[Goanet] Mangalorean beauty Freida Pinto Shines at 2009
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:37:20 -0500 From: Tim de Mello Born on October 18, 1984, Freida is the second daughter to her parents - Frederick Pinto (Neerude), Sr. Branch Manager, Bank of Baroda and Sylvia Pinto (Derebail), Principal of St. John's High School, Goregaon, Mumbai. http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=108324 Mario observes: Yeah, yeah, yeah. OK. She's gorgeous. But do they have any Miss World's yet?:-))
Re: [Goanet] Greetings - AMEN
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com -- Forwarded message -- From: Deepa dey Date: Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:47 PM Subject: RE: Greetings - AMEN To: Cynthia Fernandes Dear Cynthia Many thanks for your mail. I am glad that you understand that the only way forward is to learn from this. Best Deepa Deepa Dey General Manager Communications & Organization Culture Spicejet Limited deepa@spicejet.com W spicejet.com 319 Udyog Vihar, Phase IV, Gurgaon 122016, Haryana, India To book tickets Call 1-800-180 / 0987 180 SpiceJet winner of 2008 Frost & Sullivan Indian Commercial Aviation Emerging Company of the Year. From: Cynthia Fernandes [mailto:cynthia.fernan...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 3:00 PM To: Carvalho Cc: deepa@spicejet.com; Subject: Greetings - AMEN DEAR ALL, I THINK WE SHOULD END CONVERSATION TO THIS THREAD. ESPECIALLY AS SPICEJET HAS AGRRED TO THE ERROR. THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE FOR SHOWING CONCERN TOWARDS THEIR MOTHERLAND. BEST WISHES TO YOU ALL. CYNTHIA
[Goanet] Re This 4in1 casino boats pic used in GOAN OBSERVER is mine
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com This 4in1 casino boats pic used in GOAN OBSERVER is mine Options Hi guys and Guls, This is just ot let you know that GO has written back to me today to say sorry and that they will give due credit in the next issue. They also mention about a payment to me. In my reply, I requested just to mention pic by 'JoeGoaUk' (ignoring numbers in it if any) and not to worry about the money for now. I felt it necessary to come back on this issue as I have also posted the message here in this forum. However, Herald and TOIgoa never wrote back to me. quote: So, where is the credit to JoeGoaUk? Check this out http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk5/2503334740/sizes/l/ joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
Re: [Goanet] Mangalorean beauty Freida Pinto Shines at 2009
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Re: [Goanet] Mangalorean beauty Freida Pinto Shines at 2009
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com I believed that Freida Pinto is a Goan, but Tim provides us a link to her on www.mangloream.com. Didn't Eddie has a link to her or something on her on his website? A month or so ago I saw her on the Jay Leno show. Among other things she told Leno that her mother makes "sorpotel" when he asked her how Christmas is celebrated in Mumbai, and if the Mumbai kids believe in Santa Claus. I have never heard of "sorpotel" being a favourite dish in a Manglorean household. Bhende-Koddi, yes. Is Freida then a "mango" (father a mangi and mom a goan)? Success has many fathers, they say. It would not be right for us Goans to claim her as one of our own. Would Reena Martins please check it out. Whatever the case of Freida's identity, I hope the success of Slumdog Millionaire gives her a big boost in securing more roles in Bollywood. By winning four Golden Globe awards, it was indeed "Day of Slumbay or Slumbai" at the awards nite. Eugene Correia
Re: [Goanet] Greetings
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Dear Ms. Dey, Thank you for your e-mail of 12 January 2009. I appreciate your intervention and I am happy with your answer. I have taken the liberty of sending your e-mail to other community members. Best wishes to you and your company throughout 2009. Regards OSCAR C. LOBO COORDINATOR WORLD GOA DAY www.melgoans.com -- Forwarded message -- From: Deepa dey Date: Jan 12, 2009 9:28 AM Subject: Greetings To: oscarlo...@optusnet.com.au, benedictl...@gmail.com Cc: Customer Relations , Vanessa Mulquiney Dear Mr Lobo, I hope this mail finds you well. I write on behalf of SpiceJet and we appreciate your e-mail and offer our sincere apology for the inconvenience that has been inadvertently caused to you and others by the image on that you are referring to. Our efforts are never to hurt the sentiments of any one and aim remains to present unbiased views on a subject. We have taken a serious note of your comments which will be shared with all relevant people internally. I will personally speak with Vanessa and others at Ink - Publishing to ensure that the same is never repeated. Please be informed that this matter will receive its due attention. We are grateful for your patronage and we look forward to serving you in the future. Kindly accept our sincere wishes for the year ahead. Best regards Deepa Deepa Dey General Manager Communications & Organization Culture Spicejet Limited deepa@spicejet.com W spicejet.com 319 Udyog Vihar, Phase IV, Gurgaon 122016, Haryana, India To book tickets Call 1-800-180 / 0987 180 SpiceJet winner of 2008 Frost & Sullivan Indian Commercial Aviation Emerging Company of the Year. From: Oscar Lobo [mailto:oscarlo...@optusnet.com.au] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 7:53 AM To: custrelati...@spicejet.com Cc: Benedict Lobo Subject: Importance: High Attn: Mr. Sanjay Agarwal, CEO Spice Jet Dear Mr. Agarwal, Here is an exchange of e-mails with a Ms. Vanessa Mulquiney of your spiceroute magazine. As a person of Goan origin my friends and I are extremely disspointed that you have chosen a publisher for your magazine that does not have any cultural sensitivity and decides to show a picture on a Goan beach in your Spiceroute magazine December 2008 as attached. I have filled the "on board service feed back form" on 27 December 2008 afternoon flight from Goa to Mumbai and in that I have pointed out this gross misrepresentation of people of Goa. I have received a funny e-mail from the Editor which I reproduce below and my response of today. Kindly look into the matter. Kind Regards OSCAR C. LOBO --- Dear Ms. Mulquiney, I have not received your e-mail of 07 January 2009 that our Benedict has referred to, however I have seen a copy appended to his response of date to you. I hope he has given you a small lesson on what you need to do when projecting Goa and its image and the sensitivity to the Goan people vis-à-vis the furture business to Spice Jet. I was brought up and educated in Goa. During my tenure in Goa I have not seen the so called "Goan hill tribe woman" in the clothing that you have portrayed. Did these clothes came after the invasion of Goa on 19 December 1961? when you may have made your entry in Goa? Your answer has not been well thought and to me is defensive on baseless grounds. As Bernedict suggest you should make proper research and portray the accuracy of the image of Goans and fulfill your obligations to Spice Jet in proper manner. I would have expected a better answer to my e-mail on the correct e-mail address which is oscarlo...@optusnet.com.au or oscarde...@gmail.com Do not hold your breath that my relatives, close friends and I will continue to travel by Spice Jet I am disappointed with your response. OSCAR C. LOBO CO-ORDINATOR WORLD GOA DAY - MELBOURNE. On 1/7/09, Vanessa Mulquiney wrote: Dear Mr Lobo, Thank you for your email dated 6 Jan 2009. We appreciate your feedback and glad to hear that you enjoy travelling SpiceJet. In reference to the December issue of spiceroute, the professional photo library image portrayed on the front cover is that of a Go
[Goanet] Seminar on Democracy and Minority Rights - 17th Jan. 2009 - Pune
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994) Presented by Ulysses Menezes, www.goa-world.com Moderated by Gaspar Almeida "Fr Joy Thomas" mangaloreancathol...@gmail.com Dear Ancy, Greetings from Fr. Joy in Pune! I have sent out an invitation to the Principals and teachers for a Secular Forum Meeting here at Ishvani Kendra. About 200 people have responded. Attached is the letter. Yours sincerely, Fr. Joy Thomas SVD Dear Principals and Teachers, The socio-political scenario of the last few months has significantly raised the threats from communal politics in India. In spite of that Christmas came with the message that every problem is a possibility in disguise as it was for Jesus. He was impressed by what the world could become never depressed by what the world was. So I wish you A Peaceful NEW YEAR! May Jesus enable us to work fearlessly and courageously to remove all that is bad, sad and mad from the face of our country! On 9th and 10th December 2008, a National Meeting was organised here in the context of violence, terror and attacks particularly against minorities. We were made aware of the urgent need to understand the problem and conscientise as many people as possible about the possible consequences to our lives. The participants worked out an action plan to combat communal forces on a war footing. As a first step, with the full blessing of our Bishop, Ishvani Kendra is organising a one-day seminar on Democracy and Minority Rights on Saturday 17th January 2009. I wish to invite all the principals and two teachers from each of our schools, for this important seminar starting at 9.30 a.m. (registration) and ending at 5.30 p.m. Most Rev. Valerian D Souza, the Bishop of Poona, will inaugurate the seminar at 10 a.m. and Fr. Cedric Prakash from Gujarat, Advocate Irfan Engineer from Mumbai and Mr. Neeraj Jain from Pune will be the resource persons. We cannot accommodate more than 200 people. So please contact Ishvani Kendra office in advance to inform about your participation. To defray the cost of basic expenses, we would appreciate a contribution of Rs. 100/- from each participant who can afford it! Looking forward to your active participation, Yours sincerely, Fr. Joy Thomas SVD. Director, Ishvani Kendra Sainikwadi, Off Nagar Road P. Box 3003, Pune-411 014 Tel: 020-27033507/ 9403185214 Fax: 020-27032375 Goa World Goa Mog Goa SuRaj Super Goa (em Português) TGF Writers' Sketchpadwww.colaco.net www.goa-world. .com/goa/ music/- The Online Music Station for KONKANI
Re: [Goanet] Greetings
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Re: [Goanet] Greetings
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Dear Oscar, Just to let you know I've also given this issue some traction in London on Sunday 11, in my weekly column on Goan voice, UK and have received emails that echo resonnance from as afar as Canada. http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/ best regards, Selma Carvalho --- On Mon, 1/12/09, oscardegoa wrote: > Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 2:37 AM > Dear Ms. Dey, > > Thank you for your e-mail of 12 January 2009. > > I appreciate your intervention and I am happy with your > answer.
