*** NEWS: Goa website to attract non-resident funds ... Go to Goa and get healthy...

2006-06-13 Thread Goanet News
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1718616,00020020.htm Goa to launch website to attract funds from non-residents Press Trust of India Panaji, June 12, 2006: Goa is planning to use the Internet to showcase investment opportunities in the state to attract funds from non-resident Goans

[Goanet] Goa news for June 14, 2006

2006-06-13 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Vital Goa bridge damaged; traffic to be restricted (rediff.com) Traffic will be restricted on the Zuari bridge, a vital link between north and south Goa, as it has developed a crack,

[Goanet] AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP - Junachi 14vi, 2006!

2006-06-13 Thread domnic fernandes
Devan sokall rochlea ami adlo dis kitlo vorto aslo to sangonk ani magirlim chovis horam kitlim ojeapanchim vortovtelim tim! (God created mornings so that we can say how great the previous day has been and how wonderful the next 24 hours would be!) Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran,

[Goanet] Diocesan Society of Education should act!

2006-06-13 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Hi Tony and Floriano, I agree with you-both about the importance of English language. The importance of the language is for the students and their parents and others interested in the next generation of Goans. Goan Catholics do a good job of sometimes wanting it both ways. They insists the

[Goanet] Thailand, tamarind, toffees...

2006-06-13 Thread Frederick Noronha
I noticed that the Thais have a nice way of converting the tamarind pulp into a kind of sweet. The end product is some kind of a toffee (packed as one, that is), but with a neat sweet-sourish taste, which quite appeals to the Asian palate. Is this possible because of some kind of sweet tamarind

[Goanet] VCD of Just A Minute released

2006-06-13 Thread Stephen Fernandes
VCD of Just A Minute released HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, JUNE 12 — VCD of ‘Just a Minute’ short Konkani film of 74 minutes duration was released at Gomant Vihya Niketan, Margao by Art and Culture Minister Digambar Kamat, recently. The film produced by Machi Mogi Santa Cruz (Goa) in association with

[Goanet] LOW COST AVIATION MAKES STEADY GAINS

2006-06-13 Thread Philip Thomas
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1035067 New airlines gain more ground Praveena Sharma Monday, June 12, 2006 21:11 IST BANGALORE: Challenger airlines like Air Deccan, Kingfisher Air, SpiceJet and Go Air continue to eat into the market share of incumbent carriers like Indian Airlines,

Re: [Goanet] Theist v/s atheist?

2006-06-13 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Elisabeth Carvalho wrote: I am assuming that you are using the second example to prove that the first assumption is incorrect. Hence, proving once in for all that science is not to be trusted Mario replies: Elisabeth, Actually, I did not use any assumptions. Both the principles of

Re: [Goanet] India gobbling the world

2006-06-13 Thread Mario Goveia
--- cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mario Ah! So there are impediments in India's way to imminent super economic status. This is what I kept saying and you were so dismissive. Have you woken up? Mario replies: No, but you seem to be in dreamland. Why do you embarrass yourself like

Re: [Goanet] Theist v/s atheist?

2006-06-13 Thread Mario Goveia
--- cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mario Thanks for your two examples. I would use different terminology for both examples. Rather than say it is true knowledge I would say that within a balance of probability, the first object would stay up as long as fuel is supplied. It could

Re: [Goanet] Talibanisation of Goa.

2006-06-13 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Elisabeth Carvalho wrote: What is going on in Goa? Are we taking 10 steps backwards in every direction? I am not only ashamed, I am actually terrified for Goa. Mario muses: Preetam Elisabeth, With all due respect, while I agree that this new dress code is silly and intrusive in the

[Goanet] RE: 'GOTCHA !!!!' (2)

2006-06-13 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Francis Rodrigues wrote: Mario's gems: Francis, I'm sure Dr. Kaza Moyo's skills would be far more usefully employed in your search for eternal youth...! Dr. Moyo, Welcome. Your surname is one I have not heard before...! Having grown up an Indian, and now a US citizen of...!

[Goanet] Re: Dubai Terrorism

2006-06-13 Thread Mario Goveia
--- ralph rau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mario seems to be very sure that Dubai is funding terrorist organisations. He probably has access to reliable sources. One hopes these are not the same sources that Bush depended on for information about Iraqi WMD. Mario responds: Ralph, I

Re: [Goanet] The destruction of Hindu temples to build Catholicchurches in their places.

2006-06-13 Thread Mario Goveia
--- cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mario As often, you seem to miss the point being made. I asked if, because Gilbert had not personally found the evidence about Hindu temples, he was happy to accept that there was no such destruction? Mario responds: It would help if you avoided wild

Re: [Goanet] Goan Association U.K., Ruby Anniversary. (1)

2006-06-13 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 12/06/06, cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gabe and Mervyn Re Rita Faria, I am not a tall guy but had no trouble enjoying a pleasant dance with Rita at a Goan social close to the War Museum in London when she became Miss World. She was also pleasantly conversational and among other things, we

[Goanet] 'Go to Goa and get healthy

2006-06-13 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.thisisbradford.co.uk/misc/print.php?artid=791094 'Go to Goa and get healthy Everything from a bargain tummy tuck to cut-price heart surgery is being offered in a bid to tempt health tourists to India. Patients aiming to dodge waiting lists and get cheaper private operations can head

Re: [Goanet] India gobbling the world - Malthus be gone!

