*** Goanet News Bytes * April 30, 2006 * Survey for six-lane expressway to be held soon

2006-04-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
| Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of | | Mapusa of the 1950s| | | |

[Goanet] [JudeSundayReflections] Sunday Reflections: Fourth Sunday of Easter

2006-04-30 Thread Jude Botelho
Sunday Reflections - Aid to the Sunday Liturgy Related Link: http://www.NetForLife.net ** Group Email Addresses ** Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] My Groups | JudeSundayReflections Main Page

[Goanet] Re: Subject: NEW ENTRANT TO GOANET

2006-04-30 Thread N Chandrasekharan
From: N Chandrasekharan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/04/30 Sun AM 10:23:44 GMT+05:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Subject: NEW ENTRANT TO GOANET Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 10:12:38 +0530 Hi all, I am Chandrasekharan. A Banker joining the land of Goa, a few months back. Goa as is named is a land

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Mutual sustenance: Goan women and the Catholic church in New Zealand

2006-04-30 Thread Goanet Reader
Mutual sustenance: Goan women and the Catholic church in New Zealand Ruth DeSouza [EMAIL PROTECTED] On December 3 2005, Catholic Goans in Auckland, New Zealand celebrated the Feast of St Francis Xavier with a mass in Konkani, the first time such an event had been held in New Zealand. For those

[Goanet] The debate on reservations

2006-04-30 Thread Mario Goveia
The debate on reservations (Author unknown) Whether you are for or against reservations, here is a NEW ANGLE :-)) I think we should have job reservations in all fields of endeavor. I completely support the PM and all the politicians for promoting this. Let's start the reservation with our

Re: [Goanet] Re: Voting rights for NRIs (one more time)

2006-04-30 Thread Elisabeth Carvalho
Dear Bosco, Living in the USA, sometimes one tends to miss out on actual news happening in India. Hence, I have been only partially informed about NRI voting rights. I inadvertently assumed the government was revisiting the old idea of giving PIOs (generically refered to as NRIs) voting rights.

[Goanet] Goafest: Expression of masculinity changing among Asian men

2006-04-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
http://www.agencyfaqs.com/news/stories/2006/05/01/14885.html Goafest: Expression of masculinity changing among Asian men GOA, May 1: For all these years, Marlboro represented the image of masculinity. However, the Marlboro man is no longer held up as the ultimate masculine ideal in the US and

[Goanet] Re: Indian Jesuit in Afghanistan

2006-04-30 Thread Marie D'Souza
Fr. Aloysius Fonseca of the Bombay Province was in Afghnaistan and died there. I donot know whether any other Jesuit replaced him. marie - Original Message - From: Alfred de Tavares Dear friends, Please add information yo may have. Thanks Teotonio for suggesting Shakti Sinha.

[Goanet] Goafest: Consumer generated content is the way ahead

2006-04-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
http://www.agencyfaqs.com/news/stories/2006/05/01/14884.html Goafest: Consumer generated content is the way ahead agencyfaqs! GOA, May 1 At a seminar at the Goafest, Paul Kemp Robertson, managing editor, Contagious magazine shed new light on ‘Consumer generated content’ and how it is gaining

[Goanet] Vasco da Gama yacht rally... from Turkey

2006-04-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/sailors-party-before-last-leg-of-rally/8680-8.html Sailors party before last leg of rally Anish Basu CNN-IBN Posted Monday , April 24, 2006 at 15:40 Mumbai: As part of the Vasco Da Gama Yacht Rally, 35 international yachts started sailing from Turkey in October last

Re: [Goanet] 'DEAR AUNTY' No. 2: WEEKLY HUMOR :-))

2006-04-30 Thread Helga do Rosario Gomes
Hilarious Francis! I look forward to more. Helga 'DEAR AUNTY' No. 2: WEEKLY TOP 12 :-)) __ 1. DEAR AUNTY, I'm Gulf air-hostess. All loves me. I have handbags in Ye-man, Musket Abu Dubai. Everytime more romancing me. Too many handbags, what to do ? Flossy.