[Goanet] THE PRINTED WORD : Konkani books... awaiting getting noticed
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Konkani books... awaiting getting noticed THE PRINTED WORD What more can Konkani books do to get the attention deserved, asks Frederick FN Noronha in his weekly column on the book in Goa. Margao was recently host to a Romi Konkani meet, held at the brand new and still-in-good-shape Ravindra Bhavan there. (One hopes the institution is adequately maintained, well-utilised, and becomes accessible to those who able vibrant cultural products to stage, not just those well connected and politically-linked with those who call the shots.) Outside the main hall staging this event, a table put up by Michael Gracias had a dozen and more Konkani books on sale. Gracias is someone I've interacted with off and on, and his model is interesting. He has his own small publishing lable and has come out with almost a dozen books of his own by now. Instead of waiting for a buyer to go all the way to the bookshop and purchase a book, Michael takes his books to the buyer. He doesn't have any false pride about setting up shop, literally, alongside a cultural event, or even a church fair, and thus sell his books. Two of those I picked up from him were artist-musician Willy Goes' 'Pedru Tiva' and a yellowed-paper Romi Konkani book called 'Etelvinache Bhognar'. The subtitle of the latter reads 'Ek Bhou Churchureanchi ani Sosnnaiechi Contha' by A.V. D'Cruz. It's second edition was published in 1966, in Mumbai, and while it cost a couple of rupees then, it is priced at Rs 70 now -- obviously antiquarian book value! Obviously, the first edition came out in the 1920s! Over the years, Romi Konkani books have shown their ability to sell. While critics blast them for low-standards, the fact of the matter is that their language has been unpretentious if simple. They cater to simple folk -- Goans who had not shifted the full-way to languages like Portuguese or English for their ideas and entertainment. (Manoharrai Sardesai's book on Konkani literature is interesting and explains many issues involved.) Today, Konkani books -- in Romi or Devanagari -- are difficult to locate in bookshops. It is not, as some believe, because booksellers discriminate against books in this language. One would think that the situation arises because (i) the books are priced in a way that leaves little margins for the distributors (ii) divisions of script and the lack of reviews means the market for such books is small (smaller than even Goa-linked English books). But some way, this vicious cycle needs to be broken. It would help if more translations of Konkani books are done too. Michael Gracias of Queeny Productions, is based in Majorda and has his office in Velsao. He has come out with 11 titles in a year, priced from Rs 30 to 125. "People are not inclined towards reading. The Konkani used is sometimes found to be of a higher-level or of a different (dialect)," says Gracias. He believes that Romi Konkani publishing was put on the backburner for two decades, after the Official Language Act was passed. But, in the past two to three years, Romi Konkani writing has seen a big comeback, according to him. Gracias agrees that books should not be restricted to bookshops alone. These should be taken to the "doorstep" of the commonman, says he. Fiction and short-stories move fast compared to other genres, says he. But his view is that there is an insufficient amount of reviewing of new Konkani books when they are published. This, of course, leads to a situation where a book is hardly known when it is hot on the stands. By the time potential readers start searching for a copy, it is already out of print, or dumped in some corner and thus inaccessible. Of course, the whole issue of who gets government grants and support for publishing -- and whether this is a hindrance or help -- is another issue awaiting to be examined. GOA CATALOGUE Mapusa-based The Other India Bookstore came out recently with a four-page tabloid sized Goa books catalogue. Rather interesting product and contains useful information. Best of all, it's unpriced and free. If you write to me, I could email you a plain-text copy too. You would be surprised that there are so many Goa-related books already published, and out there for sale, mostly at reasonable prices. In my view, a handful of book outlets in Goa do a good job of promoting Goa-related books. These include the OIBS (Mapusa, 2263306, above the Old Mapusa Clinic), Broadways
[Goanet] ART EXHIBITION: Alex J. Tavares at r...@gallery - Niagara Falls, Canada
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com 'Aparanta' Alex J. Tavares at r...@gallery: A Live Fine Art Creation-Happening! Painter, sculptor and print maker Alex J.Tavares will be creating at the r...@gallery Jan. 17 thru the 19th 2009. Originally from Zanzibar Tanzania East Africa, he has travelled and exhibited in many countries. More specifically Tavares has had 24 solo exhibitions and participated in over 100 group exhibitions spanning 4 continents and 25 countries winning recognition through prizes and awards. Opening day at r...@gallery , Tavares will begin to create on 11 large scale canvasses. 'Aparanta' which is Sanskrit meaning "arrival", and there was nothing and something happens. This holds true for Tavares who will begin this process of confronting blank canvasses hung in a studio to be eventually filled with, in his description-"draped figures" with emphasis on environmental issues. Tavares will start creating in front of a live audience to better give the audience the spontaneous automatic output. Alex elaborated,"impulse of mature significance". Over the course of the first 3 days, he will create on all 11 canvases. This allows for audience to see the progression of his works come to fruition. Come explore this unique opportunity to witness the process of creation. The show will run at r...@gallery January 17, 2009 thru February 5, 2009. Opening reception and creativity begins at 7:00 pm, January 17,2009 r...@gallery is located at 4507 Queen St. Niagara Falls, Ontario. For more information contact Ryszard Litwiniuk 905 325 2119. www.celebrateolddowntown.com 4481 Queen Street Downtown Niagara Falls Phone : 905-356-5444Fax : 905-356-5667 mela...@celebrateolddowntown.com Biography of Alex J. Tavares: http://alexjtavares.com/bio/story/bio_01 Goanet A&E http://www.goanet.org
Re: [Goanet] THOUSANDS ATTEND HINDU CONGREGATION AT PANJIM
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com --- On Mon, 1/12/09, Santosh Helekar wrote: > > Regarding what you have stated below about Goan election > politics, let me just say that your rhetoric does not match > with the historical and present-day realities. We are much > better off today in Goa, as far Hindu-Christian and > caste-based politics is concerned. > > Cheers, > > Santosh > -- Santosh, perhaps you can tell us how the Hindu-Christian relationship is much stronger today than it was in 1961 and also maybe you can elaborate a little bit on which statement of mine was rhetoric. Selma
Re: [Goanet] Greetings
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[Goanet] Alamanac de Parede
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[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (13Jan09)
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[Goanet] Goanetters' non-meet :-)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Some popular images from the informal run-in at the Mandovi's on Jan 6, 2009. (In deference to Cecil, I'm avoiding the word meeting, nor hazard a guess as to who came for what meet.) * Dinesh Dias, Miguel Braganza (centre), Cecil Pinto (right) Most visited, with 27 views http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/3174654821/ * Also popular Edgar (centre), Francis Rodrigues http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/3174369941/ * Mandovi view, Goa http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/3174353919/ * And I even managed to con a few (around 5) viewers with this odd angle, of the most mundane thing around: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/3175147136/ Too bad! FN -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org M: +91-9822122436 P: +91-832-2409490
[Goanet] Goa news for January 13, 2009
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Police drop rape charges against Goa cabinet minister\'s kin - Economic Times [6 hours ago] PANAJI: The Goa police on Monday dropped charges against Warren Alemao, nephew of two cabinet ministers in the Goa government, while filing their ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0&fd=R&url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Police_drop_rape_charges_against_Goa_cabinet_ministers_kin/articleshow/3969874.cms&cid=1292075319&ei=iuBrSY3RJ5WOhQPokqzFCw&usg=AFQjCNFPBQRo8L5dXI3cvqFK6ctbz-VfRQ *** The OC\'s Mischa Barton shows fans her Goa holiday snaps - Daily Telegraph [10 hours ago] MISCHA Barton, who is struggling for top roles since playing Marissa Cooper in The OC, has posted her own bikini shots from her holiday in Goa, India. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-0&fd=R&url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24904224-5006014,00.html&cid=1291868043&ei=iuBrSY3RJ5WOhQPokqzFCw&usg=AFQjCNGxsgIh1-W_FVi2rWz25622qT0xkQ *** German, Russian arrested for organising rave parties in Goa - Thaindian.com [11 hours ago] Panaji, Jan 12 (IANS) In a sudden crackdown on beach-side rave parties Sunday night, the Goa police arrestedfour persons including a German and a Russian ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/5-0&fd=R&url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/german-russian-arrested-for-organising-rave-parties-in-goa_100141429.html&cid=1292236513&ei=iuBrSY3RJ5WOhQPokqzFCw&usg=AFQjCNHMcTa0HrzNFhEZgz421o2lvYkyNg *** Grace marks in new sports policy - Times of India [1 hour ago] PANAJI: If chief minister Digambar Kamat is to be believed, then Goa's potential of becoming a sports powerhouse in the near future looks a possibility. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/9-0&fd=R&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Grace_marks_in_new_sports_policy/articleshow/3970589.cms&cid=0&ei=iuBrSY3RJ5WOhQPokqzFCw&usg=AFQjCNHc_TiXI3Bbj4f1YfoYUEjy-a_dQA *** Goa - Go the Golf way - Economic Times [Jan 10, 2009] The first quarter of the year sees Europeans heading to Goa in large numbers. Around seven to nine lakh foreign tourists visit Goa each year. