*** Heavy rains, strong winds to continue in Goa (DigitalGoa.com)
o Heavy rains and strong winds to continue for next 24 hours in Goa. Fishermen asked not to venture in sea. Trawler capsizes off Goa coast. Nine swam ashore. One missing. --DigitalGoa.com 30-May-2006 14:30:15 o Cyclonic winds lash Goa coast. Several trees uprooted. Reports of grounding tralwers. Big Singapore-based ship hit rock at Karwar coast. Rescue of 22 crew on. -- DigitalGoa.com 30-May-2006 11:12:15 -- -- Keep in touch with Goa via Goanet www.goanet.org For research-oriented discussions http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-research-net
*** Goanet News Bytes * May 30, 2006 * Konkani becoming a minority education medium...
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] KONKANI BECOMING A MINORITY EDUCATION MEDIUM: The National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities, which was on a two-day tour of the state, has concluded that the state language, Konkani, was becoming a minority language, as education through the language is declining... Commission member Dr Tahir Mahmood told reporters that the representatives of the Christian community had told the commission about the problems that they had faced due to the insistence of the authorites on minority-status certificates before issuing them permission to open a school. Disclosing that the insistence on the minority status certificate was not necessary, as any community identity as a minority in any state enjoyed priviledges enshrined in the Constitution, he went on to add that perhaps this was a tactic for denying the right to the minority community. The Christians did not have other major grievances, he added. Muslims' major complaint was the shortage of teachers in Urdu medium schools. (The Navhind Times) o Monsoon is here. Heavy rainfall likely in next 24 hours.(NT) o Fishermen told not to venture out to sea. (NT) o Storm looms over Goa. Fishermen warned boats could capsize.(H) o Winds ground iron-ore barge off Miramar. (H) o Margao keeps fingers crossed over flooding. (H) o Now, Goa government teachers to retire at 60. (H) o Goa asks Delhi for an ultra-mega power project. (H) o BJP demands probe into death of Goa recruit at MP. (GT) -- WHAT THE OTHERS SAY: GOA-RESEARCH-NET -- Livia de Abreu Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes on Goa Research Net http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-research-net From what I remember from my childhood days, and we always had different kind of merenda each day for tea and even if nothing was made we would take left over rice from lunch mix it with coconut and sugar and a sprinkling of crushed cardammom and relish it, there were two kind of crepes prepared at home. The ones called alle-belle were made with batter made of ground rice thinly spread on a saucer and steamed.. Mankeos (in Portuguese Elas-Velas-Vao because of the three turns one gives when rolling) made of maida and eggs and cooked as the normal crepes or pan-cakes. When I visualize the latter, made at my ancestral home, the aspect did appear to be that of squids specially as far as that light burnt colour and the texture is concerned. Now a days with the non-stick pans, it no longer has the same appearance. SAYS GOA-RESEARCH-NET: «Research» is not bias-free, but we can try to make it emotion-free! Avoid any derogatory expression or tone that could hurt your readers. [Moderator] -- FEEDBACK... BRICKBATS AND BOQUETS -- FRANCES PIRES WRITES IN FROM THE aegonusa.com IN THE US: Fred, I can't believe you are allowing Goanet to serve as a mouthpiece for this drivel. We count on this medium (Goanet) for news of amchim Gaon -- not for some blathering idiot to get a megaphone. I enjoy the pieces on our history and the debates on Roman script vs Devnagari, Goans in the diaspora etcbut this stuff below is just poorly written garbage replete with lousy arguments and enough big words and name drops to appear scholarly. Goans are intelligent and well read enough to make up our own minds on tough topics like this one. BASIL DCUNHA COMMENTED (while also responding to Chhotebhai Noronha's article): I agree with your views on Dan Brown (and Da Vinci Code). I think it is one more opportunity for us to know our Faith a little deeper. This article is an eye opener. WRITES FRANCIS BORGES FROM BELGIUM: I want to congratulate you (Chhotebhai Noronha) for your article and I had to reply to this one. Dan Brown's The Da Vince code is a fictional work he admits it but he hides behind real locations and confuses the reader in believing that this is non-fictional work in search of the truth. We know what advertisements are all about -- we don't become Aishwarya Rai by using Lakme soap or Shahrukh Khan by drinking Pepsi nor do we become Amitabh Bachchan by eating Dabur's Chawpraysa. If our radical mind can differentiate this why can't we see
[Goanet] Invitation from Goa Research Net
