Re: [Goanet]Re: TOURISM: *Goa plugging for aggressive tourism strategy*

2003-07-30 Thread Floriano Lobo
Fredrick Noronha wrote: The question is: is this all we aspire for? Is discipline an end in itself? So what is discipline, Fred ? Is it to frame laws and rules and lawmakers having the field day in breaking them? Why are strays squatting on our roads and highways today? It is perhaps the major

[Goanet]Donated computers

2003-07-30 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Below is a press release about the Boston Office of General Services Administration donating computers to a Hull group working with schools in Kenya with volunteers helping from Melrose, Hull, Boston, and Lexington schools, Peace Corps, and City Year. World Computer Exchange, Inc. Bridging the

Re: [Goanet]Re: Peace - the real discussion ...

2003-07-30 Thread Joe Vaz
Dear Santosh: I hear that you are a rational intellectual? Please re-examine the censored post you posted as an “exhibit,” which sadly betrays your claim that I am attacking religion. Show me where I have been offensive, and please don’t try and draw fallacious inferences from this post to

Re: [Goanet]USA Goans, order your goan foods online!

2003-07-30 Thread Ronald Albuquerque
Well, I tried out the goa sausages and prawn mole. Excellent stuff! I'm very excited, I've been hoping for something like this for years. Those in the US, you've gotta try it. Marlon, testing this must have been fun! cheers marlon menezes wrote: After a year of testing (i.e., over indulging

Re: [Goanet]Re: TOURISM: *Goa plugging for aggressive tourismstrategy*

2003-07-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
I think one got a lot of what's described below was available during Indira Gandhi's Emergency (1975-77), and during the Fascist regimes of Salazar / Mussolini / Hitler perhaps. Any two-paisa military dictatorship could also give us that. The question is: is this all we aspire for? Is

[Goanet]Goan Welfare Society-Kuwait elects new committee

2003-07-30 Thread rene barreto
Goan Welfare Society-Kuwait elects new committee Following the elections held at the Annual General Body Meeting on 18th July 2003, a new Managing Committee has been elected by the members of the Goan Welfare Society (GWS) - Kuwait for the term 2003-2004: President - Rabindra Pimenta Vice

[Goanet](no subject)

2003-07-30 Thread Dennis Kurzon
re: the news item that appeared on goanet on July 30 concerning the translation of the Portuguese family laws. It didn't state in the item into which language the laws ahve been translated -- into English or into Konkani? Prof. Dennis Kurzon Department of English University of Haifa Israel 31905

[Goanet]Re: message translated

2003-07-30 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
On 30 Jul 2003 10:06:28 -, Diana [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you Helga for the translation. Amen to that. Diana On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 Helga do Rosario Gomes wrote : Translated the message is as follows: My good wishes and may God guard the Goans not only in Canada but also all over the

Re: [Goanet]Re: TOURISM: *Goa plugging for aggressive tourism strategy*

2003-07-30 Thread Floriano
COMMENTS: Yes, though it hurts, I will agree with Peter Edwards all the way. Today, as I was returning from Panjim, I saw a patch of filth collected on the old Mandovi bridge. The bridge gave an impression that it has seen no broom in a long time. One cannot but suffocate with humility, like

[Goanet]Re: Santosh Helekar

2003-07-30 Thread George Pinto
Why this ad hominem attack (attacking the person and not the idea)? Usually means people have run out of ideas when they resort to such name calling. Santosh is a gentleman and a scholar, genuinely interested in serious issues and discussion. I disagree 100% with the sentiments in the email

[Goanet]Fw: Goa Church addresses?

2003-07-30 Thread Miguel
Anyone wanting to go to church or write a letter or to phone the Vicar? Cecil has good news for you. Archived at http://www.goa-world.com/churchdirectory/ is the address of every Church and Diocesan Institution in Goa with phone numbers. The Diocesan Society has a small telephone directory

[Goanet]Fwd: birthday greetings

2003-07-30 Thread Vincente Fernandes
From: avril fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: birthday greetings Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 06:48:22 Wishing both my aunts belated birthday greetings as follows: Jul 2 Louisa Gomes Goa Jul 19 Paulina Fernandes Goa Avril --- Avril

[Goanet]Birthday on 29th Jul 2003

2003-07-30 Thread Vincente Fernandes
Wishing you a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY on behalf of GoaNetters to 29-Jul Marissa CoutinhoUSA Thanks, Vincente. NOTE: Please send your Birthday's details for those who haven't done so far to the following e-mail address([EMAIL PROTECTED]) with subject as Birthday/Birthday details as per

[Goanet]FRIDAY BALCAO:Is law making a solution to all of societies ills ?

2003-07-30 Thread Goa Desc
- WELCOME TO FRIDAY BALCAO - Dear Cybergaokars on GoaNet, We continue with FRIDAY BALCAO on 8th August from 4pm. to 6pm. at No. 11, Liberty Apartments, Feira Alta, Mapusa Goa Ph. 252660 TOPIC: Is law

[Goanet]Stop Migrant Bashing in Goa

2003-07-30 Thread Goa Desc
--- Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service circulated by Goa Civic Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph:2252660 ---

[Goanet]NEWS: Films critical of Mother Teresa may be dropped from festival

2003-07-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Films critical of Mother Teresa may be dropped from festival From Indo-Asian News Service Kolkata, July 30 (IANS) Two films critical of Mother Teresa may be dropped from a selection of movies on her that will be shown as part of celebrations marking the revered nun's beatification in Rome.

Re: [Goanet]Interpretation of Indian Tricolour

2003-07-30 Thread Miguel
Dear Senhor Colaco, That Nehru loved White women was never a secret.His aunt Vijaylaxmi Pandit is reported to have said, If Jawahar could give Edwina a good time then it was good for her ,and it was good for him. That was his personal choice. Liberating/invading/annexing or whatever of Goa was a

[Goanet]VIVA GOA

2003-07-30 Thread rene barreto
Goemkars ! I would like to add my CONGRATULATIONS too. My Congratulations to Goans of Canada for the wonderful GOAN weekend you all organised in Toronto , and also for the great support you all gave to the organisors of VIVA GOA . We are looking forward to reading a detailed report of the

[Goanet]Re: Peace - Vaz and his new friend

2003-07-30 Thread Santosh Helekar
Dear Mr. Vaz: Thanks for your last post. Since you insist on my providing you with your own recycled joke about the Buddha, here is an excerpt of what you posted on August 19, 2001. Humor: WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD? Why did the chicken cross the road? KINDERGARTEN TEACHER: To get to

Re: [Goanet]Re: Peace - the real discussion ...

2003-07-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Hi Guys, I think we're descending into name-calling. If Santosh is a rationalist and doesn't believe in anything that doesn't presently have a rational explanation, then so be it. Let's accept him that way, and not see his views as a threat to our position because it's different. To be fair

[Goanet]Re: TOURISM: *Goa plugging for aggressive tourism strategy*

2003-07-30 Thread Peter Edwards
My wife and I have taken winter holidays in Goa for a number of years now and love the country and its people. However, the one thing that makes us wonder whether we should go elsewhere is the litter problem. In fact, it is more than litter - it is filth. Garbage, especially plastic, is

[Goanet]COMMENT: How foreign is 'foreign'? ... English in India (and Goa)

2003-07-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
HOW FOREIGN IS 'FOREIGN'? Or, why politicians shy away from the truth over English in India (and Goa) By Frederick Noronha LAST WEEKEND, Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar followed the footsteps of politicians like Shashikala Kakodkar (during the short-lived PDF regime of 1990) in his