[Goanet] Fwd: The cost of a gold medal

[Mervyn Lobo]

Folks,
I could not resist posting this one here.
Mervyn

--
Here is the spot price of an ounce of gold during the last few summer Olympics.

2000 = $275
2004 = $425
2008 = $950
2012 = $1,600

Re: [Goanet] The tale behind the tail(Mervyn Maciel/Gabe Menezes)

[Gabe Menezes]

On 3 August 2012 21:45, Roland.francis  wrote:

> Gabe,
> Let me try to take the devil out of the misunderstanding:
>
> There is an old man (the clubhouse) whose death (sale) will result in a
> financial bonanza for the relatives (members).
>
> While the old man lives, money is required for his sicknesses and his
> upkeep while his relatives continue to live in penury.
>
> Now, an armed burglary takes place and the old man is shot dead.
>
> Now should that event be considered a tragedy like Mervyn Maciel did, or a
> bonanza which you some members maintain it was.
>
> Perhaps like MM there are others who will take a windfall when they get it
> but  will rue it should it not come in the natural order of things.
>
> Roland.
>

RESPONSE:-

Roland,

Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of God...

Nice analogy;  I was at the meeting when it was proposed to sell the Club
House and Grounds, it was fait acompli, so there is nothing to be sad
about,  I had abstained but did not object, as there was no viable way
forward, we had come to the end of the road. It is true that to this day
there are many, including me, who have nostalgic feelings about the Club
House and there is a tinge of sadness.  To my knowledge it was only one
Person who wrote to the membership claiming that it was "a God send". To
this day the majority of the members are nonchalant about the whole episode
and do not see any progress despite assertions that sterling work is being
done by the Association.

My grouse was that persons who do not know the history, would feel that we
only lost the Club House because of an arson attack. The proceeds of the
Insurance monies and the of the sale of the Grounds were invested in a Flat
in East London. That was the easy bit, the hunt for Office space has
probably been put on the back burner. Quo Vadis is the tougher bit and
there is nothing, not even in the distant horizon.

Re: [Goanet] Sad Trip.................I Need Your Help!!!.....

[Mervyn Lobo]

>I'm writing this with tears in my eyes,my family and I came down here to
>Madrid Spain for a short vacation and we were mugged at gun point last 
>night at the park of the hotel where we lodged,all cash and credit card 
>stolen off us but luckily for us we still have our passports with us...
>
>We've been to the Embassy and the Police here,but they're not helping 
>issues at all they asked us to wait for 3weeks but we can't wait till 
>then and our flight leaves in few hours from now but we're having 
>problems settling the hotel bills and the hotel manager won't let us 
>leave until we settle the hotel bills,we are freaked out at the 
>moment...Well I really need your financially assistance...Please let me 
>know if you can help us out,Write me back so i can tell you how to get 
>it to me
---

Folks,
I read an article a few weeks ago that made me smile as it claimed that
the, "Nigerian 419 scam" is set up so as to quickly identify the gullible 
and the greedy.


If anyone answers the 'too good to be true' email with questions, the 
intended victim is quickly weeded out and dropped as the fraudster will 
not invest his time on a person that asks too many questions. 


The "Sad trip, I lost all my money," scam preys on another sentiment and 
includes the all important element of urgency. This time the fraudster is 
willing to give an answer to all questions as he knows he is only investing a 
day or two before he gets your cash.


The lesson here is that those who ask questions, do not lose their money.
And by extension, the more successful people are those who keep on asking
questions.


Mervyn2020

[Goanet] Beginning to see things for what they are_but may not be that easily apparent

[Venantius J Pinto]

I find the following comments from Saina Nehwal veery revealing and
heartening too. It seems as though that finally more Indians (as recently
observed in other circumstances) are slowly beginning to see things for
what they are: their strengths and weaknesses; what they need to rectify
(attempt to) and are saying things (being true to their beings), their
handlers may not like to hear.  Such expressions help the largely fearful,
frivolous and those who descent with regularity in to the bathetic (a fall
from grace/ a moving away from grace, if you will!)--see that things can be
done differently while also protecting oneself.