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Goa Research Net was started by me and Fred Noronha in 1997 on the Goacom server. It was moved to yahoo groups from September last year. In the process of transfer we could not shift all old timers to the new server. In case any Goanetter wishes to rejoin or suggest some new members, please consult the following link and do the needful: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-research-net/ Goa Research Net is a «strictly moderated» group which provides ample space for sharing, dissent and academic debate, but with zero tolerance for any form of settling personal scores. The forum has already a rich and varied fund of human resources. We welcome new members who may wish to enrich it further with their experiences and expertise, and benefit from the existing ones. Teotonio R. de Souza Moderator _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] Re: ROAD CARNAGE IN GOA
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- --- Anthony and Nolette de Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Goanet, Perhaps road carnage in Goa can be reduced if the Clergy is roped in to speak out against careless driving in Goa. If they join the campaign, priests, nuns, schoolteachers, lecturers and professors might play a major part in reducing road accidents which cause death and injury in Goa. Mario observes: Now here is a practical suggestion that perhaps Valmiki Faleiro and Melinda Powell and other Goanetters in Goa can work on. Start in the Catholic community and use the clergy and the school system to create awareness before they start driving, as well as to request the grown ups to be more aware of what is going on on the roads and their role when they are driving. Every little bit that helps to create awareness can save lives, one life at a time. Good job, Martinho. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Re: PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE RATHER THAT RESERVATIONS
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Aires Rodrigues argued on Goanet: It was Babasaheb Ambedkar's vision to have a society based on liberty, equality and fraternity. After 50 years of Independence reservations seem to a problem rather than a solution. Problem? To whom? I guess those who don't benefit from this measure in a hierarchical caste-defined society are going to complain about it. Just look at the way the one-sided media barrage (against reservations) has been going on in the past few days. The politicians want it now enhanced to the IIMs and IITs. What next? Will they be pitching for reservations in the India's cricket team too? And, you might get a better cricket team! On a more serious note, you have a serious 'reservation' system running this region for generation and centuries -- where tiny elite groups control disproportionately large resources -- and when government seats are allocated to those who have an unfair handicap in an unequal race, all hell breaks loose! Reservations, if any, should be only for the economically deprived and never on the basis of caste. Why not? I fail to understand the logic of this BJP-inspired argument. When poverty and caste has such a close congruence in our part of the world, why can't caste be used as the determining factor? The equivalent of this argument would be: arguments in court should be allowed only to those who have a logical mind, but should never be restricted to a profession (e.g. lawyers)! We cannot have reservations for doctors and engineers otherwise we would be building morgues and crumbling bridges. Like other critics of pro-deprived section reservations, Aires is twisting the issue unfairly. Nobody gets reservations in exams, they only get it to join an institution. Meaning, once they're in, everyone faces the same exam. (And we also know the kind of caste-based humiliation that people have to face in institutions of higher education... you can't argue they don't deserve to be there!) Recently, the OUTLOOK magazine, known for its fairly enlightened position, had this cover story showing how some people with a Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe background (the lowest of the low) had got access to higher education, and had done brilliantly at the national level and beyond. We don't know how many Shakespeares and Einstins we are killing unsung by keeping them illiterate and badly educated. The faster India offers social justice to its various groups, the better chances it has to go ahead globally. An unjust society is an unstable one. FN PS: Any views on reservations in the context of Goa? _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Statehood day today: Presentation of 'Kala Gaurav Awards' to 60 Senior Artists
