From: domnic fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here is something interesting I came across I thought I'd share with
Goanetters:
THE ATHEIST PROFESSOR
LET ME EXPLAIN the problem science has with Jesus Christ. The atheist
professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his
new
Why are so many married men reading the Cybermatrimonials in such detail? Most
of those who have
commented on the 'RC Brahmin' [SIC] post are married men.
Hmmm. ;-)))
Regards,
George
or just dial from UK 08444394646 then at a prompt, dial the full Goa/Indian No.
It will cost you just 3p a minute. No a/c needed.
Pl Note:
I have not tested this service, however, a call was made to GOA on 2nd july
for 8.37minutes and BT call advise service tells/says it cost total 38p
(this
I have just read your article about the spinal implant performed in the
Apollo Hospital Goa. As I am awaiting surgery for a similar condition I would
be pleased if you could send me details of how I might contact the hospital to
obtain further details.
Many thanks,
Jack Halliday
Something just occurred to me on the subject of casteism in
matrimonial advertisements. I can't quite articulate it now but I'll
give it a try:
If a Goan were to marry another Goan, there may (depending on the
family) be some pretentiousness regarding caste.
If these SAME Goans families were
Int J Cardiol. 2005; ; :
Correlation of regional cardiovascular disease mortality in India with
lifestyle and nutritional factors.
Guptaà R, Misraà A, Paisà P, Rastogià P, Guptaà VP
Department of Medicine, Monilek Hospital and Research Centre, Jawahar
Nagar, Jaipur 302004, India.
OBJECTIVE:
View From The Outer Harbour
By: Thalmann Pradeep Pereira
SONIA AND IMRANA
The Chinese revolutionary Mao Ze Dong had said that women
must hold up half the sky. No wonder China is rapidly progressing. In India,
Parliament is continuously postponing the Constitutional
Hi John,
Add to this add the yearly allotment -- I think Rs. One Crore -- for him
to spend on development of his constitution -- much of which ends up in his
own or his near relatives' pockets
In Rajasthan two hundred village women went to Jaipur and demanded to know how
their local
You have missed the whole point from my writing. I regret that
agnosticism will not allow you to see more than what you want...
Ivo da C.Souza
Dear Goanetters,
I think Fr Ivo has got it all wrong.
Any one who raises their opinion is a 'Christian Basher'?
God is a man
Dear Aloysius,
Well written... but who pays heed to all this.. its like pouring water over a
duck body.
Anyway all i hope is that at least one part of your messege goes
through i.e. Life is TO SHORT to waste on frivolous discussions.
Cynthia
Dear Goans Everywhere,
I am fed up of reading messages since the last TEN YEARS over this business
of Caste among Goan Christians ---
Being a CHRISTIAN automatically means that we believe that all men (and
women) are equal -- there is no such thing as being born
into different castes --
Hi Fred,
How can one get in touch with Fr Xavier Pinto?
I am glad that some priests and nuns have now vowed to treat their servants
(Christians and non-Christians) as people with human
dignity and not extract work out of them without any consideration whatsoever.
The Catholic Church pioneered
There are heroes in sports, who have done extremely well in their field and we
also have plenty of forgotten heroes in Goa and elsewhere. We should recognize
them, isn't? Heroes have the courage, the guts we sometimes wish we had. It
is easy to admire, much more difficult to generate.
We have
In a message dated 7/4/2005 3:36:27 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Here's a tip-sheet on how to send AOL mail via plain text
http://www.frontierfleet.net/email/howto.php?prog=aol (both for AOL 5.0
and earlier, and for AOL 6.0).
Dear Fred,
Here's a three-line message that
--
Welcome to the FRIDAY BALCAO
Read the Balcao Synopsis on the website
http://www.goadesc.org/balcao/
--
Dear Cybergaokars on GoaNet,
Friday Balcao the fortnightly discussion event
to be
From: Marlon Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kevin,
Here is a nice email I
received from one such person...
Marlon
From: XXX XXX[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Marlon ,
Don't mess with Chriatianity , and least of all
Jesus who is God !!
Consider this a Warning as well as Friendly advice .
It is an ardous task but the whole of Goa should be
reorganized dating 61. Goan identity should be at the
forefront. A free or special administrative (not only
trade)region would benefit Goa.
B. Colaco
I agree with the view in some goanet circles that
the whole of Goa should
be
as of early morning of 5th July...
The said 90% is now 90.80% of 185 votes (i.e.168 votes).
Check the link below for updated results.
However, 185 votes do not necessarily mean 185 different voters.