I remember while in Japan in 2008 during the Beijing Olympics, myself
attempting to shed light on some issues that cropped up on Chinese
athletes.

+

"Wang was too fast for me. She put me under pressure with her with parallel
game. I should have slowed down things but failed to do it," said Saina.

"I tried hard in some areas but she just did not allow me to settle down.
Wang was finishing off the points quickly and I could not counter that kind
of a game," explained Saina further.

Talking about her performance, Wang said: "I will try to get the gold medal
but I will also try to enjoy myself on the court."

"After winning this match, I have got more confidence now," added Wang.

+++

venantius j pinto

[Goanet] Reservations of Seats in Buses

[Ana Maria de souza-Goswami]

I agree with Nelson Lopes that conductors don't enforce the above. Many a 
time when I've used the bus, I demand that a man gets up from a seat 'Ladies 
Only', and they do. Once I took a bus from Mapusa to Moira. It was going to 
Aldona. Their were old ladies standing.
I told a man to get up, one of them did, told the other also. He refused. 
The bus conductor said, in not so many words, you are paying a Rs. 10/- 
ticket, this lady will file a complaint and I'll have to pay Rs. 800/-. He 
got up. Gave the seats to those two old ladies. I told them you have a 
right, exercise it.


Ana Maria de Souza-Goswami 

Re: [Goanet] What happens when Goa Police don't get their regular Matka Haftas?

[SOTER]

Same modus operandi is followed outside compund wall of Don Bosco and in many 
corners of Panjim city. The one near Vidhyut Bhavan has been going on for over 
a year now. Do we not see so many empty shops with just one or two sweet jars 
and some cigarette packs but a crowd at the counter? The guy near Electricity 
department will be back in a few days. Police has to show some arrests for the 
records. 

- Soter D'souza

[Goanet] For Kind Favour of Publication - 'Anna Hazare' and his 'New Political Alternative'

[floriano]

August 4, 2012

To,
The Editor,
Navhind Times,
Panjim.


Sir,

Subject: 'Anna Hazare'  and his 'New Political Alternative'

It was a treat to go through most of the English Dailies commenting on the 
subject of  "Pros and Cons of Anna going for a New Political Alternative", 
and,  by and large, I have settled for the base line projected by the 
Navhind Times' Edit "Anna's New Adventure",  which  ends like this:
" People do not choose their representative on moral lines. They choose them 
for their social pride (caste), efficiency and delivery (on private causes), 
protection  and other values. And they do not mind if their representative 
makes more money than he should "


However, I should like to think that the 'Editor' did have no 'gender malice' 
when he said  'he' (as above) and is believed to be universal in his 
understanding that people's representatives come in both genders, and, where 
the female ones, especially,  have been topping in this excellence of making 
more money than men ever thought about .. Example: 'Mayavati-bhen' of  UP.


From the very start, when Anna Hazare embarked on his nation-wide IAC 
campaign, trying to put the Parliament in a 'Straight-Jacket' with his 
passion 'the Jan-Lok Pal Bill',  I had thought that he was committing 
suicide, or,  was trying to tie-up the Nation's Parliament to a dead tree 
and flog it, like he did the drunks of his hometown ' RALEGAN SIDDHI '.  He 
should have had better sense  to realize what the Editor of Navhind Times 
has said as quoted above.


I do not, for a moment, fault Anna Hazare for wanting to establish a new 
political alternative. In fact, in those early days, I had said, many a 
times,  that he should sit around the drawing board to draw up the new 
political outfit that will have included the Jan Lok Pal Bill as well as all 
other Bills that are required for this Nation to walk the straight talk, in 
fact, a LEGO excellence, where every single piece fitted well into the 
scheme of things and not fool himself  to be considered a HERO, awash in 
lime-light, a second Gandhi in the making to the milling crowds which have 
ultimately done the vanishing act.


