Nice one Afra! No airport no port no rail link nothing
innit. all tosh in port time?
B. Colaco
Afra says:
To smelt Iron Ore we need Lime Stone.
From where was it going to come and by what means?
During Port. period there was no infrastructure, it
is just about happening
now.
Things
(RKN wrote: It's unfair to pick up bits and pieces out
of context to paint someone a
fundamentalist. The statements have to be read in the
context of the social
milieu and time in history to understand their true
import.)
While Jinnah may not have been a fundamentalist
Hello Antonio,
Your long discourse on Goa contemprary politics does
not provide any solutions. Goa needs solutions and not
continued failures.
B. Colcao
money and more money thru which they got elected by
making the voters fools
and gantta Boills.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
dudes @ Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I send you copies because you send me articles he
has written. The first one you sent me had a
falsehood in almost every single paragraph.
dudes,
I also sent you articles from Thomas L. Friedman, see
Gabriel,
You may be right as far as the origin of 'Sousa' is concerned.
However in practice, almost all the De Souza's and D'Souza's residents in
Goa, and whom I know, (not migrated out of Goa) and not brahmin have this
spelling with a 'Z'. I have only met Goa brahmins who spell the same as
Cecil Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I asked my Mum what was all this beer consumption
about and was very quickly educated. Apparently
Belo beer had a scheme going. Under each Belo
beer cap is a prize. From a minimum of a guaranteed
Rs. 2/-, one can win Rs. 5/-, Rs. 10/-, a 325 ml
beer, a
WIDE VIEWS
http://wideviews.blogspot.com
This is my new weblog, from outside Goa, about Goa. Attached my first
posting on Government Ministers: three observations. I hope to have your
comments and start a constructive debate about the future of Goa. Thank you.
Constantino Hermanns Xavier
RJ = rio de janeiro
TELERJ = telephone company of rio de janeiro
-Original Message-
From: novampb
Dear people of Goa
We hope do you like good music. I am a Brazilian musician and
I invite you to ear the web radio of CREA-RJ and by clicking the window AO
VIVO can you appreciate
Hello all
I bet our politicians; especially Willy has not heard the story of the Goose
that laid golden eggs. No wonder he wants to cut the goose to grab all the
eggs at once. Elections are just two years away, and instead of doing well for
the people, and getting elected for full 5-year term
Mr Colaco wrote:
Strange how Goa which is/was rich in iron ore was not
allowed to build mini steel plants. Neo imperalism has
left us in the dark!
B. Colaco
Afra says:
To smelt Iron Ore we need Lime Stone.
From where was it going to come and by what means?
During Port. period there was no
They migrated to America from Asia but they are of Sino-Mongolian stock not
of Aryan-Malay stock. To follow the pattern I would call them American
Chinese rather than American Indians ... How about that?
Arjun
Message: 16
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 22:18:40 -0400
From: afra dias
Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I would appreciate it if someone would tell me how Dr.
Wilfred De Souza wrecked the educational system in
Goa. I want to know this because I have an interest in
education, not because I am a supporter or opponent of
Dr. Willie. I am neither.
Cheers,
On 10/06/05, godfrey gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In fact the BJP insiders prefer to allow Dr Wilfred De
Souza and Mr Mickey Pacheco to tender their
resignations and trigger a political turmoil which
will pave the way for the BJP to resign en masse this
will meet their earlier demand
--- Vivian D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is the modern world where people are
judged by their achievements and not whether they
were born to nobility or caste or even the color of
their skin.
Mario adds:
All I can add is, Amen! However, one person responded
to one of my posts on
--- Bosco D'Mello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You don't mean the Top Thrill Dragster, the
one-time fastest and highest Roller Coaster located at
Cedar Point, Sandusky.;-) I can't handle
the blood-rush after one of those rides. Pleeez !!
Mario replies:
Cornel, are you reading this to add to
LOOKING FOR WATER SOLUTIONS IN A DRY BAGALKOT, NOT FAR FROM GOA
In a dry South Indian region where the annual rainfall is around half-a-metre a
year, officials believe that water-awareness can play a big role, even if the
rain gods don't oblige. And they're marching to find a solution.
From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
He is also responsible for wrecking the educational system in Goa, and
later making an unsuccessful U turn on the subject.
From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I would appreciate it if someone would tell me how Dr. Wilfred De Souza
wrecked
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4080840.stm
Advani stays on as BJP's leader
India's opposition leader LK Advani has taken back an offer to resign
as president of his BJP party.
BJP spokesman Sushma Swaraj announced the decision after a crisis
meeting of the party.
Mr Advani
--- Cecil Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Vidyadhar Gadgil wrote:
There seems to be a wilful blindness among our
citizens regarding the
government proposal to ban images of smoking in
film. Rather than
condemning the step, they cheer our would-be
censors on.