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Statehood day today: Presentation of 'Kala Gaurav Awards' to 60 Senior Artists On this day, State Government (Directorate of Arts Culture) felicitated 60 senior artistes in field of arts, culture, Natok, Tiatr etc etc. Each artist is given a shawl, Coconut, Framed Certificate and Cash prizes in the hands of Chief Minister Shri Pratap Sing Rane And Arts and Culture Minister Shri Digambar Kamat. At the entrance of KA auditorium, there was a live music of both types viz Natok type petti, tabla, xhenni etc and the other one was Tiatr type brass band with saxophones, trumpets, drum etc (see photo) was playing simultaneously from 4pm to 5.30pm Every member of the audience was welcomed with tradition like sprinkling of holy water ? Kumkum and a fresh Rose flower at the door. Some of the highlights: - All artistes were in their 60+ - There were a few in their 90s too. - Artistes from all over Goa were selected from Pednem to Canacona rich and poor. - It appears some of the artistes been on the stage for the first time. - Some of them were in their Short pants. - Some with 'pudvem' or 'Zontir' - One was with just a towel around his waste. - One was so excited that he started shaking hand with every one on the stage including the 15 press people. - Some of them were too old/weak that they needed help to and fro the dais. You may now wish to know what was the audience like this time ? Well, I would say 70% of the capacity but as soon as the award distribution was over, around 6.30, the same was reduced to just 20% as if most of the people present there were friends and family (including the noisy 'natram' or grand children) of the 60 artistes. Function was over by 7pm with the speeches of Ministers etc JoeSays: Well done Goa Government specially Minister Digambar Kamat CM Pratap Singh Rane. They (artistes) really deserved it and will always remember it. Some of them may not even be there this time next year. Special pat also goes to other people who are responsible in choosing the artistes even from the most deprived areas. It was really good watching each and every artistes receiving their awards (in some cases it was even a fun too). At the end, every one was served with refreshments like tea/coffee biscuits/patice Check these photos - some of them taken outside the auditorium after the ceremony was over and hence may not come out good. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/joegoauk/album?.dir=d379scd.src=phstore=prodid=.done=http%3a//uk.photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ Konkani Songs, Goan Photos, Tiatr/Film VCDs, Bank interest rates etc etc (for updates etc click below) http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/files/ Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa importing poverty
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- The Pied Piper of the Goan Construction industry is doing a good job of luring India's empty bellied to Goa in busloads. At some point Goa has to accept that it is importing poverty and unfortunately poverty has a culture all of its own. The culture of poverty is homogeneous all over the world. Poverty is the not the benign wart made graceful by Bollywood movies. Poverty is ugly mired in prostitution, gambling, crime, violence and disease. And the unchecked flow of migrants into Goa brings with it a tidal wave of this culture. Why decry pedophiles from Western Europe? This game requires both demand and supply. If the supply is plentiful then the dregs of humanity will bid a path to our door. Most of these children are victims of their own parents compliance in this heinous act. Goans may lull themselves to sleep thinking that their own children are safe but the sad truth is once the willing are done with, the unwilling will become candy that must be had for the pedophiles. Goans may tell themselves that this workforce is needed to build much required infrastructure. The sad truth is, this workforce has displaced the traditional Kunbi and Gaudi by making the daily wage rate so negligible that it no longer feeds their belly. Goans may turn a blind eye when slums sprawl in their backyards, when rivers pollute with effluents, when hills collapse because trees have been felled without restraint, when pavements become the domain of hawkers, when prostitution dens become part of the neighbourhood, when crime becomes the norm rather than the exception? Isn't it time we had an honest discussion about the unchecked import of poverty into Goa? Isn't it time we held our politicians accountable? Isn't it time we found workable solutions that will not extinguish our way of life but rather strengthen it? Elisabeth __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Monsoons in Goa.................
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ---What a beautiful time of the year in Goa !The monsoons have arrived bringing much relief to this parched land along with cooler temperatures, strong breezes, and pitter patter or rain drops. Having come to spend our retirement in Goa, for my wife and me, it is our favorite time of the year.Everything is so splendorously green. Our extensive lawns which had shrivelled and turned brown in the heat of May, have turned a beautiful emerald green in a couple of days. Just sitting on our verandah, glass of beverage in hand, watching the raindrops fall, with birds chirping and singing and frogs croaking in the distance is very soothing.A-a-a-a-h GOA. land of our ancestors ! And we had a pleasant surprise with a visit from Dominic Fernandes (of Dom's Antique shelf)who has regaled us on this forum with stories of the good old days in Goa. It was a great pleasure to meet and talk with Dominic and his family. Dominic is down in Goa for a holiday. He is very personable, and we thoroughly enjoyed his visit._ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] Da Vinci Code movie: Should it be banned in Goa?