I am of the belief that there has to be a CLEAN SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE. And 
that,  this Clean System of Governance must be built on 'Self-sacrifice', 
'Dedication' and 'Commitment' to the State,  Nation, and  to NONE ELSE, in 
such a manner that there are no loop-holes left for the self-motivated 
governance wizards (of which this nation is full to the brim and would be 
the envy of the world if it was in this  export trade) to move in-and-out at 
will, holding the Courts of Law and the People of this nation to ransom. And 
when I say that there are no SAINTS on EARTH  but only in Heaven, it 
explains everything. Crooks are the foremost  to be drawn towards politics 
like the insects to light. And most often the political set-ups, aka 
political parties,  are provided by the CROOKS themselves which attract more 
CROOKS, not by dozens but by tons. The only way to keep the crooks at bay, 
or if enlisted, keep them on a leash,  is the SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE which 
cannot be manipulated. ever.  There is no guarantee  that  efforts will not 
be made to subvert the SYSTEM. But like in the words of First Premier of 
Singapore, Mr.  Lee Kuan Hu - they will get frustrated and leave by 
themselves through the back doors.


It would be another matter altogether if I was talking in air. Many people 
do just that  consuming a lot of newsprint which has gone, and will go,  in 
the waist baskets or to the local Bajjia wallas for food wraps. No, I have 
gone one step ahead and helped to set-up a SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE for this 
small state of GOA that not even  wizards like 'CHARLES SOBHRAJs' can seek 
to manipulate and get away with, a  SYSTEM  that has been designed and 
tailor-made for GOA .in the name and style of GOA SU-RAJ PARTY,  where those 
who would want to promote their own causes at the cost of state are extended 
the first invitations to come in and to try their luck.


Anna Hazare and his illustrious TEAM should endeavour to put in place such a 
SIMPLE and UNCOMPLICATED system of governance so that even the most 
strictest of JAN LOK PAL BILLS will be made redundant and unnecessary.


The guiding principle of 'SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD' must be the 
essence of such an exercise which is most often thought and/or found to be 
UNDEMOCRATIC.


And,  this will be the one and only  test to find out how many people in 
this nation are non-corrupt and non-corruptible.


Floriano Lobo
Gen. Secretary,
GOA SU-RAJ PARTY
9890470896
www.goasu-raj.org
E-mail: floriano.l...@gmail.com

[Goanet] Fw: SIR, GOANS ARE TOO ANGRY HELP US-Limit on carrying gold irks Indians

[Stephen Fernandes]

Subject: SIR, GOANS ARE TOO ANGRY HELP US TAKE ISSUES IN DELHI HELP US GOANS TO 
COME PEACEFUL LAW FROM INDIA-Limit on carrying gold irks Indian


Limit on carrying gold irks Indians   
REJIMON K
July 30, 2012
 

 
 
  
  
    
 
 
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Muscat: Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has reportedly assured a panel 
of parliamentarians on easing the Central Board of Excise & Customs 
department's baggage allowance regulations, which forbid non-resident 
Indian (NRI) passengers from taking back gold jewellery worth more than 
Rs10,000 (RO75) for men and Rs20,000 (RO150) for women.

"Prime 
Minister Manmohan Singh has assured us that he will initiate steps to 
amend the age-old gold duty exemption limit. He has assured us that 
amendments will be made in such a way that duty calculation will be made
 on the basis of quantity and not on the basis of the gold price rate,-
 P. Rajeev, an Indian Parliament member, told Times of Oman 
over phone.

India's
 Central Board of Excise and Customs, which falls under its Ministry of 
Finance, stipulates that "an Indian passenger who has been residing 
abroad for over one year is allowed to bring jewellery, free of duty in 
his bona fide baggage up to an aggregate value of Rs10,000 (in the case 
of a male passenger) or Rs20,000 (in the case of a lady passenger).-

Going
 by the existing gold rates, women of "world's most gold crazy nation- 
can bring into country only 7.1 gm of gold ornaments duty free. For men,
 the limit is 3.5 gm! Anything above that miserly limit is taxable under
 the Indian law, and if you're passing through the green channel with 
more than a few grams of gold, then the officer in-charge will be well 
within his rights to ask you to pay duty on the jewellery and/or face 
prosecution for trying to "smuggle- gold and evade duty.

