--- Bernardo Colaco writes:
How do you define the 'pucca' and 'kuccha' syntax?
Or should I ask to be a 'pucca' NRI Goan, does one
have to go about with a 'lota' on the banks of the
Mandovi?
Remember the Non Resident Goan has fed the coffers
of the invaders with 17,000 crores. Manuel
The attached posts show that some can confuse snide
sarcasm on the internet with intelligent comment or
opinion. General, non-specific sarcasm adds nothing
to the debate that a forum is meant for.
--- Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One can always detect interesting prejudices and
Cornel,
You are obviously confused as to how the Portuguese
got their surnames, probably by swallowing Portuguese
colonial propaganda hook, line and sinker :-))
All Jorge has done is to bring us up-to-date on the
fact that Gouveia is now a thriving city in Portugal
whereas it was a village when
--- Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha wrote:
(1) There is no village with that name in Portugal,
but a city which has
about 4,000 inhabitants and is the headquarters of a
concelho (= taluka)
and of a comarca (= judicial district) having 22
freguesias (firgozo
in Konkani) and 17,000
--- N Chandrasekharan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hello every one,
Thanks to the responses received on my initial mail
through goanet. I received a surprise phonecall
from one Mr.Mascharenhas, Dona paula, who wanted to
meet me urgently to-day, as he had to go and meet
some one in the
Kevin,
I know you are a staunch atheist evangelist, but can
you expand on your question or do you think snide
sarcasm is a substitute for a coherent question,
comment or opinion?
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Nasty Caldeira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
'That I am a
I have welcomed the addition of Elisabeth to Goanet,
and wish that some of the other new women, like
Melinda Powell, Sonia Gomes and others, will take the
time to post their thoughts and opinions more often. I
know there are many others out there. I believe their
presence will serve to civilize
--- Elisabeth Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
First of all, Mario citing a flaming liberal like
Friedrick von Hayek is like the devil quoting the
scripture:) and then both Fred and Mario kick Ayn
Rand in the stomach. That's too much for a girl
like me to take in one morning :))
Can
--- cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Re the often said view of India making huge economic
progress to super-power status, I can't help
feeling, following a recent visit, that this is a
myth at present. However, it is a very useful myth
as the growing confidence of young Indians
--- JoeGoaUk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is in response to various feedbacks received -
some asking me how I get all this time, whether I
am working or not, whether I am married or not,
whether I have family or not, whether I have other
social life or not, whether I am using Company
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Confirm your bookings early or miss-out
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Mario Goveia observes:
To the Unknown Author
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--- George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The email below is one of the stupidest recently on
Goanet. There ought to be a special category
reserved for dumb emails and the email below tops
the list. If people don't have anything
intelligent to say about an issue, valuable
bandwidth should
--- Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- 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.:)
Georgie's Uraq bar is illegal.
Cheers,
Santosh
P.S. There is
--- Paulo Colaco Dias [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fine, you are an NRI Mario. Who am I to say the
contrary?
Mario replies:
Thanks, Paulo. You are not alone. Shown below are
some more sources of information that agree with your
conclusion above. However, ragardless, as a foreign
citizen, I
Here's a website prepared by the 'United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops' for those who would
like to have answers to the questions raised
by the Da Vinci Code, which will soon hit cinema halls
across the world.
http://www.jesusdecoded.com/
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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
--- 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
--- 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.
--- 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
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
The following link contains the official definition of
an NRI:
www.incometaxmumbai.nic.in/taxpayer/nri/nri1.htm
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--- Paulo Colaco Dias [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The term NRI might be sometimes informally used to
represent non-Indian nationals, but everyone knows
that in order to be a true NRI one needs to be
an Indian National.
Mario adds:
Paulo,
Everyone does not know that. I am not an Indian
Gilbert,
Instead of all this endless circular lafda over
reviews that is leading nowhere, why don't you just
buy a copy of the book and read it? If you like it,
keep it. If you don't, give it away. Case closed.