Cecil:
Indeed yes. How
As is expected and customary with the Indian National
Congress Party and its half blood brother the
Nationalist Congress Party --(which incidentally
came into being after the Maratha war lord Mr Sharad
Pawar ex CM Mumbai and present Union Minister split
from the INC to form the NCP as he
Don't let go of hope. Hope gives you the strength
to keep going when you feel like giving up.
Don't ever quit believing in yourself. As long as
you believe you can, you will have a reason for trying.
Don't let anyone hold your happiness in their hands;
hold it in yours, so it will always be
--- Joe Vaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
He is also responsible for wrecking the educational
system in Goa, and later making an unsuccessful U
turn on the subject.
I would appreciate it if someone would tell me how Dr.
Wilfred De Souza wrecked the educational system in
Goa. I want to know this
Fred,
Thanks for the correction! I have not mistaken for the United Goans Party,
which was lead by Jack Sequeira; however I must correct that, it's the 'Goa
Congress Party' that was founded by Dr Wilfred and supported by Churchill;
and I happened to be there for the launch. Luizinho Faleiro
Hi Silviano,
Ped Ruzar Fernandes is a figment of your imagination but my Grand-Father,
Sylvester Philip D'Souza, was a very real person -- and
he reached Montreal, Canada in 1918 after serving with an Indian Army group in
France during the First World War, which ended in
1918 -- He died in
Marlon wrote:
I think the following lyrics by Gowan from his 80's
hit A Criminal Mind are an apt response to your
prayers for me...
__
Not apt enough my friend. But you will still remain in my prayers!
best,
salus
--- Nasci Caldeira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
His family name is written as: 'Sousa' the Bamon
spelling and not 'Souza'.
Nasci,
The correct spelling is Sousa (from the Portuguese
river Sousa). People who moved to British territories
outside Goa 'anglicized' it to Souza, some going as
far as
--- Antonio Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I simply cannot understand the mentality of the
bamon padri (the chaddi padri appeared on the scene
much later ). A padri by profession is supposed to
look after the spiritual welfare of his flock.
Mario replies:
It's very simple, Antonio. They
Thanks Simon.
I was trying to get that name since April last year but in vein.
Thanks again.
--- Simon D'Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Joe,
The name of the movie is INQUILAB ZINDABAD.
Simon.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of
Mervyn,
You can defend Haroon Siddiqui of the Toronto Star all
you like, but he is a prevaricating Saddam-supporting
propagandist who cannot respond when I point out the
numerous blatant lies he writes in his columns.
I send you copies because you send me articles he has
written. The first one
Dear Joseph,
I am really surprised at reading your article below. Some of the comments
made by you are really strange and do not actually make sense.
QUOTE
The number of Goan Hindus working in the Gulf is not as large as it could be
because of the Islamic bogey; they simply do not want to
-
Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre Ph:2252660
Website: www.goadesc.org Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Press Clippings on the web: http://www.goadesc.org/mem/
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Goanet]Willie, a casteist? What BULL!
Nascy, I think you're mixing up the United Goans Party (lead by Dr Jack
Sequeira, in the 'sixties and 'seventies) with the United Goans Democratic
Party (UGDP, lead by Churchill Alemao earlier, Anacleto Viegas,
Hi Fred,
I totally agree with you, as I knew Dr. Willie, a little bit, when I lived
in Goa. In fact I was present as a silent person at the very meeting in
Panjim, that was the start of the United Goans Party; I happened to be
there, as I was asked to 'come along' by my then sarpanch. To my
Please note that I have made no such reference to caste or called Dr. Willy
caste biased. All I said is that Dr. Willy has done more damage to Goa than
good.
This is one of the (if not main) politicians responsible for some of the
political upheavals, party-hopping etc, thus bringing
This photo was taken about 14 years ago..
St. Thomas (one of the 12 apostles) was buried in Madras, India.
See pick below..
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Hi Eric,
I note your point. By now, believe you me, I really am keen to get off the
caste debate on Goanet, except, if intellectually challenged or provoked.
There is absolutely no pain for you to feel about. For me, it is about
justified unease about the obscenity and effect of caste among the
Dear Mr Alfred de Tavares,
I reckon you were awake, but only partially so, when you responded to my
post on Dr. Willie de Souza!
I say this because you failed to:
a) respond to my earlier email to you, specifically asking for an
explanation for referring to the anti-casteists as fighting like
Mini Dubai in Bhatkal (after Karwar, in Karnataka State) become very popular
with
Goans. I first heard about it 5 years ago.
People (including traders) go there for shopping foreign goods mainly gulf
products(dont know about North Goans).
As I like seeing new places, we decided to go there too
Are we tilting at windmills ??? What is going on here
?
Now we find casteeism as the motive or reason behind
everything and everybody. Is this only the perception
of NRIs ? In Goa I dont find anyone except those of
the Hindu faith talking about caste . What is going
on here ?
Cant't we leave our
No wonder Goa is getting famous as a whore house wonder why you think it
like that and if so why don't you do something rather than just complaining?
