Nice article and thanks for posting it George. It does seem more balanced in
many respects as compared to most of the articles we have seen previously.
Arundhati is a beautiful and eloquent writer.
Wish she would also break out into such eloquence over the plight of
thousands of Hindus killed
Holidays with a difference for students off the Goa coast
By Frederick Noronha
PANAJI (Goa), April 30: For over a hundred students in Goa, the summer heat
and holidays took them to the beachside with an unusual mission: learning
from scientists what secrets the shores holds under their sands.
I
Indian coalition wins vote, but victory is bitter
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) India's ruling coalition won a parliamentary vote on
its handling of Gujarat's bloody sectarian strife after a marathon debate
that ended just before dawn Wednesday, but it wa
Can you really see many stars in the sky in Canada ?
As a kid I remember being told stories from the Arabian Nights and most of
them described the clear skies at night with beautiful stars. When I came to
Dubai I discovered that that was a myth as far as Dubai was concerned at
least because I
What a beautiful message this is. I have sent it to some of my friends.
Thanks to Eddie for sending it.
Cheers,
Sunila
>From: "Eddie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [Goanet] Why women cry
>Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 01:23:13 +0300
>
>Dear Friends,
>Here's another one for Moth
No problem about the explanation offered by you: it is plausible, yes,
> > although I don't believe that the yellow colour (as opposed to the red
> one) has anything to do with it.
It is quite amusing that so many of our Goans are engrossed in the correct
name and colour of our favourite Goan Man
In a message dated 04/29/2002 11:41:27 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
<< Netters - I've been remiss in reminding you all of GoaNet's Rules and
Regulations. Please read them and follow them - they are few and
reasonable.
Thanks - Viviana >>
Yes, Thanks - Viviana!
Better Late Than Never
In a message dated 04/30/2002 8:26:16 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< The intention behind the service is to remember and pray for the dead
ancestors (also masses are offered for the souls of the dead ancestors,
close relatives of the family and even the old deceased faithful servant
of t
>India may grant dual citizenship by end of 2002
>"Those having dual citizenship will enjoy all rights and privileges on a
par
>with Indian citizens, including right to property etc, but will not have
>political rights nor the right to run for political office. They may also
be
>barred from appo
goanet-digest Tuesday, April 30 2002 Volume 01 : Number 3909
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In this issue:
[Goanet] Arundhati Roy - Part II
[Goanet] Arundhati Roy - Part III
See end of digest for information on subscrib
Madrassas, the Muslim equivalent of hothouses cultivating religious hatred, try and
make up in
frenzy and foreign funding, what they lack in State support. They provide the perfect
foil for
Hindu communalists to dance their dance of mass paranoia and hatred. (In fact they
serve that
purpose so
Can we not find it in ourselves to belong to an ancient civilisation instead of to
just a recent
nation? To love a land instead of just patrolling a territory? The Sangh Parivar
understands
nothing of what civilisation means.It seeks to limit, reduce, define, dismember and
desecrate the
memory
goanet-digest Tuesday, April 30 2002 Volume 01 : Number 3908
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In this issue:
[Goanet] Arundhati Roy - Part I
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Tim mentioned Arundhati Roy's name in a post yesterday. At the same time I recd. this
forward
from retired Prof. of Sociology Hari Sharma (Canada). I am forwarding this article in
three parts
without comment. George
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OUTLOOK India, Magazine, May 06, 2002
Democr
goanet-digest Tuesday, April 30 2002 Volume 01 : Number 3907
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In this issue:
[Goanet] Why women cry
[Goanet] Old Wedding Customs BIKAREANCHEM JEVONN...IV
Re: [Goanet] Old Wedding Custo
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>To: "One Goa (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>From: "Egbert Correia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 10:13:32 +0400
>>CAMPAL: Famous Deep Purple, one of the world's first brands to
fuse classical and rock music, will be visiting Goa to enthral
Rev. Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas,
As a Goan who was born and brought up (and also resident) outside Goa, I
have been following your series of essays/articles and I find them both
fascinating and very interesting. I heard stories of the various wedding and
other social rituals mostly from my parent
Dear Fr.Mascarenhas,
That was an interesting article on our Goan wedding
customs, which till today are still being
maintained/carried out by many families. Such customs
do add more festivity and gaiety to the on-going
marriage ceremony that will take place in a day or
two. I missed out on your e
BHIKAREANCHEM JEVONN--THE BEGGARS' LUNCH.
Before describing the beggars' lunch in Saligao let me add a few words
on " Bhuim Jevon" which was served on plantain leaf( keinbeacho khollo)
or "potraouli" or "potravoll"(made of jack-fruit tree leaves and joined
by "vir" broom-sticks or coconut leaf s
goanet-digest Tuesday, April 30 2002 Volume 01 : Number 3906
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In this issue:
[Goanet] A letter sent by a daughter to Ann Landers
[Goanet] mankurad etc.
[Goanet] 30 Apr: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPIN
Dear Friends,
Here's another one for Mothers day
Why are you crying, a young boy asked his Mom?
"Because I'm a woman," she told him.
"I don't understand," he said
His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will, but that's
O.K.".
Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does
AVF's post on an 'expat Goans voice' raises some interesting issues,
contains some views one can't agree with, and makes charges which one
would rather not get caught up in.
Some points for brainstorming:
* The view that large sections of the Press in Goa doesn't care much about
Goa is not a myt
GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
30 APRIL 2002
SANTOBA HOPS ON BJP CHARIOT: Former DySP Santoba Dessai along with 150 MGP
and Congress supporters joined the BJP at a well attended public meeting at
Poriem (Sattari) yesterday. About 1,000-strong gathering cheered as speakers
including CM Manohar Parikkar
mankurad (mal curada from Portuguese):
It was interesting reading on mangoes, the discussion too was
very lively and kept many busy searching for meanings.
However, I felt, the discussion centred round mankurad and
mal curada, the name of one variety of mango. The mango
itself in Konkani was spa
Dear Ann Landers: Please print this letter on Mother's Day. It is to my own
dear mother who will not see it. (She died several months ago of cancer.)
But maybe others who are still lucky enough to have their moms will learn
something from what I have written.
Dear Mom:
When I was
goanet-digest Tuesday, April 30 2002 Volume 01 : Number 3905
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In this issue:
[Goanet] Deep Purple will have Goa rocking
[Goanet] Fascism... in Europe and elsewhere
[Goanet] EXPATRIATE GOA
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