA...) ___ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com --- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * --- Spread the Christmas cheer - even when you're not here! Send Christmas Greetings to your loved ones in Goa. 2005 Christmas Package - Flowers, Bubbles and Layers of Love. http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/ ---
[Goanet] INTRA-STATE AVIATION BEGINS TO ROLL
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | -- http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=111001 At present, the Centre has a similar model of services in the north easter region where Alliance Air operates in different centres. As per the model, states will need to pay Indian Airlines for operating within the states. The potential for intra-state service, industry analysts said was huge given the increasing earning capacity of class B C cities. But Goa with all its hang ups, external and internal, is sure to miss the flight unless the cobwebs are cleared soon. --- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * --- Spread the Christmas cheer - even when you're not here! Send Christmas Greetings to your loved ones in Goa. 2005 Christmas Package - Flowers, Bubbles and Layers of Love. http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/ ---
Re: [Goanet] ALEESHA film available on DVD reply
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | -- Dear Goan well it the best and i too support for DVD, as our people make a VCD copy very soon, it a lost for our Producer in abroard if you make a copy of DVD you have to pay RS 400/- so better if it is for RS 299/- so i feel that the film like Aleesha, Padri and the one Joywin did it should be on DVD the best so i wish in Future DVD will be out soon, First was JoseRod who release DVD IN ABoard, Second was v .P sinrari. hay keep it up. yours fellow Goan Stephen fernandes Muscat/Divar --- JoeGoaUk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | | | | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | -- I have just seen the DVD -Aleesha at VP SINARIS Panaji. Infact, its VCD DVD released same time but there is no demand for DVDs in GOA or India as most bollywood movies etc are sold on VCDs hence less publicity. Aleesha, will be the first Konkani DVD so far. There may be others which may have released abroad. DVDs are always more expensive than VCDs In this case, it is Rs.299, where as the same on VCD is Rs.199 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * --- Spread the Christmas cheer - even when you're not here! Send Christmas Greetings to your loved ones in Goa. 2005 Christmas Package - Flowers, Bubbles and Layers of Love. http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/ --- __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * --- Spread the Christmas cheer - even when you're not here! Send Christmas Greetings to your loved ones in Goa. 2005 Christmas Package - Flowers, Bubbles and Layers of Love. http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/ ---
[Goanet] Photos of 3rd Moira Social - Quebec -
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | -- 0 From Felix D sa in Quebec.Canada The Photos of our 3rd Moira Social can be seen at: http://www.piczo.com/felixhabari?g=20611378cr=1 000 rene __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * --- Spread the Christmas cheer - even when you're not here! Send Christmas Greetings to your loved ones in Goa. 2005 Christmas Package - Flowers, Bubbles and Layers of Love. http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/ ---
[Goanet] This Road/Street Named after...
-- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | -- BOULEVARD DE JoeGoaUk Finally, the authorities recognised the work of JoeGoaUk... Now, Please don't fight on How WHY this name.. This name is neither Portuguese nor English nor Konkani nor Marathi. I think it is French. Sorry, this photo taken at late night after 11pm as this street remains always busy with heavy trafic no chance to cross the road etc until 11 o clock night. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/joegoauk/album?.dir=aafb.src=phstore=prodid =.done=http%3a//uk.photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * --- Spread the Christmas cheer - even when you're not here! Send Christmas Greetings to your loved ones in Goa. 2005 Christmas Package - Flowers, Bubbles and Layers of Love. http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/ ---