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/8-0&fd=R&url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Features/The_Sunday_ET/Games_People_Play/Goa_-__Go_the_Golf_way/articleshow/3962123.cms&cid=0&ei=iuBrSY3RJ5WOhQPokqzFCw&usg=AFQjCNHGGbgHeo9QgWh_3N65UEXsJyVzkA *** Travelmasti launches tour packages for Goa - eTravelBlackboard - Asia Edition Asia Edition, Australia - 22 hours agoTravelmasti has launched a range of 2009 India land-only tour packages, including a special gaming package for Goa, which feature casino coupons, ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/7-0&fd=R&url=http://www.etravelblackboardasia.com/article.asp?id=58506&nav=9&cid=0&ei=iuBrSY3RJ5WOhQPokqzFCw&usg=AFQjCNHR9V9lBPnt5oAUZARjJ3tkWuP--Q *** Goa sees 13 % drop in foreign tourists flying in - MSN India [16 hours ago] The number of foreign tourists flying into Goa fell by nearly 13 percent this holiday season, say the police. Russians have now become the second largest ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/6-0&fd=R&url=http://lifestyle.in.msn.com/travel/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1769096&cid=0&ei=iuBrSY3RJ5WOhQPokqzFCw&usg=AFQjCNEzirhglWjdvxhDzeVR2uVc2mRqug *** Scarlett\'s mother to visit Goa - Times of India [23 hours ago] PANAJI: British teenager Scarlett Keeling's mother Fiona Mackeown will be coming to Goa to collect her daughter's organs. Speaking to TOI over the phone ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/3-0&fd=R&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Scarletts_mother_to_visit_Goa/articleshow/3965037.cms&cid=0&ei=iuBrSY3RJ5WOhQPokqzFCw&usg=AFQjCNH5o1qJ3KyRl3BOG8QJY7_sSQprng *** Elephants protect Goa border - Times of India [23 hours ago] PANAJI: Posting of two elephants from Bondla zoo to help forest department staff patrolling Goa's border areas around Chandel and Hassapur has helped keep ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-0&fd=R&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Elephants_protect_Goa_border/articleshow/3965036.cms&cid=0&ei=iuBrSY3RJ5WOhQPokqzFCw&usg=AFQjCNGuaCCvF-xVnEdGYPZZ1l03XpdfJw *** In Goa? Don\'t forget to gaze at the stars - Sify [15 hours ago] But a couple of decades later, the Association of Frie
Re: [Goanet] Freida Pinto at the Golden Globe awards
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com She also appeared on the Jay Leno show a few weeks ago and even talks about eating sorpotel. I think this is the secret to her success. http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=DCC0cObDJW4
[Goanet] Oldest Chruches of Goa - Top 25
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com There are over 150 Churches in Goa under Goa Archdiocese Following are the oldest. 1. Anjediva 1506 …. Our Lady of Brotas 2. Se Cathedral 1534… Old Goa 3. Neura1541… St. John Baptist 3. Carambolim 1541…St. John Baptist 3. Batim 1541 …. O/L Guadalupe 4. St. Cruz 1547… Holy Cross 5. Orlim 1548… St Michael 6. Verem 1551… Reis Magos /Holy Magi 7. Sam Pedro 1553 St. Peter 8. Chorao 1559 … O/L of Grace 9. Nagoa 1560 … Holy Trinity 9. Candolim 1560 … O/L of Hope 10. Cumbarjua 1563 … St. Blaise 11. Margao 1564 … Holy spirit 11. Fatorda 1564 …… O/L of Rosary 12. Agassaim 1565 …St. Lawrence 12. Ribandar 1565 … O/L of Health 12. Salvador 1565 …Savior of the World 13. Cortalim 1566 …St. Filip & St. James 13. Siolim 1568 … St. Anthony 13. Verna 1568 … Holy Cross 14. Chorao 1569…St. Bartholomev 14. Nerul 1569 … O/L of Remedies 14. Aldona 1569…St. Thomas 15. Vasco 1570 … St. Andrew 16 St. Estevam 1575 ..St. Stephen 17. Raschol 1576 … O/L of Snow 18. Santana 1577 … St. Anne 19. Lotolim 1581 … Savior of the World 19. Cansaulim 1581… St. Thomas 19. Benaulim 1581 … St. John Baptish 20. Goa Velha 1583 …St. Andrew 21. Chinchinim 1590.. O/L of Hope 21. Pomborpua 1590..Mother of God 21. St. Jancit 1590 21 Divar 1590 … St. Mathias 22. Colvale 1591 …St. Francis Assisi 23. Mapusa 1594 … St. Jerome 24 .Calangute 1595 …St. Alex 25. Navelim 1597 … O/L of Rosary 25. Curtorim 1597 … St. Alex All other Goan Churches fromm year 1600 Century e.g. Panjim & Azozim 1600, Anjuna 1603, Cuncolim 1604 etc Navelim Church has the largest number of Catholics about 31,000. Followed by Vasco (I think) about 20,000 and Sanguem /Taleigao 13,500/12,000 respectively. Lowest being Pirna in Colvale 100, followed ny Tiracol 200 and Naroa/Sinquerim 216/217 respectively. It says, Anjediva Church, the oldest, has zero number Catholic since 1961 The above list compiled from the new site of http:/www.archgoadaman.org or http://www.archgoadaman.org/?q=content/archbishop-patriarch In a separate email to dcla...@sancharnet.in I have suggested that there could be a page showing list of popular feasts/events dates for the current year. I was looking for Consua Feast, this month or next month, but the Parish Church Tel. No. (found on this site) seems not in use. However, just found out, the correct email ID to send such site related matter etc was dc...@gmail.com joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
Re: [Goanet] THOUSANDS ATTEND HINDU CONGREGATION AT PANJIM
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com --- On Mon, 1/12/09, Carvalho wrote: > >Now, do allow some of us the privilege of having an opinion even if it >>doesn't have two independent sources to concur with it and hasn't >undergone >the double-blind testing method. > Selma, Now, who has denied you the right of expressing your whimsical opinions on Goanet? Please let me have the privilege of disagreeing with you. You are free to take refuge in innuendo and insinuations. Regarding what you have stated below about Goan election politics, let me just say that your rhetoric does not match with the historical and present-day realities. We are much better off today in Goa, as far Hindu-Christian and caste-based politics is concerned. Cheers, Santosh P.S. BTW, if you think your rhetoric and other kinds of one-sided propaganda on Goanet does not contribute to divisiveness then you are unfortunately mistaken. But you will have to find out the truth for yourself. --- On Mon, 1/12/09, Carvalho wrote: > >Santosh your commentary of late is getting really tiresome. Having done >your >best to discredit Marshall Mendonca, the Times of India and >Frederick Noronha >as propagandists, you seem to think that no one other >than you is capable of >forming an unbiased opinion. One is either >misinformed, whimsical or saying >things for effect. > >I'm being neither whimsical nor divisive and dangerous. A cursory look at >>affairs in Goa will point to it being far from the picture presented to >the >world in 1961. You may want to live in your own cocoon of comfort but >the >very fact that Goan loyalty is split between BJP and Congress is a >telling >sign of how communal and castiest our voting pattern has become. >Now, do >allow some of us the privilege of having an opinion even if it >doesn't have >two independent sources to concur with it and hasn't >undergone the >double-blind testing method. >
Re: [Goanet] Cow Slaughter
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com 2009/1/12 Fr. Ivo C da Souza : > A lot of hue and cry is being heard about cow slaughter. Different > communities have different customs. Some eat beef, others do not. Yet all of > us are called to avoid as much as possible "red meat" by medical > professionalists. I found the following write-up which may help us to see > how relative this custom is. > If we can discuss about non-existence of God in this Forum, we can certainly > hear different opinions about "cow slaughter". "Hue and cry" is a loaded term. It is entirely plausible that, being an issue connected with matters of faith, this is an issue of relevance to those Indians who are non-meat/beef-eaters or in whose religion bestows a place of reverence to the cow (whose role in the economy of the past cannot be questioned). Needless to say, the 'cow slaughter' issue is one that has been politicised by those politicians wanting to play on religious feelings. But can't we accept that there are feelings of religiosity behind this too? The sentence "if we can discuss" suggests an attitude of if-you-can-hurt-me-I-can-hurt-you-too. I hope you will tell me that my undrestanding is wrong. I understand how hurt religious/communal feelings can soar out of control though, even with us. Btw, after reading an 'animal liberation' magazine about a decade or more ago, I turned veg. Not for religious reasons, though. And I'm a very *veg*. I don't mind eating the gravy of some meat-dish... as long as I don't end up feeling I've added to animal slaughter in the globe :-) For some (inconsistent and unexplained) reason, I still eat fish. Okay, don't tell me that's illogical. I know it is :-) Maybe it has to do with the dietary habits of a Goa, where nearly 95% of the population eats fish, and it's tough to get a decent meal without any fish, unless it's at a Udupi or Gujarati joint (whose food I appreciate too). Abortion is bad, and so is cow-slaughter. But do spare a thought for all those bulls, hens, and even fish, who have to make that ultimate sacrifice to ensure that *we* are well-fed! FN
[Goanet] The Weather... in Goa
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/local/INXX0169?lswe=Goa,%20India&from=searchbox_localwx Goa/Panjim, India Partly Cloudy 80°F Feels Like 85°F Updated: Jan 12 08:00 p.m. Local Time UV Index: 0 Low Wind: From N at 5 mph Humidity: 76% Pressure: N/A Dew Point: 72°F Visibility: 2.5 miles Sunrise: 6:34 AM Sunset: 5:52 PM -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org M: +91-9822122436 P: +91-832-2409490
Re: [Goanet] THOUSANDS ATTEND HINDU CONGREGATION AT PANJIM
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com --- On Mon, 1/12/09, Santosh Helekar wrote: > This is still true of most Goan Hindus and most Goans in > 2009. To think otherwise on a whim is equally divisive and > dangerous. > > Cheers, > > Santosh - Santosh your commentary of late is getting really tiresome. Having done your best to discredit Marshall Mendonca, the Times of India and Frederick Noronha as propagandists, you seem to think that no one other than you is capable of forming an unbiased opinion. One is either misinformed, whimsical or saying things for effect. I'm being neither whimsical nor divisive and dangerous. A cursory look at affairs in Goa will point to it being far from the picture presented to the world in 1961. You may want to live in your own cocoon of comfort but the very fact that Goan loyalty is split between BJP and Congress is a telling sign of how communal and castiest our voting pattern has become. Now, do allow some of us the privilege of having an opinion even if it doesn't have two independent sources to concur with it and hasn't undergone the double-blind testing method. Cheers, Selma