As one person entitled to one vote per day, one can cast as many as 7 votes per
week
or 15
Paramount buys Embraer planes for Rs 620 cr
TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2005 02:23:00 AM]
MUMBAI: In a surprise development at the Paris air show on Tuesday,
Coimbatore-based
start-up airline, Paramount Airways, signed up with Brazilian aircraft
manufacturer
Embraer to buy five
Two more tones just received from GOA (I dont know from whom) but a request was
sent
via sms to all my 18 usual contacts.
Previously, I had two viz
1. MOGA ZALEM TEM ZAUM (By ANTHONY MENDES FILM 'AMCHEM NOXIB'?)
TUM MOJO GHODDACHO PAO
TUM MAKA SODDXI TOR
JIU DITOLOM HANV...
--- Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
RESPONSE: Hello not so fast! I should have copied a
bit more from the link;
Gabe,
It seems like there is an ongoing dispute about the
authorship of that poem. There are three versions of
that poem, apparently written by three different
people,
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050702/ap_on_hi_te/belgium_red_tape
Belgium Web Site Helps Gov't Cut Red Tape
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Belgians suffering under a morass of contradictory,
complicated or just plain absurd regulations have for two years had a
place to make their complaints known: a Web site
Santosh,
Thank you for your crafty post that was carefully scribed and well scripted
to suit your innuendo, in an attempt to support your excessively rampant
raves and accusatory postings on Goanet.
Did we notice that Santosh is concealing sections of posts by using blanks
and is
It's easy to say forget about caste, don't get obsessed with the issue
and the like... as long as we are not ourselves victims of casteism. Or,
if we want to pretend that this issue doesn't exist.
It does! It's more honest to acknowledge it.
As my friend and journalist P Sainath told me once, as
Joe Vaz wrote:
The above is not mudslinging - insinuation; it is a fact that you have been
sending ccs of your post as advance notice to selective support-group
members, with whom you have been discussing Goanet posts privately. So you
say this is not fact but fiction or insinuation?
Cecil:
As
On 04/07/05, Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Goanet needs volunteer-time and money (go to www.goanet.org and click on
Paypal... so far only a handful have come forward, and we're grateful to
them!) to keep its work going. Rather than criticism and suspicion,
Here is something interesting I came across I thought I'd share with
Goanetters:
Moi-mogan,
Domnic Fernandes
Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA
THE ATHEIST PROFESSOR
LET ME EXPLAIN the problem science has with Jesus Christ. The atheist
professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of
Marlon Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
BTW, any tips from anyone on the best ways to
protect
myself from the impending lightning strike that is
about to hit my head :)
Marlon,
I am told the best protection is to wear an
uninsulated metal cap with a spike in it.
Mervyn3.0
Victor Rangel Ribeiro wrote:
While I appreciate your helpful advice, Bosco and Gabe, both of you
have sidestepped the question I posed:
Different mailing lists run on diverse mailing-list manager softwares.
See a list of the variety involved at
This is from a posting at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MangaloreanCatholics/
From: salusoz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Mangalorean/Goan Surnames and Meanings
Mangalorean/Goan Surnames and Meanings
Abreu - elf's counsel
Afonso - noble is ready
Aguiar - haunt of eagles
Alberto - noble is famous
On 04/07/05, Clinton Vaz from Benaulim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
I read your advert on cybermatrimonials and have the following to say to
you: Shame on you!
It's a shame that you believe in caste in this day and age. I know not what
my caste is and am not interested in learning
On 04/07/05, Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
RESPONSE: I Googled footprints and got a different
result! :-
Gabe,
Margaret Fishback Powers won the copyright for this
poem. Please see the following for the full story:
Fellow Goanetters,
If any of you are near the Toronto area on Saturday July 16th, I'm
playing HOLY JOE'S (651 Queen St. West).
Just to let you know, I am a Goan-Canadian singer/songwriter who is
influcened by Ben Harper, Bob Marley, Duncan Sheik, Ian Thornley and
Peter Gabriel. I will be doing a
I agree with Dr. Jose Colaco that we should prohibit
cyber matrimonial ads on GoaNet, which describes a
person's caste. This is casteeism at its worst, and
GoaNet should take the lead in stopping such blatantly
casteeist ads.
Vivian
On 04/07/05, D'Souza, Avelino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Antonio,
...
However, after reading your
piece several times, I am unable to pinpoint your caste, which you
intentionally or unintentionally seem to elude.
If possible, I like to read the full version of the story, as
Kevin,
Obviously, some of the fundamentalists on this list
simply do not get it. Here is a nice email I
received from one such person. I have deleted his
email to protect his identity. The threat was not from
any one recently involved in the various debates on
goanet.
BTW, any tips from anyone
The greatest danger to the 3rd world comes from
within. They can not rule or have not learnt to rule.
Today the result of forced decolonisation can be
vividly seen from Goa to nearly the whole of Africa.
Do not blame the Columbus or Vasco.