Though 
the Indian Custom Baggage Rules of 1998 were amended by the finance 
ministry in 2006, the limits for duty-free jewellery imports were left 
untouched.

Adding to the woes of the passengers, the Centre, in 
its last budget revised the duty rates for excess gold carried in person
 from Rs750 (RO5) per 10 gm to the ad valorem rate of 10 per cent of the
 value of the ornaments plus three per cent of the duty as education 
cess. So a passenger wearing a gold chain weighing five sovereigns 
(40gm) would have to pay Rs11,515 (RO80) as customs duty.

"I had 
to pay around Rs20,000 (RO150) at Thiruvananthapuram airport. The 
government is exploiting us with the help of an age-old law. I saw many 
who were stranded at airport without having enough money to pay duty,- 
Wilson Mathew, who travelled to Thiruvananthapuram from Muscat last 
week, told Times of Oman.

"It is a shame that our government is 
sticking to a 1967 rule related to gold when the gold prices  have 
skyrocketed in recent years,- Wilson said, adding that he saw a lot 
people giving the gold to the officials to keep it in the lockers at the
 airport, which they can collect while returning back.

Meanwhile,
 the customs officials have now made it mandatory for the NRIs to 
declare the amount of gold they have before they leave India, as they 
can avoid paying duty on this when they return. Even if the passengers 
lose the receipts provided by the officials, their declaration details 
can found by the official as digital details will be stored by the 
officials.

Recently, the government reduced the maximum allowable
 limit of importing gold as part of baggage from 10kg per passenger to 
1kg and there are certain conditions set by the government to import 
gold as baggage.

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Re: [Goanet] Aires the crusader

[Suresh Naik]

Hi Nelson
You are right but no use, as the corruption is going everywhere. Read
Goa Observer after reading it who is taking action.

The best way He should associate with Anna, so that the goans slowly
may join him.

You know very well that our Goans are "sossegado". Let us hope
somerthing to come good for goans.

Regards
Suresh

On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Nelson Lopes  wrote:
> Aires Rodrigues the crusader
> Due to his pains taking efforts, insight and dogged persistence ,many scams
> of Goa Govt. have been unearthed and guilty brought to book legally He is
> just one man army fighting for public probity and upholding of ethics. Had
> it not been for his relentless perseverance, the scams would lie buried.
> Many a times his actions have been at personal risk and safety. In one such
> instance he was brutally attacked along with Sakardande Prajal. Fortunately
>  for him, he survived  more grievous assault to tell the tale. Whether or
> not the culprits behind this murderous plot have been brought to justice is
> not known. Aires, through his numerous exposures have been conscious keeper
>  of  health of Goa. No one in the past has been involved in public probings
> of wrongful doings and exposing the high and mighty without fear, in spite
> of the attempt on his life.Aires is Anna Hazare of Goa, doing yeomen
> service to get rid of corruption to a large extent, we appreciate his
> spirit and sacrifice for the betterment of Goa. It would have been
> advisable, if he had formed a cohesive team, to carry on
> the mission forward. That way, more people would be trained and he will not
> be a single target .His judicial and legal background comes in handy  to
> offset any backlash either by the judiciary or the police. Aires deserves
> our gratitude for keeping the legislators on pins and needles, by his
> watchful, eagle vision. Congrats Aires and continue carrying on your
> selfless mission in preventing corruption and corrupt practices in the
> administration of Goa Govt.. Your daring spirit is a threat
> to establishment of lethargy and despondency
> Nelson Lopes Chinchinim

[Goanet] Fish Curry Rice at Mapusa (Anapurna)

[JoeGoaUk]

Fish Curry Rice at Mapusa (Anapurna)


Small restaurant with about 20 sitting capacity.

