Hello all:
Good news (see emails below)!!! We reported to RTP that people in Portugal who
have only cable could not receive the Contacto Goa programs.
Per RTP, that problem has been resolved going forward. People in Portugal who
wish to see our program will now be able to do so on cable at
MONTH'S MIND
MRS. MARIA AURORA D'SOUZA
22-01-2006
21-02-06 : Holy Family Cathedral, Kuwait at 7.00 p.m.
Offered by: Crisanto (Babush), Ignatious ( Iggi ) and Family
22-02-06 : Our Lady Of Milagris Church, Sircaim at 4.30
To Goanet
Im contacting you with the hope, that you with your knowledge of Goa can
either help me yourself or know somebody knowledgeable about plants who can.
I am a Danish journalist, writing among other things about gardens. I am a
frequent visitor in Goa and enjoy the flora here. There is
From: jose colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Goans who speak Konkani say Thank You in three ways
1. Deu Borem Korum
2. Obrigadh
3. Dhandiyawadh
===
SHOULD read as follows:
Goans who speak Konkani say Thank You in three ways
1. Deu Borem Korum
2. Obrigadh
3. Dhaniyawadh
4. Ttank Yu
jc
Kevin Saldanha[EMAIL PROTECTED] lamented : Isn't is surprising that a
beautiful language like Konkani (whether Romi or Devanagri) has no simple
word for 'Thank-you' without resorting to
supernatural blessings?
I hope some 'expert' on this list can enlighten us.
Dear Kevin,
Do explain
Dear People,
I think this public action to bring attention to the growing problem of
pedophilia and other forms of child/woman abuse in India is worth endorsing.
Margaret
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 4:19 PM
On Sat Feb 18 04:26:44 PST 2006, Cornel wrote:
Hi Bosco
Surely, Dev Borem Korum would be objectionable to many sincere agnostics
and atheists.Why bring religion or God into this debate at all?
Cornel
- Original Message -
From: Bosco D'Mello
If an email signature is the cause
--- Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would like to offer the same suggestion to this
writer.
Gilbert,
Perhaps, you should advise a poet to focus on prose
rather than verse. What good is a Shakespeare any way?
He used too many words and wasted a lot of paper.
Cheers,
Santosh
On 18 February, 2006, students of St.Britto High School, Mapusa, staged an
impressive Passing Out Parade worthy of a Military School and having
cultural items never seen in the Military Schools. It was a sight to see and
sounds to capture for an eternity.
The SSC students in civvies [black
It is not my intent to embarass or enter into a controversy with this prolific
writer.
But this author (and other Indian scribes) may be better served to be more
focused (in their writing) and less verbose.
I sometimes to the same thing. Only to have the editor of a newspaper or
journal
==
ALL 'n' SUNDRY
By Valmiki Faleiro
==
OF MORCHAS HARTALS
What point, and against whom, was the Goa BJP trying to score, when it brought
Panjim to a 3-hour agonizing halt last Tuesday evening? Striking at the *aam
Goenkar* it avows to serve, literally on the streets
ACTIVITIES
The Botanical Society of Goa will hold its annual general body
meeting [AGM] on sunday 19 February, 2006, at the World Wide Fund for
Nature- Goa Unit office in the Science Centre complex, Miramar , from 10.30
A.M. Plant lovers are welcome to attend even if not yet enrolled as members.
Could someone enlighten on the status of Portuguese Passports? I had applied
in 1995 now nearing 51 years but till date no news,presume that i will get it
and all the others waiting in vain like me either at the time we reach the
death bed or should we say passport to the Grave.
Such issues
--
Welcome to the FRIDAY BALCAO
Read the Balcao Synopsis on the website
http://www.goadesc.org/balcao/
--
Dear Cybergaonkars on Goanet,
We continue with FRIDAY BALCAO
on 24th February from
-
Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your
family members, relatives, neighbours and friends.
Help others be BETTER INFORMED,
The time is come for the people of Goa
to ORGANISE not AGONISE !!