[Goanet] Mangalorean beauty Freida Pinto Shines at 2009
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com I hope they did not mistake her for a vestal virgin. Finally one appears who knows how to dress or at least seemed to have received good advice. Nothing like getting turned off seeing heavy zari outfits where there is no compensation in the overlaid embroidery whether it is where the sleeve meets the armhole, a pin tuck, the zip stuffed in between heavy zari folds at the back, etc. But at the end it, the west is always on the lookout at another ambassador for consumerism. So thrive Frida, make your mark. Freida in a beautifully draped dress accepted the award for Dev Patel at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on January 8 (Thursday) in Santa Monica, California. Stunning actress Freida Pinto is a relative new comer to the celebrity spotlight but she is making a huge splash and has shot straight to the top of best dressed lists with her sexy style, said *Metro*. venantius > > From: Tim de Mello > Subject: [Goanet] Mangalorean beauty Freida Pinto Shines at 2009 >Critics' Choice Awards > > Born on October 18, 1984, Freida is the second daughter to her parents - > Frederick Pinto (Neerude), Sr. Branch Manager, Bank of Baroda and Sylvia > Pinto > (Derebail), Principal of St. John's High School, Goregaon, Mumbai. > > http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=108324 > > Nice pics. > >
[Goanet] Review of Little Italy Restaurant- Calangute
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Here's a post from Goancritic on www.reviewgoa.com Last month I went on a wild spending spree and unfortunately my taste buds were demanding me to eat at an Italian restaurant. I ended up at a place called Little Italy where I thought I will find what I'm looking for... Read the entire post by clicking on this link http://www.reviewgoa.com/?p=364 Happy reading and commenting Regards, Savia.
[Goanet] The latest Herald article on secularism
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com I have minor disagreements with a couple of points in my friend Basilio's latest Herald article on secularism. Here they are: > >If secularism is skin-deep, it should not surprise anyone because it >is not a lived experience for majority of the people; it does not >address or offer meaning to any of the major issues of life and >death, loss and destruction, and does not function as a moral >leveling or unifying mechanism. It is a recent phenomenon, roughly >300 years old, and has not taken hold of public consciousness; >therefore it has not become part of the cultural DNA of the >individual, as religion has become. > While this is probably true of Europe and United States, secularism, from the agnostic, atheistic and pluralistic standpoints has a long tradition in India extending to more than 2500 years ago. From the atheistic standpoint Mesopotamia, Egypt, China and Greece also have a rich history, which in the first three cases goes much farther back than in India. But it is true that unlike religion, which is visceral, secularism is entirely intellectual in nature. It would be very hard to impress its value upon the minds of all folk without increasing the level of literacy in society. So it would be hard to use it as a political trump card with any kind of mass appeal. It has to be enforced through the courts as a constitutional principle. > >Religion as a socio-anthropological phenomenon will remain with us, >even to the chagrin of the secularists (secularism itself takes on >the character of religion with all its evolving rituals, beliefs, >and missionary like activism). > The Indian brand of secularism would have no problem if religion in its many forms continued and grew indefinitely. Indeed, pluralism is enriched by diversification and spread of religious convictions, as long as there is mutual tolerance. Moreover, the greater the diversity of religions, the weaker each of them becomes in terms of wielding any kind of political power because of competing interests. I also do not believe that a rational concept such as secularism can ever become a religion because the latter requires certain core ethereal beliefs that are immutable and are not subject to updating by new knowledge and change in environment. Cheers, Santosh
[Goanet] Roopa Bhakta, a Mangalorean by origin, has been chosen as the president of Mapusa Municipality in Goa.
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Mapusa, Jan 8: Roopa Bhakta, a Mangalorean by origin, has been chosen as the president of Mapusa Municipality in Goa. Roopa, daughter of the late K Gopalakrishna Pai, who was the managing partner of New Chitra Talkies here, is settled in Goa since the last about 25 years. Her husband Gurudat Bhakta hails from Kumble and runs business concern in Goa. Roopa, who is an active Congress worker, has functioned as the treasurer of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee and the president of north Goa Womens' Congress in the past. She has emerged as the first person of Mangalore origin to rise to this coveted post in Goa. Roopa has taken over the post from the outgoing president who resigned and as such, her remaining term is only about 23 months. Incidentally, Gurudat Bhakta has been elected as the Rotary Governor of Goa for the year 2009-10. Roopa got elected as an independent candidate, in the 15-member Mapusa Municipal Council. The council has members from the Congress, BJP, JD(S) and independents. She defeated Chitra Munerkar by bagging eight votes as against the seven polled by her opponent. _ Drag n’ drop—Get easy photo sharing with Windows Live™ Photos. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/photos.aspx
Re: [Goanet] THOUSANDS ATTEND HINDU CONGREGATION AT PANJIM
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Yes! lets "GOAN FIRST" attitude is the way, right way, best way...for GOA. > > Message: 5> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:47:29 -0800 (PST)> From: Carvalho > > > Subject: Re: [Goanet] THOUSANDS ATTEND HINDU > > CONGREGATION AT PANJIM> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"> > > > Message-ID: > > <871968.7887...@web33003.mail.mud.yahoo.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset=utf-8> > Goa is becoming the favourite hobby horse of these > > right-wing groups. Goa is everything they despise, progressive, liberal and > > visibly Catholic. Get ready for more and more of these Bollywood dance > > numbers to take place in Goa. The way to combat this is for moderate Hindus > > of Goa to get together and run these organisations out of Goa. There is no > > place for these people in Goa. Incidentally, I came across this letter from > > an American newspaper in 1961. It was written by George O. Fowler.> > ?But > > the Hindu Goan is Goan first and then Hindu. He does not in his heart > > regard his Christian or Moslem neighbor as a stranger to be despised?It is an amazing characteristic of Goan life, that as keenly religious as the Goans are, they heartily respect their neighbour?s creed, whatever it may be. There are no anathemas, no offenses, no slights, no comparisons, and no discriminations. Hindu Goan, Moslem Goan and Christian Goan are cordial to one another in both public life and private, in a manner that many other parts of the world would do well to imitate.?> > What a long way we have come from 1961.> > Best,> Selma _ Show them the way! Add maps and directions to your party invites. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/events.aspx
Re: [Goanet] Cow Slaughter
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Dear Goannetters, A lot of hue and cry is being heard about cow slaughter. Different communities have different customs. Some eat beef, others do not. Yet all of us are called to avoid as much as possible "red meat" by medical professionalists. I found the following write-up which may help us to see how relative this custom is. If we can discuss about non-existence of God in this Forum, we can certainly hear different opinions about "cow slaughter". Regards. Fr.Ivo "Hindus eating Beef ? Posted by: "Raymond Silveira" mangaloreancathol...@gmail.com madscientisttz Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:42 am (PST) Any references to the beef-eating past of ancient Hindus have finally been deleted from Indian school textbooks, after a three-year campaign by religious hardliners. For almost a century history books for primary and middle schools told how in ancient India beef was considered a great delicacy among Hindus-especially among the highest caste-and how veal was offered to Hindu deities during special rituals. The offending chapters have been deleted from new versions of the books which were delivered to schoolchildren last week. However, the National Council of Educational Research and Training [NCERT], which bears responsibility for the texts, now seems to be unhappy with the changes, which were agreed to by a former NCERT director. NCERT counsel Prashant Bhushan said that ancient Hindus were indeed beef-eaters and the council should not have distorted historical facts by deleting the chapters. "NCERT has committed a mistake by dropping those facts from the textbooks. It is a victory for Hindu fundamentalists who have lodged a misinformation campaign. Historians should unite against this cowardice by the council [NCERT]," said noted Kolkata historian Ashish Bosh Much of this current debate began in 2001 when Professor DN Jha published his book, The Myth of the Holy Cow: Professor Jha stumbled upon the facts relating to the presence of beef in pre-Islamic Vedic India two years ago, while researching Indian dietary habits. He says there is plenty of historical evidence to support the theory. An ancient Hindu text, the Manusmriti (200BC to 200AD), lists the cow as one of several animals whose meat can be eaten. A mention is also made, he says, in one of the two great Indian epics - the Mahabharata - which speaks of beef being a delicacy served to esteemed guests". http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/003484.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1482614.stm
[Goanet] Fw: Florida Court Sets Atheist Holy Day!...