A net-friend of mine recommended this some 2 years ago
fish Curry Rice Thali
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice2/7707060210/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice2/7707055974/in/photostream/

Prawns
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice2/7707062380/in/photostream/

the restaurant
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice2/7707065148/in/photostream/


They also had Mori- rice Rs.120
And Mori (Shark) xacuti Rs.90 as per the displayed board
you visit this Fish Curry rice photo group for other Goan restaurant etc
http://www.flickr.com/groups/goan_fish_curry_rice/

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] Punjab To Launch Card For NRIs

[Tony de Sa]

 From: Tim de Mello 
wrote <
Chandigarh: The Punjab government Monday announced that it will soon launch
an NRI card for Punjabis living abroad to identify them for official
purposes and facilitate various services for them.
.
.
He (Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Bada) said that these steps
would inculcate confidence amongst NRIs who feel insecure sitting in a
foreign land about their land, property and investments in Punjab.

More at:
http://www.weeklyvoice.com/headlines/punjab-to-launch-card-for-nris/

So why not the same, at least, for Goan NRIs? 

COMMENT: Dear Mr. D'Mello, The department of NRI Affairs in Goa already has
a "Goa Card".

This card is issued to OCIs on filling up a form and attaching 2 passport
size photos along with photocopies of OCI and existing passport and a one
time payment of Rs. 250.

For further details please contact commissionernri_...@rediffmail.com.

The Goa Card is supposed to give the holders priority in dealing with
Government departments.


-- 

** "Tony de Sa" < tonydesa at gmail dot com > **

[Goanet] One billion v/s one in sports

[Gilbert Lawrence]

Sports:  One billion people v/s one
 
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympics--one-billion-vs--one--michael-phelps--one-man-medal-haul-could-match-all-of-india.html
 
Regards, GL

[Goanet] Song for the day....

[Gabe Menezes]

It's Super Saturday at the Olympics, so here is the theme song...

Vangelis  -
Chariots of Fire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYJzcUvS_NU



-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] What happens when Goa Police don’t get their regular Matka Haftas?

[JoeGoaUk]

What happens when Goa Police don’t get their regular Matka Haftas?

Matka gambling going on in this open rickshaw pic-up for long time 
right under the noses of Goa Police. 
Police HQ is the next building to Vidyut bhavan
Looks like Police don’t take any action because they get their regular haftas 
..and when 
they don’t, swift action follows as in this case

Quote: 
“Four men were arrested by Panaji policein an anti-gambling raid on Friday 
near Vidhyut Bhavan, Panaji 3.8.12.  The rickshaw was seized along with cash
amounting to 11,765 and some other matka articles. A matka gambling case was
registered at Panaji police station under the Gambling Act.”
The accused Balkrishna Bandekar, Krian Mishra, Hanumant Wadarand Suryakant
Gaonkarwere arrested while allegedly accepting matka bets in an open
rickshaw near Vidhyut Bhavan. 


http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirtypanjim5/6060435341/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk52/6999492641/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirtypanjim6/7161795529/
 
source
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Four-held-in-anti-gambling-raid-in-Panaji/articleshow/15346418.cms

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] A Spoke in the Wheel: review

[dale luis menezes]

IN SEARCH OF DHAMMA
By
DALE LUIS MENEZES

•   If change could be brought by a king, 
why did the Buddha become a beggar? (p. 382)

•   The Buddha preached his Way, they went theirs (p. 334)

Before Hinduism, in Ancient South Asia, Buddhism was a major religion. What the 
common man as well as the student of history knows about Buddhism has come, 
generally,  from the old Jataka story of how the Buddha who was a prince was 
isolated from all the ills of the world and a chance encounter with old-age, 
sickness and death transforms his whole life, eventually leading to his 
enlightenment. Sadly for all of us this legend has been – verbatim – passed off 
as history. The Buddha is viewed as godhead, when charting the history of 
Buddhism with the actual historical processes that the Buddha as a person had 
experienced, given scant attention.

How we understand and construct the history of Buddhism (or for that matter the 
history of any other religion of Ancient India) is on many occasions found to 
be lacking in a rigorous imagination coupled with erudition. While studying 
Buddhism, I have always felt that the thrust is on the philosophy (and 
sometimes only philosophy!) rather than the historical conditions that required 
such ideologies and philosophies – such as Buddhism – to be produced. Hence, 
when I read the debut novel of the Goan writer and academic Amita Kanekar, now 
based in Miramar, I felt that my knowledge and imagination about the Buddha in 
particular and the historical setting of Ancient India in general was enriched.