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- --- sandeep heble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Though Freedom of expression is enshrined in the Constitution of India as a fundamental right, time and again, this right has been placed under siege, giving its way to demands from right groups. Under pressure from such groups and often to suit its own political interests, the Government too has acted as a collaborator in this assault on freedom of expression. Mario observes: Sandeep, I agree that a work of fiction like The DaVinci Code should not be censored or banned by any arm of any government that believes in free expression. Correspondingly, other private citizens should also have the same absolute freedom to express their opposing opinions of a piece of work that they may find to be contentious and insulting, as long as they do so in a peaceful manner. I have never understood why it is OK for someone like Dan Brown and Sony to bruise the sensibilities of millions around the world, but somehow not OK for others to bruise their financial windfall by protesting their fictional calumny, as long as this is done peaceably. I hope everyone remembers your passionate plea for freedom of expression the next time Salman Rushdie or one of his secular colleagues pokes fun at Islam or Mohammad or the Hindu pantheon, or some cartoonist decides to express his freedoms at the expense of some religion or religious figure. BTW, I wonder whether you cautioned the Muslims in the free world late last year to respect the freedom of expression of the hapless Danish cartoonist who had lampooned the Prophet Mohammad. There was no point in cautioning the Muslims in the Muslim dictatorships where there is no such thing as freedom of expression. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
RE: [Goanet] TIMOR LESTE
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Dear Paulo Colaco Dias and Jose Colaco in particular. --- Paulo Colaco Dias [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Australia has been stealing oil from East Timor since 1975. There are thousands of documents describing this. There are UN resolutions and an International Court of Law rulling against Australia illegal exploration of East TImor oil. Nasci: The UN? Did you say? And yet the UN called on Australia to help in every way when the Timorese struggled against the Indons' occupation and their own sections that did not want independence from Indonesia. The UN did this, since they know that Portugal that should have been doing this, was and is not competent enough! The Potuguese are the cause of all the 'turmoil and tragedy' in Timor after giving them freedom; since they did not back it up with defense and other security etc. You are surely owning guilt on behalf of the Portuguese here! Paulo Dias: Australia has signed illegal treaties with Indonesia and has gone as far as betraying East Timor people by being the only country in the world to recognise East Timor's integration into Indonesia. All this for the benefit of the oil of East Timor. All this against International Law. Nasci: On what basis do you say that 'treaties' between two sovereign countries are 'illegal' ?? When the Indons were in control, the treaty was between Indonesia and Australia; now that East Timor is an indendent nation, the new treaty is between East Timor and Australia, on sharing of the produce from the Oil and Gas fields. These fields belong to both East Timor and Australia; they are midway in what is called 'the Timor Gap'. Hence the treaties to clarify and share etc. This is good international co-operation and help and Aid! Nothing wrong with it! Paulo: We will see what happens in the next few days. Then we will talk. Nasci: I am not interested, in your views or in continuing this dialogue; If you are so concerned, you shouild go into East Timor, and help these people and try to bring 'peace' between the 'easterners' and westerners' and not spread falsehood. Beware of the machetes; Take a bag of rice and Goa sausages and some feny with you, please! :-) Regards Nasci Caldeira _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] Woman priest says Mass (2)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- This is precisely the reason people have been embracing Dan Brown and fleeing from the Catholic Church, because it resists evolution. It is one thing to honour tradition, it is another to claim it as The Truth and The Way. Is there any virtue in barring women from attaining priesthood? Is there any virtue in enforcing celibacy on priests? Is there any justice in constantly referring to homosexuality as a perversion? Is there any virtue in condemning birth control, invitro-fertilisation, stem cell research and any other advancement that is deemed not natural by the Church? Our spirituality must go hand in hand with changes that are taking place in the world. It cannot exist in a vacuum detached from reality. Elisabeth -- Defiant female priest says Mass RENEGADE GROUP HOLDS SERVICES; DIOCESE SAYS SACRAMENTS INVALID By Kim Vo Mercury News The fledgling congregation gathered in a circle at Sunday Mass at Spartan Memorial Chapel to introduce themselves. A woman in a long, white robe spoke first. ``My name is Victoria Rue,'' she said. ``And I am a Roman Catholic woman priest.'' Mario observes: I have no problem with these people doing whatever they please. However, it is delusional and a patent falsehood for Victoria Rue to describe herself as a Roman Catholic woman priest because this is simply factually incorrect. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Road Carnage in Goa