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[Goanet] Have The Catholic Goan Weddings Lost It's Charm?
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[Goanet] Opinion: Abject lesson
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[Goanet] Mumbai: Socialite activists
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:40:30 +1100 From: "Ruby Goes" Ain't life grand? http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1220513 Excerpt from the article: "The palpable outrage that most South Bombay socialites felt after the terror attacks in November last year resulted in some serious soul searching, politician bashing, sms messaging, Facebook emailing, group marching and candle burning." Mario observes: No amount of soul searching would have prevented the Mumbai Massacre because it was carried out by suicidal Pakistani terrorists. The Pakistan government refers to them as non-state-actors, and apparently the Indian government has been unable to provide any evidence connecting them to the Pakistan government, in spite of public assertions that they "must be". This article is a cynical piece apparently by a columnist who exploits socialites for a living, by bashing them. Life is always grand for socialites - which is why they are called socialites:-)) I have no problem with what they choose to do as long as they are using their own money and keep out of my way or impede anyone else's activities. What I would like to know is what the Indian authorities are doing to bring their security systems up to world standards. 1. Are the Black Cats being deployed around the country? 2. Are local police departments in major cities adding SWAT teams? 3. Are the intel procedures being improved? 3. Are the security specialists being provided with custom fitted bullet proof vests, night vision goggles, communications intercepting and jamming equipment, bullet proof vehicles, specialized training, etc.? If someone has any information on such isssues I, for one, would like to know.
[Goanet] Goa books anyone?
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Re: [Goanet] America - The Altruistic Society
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:33:05 -0500 From: "Roland Francis" That Canada lives under the wings of the USA is an urban myth and one that I am glad you brought up, allowing me to debunk it. Mario responds: Roland, Baseless assertions, unfounded in fact, do not debunk anything. Everyone knows that Canada depends on the USA even for those who want to live and but are trapped in health care waiting lines. Here is a list of your incredible assertions, with my comments interspersed, followed by some real examples of American altruism: 1. Pierre Trudeau a francophone, firmly established the independence of Canada in the comity of nations and made it respected, strong and a byword for fairness. MG Comment: You must be kidding. Perhaps you haven't been there long enough to know that your head of state is an aging while lady from Britain. 2 a. As far as defence goes, until the follies of the post Jean Chretien administrations of fighting the Afghan war as a proxy of the United States, Canada was never on any terrorist shortlist. 2b. There will never be any threat to Canada from other nations because of its geographical isolation and its policies. MG Comment: Why would any terrorist bother about a country that is happy to allow them free reign to terrorize anyone they want around the world? 3. The USA pushed NAFTA down Canada's throat and in the name of preferential trade, made it a branch plant of the United States. In the name of buying our lumber and our oil, the US emasculates us. MG Comment: Doesn't this contradict your previous assertion of not-so-fierce sovereignty and independence? BTW, how does a buyer emasculate a willing supplier of goods and services? 4. but who says that we cannot export to the rest of the world what we now export solely to the United States? Who says we should not form strategic trade alliances with Europe, Asia and South America? MG Comment: The fact that you haven't done so. 5. Poof, Mario we are under no body's wing. We don't need the USA - they need us. If only our short-sighted politicians could see that. MG Comment: So, let me see, a) Canada pays obeisance to an aging white British lady as their head of state, b) no self-respecting terrorist bothers about Canada because Canada does not object to what they do, and c) the US has "emasculated" Canada and "forced" NAFTA down its throat, even though it is a brave, sovereign and independent country that doesn't need NAFTA but signed it anyway. I think you have my case for me, better than I could. Oh, regarding American altruism, beyond the voluntary expenditure of lives and treasure in the epic liberation of 50 million Muslims from Muslim tyrants, being first on the scene to rescue Indonesians after the tsunami, helping mostly-Muslim Kosovo and Albania become and maintain Independence in the face of opposition by the feckless Europeans, face down the entire world to provide India with the ability to be self-sufficient in nuclear electric power, here is a little tidbit that you may not have been made aware of in the fiercely anti-liberation-for-others Canadian media, with the exception of www.canada.com, featured below: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/15/georgebush.usa http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/01/world.aids.day/ http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=1132130
[Goanet] Video on the founder of Hospicio, Margao
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[Goanet] Borges and the script issue
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[Goanet] Mangalorean beauty Freida Pinto Shines at 2009 Critics' Choice Awards
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Re: [Goanet] Freida Pinto at the Golden Globe awards
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[Goanet] [JudeSundayReflections] 2nd Sunday of the Year
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Re: [Goanet] THOUSANDS ATTEND HINDU CONGREGATION AT PANJIM
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[Goanet] Sweets for the mourning
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Re: [Goanet] What's on in Goa :: Jan 2009 (feasts and festivals)
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2009/1/12 JoeGoaUk :
> I wonder if the 'Almanac de parade' is still
> available in Goa ( like A3 size large poster)
> Which was the Festival guide for all
> including the 'Feri; people like Khajem, Pernim etc
> Those days, a man used to come house to
> house for selling Almanac etc
> He used to say/shout 'Betina, Bentina,
> Almanac de Parade etc etc
Interesting issue, Joe. I haven't seen it for a couple of years or
more... This was written earlier this decade, can't recall when. FN
GUARDING GOA'S WALLS... FOR A HUNDRED YEARS OVER TIME
By Frederick Noronha
PANJIM (Goa): This is the story of a quaint publication; once it marked each
passing day in the life of a generation of Goans, but today is largely
forgotten.
'Almanac de Parede' is a kind of a 'wall calendar' that has completed a
quiet centenary of its publication from the South Goa town of Margao. This
event would have gone almost totally unnoticed had it not been for the
persistence of a Dutchman.
"Almanac de Parede is basically a double A3 piece of paper, printed black
and white, very traditional. The AdP listing all saints' (days) and all
feasts in all Goan parochies in all districts and some postal (and other)
info. It is available in Margao may be less outside," explains Patrice
Reimens, an Amsterdam-based researcher curious about encountering varied
cultures across the globe.
Reimes was keen to lay his hands on a couple of copies, one for a friend in
Romania, where they have "exactly the same, typically Catholic thing".
But, in the past, the almanac wasn't just a quaint collectors item. At its
peak it sold some 5000 copies, according to 74-year-old Elsa Correia,
daughter of the founder of this publication, Joaquim Filipe Roque Correia,
who first published it in the year 1903.
It is still published in the Portuguese language, probably one of the very
few publications in Asia in that language. Goa's last Portuguese-language
daily, O Heraldo, shifted to the English language in 1983, due to dwindling
readership in the tongue of the former colonial rulers of what currently is
India's smallest state.
Elsa Correia, fighting shy of the publicity and the credit for carrying out
the publication, says after the death of her father, it was run by her late
brother Domingos. She has taken over the reigns, "not as a business, but
just to continue and serve the readers", as she put it.
"He (my father Joaquim Correa) was a calendarist -- and knew everything
regarding calendards, including religious calendars. He was the proprietor
of Tipografia Progressa ('Tipography' is Portuguese for 'printing press')
located behind Margao's Holy Spirit Church," Correia recalls.
After his death in 1968, it was continued by his son, pharmacist Domingos
Coreia. "It contains many useful information, and it is the only annual
publication in Portuguese language in Goa. I've received letters from Italy
and elsewhere (voicing interest about it)", she says.
Currently the print-run is 1500 copies. Much of the calendar focuses on
giving a run-up on which saint's feast falls on which day of the year. There
are also details of the full moon, new-moon and quarter-moon dates, feasts
of various churches and 'zatras' (temple festivals) around Goa, postal
rates, bank and commercial holidays.
In the past, it cost 25 paise. Today, the price is six rupees for the single
newspaper-sized sheet, printed on one side.
Septuagenarian Correa says she doesn't have a calculation of the time spent
to bring out this publication. "I sit anytime and do it, and need to see
other calendards or consult those (knowing accurately) Hindu festive days.
Some feasts change their dates, so as to fall on a Sunday. But in villages
like Chandor, the feasts are always fixed," she adds.
She says the press run by the family once brought out other publications.
But it became old and there was "nobody interested in supervising". The
earlier generation has to cope with advancing age, and youngsters are not
necessarily interested.
"He (my father) taught me about calendaring. Now I need to revise (those
principles)," she jokes.
As if to mark the changing times, there is a new set of calendars in Goa.
But these are more likely to be in Marathi or English, only a few published
in Goa, and many coming from the much larger and more-vibrant publishing
houses of nearby Maharashtra, focussing primarily on an area which is
culturally not wholly dissimilar from t
Re: [Goanet] Feasts in January
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Dear Joaquim, Thanks for your inputs. Please post your comments to goa...@goanet.org Probably the list only covers the 'bigger' events, but it would be nice for everyone to add details about the events which they are aware of in Goa. FN 2009/1/12 Joaquim De Souza : > Dear Frederick, > > You have left out St. Sebastian's Feast in Arpora on the 20th of January > > Kind Regards > > Joaquim -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org M: +91-9822122436 P: +91-832-2409490
[Goanet] Ref: Have The Catholic Goan Weddings Lost It's Charm Over The Years ?