[Goanet] Re: Moira controversy......................

2006-04-30 Thread Bosco D'Mello
On Sun Apr 30 06:50:01 PDT 2006, Olav Menezes wrote: Manuel Caldeira, in all the complaints engineered against him, is referred to as a foreigner RESPONSE: That's unfortunate. In the past fortnight alone, I have met Goans here in Toronto that feel and act like foreigners in Goa. They go

[Goanet] ALERT:Porvorim's Highway of fear

2006-04-30 Thread Goacan
---Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre (GDRC)Website: www.goadesc.org Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Press Clippings on the web:

[Goanet] Ana Fonte Garden came alive

2006-04-30 Thread ivo faleiro
Ana Fonte Garden came alive. I HIGHLY APPRECIATE WHAT DIGABER KAMAT HAS DONE. Even with a so called CATHOLIC minister with 300 Crows in the kitty, but staying in MARGAO and not 'MADGAON' .. who did it??? Regards, The Stupid. From: Ivo Oscar Faleiro, Margao - Goa.

[Goanet] RE: Who is an NRI

2006-04-30 Thread jose colaco
- Elisabeth Carvalho wrote: Secondly I don't know if anyone read my original post but I stated very clearly that the term NRIs has lost its original and true meaning and has been loosely interpreted to mean every Indian or Person of Indian Origin, who now resides outside of India.

[Goanet] RE: FN in 'Naughty' film poster offends Christians

2006-04-30 Thread jose colaco
re http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1509678.cms Posters of the film show a partly unclad woman with the catchline — 'Story of a Bold, Sexy and Naughty Nun'. Members of the Christian community have objected to it and a petition has been filed in Bombay High Court by a city-based

[Goanet] Re: Voting rights for NRI Goans

2006-04-30 Thread Bosco D'Mello
On Sat Apr 29 21:27:24 PDT 2006, Elisabeth Carvalho wrote: Secondly I don't know if anyone read my original post but I stated very clearly that the term NRIs has lost its original and true meaning and has been loosely interpreted to mean every Indian or Person of Indian Origin, who now

Re: [Goanet] RE: NRI voting rights

2006-04-30 Thread Mario Goveia
--- jose colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The term NRI stands for Indian Citizens who are presently NOT RESIDENT in INDIA; It does NOT stand for British or American or Portuguese etc citizens who have permission to Reside in India. Mario says, The term NRI includes foreign citizens of

[Goanet] ‘DEAR AUNTY’ No. 2: WEEKLY HUMOR :-))

2006-04-30 Thread Francis Rodrigues
‘DEAR AUNTY’ No. 2: WEEKLY TOP 12 :-)) __ 1. DEAR AUNTY, I’m Gulf air-hostess. All loves me. I have handbags in Ye-man, Musket Abu Dubai. Everytime more romancing me. Too many handbags, what to do ? Flossy. Dear Flossy: Get a suitcase.

RE: [Goanet] Voting rights for NRI Goans

2006-04-30 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Elisabeth Carvalho wrote: Secondly I don't know if anyone read my original post but I stated very clearly that the term NRIs has lost its original and true meaning and has been loosely interpreted to mean every Indian or Person of Indian Origin, who now resides outside of India.

Re: [Goanet] NRI voting rights

2006-04-30 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Eugene Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Next step, as GOPIO has demanded, is for representation in Parliament. It's a tall order. Maybe it won't happen in the near future, but possibly in the long run. The jump for dual citizenship to PIO/NRIs MPs is going to be a long jump. I don't

Re: [Goanet] Re: Review of the Review by the Reviewer (to Mario)

2006-04-30 Thread Mario Goveia
It's a deal - as long as the mass becomes sorpotel and I can have some. --- Elisabeth Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mario done! I'll buy you a glass of feni at Georgie's bar if you promise to buy me a kilo of dukra mass at the tinto. :) Elisabeth

[Goanet] Goa news for May 1, 2006

2006-04-30 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** IF YOU GO (San Jose Mercury News) The months before and after the summer monsoon, basically November to May, is the best time to visit Goa. The week between Christmas and New Year's is

[Goanet] Three reports from the ICPA meet...