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Today I pointed out danger to a citizen parking his car at the road junction.He refused to move saying Im just coming in 5 minutes.Another parked at the entrance of a store, another at the busy road side obstructing traffic without the least concern..The Police still religiously check for helmets and where there is money to be made. A wrongly placed Bus stop is demolished, before a new one is installed. Reminders have no effect.Result, people stand exposed in the rain at the same place, and Buses too stop there as of old. Signboards are put up and no one enforces or follows.E mail letters to the authorities are not received or remain unacknowleged or unactioned.There is no governance. Big dreams and plans are more important like IT parks, Convention Centre, Cannes and foreign jaunts. There is no money for a football stadium and so on. With the citizen selfish and indisciplined,bureaucrats and government officials are happy to keep things as they are. With no transparency or anyone being held accountable, the road carnage will only get worse.It requires The Supreme Court to question Quotas/Reservations and end the Doctors strike. The Executive is drunk with power and priveleges, because rule of Law, with impunity, they can easily subvert. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Re: Re: Heavy rains, strong winds to continue in Goa (DigitalGoa.com)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Dear Dr Tapaswi, The news alert cited came out on Digital Goa's SMS-based alert system (available to subscribers), though it might not have been uploaded to DigitalGoa.com's website. Is it a case of the media getting it wrong? FN --- Dear Shri Noronha, I could not find these items on digitalgoa.com. Can you please provide me links? Interestingly, there are no alerts anywhere today on 30th May! I was told that there was a news on TV channel at around 21:00 hrs and again a clarification that there is no alert. Regards, - Tapaswi -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | Yahoomessenger: fredericknoronha http://fn.goa-india.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 -- Photographs from Goa: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/popular-views/ _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Re: Dont fear Dan Brown or Da Vinci. Be afraid of our ignorance
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Dear Bro. Chhotebhai Noronha, A good friend of mine, sent me an email you penned recently. I found it informative, and came to the conclusion that strange as it might sound, I might need to get the book, to have a more informed understanding of his perverted motives. Will I be right to say, that those who are justifiably angry at Dan Brown distortions have read the book before hand, to come to their conclusions? Why not me? Not being ingnorant, in this wise means keeping abreast of wordly developments and having an answer for those seeking, searching or ignorant of the Truth of the Gospel News through our Lord Jesus Christ. Keep it up brother! 'Wale Bakare London. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE RATHER THAT RESERVATIONS
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- It was Babasaheb Ambedkar's vision to have a society based on liberty, equality and fraternity. After 50 years of Independence reservations seem to a problem rather than a solution. The politicians want it now enhanced to the IIMs and IITs. What next? Will they be pitching for reservations in the India's cricket team too? Reservations, if any, should be only for the economically deprived and never on the basis of caste. We cannot have reservations for doctors and engineers otherwise we would be building morgues and crumbling bridges. Aires Rodrigues Ribandar Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] ADC - May 30
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Soimbacho gunn ani kashtecho chikol, ghat choddlear sut'tona. Natural character and the dirt from the loincloth (kashti) does not leave if you climb the highest mountains (ghats).. :) Edward Verdes Chinchinim/Mumbai/KSA _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] FW: *** Heavy rains, strong winds to continue in Goa (DigitalGoa.com)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Dear Shri Noronha, I could not find these items on digitalgoa.com. Can you please provide me links? Interestingly, there are no alerts anywhere today on 30th May! I was told that there was a news on TV channel at around 21:00 hrs and again a clarification that there is no alert. Regards, - Tapaswi -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Frederick Noronha Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 3:29 PM To: goanet@goanet.org; goanet-news@goanet.org Subject: *** Heavy rains, strong winds to continue in Goa (DigitalGoa.com) o Heavy rains and strong winds to continue for next 24 hours in Goa. Fishermen asked not to venture in sea. Trawler capsizes off Goa coast. Nine swam ashore. One missing. --DigitalGoa.com 30-May-2006 14:30:15 o Cyclonic winds lash Goa coast. Several trees uprooted. Reports of grounding tralwers. Big Singapore-based ship hit rock at Karwar coast. Rescue of 22 crew on. -- DigitalGoa.com 30-May-2006 11:12:15 -- -- Keep in touch with Goa via Goanet www.goanet.org For research-oriented discussions http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-research-net _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * May 30, 2006 * Konkani becoming a minority education medium...