B. Colaco
However, the points
that she otherwise
From CyberMatrimonials:
Goan RC Brahmin spinster 34 years of age, slim fair, homely, MA in
English Literature, teacher by profession, well settled and only daughter
seeks Bachelors from India or Abroad who are well settled.Caste and
community no bar.Please reply with particulars and photograph to
If caste community no bar why does she specify that she is Brahmin
- Original Message -
From: jose colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: goanet@goanet.org
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 12:44 AM
Subject: RE: [Goanet]CYBERMATRIMONIALS and Goan RC Brahmin
Hello,
I read your advert on cybermatrimonials and have the following to say to
you: Shame on you!
It's a shame that you believe in caste in this day and age. I know not what
my caste is and am not interested in learning about that either. It is only
small-minded people that believe in caste.
I
Bhupathi-Pierce savour triumph
July 04, 2005 19:12 IST
After the heady combine of Leander Paes and Martina Navratilova, Indian
tennis fans now have another equally exciting partnership to celebrate --
Mahesh Bhupathi and Mary Pierce, the 2005 Wimbledon mixed doubles
champions.
Bhupathi
Victor Rangel-Ribeiro writes:
While I appreciate your helpful advice, Bosco and Gabe, both of you have
sidestepped the question I posed: I belong to other groups, SASIALIT (South
Asian Literature) and Africa-Orientalia among them. Some of my emails to them
are exceptionally long, running to two
Philip Thomas wrote:
I thank the goanetter who suggested a poll on Goa's vexatious aviation scene
and goanet admin for implementing it. Over 90% of those participating seem
to want the Navy to pull out of Dabolim to allow the facility to flower as a
civilian airport. Good!
--- Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
RESPONSE: I Googled footprints and got a different
result! :-
Gabe,
Margaret Fishback Powers won the copyright for this
poem. Please see the following for the full story:
http://www.zondervan.com/pathways/archive/volume1/issue3/first_steps.htm
HEART 2 HEART - Herald, July 3
BY ETHEL DA COSTA
Will flowers bloom again at `Garcia de Orta'?
For common folks, you and me, the Municipal Garden at Panjim has sighed its
last breath. With a heavy heart, this is a requiem for the good spirits of
a once happy garden. The garden that we helped
--- cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Santosh,
I have always found your posts to be of impeccable
integrity and credibility. They are informed and well
thought out. Keep it up.
Hi Cornel,
I appreciate your kindness. The sentiment is mutual.
Cheers,
Santosh
To goanet readers:
The below statement by Joe Vaz is inaccurate. Similar or same statement has
been made in the past, and I thought I had issued a correction. May I
re-iterate the correction once again.
I was the organizer of the Symposium on Goan Diaspora: Issues of Integration
and Identity. It
Ieo Vegim
Tujea hatacho
Bizle sarkelo xok lagillo,
To mhojea kuddint rigun ulla
Ieo vegim, ani
Jivitachi roshnni pettoi.
Mojea hodddean
Pormollit fulam bhag asa,
Premi udkan ximpunk ravlam
Ieo vegim, ani
Mogacho
Dear all Konkani Lovers,
I did come out with an exciting offer (free to all in UK/EU and half price
postage
to US/Canada) but strangely there were no takers (except 2 from UK), perhaps,
some
of you may thought I was doing some charity work etc and this was just not for
you
etc...
If that was
---
G o a n e t * News Bytes In Brief * July 4, 2005
---
RAINS IN GOA: Short, sharp spells, but heavy showers
too. Obviously the heavy downpour in
This kind of dope is much more useful than the stuff we saw earlier. But the
political bit at the end struck a discordant note and is best avoided. Also
the SEZ information is a bit generalised, sounding as if it is straight out
of some procedural manual. It has to be given much more of a Goa
The Department of Personnel and Training has issued circulars to the
Department of Information Technology re operationalising some of the
mandatory provisions of the RTI Act 2005. These have been scanned and
uploaded on to the IT Departments' Website http://www.mit.gov.in/rti.asp
and are really
Antonio,
I am pleased that my question could you clarify where in the caste
hierarchy you belong? triggered to share your family thesis on
migratory culture of beautiful and courageous girls, from yours and
surrounding villages to the shores of Bardez and Salcette, by crossing a
risky river and
Haha Peter, that is good point! Obviously both sides
of the debate can resort to hyperbole to make, or
should I say, weaken their case.
Marlon
Marlon Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] asks:
Joe,
How does questioning the authenticity of Jesus's
alleged miracles constitute a gruesome attack on
Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 8:44 AM
Subject: Your posts
Santosh,
I have always found your posts to be of impeccable integrity and
credibility. They
are informed and well thought out. Keep it up.
Regards,
Cornel
On 04/07/05, Salus Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Cynthia wrote:
One night I dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
___
Dear Cynthia,
.
The
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