2006-04-30 Thread Frederick Noronha
Are We Becoming A Nation Of Peeping Toms, Gonsalves Asks Journalists By SAR NEWS BANGALORE, Karnataka (SAR NEWS) -- Sting journalism has come with a big bang and the power of the media, especially the television channels, is growing, said Michael Gonsalves, the president of the Indian Catholic

[Goanet] 'Naughty' film poster offends Christians

2006-04-30 Thread Frederick Noronha
Are such protests justified? Where does free speech end and offending a community's sensibilities begin? Is the criticism of anything religious taboo? Or is there an element of negative stereotyping involved? What's your view? FN http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1509678.cms

RE: [Goanet] Voting rights for NRI Goans

2006-04-30 Thread Elisabeth Carvalho
There seems to be confusion not just on this forum but in general in India as well, as to what NRI voting rights entails. The following link may shed some light on the matter. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060122/world.htm#2 One of the extracts from this article is as follows: The

RE: [Goanet] Voting rights for NRI Goans

2006-04-30 Thread Paulo Colaco Dias
Sorry Elisabeth, I was under the impression you were not an Indian Citizen. If you are, then there is no doubt you are an NRI. Mario, however, is not (he mentioned he is an US citizen). This is my last post on this subject. I think we are now quite clear. Best wishes Paulo. -Original

[Goanet] Will the real Jennifer please stand up?

2006-04-30 Thread Frederick Noronha
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1023469 Will the real Jennifer please stand up? Smita Deshmukh Tuesday, April 11, 2006 01:34 IST MUMBAI: Jennifer Mirza, wife of film-maker Saeed Mirza, had a rude surprise waiting for her when she returned from her Goan holiday on Sunday. Twenty-four

[Goanet] Re: Moira controversy......................

2006-04-30 Thread Olav Menezes
Hi Vivian, On 4/28/06, Vivian D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After reading several representations and listening to a few folks, I have decided that better sense should prevail and I should refrain from getting involved in the Moira imbroglio. After all I remind myself that I am not

[Goanet] Mangroves of Choroa Island

2006-04-30 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Silent sentinels The Hindu Sunday, Apr 30, 2006 KALYANI CANDADE The mangroves of Choroa Island in Goa are a birder's paradise. THE silence of the morning was shattered by a burst of cackling laughter across the water. Our guide stopped rowing, and pointed to the shadowy green

[Goanet] Open Letter to the Honourable CM of Goa

2006-04-30 Thread Goanet News Service
Open Letter to the Honourable CM of Goa It seems of late the Goa Government has become an anti peoples government.People's wishes and interests have been sidelined.Our priorities and satisfaction has been brutally murdered.There have been deliberate delays in some decisions by the Goa

[Goanet] RIGHT TO VOTE

2006-04-30 Thread raul carneiro
An addition to the ongoing exchange of thoughts, just a view points in different perspective:-   Right to vote is a fundamental right. I see no satisfactory reason why this right should be taken away ' A GROUP OF PEOPLE',  who are Indians but not residing in India due to ' UNAVOIDABLE

[Goanet] A Goan Crucible of Memories Review

2006-04-30 Thread gilbertlaw
A Goan Crucible of Memories by Dr. Renato Gracias The book brings to life snippets of the author's quasi-centenary life in and around Goa. The book's audience is the nuclear generation to whom the book is dedicated; and which the author laments is evolving into a cellular generation that

[Goanet] Floriano's Sunday Ramblings -2

2006-04-30 Thread floriano
In the fifties and sixties, and, the period of time before that (consider a couple of centuries or more), every mother's wish was to have a priest in the family. And the testimony of this still prevails everywhere in Goa where most of the palatial houses belonged to the family with priests, and

RE: [Goanet] Re: Review of the Review by the Reviewer

2006-04-30 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Hi Gilbert, First you accuse me, than strangely for some reason you portray feelings of empathy. The tons of accusations are from you alone Gilbert! You need to refresh your memory by visiting the archives; hopefully you will be able to focus clearly on what you read, what you understand and

[Goanet] The next Gandhi: I'll make India better off than Britain

2006-04-30 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2157949,00.html The Sunday TimesApril 30, 2006 The next Gandhi: I'll make India better off than Britain Dean Nelson in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh THE man widely tipped to be India's next prime minister, Rahul Gandhi, has spoken of his

[Goanet] Condolence.