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] KONKANI BECOMING A MINORITY EDUCATION MEDIUM: The National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities, which was on a two-day tour of the state, has concluded that the state language, Konkani, was becoming a minority language, as education through the language is declining... Commission member Dr Tahir Mahmood told reporters that the representatives of the Christian community had told the commission about the problems that they had faced due to the insistence of the authorites on minority-status certificates before issuing them permission to open a school. Disclosing that the insistence on the minority status certificate was not necessary, as any community identity as a minority in any state enjoyed priviledges enshrined in the Constitution, he went on to add that perhaps this was a tactic for denying the right to the minority community. The Christians did not have other major grievances, he added. Muslims' major complaint was the shortage of teachers in Urdu medium schools. (The Navhind Times) o Monsoon is here. Heavy rainfall likely in next 24 hours.(NT) o Fishermen told not to venture out to sea. (NT) o Storm looms over Goa. Fishermen warned boats could capsize.(H) o Winds ground iron-ore barge off Miramar. (H) o Margao keeps fingers crossed over flooding. (H) o Now, Goa government teachers to retire at 60. (H) o Goa asks Delhi for an ultra-mega power project. (H) o BJP demands probe into death of Goa recruit at MP. (GT) -- WHAT THE OTHERS SAY: GOA-RESEARCH-NET -- Livia de Abreu Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes on Goa Research Net http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-research-net From what I remember from my childhood days, and we always had different kind of merenda each day for tea and even if nothing was made we would take left over rice from lunch mix it with coconut and sugar and a sprinkling of crushed cardammom and relish it, there were two kind of crepes prepared at home. The ones called alle-belle were made with batter made of ground rice thinly spread on a saucer and steamed.. Mankeos (in Portuguese Elas-Velas-Vao because of the three turns one gives when rolling) made of maida and eggs and cooked as the normal crepes or pan-cakes. When I visualize the latter, made at my ancestral home, the aspect did appear to be that of squids specially as far as that light burnt colour and the texture is concerned. Now a days with the non-stick pans, it no longer has the same appearance. SAYS GOA-RESEARCH-NET: «Research» is not bias-free, but we can try to make it emotion-free! Avoid any derogatory expression or tone that could hurt your readers. [Moderator] -- FEEDBACK... BRICKBATS AND BOQUETS -- FRANCES PIRES WRITES IN FROM THE aegonusa.com IN THE US: Fred, I can't believe you are allowing Goanet to serve as a mouthpiece for this drivel. We count on this medium (Goanet) for news of amchim Gaon -- not for some blathering idiot to get a megaphone. I enjoy the pieces on our history and the debates on Roman script vs Devnagari, Goans in the diaspora etcbut this stuff below is just poorly written garbage replete with lousy arguments and enough big words and name drops to appear scholarly. Goans are intelligent and well read enough to make up our own minds on tough topics like this one. BASIL DCUNHA COMMENTED (while also responding to Chhotebhai Noronha's article): I agree with your views on Dan Brown (and Da Vinci Code). I think it is one more opportunity for us to know our Faith a little deeper. This article is an eye opener. WRITES FRANCIS BORGES FROM
[Goanet] Heavy rains, strong winds to continue in Goa (DigitalGoa.com)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- o Heavy rains and strong winds to continue for next 24 hours in Goa. Fishermen asked not to venture in sea. Trawler capsizes off Goa coast. Nine swam ashore. One missing. --DigitalGoa.com 30-May-2006 14:30:15 o Cyclonic winds lash Goa coast. Several trees uprooted. Reports of grounding tralwers. Big Singapore-based ship hit rock at Karwar coast. Rescue of 22 crew on. -- DigitalGoa.com 30-May-2006 11:12:15 -- -- Keep in touch with Goa via Goanet www.goanet.org For research-oriented discussions http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-research-net _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] DRIVEL
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- We in Portugal are decent Goans with a measure of self government that others do not enjoy since one of our boys has a top political job. Arjun _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Dada Rane
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Please check the album of water-colours in the Nuno Gonçalves collection of the Goa University Library. Dr. Pratima Kamat who wrote a book on Goan revolts (Farar Far) could also assist in tracing a picture of Dada Rane. Teotonio R. de Souza Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 02:36:18 -0400 From: dadasaheb rane [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] a photo of dada rane To: goanet@goanet.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 requested sir, i am one among dada rane's family.i am in need of a photo ofdada rane since i had not got it from many places where i searched. so sir, please provide me the famous photo of dada rane. thanking you. you can send it through mail it is as follow [EMAIL PROTECTED] - _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Lack of native speakers
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Cornel, I cannot claim to speak for the venerable poster below, but given the recent concern raised over the number of non-goans flooding Goa, her statement would appear to be allegorically couched. FR. .. Cornel PS You can't have been to Goa recently to say no one speaks Konkani any more! - Original Message -From: Pires, Frances I hardly recognize the place I spent my childhoodand no one speaks Konkani anymore - what's that all about? Viva Goa Frances _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] Woman priest says Mass (2)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- --- George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/14688209.htm Defiant female priest says Mass RENEGADE GROUP HOLDS SERVICES; DIOCESE SAYS SACRAMENTS INVALID By Kim Vo Mercury News The fledgling congregation gathered in a circle at Sunday Mass at Spartan Memorial Chapel to introduce themselves. A woman in a long, white robe spoke first. ``My name is Victoria Rue,'' she said. ``And I am a Roman Catholic woman priest.'' Mario observes: I have no problem with these people doing whatever they please. However, it is delusional and a patent falsehood for Victoria Rue to describe herself as a Roman Catholic woman priest because this is simply factually incorrect. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] SO YOU WANNA CHEAP AIR TICKET?