2006-06-13 Thread Elisabeth Carvalho
I am sure as, Dr Khushwant Singh and Chidambaram, revel in the headway that India is making, their foremost wish is Malthus be gone. Unfortunately, the spectre of Maltus will follow both India and China well into the next century. One of the economic magazines is carrying a story, about how

[Goanet] RE: Portugal... or Angola?

2006-06-13 Thread George Pinto
--- Paulo Colaco Dias [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The British commentators were finding hard to understand this phenomenon of excellent relations and fraternity between a colony and its 500 years old coloniser. Applauses and cheering for Angola came from both the Portuguese audience as well as

RE: [Goanet] Goan Association U.K., Ruby Anniversary. (1)

2006-06-13 Thread Eddie Fernandes
From cornel If I get the time, I will fill in some gaps re the formation of the Goan Association in the UK. My earliest meeting in this cause was at a Catholic hostel in Manor Park, London, in around mid 1962 or early 1963. Comments The first

[Goanet] Re True Knowledge

2006-06-13 Thread cornel
Hi Mario I can't tell you how delighted I am that you have manifested an interest in the area of knowledge. On reflection I would like to add to my 'one cent bit' contribution I already made by way of a rushed response to your post yesterday. My reading on the subject of knowledge

Re: [Goanet] Goan Association U.K., Ruby Anniversary. (1)

2006-06-13 Thread cornel
Gabe You are absolutely right re the Catholic Society. You do have a better memory than me. However, I can still recall Camilo arriving with his family to the UK some time after me and meeting them all at Speaker's Corner on one fine summer's day. Cornel - Original Message - From:

[Goanet] Re: Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 589

2006-06-13 Thread ANTHONY PINHEIRO
Micheal, Can you tell your Magic Man that Mopa/Dabolim does not matter to us because we being poor cannot afford to go by Air. Nor the Luxary of Movie or banning matters to us because nor we can afford. Come to the poor people of Goa who after getting down from the buses at the Kadamba Bus

Re: [Goanet] Talibanisation of Goa.

2006-06-13 Thread floriano
Dear Elizabeth, I have admired your postings which exudes 'forceful mind' Even then I have refrained from commenting on any of your postings. I am a thoroughbred Goan who had the opportunity to vist many a shores in the world for 25 years of my working life,and I have decided (a long time ago)

[Goanet] World Cup Goan sweepstakes to benefit a Goan charity

2006-06-13 Thread George Pinto
Only a few tickets remain. Please buy a ticket and support a good cause. See details below. Thanks, George * Dear all: Many thanks to Gabe for initiating this World Cup Goan sweepstakes to benefit a Goan charity for seniors in Goa. This is Gabe's personal initiative; it

[Goanet] GOA London Ruby n Reita Faria

2006-06-13 Thread Pandu Lampiao
I was curious how Reita looked and here is a picture I found (on the following link, http://www.silvertorch.com/images/Radio%20Pics/radio-a-pics10.jpg Does anyone know what happened to Imelda, the presenter on All India Radio? Always curious what she looked like? PN

RE: [Goanet] Re: Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 586 No: 8

2006-06-13 Thread Eddie Fernandes
From godfrey gonsalves May I suggest you buy a copy of the book on Comunidades or Gaunkaries written by Dr Olivinho Gomes Comments: Other useful sources and contacts: Goa - Gaunkari, The Old Village Associations. Panaji, Printwell Press. By Rui

Re: [Goanet] Fr. Jorda at Loyola High School

2006-06-13 Thread tonyca
Hi Cornel! Ref. your query to Themistocles, I passed the Matriculation Examination in 1945 when I was 15 years old (which was the average age at which most students passed the examination at that time.) ---Tony Correia-Afonso.

Re: [Goanet] reply to Jerry

2006-06-13 Thread richard
Hey Jeff, Nice to read you on the net. How are things? Can you give me the names of the brass bands please? Richard - Original Message - From: Jeffrey Paschal DSouza [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 10:05 AM Subject: [Goanet] reply to Jerry The

[Goanet] AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP - Junhachi 13vi, 2006!

2006-06-13 Thread domnic fernandes
Zorui konnuch tuzo mog korinam, zanna zav to tuzoch guneanv. (If nobody loves you, be sure it is your own fault.) Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's

[Goanet] From a journalist in Goa: Cleo Odzer

2006-06-13 Thread Frederick Noronha
I am a journalist based in Goa, reviewed Dr Cleo Odzer's Goa Freaks, and wrote/spoke to her on phone. Unfortunately we never met. After one of our latter conversations (on phone), I felt she didn't sound well, and was probably involved in drugs again. Which was tragic. The next I heard, she had

[Goanet] Goa news for June 13, 2006

2006-06-13 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Football mania eludes many (NDTV) Even as sports fans in the country feats themselves on cricket, football, tennis and Formula One action, many others can barely stand it. From Delhi to