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Have The Catholic Goan Weddings Lost It's Charm Over The Years ? Weddings outdo any other celebrations in Goa. This has been going on for ages and looking back at things, I feel sad to say that the Catholic Goan Weddings have lost it's charm over the years. I would like to bring forth the customs, traditions and oneness of not just the community but of the whole area coming together and celebrating the "event". I am sure, in different parts of Goa there might have been different sets customs or traditions or rituals. I am talking of the normal weddings, we had in our village of NUEM, Cabo-de-Rama. Once the wedding date was set, the hectic preparations would get underway, to get the house painted, set dates with tailors to come home and stitch dresses for the bride and the whole family, so too at the grooms place, then one had to run around, to get the required documents for the civil registration, once documents were ready the next step would be to set the date for the civil registration, wherein mostly, only the immediate family members of both parties would be present, followed by a meal together, that the groom would willingly pay for. The next step would be, the letter taken form the Registrar, to be given to the Parish Priest for the announcement of the "3-chitteo", to be read on three consecutive Sundays, it was customary at our place for the bride to wear the "chudo" heap of multi coloured glass bangles on both hands prior to the first "chitt", it was "mama's" (mom's bro) responsibility to "decorate" the arms of the bride with "chudo", next step is the day of the "1st chitt", after the reading of the "chitt" the bride/groom is directly taken to her/his "mama's house and she/he has to drink a glass of water, juice or "peje udok" (kunjie water) offered by the "mama". After the 1st chitt, the whole village use to be a buzz with "kusur pusur" (whispered talk) regarding the bride or the groom and their wedding, some good, some gossip and for most, excitement. Next step is buying clothes for the bride and family members, mostly all the Aunts were given a sari each and first cousins are given dress pieces or pant pieces. The "mama" also presented the bride with a red or red and white coloured cotton dress piece called the "sallo" to be worn (home dress) on the on the second day at the brides place. Next the tailor was brought and when the "sallo" material was cut, fire crackers were lit to herald the cutting of "mama's sallo", in the mean time the bride would be busy getting her "dennem" ready, clothes, bed sheets, pillow cases, towels, kerchiefs, etc. The gold jewelry and rest of the things if any were kept ready much before the big day. Next came the physically taxing and very complex process of personal invitations to all the relatives close or distant, it doesn't matter, this had always been a very sensitive issue, all through the years till today, and if you missed someone even unknowingly, God forbid The so called "relations" would never let you forget the folly till you died. About 10 to 12 days before the wedding, the "roshie" is put up, a few square meters of land is cleared and cleaned, either at the back or at the side of the house, the "roshie" is the official fire place for all the cooking for the wedding celebrations, it has traditionally five fire wood cooking slots, prepared with utmost care with red mud plastered on strong unmovable stones, once this is dried up (a couple of days later) the whole "roshie" along with the surrounding area are coated with cow dung and made to look spick and span. A "kuris" (Cross) of "piddo" (midrib of palm leaf) was made and planted firmly right in the middle of the back portion of the "roshie" and there is also always a new unbaked earthen pot kept on the last cooking slot. The "rohsie" is then covered with a "matov" sort of shade and protection of netted palm leaves on the sides and on top supported by wooden planks. The first time the stones are planted for the "roshie" fire crackers are lit to do the needful announcement. Then comes the last week leading up to the wedding and the activities hit the peak as we have "bikreanchem jevonn" where in the whole village was invited. The night prior to the "jevonn" (around 7.30 PM) the villagers (men, women and children) and some from the nearby villages (Hindus and Christians) come to help to prepare the "dal" o
[Goanet] What's on in Goa :: Jan 2009 (feasts and festivals)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com [Goanet] What's on in Goa :: Jan 2009 (feasts and festivals) I think Janury 16 is Sancoale Feast Blessed Jose Vaz Our Lady of Livra Febres at Consua (near Verna-Nagoa) usually later this month St. Threza of Jesus feast just held in Chauri, Canacona Feast of St. Sebastiao at some way side crosses & chapels and church on Jan 20 You can confirm or add more on the list for this month. or send in details for next month like Carnival 21st, Feast on 2nd etc if you know. I wonder if the ‘Almanac de parade’ is still available in Goa ( like A3 size large poster) Which was the Festival guide for all including the ‘Feri; people like Khajem, Pernim etc Those days, a man used to come house to house for selling Almanac etc He used to say/shout ‘Betina, Bentina, Almanac de Parade etc etc Soon, people got betina FREE as souvenir at people’s month’s mind or anniversary masses. Quote http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-January/172554.html joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] Short Documentary on Fr. Antonio Joao de Miranda, founder of Hospicio Hospital
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994) Presented by Ulysses Menezes, www.goa-world.com Moderated by Gaspar Almeida Short Documentary on Fr. Antonio Joao de Miranda, Founder of Hospicio Hospital Based on an article from Late Zito Almeidaʼs Konknni book, "Goy Mhojea Sopnantlem Painnem", a short documentary titled "PRESCRIPTION OF CHARITY" on Rev. Fr. Antonio Joao de Miranda, founder of Hospicio Hospital, Margao, is conceptulized and narrated by Walter Menezes. In the book, the author has ensured to bring it to light to the new generation who may not know this great soul who established "Hospicio do Sagrado Coracão de Maria"! On a fund-raising mission one day, a wealthy man spits on his hand. But Fr. Miranda, in all humility says, “Hi luti tunvem mhaka dili mhunn Dev borem korum. Atam hospisek kitem tuzo duddvancho adhar diuncho asa to di.” [This spit is for me. May you be Blessed. Now kindly donate some money for the Hospicio]. So touched is the man that he not only gives but also asks to be forgiven. Hospicio Hospital is considered an unique edifice in its own right. Fr. Miranda died on January 20, 1891. The documentary is 4.40 minutes duration with the Camera, Editing and Direction by Melwyn Pereira and Dale Menezes. The documentary has been partly shoot at the residence of Jasmina/Antonio Pereira at Navelim, Salcette. Special Thanks: Dr. Ruando E J J de Sa, Medical Superintendent, Hospicio Hospital. The documentary can be viewed at the following links. http://ishare.rediff.com/filevideo-PRESCRIPTION-OF-CHARITY-id-551658.php or: visit www.ishare.rediff.com and then go to "OTHER" category. As in the past, the Founder's Day will be celebrated with a Mass by Hospicio Hospital on Tuesday, 20th January 2009 at its Chapel, the day Fr Miranda died. Report by: Gaspar Almeida Associate, www.goa-world.com Links: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aldona-net/message/4674 “Goy, Mhojea Sopnantlem Painnem”, a book of Konkanni articles written by Late Zito Almeida, and published by ZI-AL Prakaxon, Banda-Assolna, deals with the language, religion, lifestyle of Goans and the land of Goa, and is book is of great importance to the future generation as it can be used for research. The book is dedicated to the Memories of Late Fr. Lactancio Almeida s.f.x. and Late Servos Menezes. [GoaNewsClips] Goa World Goa Mog Goa SuRaj Super Goa (em Português) TGF Writers' Sketchpad www.colaco.net www.goa-world. .com/goa/ music/ - The Online Music Station for KONKANI Mahableshwar http://www.mahables hwar.com St. Mary's High School - Mt Abu, Rajasthan India http://www.abusms. com GOA MAG ONLINE http://www.goamag.net
Re: [Goanet] THOUSANDS ATTEND HINDU CONGREGATION AT PANJIM
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Goa is becoming the favourite hobby horse of these right-wing groups. Goa is everything they despise, progressive, liberal and visibly Catholic. Get ready for more and more of these Bollywood dance numbers to take place in Goa. The way to combat this is for moderate Hindus of Goa to get together and run these organisations out of Goa. There is no place for these people in Goa. Incidentally, I came across this letter from an American newspaper in 1961. It was written by George O. Fowler. “But the Hindu Goan is Goan first and then Hindu. He does not in his heart regard his Christian or Moslem neighbor as a stranger to be despised…It is an amazing characteristic of Goan life, that as keenly religious as the Goans are, they heartily respect their neighbour’s creed, whatever it may be. There are no anathemas, no offenses, no slights, no comparisons, and no discriminations. Hindu Goan, Moslem Goan and Christian Goan are cordial to one another in both public life and private, in a manner that many other parts of the world would do well to imitate.” What a long way we have come from 1961. Best, Selma > --- On Sun, 1/11/09, augusto pinto > wrote: > > > >The real statement that was made came from the sight of > buses, jeeps > >and other vehicles with number plates from Maharashtra, > Karnataka, > >Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, sporting saffron flags that > came > >streaming in to attend the rally. They were mainly > packed with men. > >Also the number of swamis and Hindutva leaders from > outsde the state > >making their presence felt. These people broadcasted > the message that > >they are ready to come to Goa to take action. Against > whom? > > > >
[Goanet] The Bell - Monday-muse (12 Jan’09)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com MONDAY MUSE (12 January 2009) THE BELL Zen stories have been a big favourite with me. They highlight profound truth in very few words. One story tells of a new student seized by a sincere desire to learn. At the very first meeting with his master, he asked how he should prepare himself for his training. "Think of me a bell," the master explained. "Give me a soft tap, and you will get a tiny ping. Strike hard and you'll receive a loud, resounding peal." Life is like that. To make the most of it, we must give it our all. We need to be unbridled in our attitude and make the most of every prospect that comes our way. Somebody said it so well, “If it is going to be, it is up to me.” So the next time, we see the bell of opportunity, let’s realise that our strike will decide the resonance. To BE BETTER at striking the bell of potential expectation… Let’s remember that it is we who control the reverberation! - Pravin K. Sabnis 12 January 2009, Goa, India. A life coach with a passion to connect people to their passion & potential, PRAVIN K. SABNIS employs creative competencies in theatre & trekking in his UNLEARNING UNLIMITED workshops conducted for leading corporate & other groups. The MONDAY MUSE series (based on JCI-India’s annual theme) was started on the first Monday of the year 2004. Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
[Goanet] 1750 map of Goa
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Nice 1750 map of Goa (costs $5 from this site, go to the bottom of the page): http://stock-images.antiqueprints.com/stock/india-maps.html Can anyone tell me where I could get other old maps of Goa? -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org M: +91-9822122436 P: +91-832-2409490
[Goanet] God and You