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1593065.cms How to find the cheapest air fare? ASHLEY COUTINHO TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2006 12:00:00 AM] This is the story of Raghav and Radha (both Mumbaiites) and how their plans to elope to Delhi turned out to be a non-starter. At first, they thought of escaping via Rajdhani train, but they decided to take the aerial route instead, since they had read in the papers that it was now possible to buy flight tickets priced lower than train A/C fares for the same distance. So they started looking for the cheapest air fares on the internet because online booking is sometimes cheaper. For example, fares on tickets booked through the net are a little lower than those available through customer centres or ticket counters. They also realised that their friend Rinku's information about discounts offered under apex and super-apex fares had been incorrect as most airlines have now switched to dynamic fares. These fares fluctuate depending on the daily market demand and generally, the earlier one books the tickets, the greater is the chance of getting cheaper fares. The basic difference between dynamic and apex fares is that under apex fares, one had to compulsorily purchase the tickets a certain number of days (usually 7, 14, 21 or 28 days) in advance, but there is no such restriction in the dynamic system. Raghav and Radha began their hunt by checking websites of individual airlines. Indian's Easy Fares gave them a clear picture on how dynamic fares work. Easy Fares offer discounts up to 60% on specified sectors and are available under four levels for economy class. For a Mumbai-Delhi flight on June 10, they found that fares increased from Rs 4,270 for level 4 to Rs 7,350 for level 1. Once the seats for a particular level are filled up, the next higher level fare becomes applicable. But their fare for the same flight came down to Rs 3,205 under the newly-introduced unchecked fares, available for a limited number of seats in the economy class in select sectors. This was just the beginning of their journey into the labyrinth of special schemes and offers. Some of the prominent schemes they checked out were: co-branded cards, Sixer and Super Sixer, Fly now, pay later of Air Sahara; King Club of Kingfisher Airlines; One Fare Pass, Go Double Pay Single and Check Fares offer of Jet Airways; and Desh Videsh '06, Super Saver Utsav Plus and Indian Family Fares of Indian. Some airlines, they found, also offer special discounts for personnel in the armed forces, blind persons and cancer patients, while others offer concessional fares to senior citizens, students, etc. They also discovered that night fares and even some afternoon flights were sometimes cheaper than early morning flights. In fact, Jet Airways has a special scheme called Night Saver Flights divided into different classes. Their Mumbai-Delhi flight cost just Rs 2,640 under the H class of this scheme. Next, they checked out websites like travel.indiatimes.com, travelguru.com, ghumo.com and makemytrip.com. Despite the fact that each and every airline was not listed on each of these websites, they got some good bargains. For example, on ghumo.com, they found a flight at Rs 2,680 (Indian) and Rs 2,899 (Jet Airways). After much perusing and musing, they learnt a few home truths. Most airlines may introduce last-minute fares, which may be cheaper than fares bought in advance. Hence, last-minute travel may prove to be more economical at times. A full-service carrier can cost less than a low-cost one on certain days. The promotional and special schemes can be aborted anytime according to the discretion of the airline. For example, Indian's unchecked fares for the Mumbai-Delhi route are only applicable till June 15, '06. Cancellation fees are quite high - usually 50% of the basic fare. There are no discounts for children and so, an adult ticket may sometimes cost you less than that for a child. Some airlines like Indian and Air Sahara offer bidding options, which may get you great discounts. Others offer fare alerts and flight information through mobile alerts and newsletters, which can get you useful data on ticket prices. Lastly, anything is possible, at least theoretically. If you are lucky, you can bag a Re 1 (plus taxes) or Rs 500 (plus taxes) seat on Air Deccan, as the airline says that on any particular day, its first seats are always priced at these rates.