Is Bab Parrikar frustrated or has his party run out of ideas to face the
Congress. They must be thinking stirring up something to gain limelight hence
this morcha , and many of us were inconvenienced, tourists too , children,
sick people and many more . What is the law applicable in such cases
Isn't is surprising that a beautiful language like Konkani (whether Romi or
Devanagri) has no simple word for 'Thank-you' without resorting to
supernatural blessings?
I hope some 'expert' on this list can enlighten us.
Kevin Saldanha
Mississauga, ON.
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:26:44 -
From:
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We continue with FRIDAY BALCAO on 24th February from 4pm. to 6pm. We invite
you to express
your viewpoint by attending the Friday Balcao event but if you cannot attend,
then please send
your views
My cyber-BALCAO view: the first thing which needs to be done
Jose,
a: The physical state of his body (when I last saw it) does NOT
correspond
to the normal process of decomposition.
Forgive me for speaking out of turn here but is it not at all possible that
the 'normal process of decomposition' was avoided by clandestine means?
After all, the Church
Cecil Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The more innovative among us fabricated romantic
Valentine cards out of old wedding invitations
and hand made Valentine gifts out of whatever
was readily available - paper, cloth and
bamboo being popular long before thermacol
had a stranglehold on
Cipla's Tamiflu in a week's time
Cipla's Tamiflu in a week's time
PTI | February 18, 2006 | 20:50 IST
With reports of bird flu cases in Maharashtra being confirmed, leading
pharmaceutical firm Cipla Ltd on Saturday said it would be releasing
its version of Tamiflu in the Indian market in a
From: Eddie Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. I repeat that I do not claim to be an expert in the field.
2. You have asked me questions about Mr McCrystal which I am not in a
position to reply.
3. The vestments are not the original ones. By 1923 the body had shrunk to
1.44m. In 1951 the bones
Dear Jose,
I repeat that I do not claim to be an expert in the field. Since the topic
was raised I pointed to various reports that suggested a different point of
view. I even made it clear that I had not read some of the reports myself.
After that, I did find a copy of the Quarterly Review
Dear Tine Albinus, Thank you for your query. I'm forwarding the same to
the Botanical Society of Goa Network, and also to Goanet. Hopefully
someone there should have an apt answer. Also copying this to my friend
Miguel Braganza, a former agricultural officer (who moved out for a
career in other
http://news.webindia123.com/news/printer.asp?id=253798cat=India
Sonia on two-day visit to Goa from February 22
Panaji | February 18, 2006 5:43:28 PM IST
Congress President Sonia Gandhi will pay a two-day visit to Goa from
February 22.
Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Ravi Naik
http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=18776n_tit=Goa%3A+Thomas+Stephens+Konknni+Kendr+Bares+Cases+of+'Konkani+Scams'
Goa: Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr Bares Cases of 'Konkani Scams'
TSSK press release
Goa, Feb 18: Dr Pratap Naik SJ, in a press release, has alleged that a
series of
India finds deadly bird flu virus
India has detected its first cases of the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain
in western Maharashtra state.
Dr HK Pradhan of High Security Animal Disease Laboratory said tests
had confirmed the virus in dead chickens.
The health ministry said that though no human cases
Dear all,
Please sign the petition so Romi script Konknni can be officially recognized.
The petition is
available online and can be accessed via the following URL:
http://www.petitiononline.com/KONKNNI/petition.html
Please pass this message on to your family and friends. Thank you.
Regards,
The members of the Fabrica, the Parish Council and the Parishioners of the
Holy Trinity Church, Nagoa-Arpora-Baga deeply mourn the tragic and untimely
death of their beloved Parish Priest Rev. Fr. Joao Vicent Gonsalves.
MAY HIS DEPARTE DSOUL REST IN PEACE
There is a sustained campaign by the proponents of
only ONE SCRIPT (devanagari) to counter the battle of
the Romis. This time they are sure that the chicanery
is being exposed with relevant information hitherto
unavailable now being sourced to the Romi protoganists
easily.