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com My dear brothers and sisters. Today the Roman Catholic Church speaks about the baptism of Jesus. At thirty Jesus received baptism. He wanted to be baptised and be with the Lord. It was here that God openly declared that Jesus was the son of God. We were baptised when we did not know anything. What does baptism mean to us ? Practically nothing for we are not born with the Lord. For Roman Catholics the religion means studying something by heart and reciting like a parrot. We were forcefully asked to study cathesism. How many of us really know the meaning of living God ? We still believe in statues and give so much importance that the word of God mean nothing to us. That is the reason there is practically no change with each and every one who visit the catholic church. Had we to read the scriptures and nourished by the words in that we would be another person altogether. We are the same persons from the time we were born. We are parrots who can recite everything while our hearts are filled with dirt.How many of us really know who Jesus is ? Jesus is the son of man born to a virgin through the power of God. Jesus is the way of life and those who go to him will be saved because he is the gap between man and God. Only those who believe in Jesus believe in God and only those who have faith in Jesus have faith in the one who have sent him. The bible gives us strength. It gives us peace. It gives us courage to live into this troubled world. Many of our sicknesses and worries would have blown away only if we knew there was the creator who gave you life and promised to look after you. Only if we knew that just as we think we love God whom we cannot see we had to love His creations the world would have been a better place to live. Today we have faith in man rather than God. Jerimias chapter 12 tells us what happens when we have too much trust in Man and have trust in God. Do we have time to read then read Jerimias chapter by chapter and see what the Lord has to say. Jermias was found talking directly to God and God was talking to him too. Instead of reciting unwanted prayers half of it we are not aware what we are saying it is better to close our eyes and just think of our loving God and talk to Him and tell him what you want. Our father which we recite like parrots during rosary, funerals and every time we think we can pray has many steps. Albert de Souza _ Much more than email – don't miss out on the rest of the Windows Live™. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/
[Goanet] Heart to Heart: Peace for Jonathan and fish for the meek
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Heart to Heart By Ethel Da Costa Peace for Jonathan and fish for the meek By Ethel Da Costa . Jonathan Livingston Seagull has a strange way of pulling me out of my hole time and again mind-boggling aerodynamics in my mind teasing me with phrases weaving words in my brain again and again dreams of flying so high you could burn your wings. 'Hey, quit it, will you?' 'Have you seen what time of the night it is?' 'I'm stuffed and I want to sleep.' Pleasantly patiently flight by flight spilling ink setting a trap squawks of joy resounding in my head my heart crashing and picking heading for starlight. 'Hey, watch it, showoff! You're gonna land on your face!' but I know I won't and even if I do He will pick me up again and again seventy times seven till my sins are washed by the blood of the loving father. So, let me tell you a little story of Jonathan who jumped out of the black hole and ate up my fish. He said I could fly. He said I was free... (Eve's Revenge: Stories of Nemesis/Broadway Book Centre/Panjim/2008) Dear Jesus, I know time is just a blink of your eyelash, but it's a brand New Year and I'm sending you a big hug. Make that three, from your two guardians living in my home and since my Mom will now complain, one from her too. I don't know about my neighbour, but I had a blissful, peaceful Christmas traveling back into the bosom of my childhood recollections, watching bright stars dot the dark blanket of the night sky as the chill of the evening spread its hands all over the grass and twinkling fairy lights of my village. A soft breeze danced through the palm leaves, a sliver of the moon hanging just there waiting for our courtyard to burst into firecrackers..while little children in my family home rushed to place your baby image into the spanking crib and its prickly new sprouting millet (ragi) grass. As everyone ripped apart the presents under the Christmas tree, and me, mine as well, a flashlight buzzed in my head as a note caught my attention. It was a letter marked to me. The envelope simply read: The Optimist's Creed. As I picked it up, a shot of adrenalin boosted through my veins.. It read: I Promise Myself by philosopher Christian D Larson. * To be so strong that nothing can disturb my peace of mind. * To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person I meet. * To make all my friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them. * To look at the sunny side of everything and make my optimism come true. * To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best. * To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own. * To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. * To wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature I meet. * To give so much time to improving myself that I have no time to criticize others. * To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble. * To think well of myself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words, but in great deeds. * To live in the faith that the whole world is on my side, so long as I am true to the best that is in me. As my tired head hit the pillow that late night, it was a dreamy sleep that woke me up to the sound of my mother waking me to go to church. As my cousin rang her beautiful voice in gratitude to you, I found myself crying into my daughter's borrowed handkerchief. How beautiful is your unconditional love and your lessons in humility. You never fail to simply amaze me with your simplicity. So, when the stresses of life and work snatch my precious hours of sleep, I try hard to hold on to the calming murmurs of your lullaby, sometimes drowning the yelling in my head for deadlines and reports, with your simply truth that the material world belongs to those who seek glory of the body.. How amazing to be swaddled by nothing, but the warmth of love and hay for someone as mighty and learned as you. How amazing to have you in my life. It's strange, isn't it, how people think they need to go to `holy' places to seek you, while you continue to live in our midst.I have since decided that nothing else matters, than to find peace with oneself on a day-to-day promise that I will be good to myself, for only when you love yours
[Goanet] Ref: Thanks for Goa
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com In support of: Message: 4 Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:36:21 +0400 From: "Arwin Mesquita" Subject: [Goanet] Thanks for Goa Dear Goanetters, Arwin has wonderfully summed up the present pseudo scenario, created by our elite corrupt politicians, that's very much eminent in Goa at the moment. They leave no stone unturned to make people believe, that what they are doing in the name of development, is good for Goa and Goans, and are trying to pursue their evil goals through whatever means, like fear, money, intimidation and even harassment. They have the money, muscle and the law with them. A lot of people are still confused and their minds are still paralyzed, may be from fear or the repercussions, that may come their way, if opposed to the power of the politicians. If we let fear rule us, is life worth living ? We all know the saying, united we stand and divided we fall, if we stand united, no one will dare touch us, instead of drinking our own tears, let us stand united with the people who are willing to fight for us and support them, to support our genuine causes. We may have to sacrifice a few things, but I am sure, through the sacrifices will come joys in abundance. Don't loose hope when the corrupt system tries to use delaying and intimidating tactics but should show all the more resolve to fight and overcome the obstacles. At this moment I remember a poem that I had read in College and I have still preserved it in my file with all my certificates - It's All In The State Of Mind "If you think you are beaten, you surely are, If you think you dare not, you better don't; If you think you'd like to win but you can't, It's almost a "cinch" you won't If you think you'll lose, you've already lost, For out in the world you'll find success begins with a fellow's will. It's all in the state of mind. Full many a race is lost, ere even a race is run, And many a coward fails, ere even his war's begun. Think big, and your deeds will grow, Think small and you fall behind, Think that you can, and you surely will; It's all in the state of mind. If you think you are outclassed, you surely are, You've got to think high to rise; You've got to be sure of yourself before you can win a prize. Life's battle doesn't always go to the strongest or the fastest man, But sooner or later, the man who wins is the fellow who thinks HE CAN. It's all in the state of mind." Let's all fortify with a will to win and strengthen our resolve to fight on, no matter what "prism effect" the politicians throw at us. Lets all stand in unison with the Activists and help them to help us save Goa for us and for our future generations. Freddy Agnelo Fernandes The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or otherwise placing reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful in certain legal jurisdictions. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __
[Goanet] Conflicts
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Marshal Mendonza wrote on Fri Jan 9 00:39:37 PST 2009 In fact Jews and Muslims share many common similarities. Vinay : This is untrue. The fact is, on closer examinations it is Hindus who appears to be compatible to a considerable degree to Jews. Both Hindus and Jews are ancient civilizations, with a long and illustrious history which dates back thousands of years. Both emerged into an era of post-colonial sovereignty from British rule which left lasting imprints on the two nascent independent societies. Both religions maintained a strong commitment to values of tolerance, pluralism and liberty in domestic political environments. Both had to undergo brutal homicide, Jews in the hand of Nazi Hitler and Hindus by barbaric Muslim invaders followed by Portuguese and British colonialists. Both these religions maintained glorious Diaspora mostly in the United States by maintaining strong bond with their respective countries of origin simultaneously giving valuable contribution to the host countries. Marshall wrote : Both wear skull caps. Both grow beards. Both wear distinctive clothes. The birth of both religions took place in the same region. Both abhor pork and pork products. Both only eat kosher / halal meat. Both take names from the Old Testament eg: Jacob and Yacub, Abraham and Ibrahim, Joseph and Yusuf. Vinay : These can be few similarities between Muslims and Jews but on the contrast Pakistani and Palestenian Muslims have one thing in common, They cannot put their own house in order. They cannot argue without violence. They understand the only language of Jehadi terrorism , suicide bombings and AK47s. Another commonality between India and Israel is that both countries have hostile terror sponsoring neighbors. Vinay
[Goanet] Richard Francis Burton
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com In the nineteen century, many University scholars and researchers in Western Europe took keen interest in the philosophies of the Eastern world. First they learnt the local languages and became expert linguists. then they studied the sacred scriptures and translated them in English language. They did not necessarily looked at the eastern world through Vatican or Church of England eyes. Collectively they were known as Orientalists. Most of the Hindu scriptures which were in Sanskrit language were not easily accessible to Hindus in general. Only when these English translations were available the Hindus of India became more familiar with their religious traditions. Richard Francis Burton was one of the Orientalists.