2006-04-30 Thread A. Veronica Fernandes
KUWAIT KONKNNI KENDR DEEPLY MOURN THE SAD DEMISE OF MR. ANDREW RODRIGUES THE LOVONG ELDER BROTHER OF ELVINO RODRIGUES, THE PRESIDENT OF KUWAIT KONKNNI KENDR, TODAY AT 7.00 A.M. IN GOA AT HIS MOME IN NAVELIM, MANDOPA. Mr. Andrew after serving a few years in the UAE settled down at his home

[Goanet] Frankfinn has bought

2006-04-30 Thread richard
What an appetising write-up! Goa's the place to find plenty of gullibles! If one reads the brochure, if one talks to the trainees and if one takes note of the modus operandi of enrolling students Frankfinn is nothing but another swindle.Innocent youngsters are taken for a jooly good ride and

[Goanet] RE: NRI voting rights

2006-04-30 Thread jose colaco
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 03:00:47 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A lot of debate on the NRI voting right. As the situation stands right now, the Indian government has assured that the NRIs, particularly those in the Gulf areas, will get voting rights.

[Goanet] Goenche Tiatrist

2006-04-30 Thread Francisco X. Fernandes
Last week I attended a Konkani tiatr written and directed by Salu Faleiro. Let me congratulate him for staging this well written tiatr with a strong story line. Although the songs were too many on varied subjects, it is interesting to note that the director has given a chance not only to the

RE: [Goanet] Re: Indian Jesuit in Afghanistan

2006-04-30 Thread Alfred de Tavares
Dear friends, Please add information yo may have. Thanks Teotonio for suggesting Shakti Sinha. I, also, carry unstinted admiraion for him. I had occasion to interact, albeit minimally, with him, Erasmo, Inocencio Monteiro and Emerico de Sousa preparing for the for the John Paul's visit to Goa.

[Goanet] NRI voting rights

2006-04-30 Thread Eugene Correia
A lot of debate on the NRI voting right. As the situation stands right now, the Indian government has assured that the NRIs, particularly those in the Gulf areas, will get voting rights. Kerala has fully backed the centre's decision. But when it will happen has not been said. It will take time,

[Goanet] Re: Blown by Google Earth

2006-04-30 Thread Philip Thomas
RESPONSE: By the time I looked, they had moved the parked planes inside the hangar;-) Security Issues !! A little over a year ago, Philip Thomas had sent in a clipping from the Economic Times about the Government of India taking issue with Google Earth/Google Maps, etcthat allowed for this

[Goanet] Internet, tech skills growing quietly in Goa...

2006-04-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
INTERNET, TECH SKILLS GROWING QUIETLY IN GOA PANJIM, April 30: Goa's BSNL internet service provider is already providing some 3000 broadband connections in the state, and roughly another 24,000 people dial-up to get access the Net using this central government-run service. These figures emerged

[Goanet] Re: Indian Jesuit in Afghanistan

2006-04-30 Thread Teotonio R. de Souza
May I know more about Alex D'Souza? Was not Alfred D'Souza, the late Jesuit director of ISI, New Delhi, and former Editor of Social Action in Afghanistran to survey the possibilities of Jesuit work there? I thought the Indian Jesuits were already there. India has its mission of recovery in

[Goanet] ADC - Abrilachi 30vi

2006-04-30 Thread Edward Verdes
Kan khata tem bhangar, kanant galchem nhoi'Konkani proverb One should not use a gold ornament if that ornament eats up the ear itself. Hever valuable and tempting a person maybe, if he does not remain grateful he should be shunned. Edward Verdes Mumbai/Jeddah

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * April 30, 2006 * Survey for six-lane expressway to be held soon

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