It would be
Today, February 19, 2006, it is one year since my ganv-bhav, Francis Peter
Thomas DSouza, one of the most adorable tiatrists of the Konkani stage,
popularly known to all as Bab Peter de Anjuna, passed away. His sudden
and untimely death was a terrible blow to the Tiatro fraternity which has
Poixeanchi goroz sogott vaittachem mhull.
(Lack of money is the root of all evil)
Moi-mogan,
Domnic Fernandes
Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA
_
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Dear Anonymous,
I find it amusing that you cannot even disclose your
name.
Secondly, it was YOU who entered this debate
gratuitously and defended Gabe Menezes' inappropriate
and incorrect use of a Muslim greeting, and then made
some absurd comments about my response being
contradictory, which it
Gilbert,
Though the Danish cartoons were gratuitous and
despicable - but hardly comparable to similar attacks
on Christianity, like crosses in bottles of urine,
that draw no worldwide violence - the reaction of the
Muslim radicals against everything western, including
attacking the US which had
Sasrikal, Joe, Aley Kum Salaam and Shukria.
--- JoeGoaUk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Be Indian and Talk Indian
If you can't say or greet in YOUR MOTHER TOUNGUE
then just say..
'SASRIKAL PAJI'
And beleive me, that's Indian too. (Besides Punjab,
it's also very common way of greetings in
Alemao alleged that chief minister Pratapsingh Rane and the BJP had been
misguiding the people of Goa over Mopa airport issue, by saying that both
airports Dabolim and Mopa should function to meet the boom of tourism
business in Goa, as after 20 years, the lone Dabolim
Airport would not be able to
Dear All,
The commissioner of Panjim Corporation followed by his counterpart in Vasco
have finally launched a battle on plastic.The Gag the Bag initiative has
been started to encourage the average Goan city dweller to take
responsibility for the waste generated.The initiative -has apparently
Hello!
Here is my article titled 'Constitution of India: Perspective from
Movements'
http://www.openspaceforum.net/twiki/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=70
Click above and your comments are welcome after you read it!
Warmest regards,
Seby
After the heartwarming success of Goan Cultural Fest
2005, the organizers plan to bring back the
festivities, this time in Dubai at Al Nasr
Leisureland poolside on February 23rd 2006. The
festival will kick off with traditional ballads and
folk dances and move on to some groovy Goan music by
the
Hilario Joanes
of Lisbon, Portugal. Passed away this morning at Lilavati Hospital
Bandra, following a car accident in Goa.
Beloved husband of Petra and loving father of Anya/Manuel (London),
Lena/Frederic (London)
--
Dev Borem Korum.
Gabe Menezes.
London, England
http://oheraldo.in/node/10003
Surendra, wife file nominations
BY HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, FEB 17 –- Candidates who will contest against the Babush
Monseratte panel at the March 12 CCP elections started filing their
nominations on Friday.
Prominent among those who filed their nominations include
http://oheraldo.in/node/10002
Muslim community stages protest over Hussain's art work
HERALD CORRESPONDENT
MORMUGAO, FEB 17 — Around 900 Muslims took out a rally in Vasco under
the banner of Ittihad-Ul-Muslimin.
A huge rally was taken out by the Muslims of Vasco in protest against
the cartoon of
http://oheraldo.in/node/9993
Narvekar blames BJP for Canacona hospital woes
BY HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, FEB 17 — No basic facilities were provided to the new Canacona
hospital, which was constructed during the BJP rule.
Health Minister Dayanand Narvekar said the people of Goa which are fed
with
http://oheraldo.in/node/9987
Two elected unopposed to agro board
BY HERALD REPORTER
MARGAO, FEB 17 — The Adarsh Bagyadhar panel has opened its account for
election to the Goa State Agricultural Marketing Board by winning both
the seats for women.