[Goanet] RE: Greeting Beatrice Cecil Pinto
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Tony, 1. Cecil's not 'just' one of the 9k Goanetters - as others have pointed out, he occupies a very special niche. 2. If pretentiousness were out of place here, might one ask (as opposed to other netters), why only your complete police-record appears below each posting of yours viz: i. given name. ii. alias. iii. profession.iv. alternative profession. v. residential address. vi. zip-code. vii. cell-phone. viii. home-phone. Curiousity (the cat). - Anthony M Barreto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I must thank the gentleman who brought the 10th wedding anniversary of Cecil and Beatrice to our attention on goanet. Cecil has two well known e-mail IDs and yet the subsequent wishing on goanet that followed escapes my simple mind. I am aware that curiosity killed a cat. But it is also true that curiosity is what gave us some incredible modern inventions. Just for curiosity's sake, could anyone of those who wished Mr and Mrs Pinto on goanet tell me why they preferred to make their personal greetings on a public domain despite having his personal mail? Please, it's nothing beyond plain curiosity. Tony Martin ** Anthony M Barreto aka Tony Martin Freelance Writer and Author Primrose Galgibaga, Canacona, Goa -- 403728 M: 9422390701 R: 91-0832-2632012 * _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Just talking IT won't do... (Alan Andrews)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Dear Sir/Madam, Thank you very much for this so very interesting article. Joao. Goanet Reader wrote: JUST TALKING I.T. WON'T DO. CAREFUL PLANNING CAN GIVE GOA THE IT BASE By Alan Andrews Recently, the online version of The Navhind Times daily [1] carried news that a firm in Goa allegedly duped Goans to the tune of crores of rupees. Scandals of similar nature abound in many countries, so when one first read about the scandal one was not surprised. And one will not be surprised if history repeats itself. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Writeup on the Movie The Da Vinci Code By Chhotebhai Noronha
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- I have read the subject writeup, and understand that the writer is a diehard Christian. Kudos to him, for the excellent message. Regards, Maria _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Re: ROAD CARNAGE IN GOA
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ---Many youngsters come to church riding bikes or even driving cars, being under age to possess a licence to do so. At one stage it crossed my mind to ask the Road Transport officials to conduct a check around the church on a Sunday, but this move could have been viewed from the communal angle by others, hence I refrained from doing so. On my part, I advise the youngsters, and in the first case that I came across ( a 10 year old neighbour ), I spoke to the parents, but instead of stopping the boy, they encouraged him to take the bike. Now 19, he is the one who drops the mother to work and collects her everyday. I suppose, she was grooming him for this, all these years. Rose Dias _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Anthony Mascarenhas
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Tony Mascarenhas was well known to me as he worked under my father at the Morning News, Karachi. My Father, the late Mohsin Ali was the Editor and Managing Director of the paper. Incidentally this paper shifted from Calcutta at the request of Mr. Jinnah, first Dacca and then to Karachi in 1952. Prior to being sent to Bangladesh along with a group of journalists he was posted in New Delhi as the Morning News, correspondent in India and was repatriated to Pakistan just before or just after the 1965 war. The Bangladesh story broke in the Sunday Times of London in 1971 and he fled Karachi in a pure cloak and dagger style with help from the UK diplomatic mission. The government at the time tried to plant false stories about him in the press but my late father refused to publish the same. He was a great soul and even got me my driver's license back in 1968 when he was the Crime Reporter at the paper. He passed away in London about 10-15 years back. Perhaps his wife Yvonne and children are still there. He has a sister in Karachi who is a very active member of St. Anthony's parish and is married to a famous dentist, who is also a pillar of the Vincent de Paul Society of the same parish. Tony, as he was known to everyone in the office and the Karachi Press Club was a great man and was quite popular in the Goan community here. In case, anyone has a message for his sister, I will be happy to pass it on. Warm regards, Michael _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