A Spoke in the Wheel (2005) by Amita Kanekar, to be simply put, is a novel 
about the Buddha and Buddhism along with other historical personages. In 
attempting the portraits of such historical personages like the Buddha and the 
Emperor Asoka, Amita Kanekar also interrogates the history of that time as well 
as critically examines the conventional wisdom that has been handed down to us. 
(In particular, the thrust is towards rethinking the whole nationalist 
historiography and construction of Ancient Indian history).

The protagonist of the novel is a monk named Upali, who has been commissioned 
by the great Emperor Asoka himself to produce a biography of the Buddha in 
prose. The novel opens in 256 BC, four years after the bloodshed in Kalinga and 
three centuries after the death of the Buddha. Upali, a native from Kalinga, 
had witnessed first-hand the destruction of Asoka’s military campaign there. He 
is now based in a small monastery, in the middle of a thick and treacherous 
jungle. Upali is portrayed as a scholastic who has to work with legends or 
suttas which contain several discrepancies in their content as a primary 
source. He is caught between providing a faithful account of the life of the 
Buddha as well as staying loyal to the spirit that Gautam, the Enlightened One, 
had embodied. He is an upstart, getting into frequent arguments with the elders 
on the finer theoretical points of the Buddha’s life.

Upali, through his keen, interrogative mind and fearless questioning of the 
handed-down-wisdom manages to produce an account that shocks and revolts a lot 
of elder monks. But the Emperor Asoka likes it. A Spoke in the Wheel gives a 
picture of the time when the first largest empire in history was consolidated 
in South Asia; the author describes the cities, the people and the social 
atmosphere in which the daily business was carried out with much élan. The 
Mauryan Empire under Asoka was vast containing equally varied identities: 
tribal, caste and class. Amita Kanekar is not just writing a novel, but is also 
arguing, informing and providing an alternate view of the history of Buddhism 
and Ancient India. For instance, consider the very popular myth about the 
84,000 stupas that were constructed by Asoka. She says, “…since he ruled some 
thirty-seven years, averages 2,270 each year, or more than six a day, a feat 
clearly impossible for anyone not Beloved of the Gods.”

Did the Buddha really lead a sheltered life totally buffered from the harsh 
realities of the world? Amita Kanekar argues otherwise, “He probably led the 
most luxurious life possible, but it was not that of a lotus-eater. Otherwise 
Shudodhan [Buddha’s father] could never have hoped to make his son Chief after 
him. It was a time of confusion, even chaos, and a Chief had to at least 
understand both the old and the new divides, to defend his own interests and 
also swing popular feeling behind him. It was a tall order, as Shudodhan knew 
only too well.”

It is also interesting to note how perfectly Amita Kanekar weaves the 
importance of iron in the whole narrative. Yes, although this ubiquitous dark 
metal transformed our society and history, sadly this is not taken into much 
consideration by most established scholarship when discussing the history of 
Buddhism. Amita Kanekar’s concern and commitment to the cause of the subaltern 
is se

[Goanet] SON’VARACHIM SUNGTTAM: Hea Lekhantlean Kitem-i Borem Yet?

[Goa World]