[Goanet] LEGISLATURES DAY
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com January 9th Jan 09 saw all Legislatures past and present celebrating this day at the Assembly Complex.A talk on government,police and common citizens security concerns by the Chief Secretary and IGP was organised.This would be a good occasion to talk about how to improve quality of debate and service to people they represent and such matters. But No! What is reported discussed is the usual yearly Resolutions coming out regarding further hike in pensions,salaries/perks, and now allotment of plots and computers for all! There is nothing about improving parliamentary procedures for the aam admi. Newspaper reports indicate former ministers,parliamentary secretaries add to the list of security police have to provide in addition to for example 33 Nos for the Speaker and 37 Nos for the CM whilst the North and South Goa police Commands have only 13 and 14 cops respectively to spare for the aam admi ! This makes people angry and is not acceptable! Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
[Goanet] Like it or not, Hinglish is here to stay
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com > > That is because people are retarded and do not realizewhat they are > loosing. But they will chase after people during Valentines Day. Who gives a > damn for that dumb day. Get your languages and cultures in order bros. Allow > me to present examples from Marathi. I cannot tell you how long ago it has > been since I heard supremely Marathi educated Martahi speakers who have also > have a solid understanding of English (much better than my kitchen English > (I am partly being tongue in cheek)) use words like rugna vahika for an > ambulance, agni shaman dal for fire brigade, upyojit kala for applied art, > damta for a large cake (ex. a lrage wedding one), vruksh for a large tree > say a banyan tree, ufratha for reverse, upodughat for introduction, gavyi > for singer. This is plain laziness, and a misunderstanding of where we are > headed or as my dad would say hajamgiri (with out the froth). Forget words related to region, affection, sexuality, consciousness.Oh, forget it. This could be a good topic just in terms of our education if there are any takers. What would you call a pedophilepriest for instance? How about having an affair? What is the wordfor primitive. Please do not say adivasi. Whast is post-modern? How about leprosy? Venantius From: "Goanet News" Subject: [Goanet] Like it or not, Hinglish is here to stay Like it or not, Hinglish is here to stay 12 Jan 2009, hrs IST, IANS It's called Hinglish, and linguists have declared after a two-day meet that the home-grown interspersing of Hindi and English is here
[Goanet] History of India
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Reminder . . . Tomorrow (Monday) on PBS (8:00pm EST) EPISODE 3: Spice Routes & Silk Roads 200 BCE–300 CE The next episode in the story of India takes us to the early centuries CE, the time of the Roman Empire in the west, and to "the happiest time in the history of the world" as the historian Edward Gibbon put it. EPISODE 4: Ages of Gold 300 CE–1000 CE Episode Four is the story of India in the Middle Ages, when India had a series of great flowerings of culture, both in the north and the south. In this episode Michael Wood shows us some of the amazing achievements of medieval India. > > > INDIA > > The PBS/BBC Channel aired the first two episodes last night. > Fantastic! > > Visit the very comprehensive website: > http://www.pbs.org/thestoryofindia > > It is well worth a visit. > > ENJOY & Be proud! _ Drag n’ drop—Get easy photo sharing with Windows Live™ Photos. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/photos.aspx
[Goanet] EDITORIAL: The Rustic in Townsman (NT)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com The Rustic in Townsman EDITORIAL Posted on 2009-01-12 THE removal of 'gadas' from Panaji?s streets at the directive of the High Court provides a golden opportunity for city planners and administrators to do something on a permanent basis in order to rid the capital city of the ?gada nuisance?. We do not mean any disrespect to the livelihood or social status of those who own and operate those mobile-turned-immobile kiosks. They are mostly people who earn a low income from retailing various products or selling homemade snacks. We have all the sympathy for them. Those who have been removed ? must be rehabilitated the soonest possible. It would be better and more wholesome if the High Court could simultaneously have the authorities give a deadline and blueprint for rehabilitation. The gada owners live from day to day, and many of them might already be financially troubled by the loss of business for so many days. Their rehabilitation has to be taken up on an urgent basis and not left to bureaucratic mercies that could take a generation for the alternative to materialize ? and most likely unsatisfactorily. We have to understand that roadside kiosks or carts or footpath vendors are a creation of a centuries-old culture that has seen markets in our country only in that form. Malls, stores and pucca shopping streets are of recent origin, and people still do not find it as comfortable to shop at these centres as at a market which resembles more like the weekly or biweekly haat that used to be held in different parts of the state. Organised shops in a concrete ambience have a formal code, whereas these village haats had a totally informal atmosphere. The gadas and footpath vendors are there therefore because a large number of people are culturally attuned to patronise them. The gadas being a two-way affair ? that is, a large number of people patronising them and a number of poor people finding low-income self-employment ? the High Court and the authorities would be ignoring a very important part of the shopping and vending culture we have had for ages. It is a cultural trait of the people that needs to be preserved, rather than bulldozed by the concrete, formal and forbidding store culture. This trait may not show in any architectural or art form, but it is still heritage and in a land that is inspired by Gandhi must be respected and promoted. We should set three objectives for ourselves: One, rid the Panaji streets and footpaths of all gadas. Two, provide the displaced gadas an alternative site. Three, provide their clientele continued enjoyment of easy and informal shopping at those gadas. By fulfilling these three objectives we will be taking care of all the three concerns: The integrity of capital?s streets, the livelihood of the gada owners and the cultural trait of the people. Let the city planners find one or more sites where the gadas must be located together. The selection of the sites must be done keeping in view the accessibility to the shopping people. These sites, once the gadas are in, would look like another municipal market but then that is what a majority of people feel comfortable with. Once all the gada owners displaced by the current drive have been rehabilitated in such sites, there must not be any gada allowed ever on the streets of the city. If any poor person wants to have a roadside business, he should be asked to look around anywhere else in the state but not in Panaji. If other cities and towns also follow Panaji and locate their roadside vendors in one or more sites, the new entrepreneur wanting to set up a gada should take a seat in one of those sites and not on the streets of Margao, Porvorim or Canacona. The state and city authorities may take advantage of some of the schemes of the central government in tackling this problem. For instance, the Union Ministry for Food Processing Industries is ready to grant a financial assistance of Rs 5 crore to Goa for setting up a ?Food Street? in the state. Why do not the state authorities find a site in Panaji for a ?Food Street? to rehabilitate food gadas? It would help residents get a wide range of and more hygienic food at one location. http://www.navhindtimes.com/story.php?story=2009011260
[Goanet] Freida Pinto at the Golden Globe awards
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[Goanet] Ref: Spurt In Ore Demand Recharges Mining
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Spurt In Ore Demand Recharges Mining Navhind Times 11 Jan 09 by Michael Fisher "Mining activity in Goa has picked up considerably due to a push in demand for iron ore and this is good news to the truckers and barges serving the industry." Reference to the above, what can I say in this time of utter chaos in the world markets ? Oil that had reached over 150 $ a barrel, is now around 40$ after seeing through the 30's, OPEC at once pulled back it's jockeys and cut down it's production to create a sort of shortage to demand, whereas in Goa, our mine owners backed by our like minded bureaucrats want to empty our nature given coffers of ore in a hurry. One can easily notice, greed prevailing logic. This particular article posted on none other than the "miners" favouring daily, but says nothing about the good news for the miners but goes on to say , good news for the truckers and the barge serving industry, who the hell owns major chunk of these two transporter facilities ? How many Goan (Aam Aadmi) own these trucks or the barges ? With the increase in mining activity, more ferocity will be unleashed on both men and mother earth a like, dig deeper into the earth's crust making it more vulnerable, more slit will be deposited in our water bodies choking their natural flow, more and more water bodies will be polluted and affected, more wells will run dry, ecology along with the our flora and fauna will be desecrated even further, even more of our fertile fields will be turned in to impotent barren waste lands, our already pathetic roads, depleted even further giving rise to more accidents and fatalities, our beautiful houses will look like the dust bags in a "hoover", not say the least about our lungs and the increase in lung related diseases - IS THIS GOOD NEWS FOR THE AAM AADMI ? Who are you kidding Mr. Fisher ? Freddy Agnelo Fernandes The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or otherwise placing reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful in certain legal jurisdictions. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __
[Goanet] Dr. Jack Sequeira
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Late Dr Jack Sequeira, former leader of Opposition of Goa is regarded as Father of the politically crucial Opinion Poll. It was because of him and many others that Goa is a separate state today and Goans "at least today" have a separate identity. In his respect, many people including current MLA's consistently honour him & appreciate him for his efforts for Goa & Goans; but the irony is that, these very same MLA's are actually working to destroy the very Goan Identity, Dr. Sequeira worked so hard to save. If these MLA's want to truly honour him, they should fight for the same cause he fought for, namely Goan Identity!! Arwin Mesquita (UAE) Please post your comments on my Blog: http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/ -- Please post your comments on my Blog: http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/
[Goanet] Goan Folk Dance: KUNNBI Dance
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Goan Folk Dance: KUNNBI Dance http://mx.youtube.com/watch?v=CuObKWpTCJ8 Pics http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk16/3188070501/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk16/3188070019/sizes/l/ Non-flickr may view here- with I extra pic a (Xit Codi also uploaded) Click on pic for bigger view http://www.goamag.net/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=44 joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