Why complain complain why not improve and change for betterment? The rest
of your life are you just going to keep on complaining? If you so
Dr Willy appears to be selfish and greedy? The NCP are only two out of
21 elected MLAs! He has been made the Deputy CM (Undeservedly). why
are they (NCP in Goa) not able to be elected as a majority party?
cause they are not fit and want to enter the scene through the BACK
DOOR!
- Original
How many politicians can you name that have not destroyed lives?? How
many politicians (in Goa) can you name that have done what good Babush
has done in his constituency
Look at the facts and than pass your comments! There are always two
sides to a story - why is it (the sex scandal)
the Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's suggestion that a SEZ (special
economic zone), an idea which has been in the air for many years now, needs
to be implemented right away.[Goanet Reader June 9]
Goa is ideal for having a special economic zone[HERALD, June 3]
Does Goa have a tendency to
Vidyadhar Gadgil wrote:
There seems to be a wilful blindness among our citizens regarding the
government proposal to ban images of smoking in film. Rather than
condemning the step, theyt cheer our would-be censors on.
Cecil:
Indeed yes. How strange that except for a few voices nobody has really
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=635702005
Ibuprofen increases risk of heart attacks
LOUISE GRAY
COMMON painkillers such as ibuprofen could significantly increase the
risk of a heart attack, research warned yesterday.
Scots are regularly prescribed the drug to deal with painful
conditions
Salus,
I think the following lyrics by Gowan from his 80's
hit A Criminal Mind are an apt response to your
prayers for me.
.
.
.
Before you hand me over
Before you read my sentence
I'd like to say a few words
Here in my own defense
Some people struggle daily
They struggle with their concience
My dear Gabe, Victor,
Thanks for pointing out the omission. I noticed it the moment
I pressed 'send' and sent in the corrected version:
viz. I won't extol Willie's better qualities besides asserting that he has
many fine ones.
The man certainly has faults; quite a few, but casteism is
BYE ELECTION RESULTS.
And finally inevitable has happened and as expected all favourites got
victory thereby giving a strong defeat to communal Parrikar and his super
communal party BJP. I am not more happy that 4 seats went to the
Congressmen but I am more happy because communal BJP and
On 09/06/05, Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dr Wilfred de Souza reminds me of an earlier generation, which felt
superior mainly on the grounds that they were Catholic, of an upper-middle
class background, and simultaneously very highly educated in times when
few had access to
Thank you Jerry for your feed back. I do appreciate.
There is a flower see new link below (not a slide show) locally named as
'alfinet'.
For that matter, there is also one called 'butanv' (button), St.Anton (st.
Anthony)
These are all local names and may differ from village to village or
Catholic Church Joins Hands With Bollywood To Spread Message On HIV/AIDS
By SAR NEWS
NEW DELHI, (SAR NEWS) -- A Delhi-based Roman Catholic priest has joined hands
with the Hindi film industry in Mumbai to make a commercial film highlighting
the dangers of unsafe sex.
Spokesperson of the
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050609/asp/nation/story_4845560.asp
If any one who should be annoyed by Lalji?s (Advani) remark, it should
be the Congress,? George Fernandes said in Guwahati. Quoting veteran
politicians and historians, Fernandes said it was Jawaharlal Nehru and
the Congress who
Parikar Govt. was the best.
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http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/
For info on Konkani VCDs (Films, Tiatr, Comedies and films on GOA...)
http://konkani-vcd.swiki.net/1
CONGRES-NCP SET FOR SHOWDOWN (Herald)
Willy Co threaten to pull out and form alternate Govt with BJP, MGP. Says,
Congress is more communal than BJP
NCP THREATEN TO QUIT, WANTS BERTH FOR MICKKEY (Navhind Times)
NCP TAKES BALCKMAILING AND GOA'S POLITICS TO A NEW LOW (Goamantktimes)
Sharad Pawar
From: Cecil Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Goanet]New face of Journalism - Ethel da Costa
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 20:20:45 +0530
HEART 2 HEART
Herald (June 6)
What's the new face of journalism?
By ETHEL DA COSTA
what had me intrigued was the line of debate
that emerged during the
Halur,
If the socialist Nehru had allowed Jinnah to be the PM of India,
Pakistan would not have existed. We all could have lived as a happy
familly in a true secular India.
Regards,
Carlos
halur rasho [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If Jinnah was secular, Pakisan would not exist. Or else the
But the fact that these two issues -- employment, good governance -- were
the big ones are an indicator, or symptom, of the larger problems facing Goa
today. Unemployment has been happening because of a rapid rise in the
population. There are simply not enough jobs going around for everybody.
Advani becomes a hit with Pak media
Indo-Asian News Service
Islamabad, June 9, 2005|15:33 IST
BJP leader LK Advani's resignation as party president has sparked off a
guessing game in the Pakistan media over his motives, with some saying
that it was meant to widen his support base.
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