SON’VARACHIM SUNGTTAM: 
     Hea Lekhantlean Kitem-i Borem Yet? 
-Jose Salvador Fernandes 
“Kalla promannem mathear kurponnem” oxi amche Konknnint mhonn’nni asa. He 
nodrentlean, ami tor desantlea tore-torechea masikancher nodor marlear, 
tantuntlea khubxea, kitleach kallachea masikamni aplem mullavem totv samballun, 
potrokariteche nodrentlean kalla prommanem sabar konnanmni (angles) novim angam 
ghetleant. Gõyantlim veg-vegllea bhasanchim masikam, va satollim va pondrallim 
asat tannim-i aplea vachpiank monanchi bori khavodd diun, az meren zata te 
bhaxen samballun-tigoun dovorpacho thokos gheun vavr kela, ani korit asat. Punn 
hea soglleam modem, Konknniche Romi lipientlean neman yevpi thoddea 
uzvaddavnniancher bariksannen nodor marlear, teo uzvaddavnnio uzvaddavnnechea 
poileach vorsantlim mannkulim bhurgim koxim dolleam mukhar ubim zatat. 
 Konknnintlea kaim nemalleanche som’padok chovis-ponchvis vorsam adlench 
chintop tanchea  uzvaddavnnianchea ogrlekhamni chab-chab-chabddaylolem disun 
yeta. Vachpianchea monancher uzvadd ghalche tantum noveponnache vicharuch 
vachunk mellonant. Ek som’padok ailole pavtti teach-teach vixoyancher ani 
teach-teach vicharanche ogrlekh boroyta tednam, khubxe prosn monant yetat – ho 
som’padok anink khoinchea-i vixoyacher ogrlekh borounk vell korinam kai? Va 
sodam poros vegllea vixoyancho obheas ani vichar korunk tachem mon unnem 
poddta? Va, dusrea vixoyancher aplem mon ugtaunk eka som’padokak asunk zai 
titlem taka vachop va zannvay nam? 
  Ami Konknni bhaxechea itihasacher kal meren nodor marlear, he bhaxentle 
potrokariten Konknni chollvollik sumara bhailem yogdan diun, Konknni 
chollvollik hatbhar laylo, ani tantuntlean bhas mozbut korit tika fuddem 
haddli. He potrokariten bore-bore Konknni borovpi, ani tea borovpantlean 
vachpi-i toyar kele. Tem misanv, to doll ani to foll aichea kallavelea thoddea 
Konknni nemalleamni polleunk mellonam hi ekdom’ khontichi gozal. 
Az Konknniche Romi lipientlean jim  pustokam uzvadda yetat tim uzvaddavpa 
sarkim asonant oxem Romi lipientlea thoddea Konknni som’padokanchem mot asa. 
Tantum vyakoronnacheo ani utram borouncheo-i chuki astat tacher-ui te chabuk 
martat. Mot mhonntanv tednam tem sarkem va vankddem-i asum yeta. Konknniche 
Romi lipientlean uzvadda haddpa sarkim naslolea pustokanche borovpi,  hea 
som’padokanchea nemalleancher-ui borovpi astat. Zalear, hea borovpianchim 
borovpam hea som’padpianchea nemalleancher uzvaddaunk koxim purtim astat tor? 
Konknniche Romi lipientlea zaiteach borovpianchea borovpamni vyakoronnacheo ani 
utram borouncheo chuki astat hem sot! Punn, hea chukim khatir tea borovpiank 
guneanvachem bott dakoun, apli zababdari titlean sompli oxem chintun kuxik 
sorop, hem Konknniche udorgoti khatir vavurtolea konnakuch sobchem nam. Konknni 
bhaxentlea nemlleanchea-masikanchea som’padokachea kodelar bosloleak tor nhoich 
nhoi. Toxem polleunk gelem zalear, hea kaim som’padokanchea nemalleancher-ui 
teo chuki disun yetat. Kednam-kednam eka nemalleachea ogrlekhant vyakoronnacheo 
ani utram borovpant chuki distat teo teach nemalleantlea yer borovpianchea 
borovpamni sarkeo boroyloleo astat!  Khorem mhollear, Konknniche Romi lipient 
bhaxeche nodrentlean ho ek boreach vorsancho husko korcho prosn asa. Punn 
Konknnintlea amchea thoddea som’padokank hi gozal khobor asun-ui te tacher 
mettam gheunk borech unne poddleat. Borpavollint asloleo chuki sudraun uzvadda 
haddlolim borovpam 
 borovpiamni vachun apleo chuki sudarcheo oxem tea kaim som’padokank dista ani 
titleacheruch ho vixoy sompoytat. Choddxea Konknni borovpianchea hea prosnanchi 
khobor chodd korun Konknniche Romi lipientlean nemallim va masikam choloytolea 
soglleach som’padokank khobor asa. Hea veg-vegllea nemalleancher-ui borovpi 
tech astat. Hea vixoyacher kholayen vichar, bhasabhas korunk ani tea udexim 
goroz tim mettam ubarunk hea nemalleancher som’padok kiteak ekttaim yenant, ho 
anink ek vegllo, sod-vavracho vixoy!   
Amche Konknnintle kaim som’padok, aplea hatant nemallem va masik asa mhonn 
kitem-i boroun chhapop ho aplo mullavo hok’k mhonn somzotat ani toxe kortat-ui. 
Dusrem, konnem-i hea som’padokank tanche vixim koddu sot sangtoch, kaim 
som’padok tea mon’xacho rag kaddunk aplea hatant aslolem nemallem va masik 
aplem ‘defence mechanism’ hatiyar mhonn vaportat. Itlench nhoi, te hea 
hatiyarantlean, fokot som’padokache kodelir bosun dusreank, purannantlim xakek 
upkaronaslolea vaingianchi khobor sangun apunn yeram poros vegllo ani sav mhonn 
provar korunk sodtat. Oslea som’padokanche he vagnnukek  lagon, aichea kallar 
Konknni potrokaritek ani Konknni chollvollik borench luksonn zalolem disun 
yeta! 
Konknni bhaxen Konknni potrokaritek adim khub tola-molachem yogdan dilam, ani 
hem girest yogdan ditanam Konknnintlean borovpi, vachpi ghoddoyt Konknni 
chollvoll fuddem vhelea. Tednanchea amchea Konknni som’padokank apunn Konknni 
chollvollicho mhotvacho bhag, ani aplea buzancher kitli vhodd zababdari asa ti 
sp