On the last date of withdrawal of nomination
http://oheraldo.in/node/10001
Resolution passed for bridge across Chapora river
BY HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, FEB 17 — The Goa Assembly passed a resolution urging the
Government to construct a bridge across river Chapora between
Camurlim in Bardez and Tuem in Pernem Taluka to ease the burden faced
http://oheraldo.in/node/9981
FIFA pulls up Churchill Bros
Club ordered to pay footballer's dues
BY MARCUS MERGULHAO
PANJIM, FEB 17 – World's football governing body FIFA has pulled up
Churchill Bros Sports Club for duping a Nigerian footballer.
FIFA's Dispute Resolution Chamber has not only
http://oheraldo.in/node/9990
Panjim Carnival from February 25
HERALD NEWS DESK
PANJIM, FEB 17 – The Panjim Carnival Committee and the Directorate of
Tourism will organise the carnival from February 25 to 28 in Panjim.
This year the Queen Momo will be Miss Lianne Texeira, a 17-year-old
girl from
http://oheraldo.in/node/1
MMC park to get facelift
BY HERALD REPORTER
MARGAO, FEB 17 — The State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) has decided
to re-develop the much-neglected Margao Municipal garden in front of
the old court building at Old market.
A day after Herald exposed the utter
Bill Clinton arrives
BY HERALD REPORTER
http://oheraldo.in/node/9983
PANJIM, FEB 17 – Former US President Bill Clinton arrived at Dabolim
on Friday evening alongwith members of Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS
Initiative.
His special flight landed at Dabolim at around 6.30 pm, more than one
hour
http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=02182
Judges posts: minister says process of selection is on
NT Staff Reporter
Panaji Feb 17: The Law Minister, Mr Dayanand Narvekar today said that
the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court has already advertised for the
posts of 17 judges
http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=02184
Panel for withdrawal of ban on late night music
NT Staff Reporter
Panaji Feb 17: The select committee on the Madhya Pradesh Control of
Music and Noice Act (Goa amendment) Bill, 2005 in its report
recommended that the bill be
http://www.newkerala.com/news2.php?action=fullnewsid=12119
Opposition stage walkout in Goa assembly
Panaji, Feb 17: The opposition members today staged a walk out from
the state assembly condemning police lethargy in a case involving an
attack on an elected representative in South Goa.
The
http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=02186
Preparations on for Sonia visit
NT Staff Reporter
Panaji Feb 17: The Special Protection Group has given green signal to
local Congress authorities for holding a public meeting to be
addressed by the all-India Congress committee
http://oheraldo.in/node/9984
Ragging may soon take a beating
BY HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, FEB 17 – A Bill seeking to prohibit ragging in educational
institutions was introduced in the Goa Assembly today.
Moving the Bill - Goa Prohibition of Ragging Bill, 2006, Jitendra
Deshprabhu, Pernem MLA
Mario,
I suggest you read my earlier posts. The suggestion is not that the body is
preserved because it was shipped with other cargo but that it was embalmed
and stuffed with spices - a simple but important difference.
However since you have backed down from your earlier claim that St FX
HEART TO HEART (FEB 12, 2006 - Herald)
By Ethel Da Costa
The Politics of Ego Management
Nail me to the tree for being blunt, but baby, I'm party to this
gate-crashing, nose snooping number (whether I like it or not), every
single day of my life, simply because I invariably get to see the
Hi Bosco
Surely, Dev Borem Korum would be objectionable to many sincere agnostics and
atheists.Why bring religion or God into this debate at all?
Cornel
- Original Message -
From: Bosco D'Mello [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: goanet@goanet.org
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 6:11 AM
Subject:
Far out of the purple haze
Telegraph.co.uk
Goa, long known as a charming but shambolic hippie haven, also does a nice line
in refinement for the discerning visitor, says Gavin Bell. (Filed: 18/02/2006)
Goa basics
They must have thought they had discovered nirvana. When the first hippies
Alphonso mangoes, cashew nuts to be available at post offices
Panaji, Feb 17 (PTI) Indian postal department will sell cashew nuts from
Ratnagiri and Goa and delicious Alfonso mango through their 100-odd
outlets at Mumbai.
This will be in addition to our existing commodities like fast moving
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