Re: [Goanet] PARIVARTAN POCKET BURN FESTIVAL..THE PARTY HAS STARTED.

[Vivian A. DSouza]

Yup,  wont be long before big brother will have his  hands in our pocket.  
There is a token amount to be paid by the Mining mafia, but the rest of us will 
have to shell out too !  Pocket  burn indeed.

[Goanet] Sad Trip.................I Need Your Help!!!.....(Alda Figueiredo)

[manuel tavares]

Hi Goanet readers,

Please see the the above mentioned subject. This is a scam. Please do not 
respond to such SAD letters. People are being conned by unscrupulous characters 
who are writing the same kind of letters. My nephew was the subject of such a 
letter claiming that he was on holiday in Mexico and was mugged and requesting 
for funds. In fact, my nephew at the time was here in Canada and had not 
travelled to Mexico as alleged.

Please treat these letters as garbage. 

I would request Goanet to please not publish these letters as they are a big 
scam.


Thanks.
Manuel (Eddie) Tavares

[Goanet] You're Never Too Old for a Good Laugh

[Con Menezes]

Does our sense of humour fade as we get older
http://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/features/never-too-old-laugh

[Goanet] (no subject)

[Nelson Lopes]

RESERVATION OF SEATS IN BUSES
The public transport in Goa has a laudable objective. Seats are reserved
for Senior Citizens,Ladies, physically handicapped They are more than often
occupied by others. The traffic inspectors never ever check this misuse of
facility provided, even when their attention is pointedly drawn to it .
Issue of tickets , uniforms, identity of the ticket collector are settled
cooly.They check for over crowding vigorously and then  documents behind
the bus. Blaring and deafening Music in full volume starts once they leave
the city check posts. Smoking is another prohibitive  offence annoying to
those who cannot stand it .The conductor refuses to take action on the bus
reservations asking the passenger to handle it themselves. It can create a
commotion between passengers demanding to enforce the regulation The
reserved seat at all times must be occupied by specifically such passengers
entitled to. Otherwise it must be booked as an offence with fines, The
question of seats going ewmpty is a far fetched possibility, when the buses
are packed like sardines The traffic inspectors must pay attention or get
the provision anulled
Nelson Lopes Chinchinim