If you feel moved to do so, write your own review.
You have already spent more
--- Elisabeth Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Edna wrote a book, which Pratap reviewed. Pratap has
every right to do that, just as we have every right
to question the legitimacy of his review. And the
fact that instead of doing this, we Goans are
fighting amongst ourselves about airline
--- Melinda Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
dear Alfred,
Mr Powell does not hail from the Emerald
Isle, neither is he Welsh. I didnt have to woo him
with GUINESS or Stout, sheer chemistry and mental
compatibility did the trick.
Mario adds:
I'll drink to that! Wherever Mr. Powell hails
Elisabeth is right. I am a US citizen but am
considered an NRI in India.
--- Elisabeth Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
However, a minor correction on the term NRI.
The term now encompasses all Indians residing
outside of India, including Indians who have
acquired citizenship of other
News item from The Telegraph, Calcutta, Friday, April
28, 2006
Goa will soon follow Himachal Pradesh in launching a
mobile laboratory to check pollution. The Centre has
granted the state Rs 31.4 lakh to set up the
facility.
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Do not post admin
The following exchange from the planet of Venus should
be a lesson in civility to the rest of us Martian
barbarians :-))
--- Melinda Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Elisabeth Carvalho worte
I was ofcourse being flippant and resorting to
stereotype, when adding that one-liner. However
since I
--- Victor Rangel-Ribeiro wrote:
You do not like it because it was unfavourable.
Mario observes:
Victor,
Excellent exposition of book reviewing and comments on
this curious episode.
If we go back to Gilbert's original rant about the
review we will see that a) he had not read the book,
--- Francis Rodrigues wrote:
1.FUNNY: Very droll, Mario, very droll - I can see
your non-existent fan club rolling hysterically in
the aisles.
Mario replies:
Francis,
Is there a single fact or opinion on ANYTHING that you
can share with us on Goanet?
You had threatened to regale us with
http://www.samachar.com/showurl.htm?rurl=http://headlines.sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14190086headline=5.21~mn~Indians~are~HIV-infected
An excerpt from the link above:
About 5.21 million adults are estimated to be living
with HIV infection in the country as per the latest
official estimates
Gilbert,
Did you just finish cleaning the baby's poop, or were
you up all night singing lullabyes? :-))
Not having read the book I have no idea whether
Avelino or you are correct, or whether the criticisms
of Edna's book are cheap or in keeping with Goan
character or whether Avelino was trying to
The modern Indian wife
(author unknown)
The new wife, a progressive Indian woman of today, was
being welcomed at the husband's home in a traditional
manner. Quite untraditionally however, she gave a
speech: My dear family, I thank you for welcoming me
to my new home and family. My being here
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mario's response (to Elisabeth's philosophie):
This is too opaque for me.
GL Comment:
I never thought I'd read the above statement from
Mario.
Is this how they say it in Toledo? :=))
Rather than, I need to bring out my cowboy boots
.
Or has all the
On 18/04/06, Elisabeth Carvalho wrote:
Firstly there seem to be a lot of warring factions
on Goannet.
--- Gabe Menezes wrote:
As you rightly point out, who cares what's in a
name? Only one person does, although there are
quite of number of recent aliases popping up
recently.
There
--- Francis Rodrigues wrote:
ADVICE TO GABE: Don jungle fatigues. Forward march,
ten-hut, attention ! Circle the perimeter. Be not
afraid. He will thank you. He will shake your
hand :-)
Mario responds:
ADVICE TO FRANCIS: In the search for peace, do us
all a favor and let's leave the
--- JoeGoaUk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You talk about the damage I have tried to inflict...
Fyi, my concious tells me I am not guilty of any
thing or any one.
I only tried to share the info by passing it on to
you all.
Mario replies:
You did not pass on any credible information, just
ASIA RISING
The future is happening there, for better or worse.
by Rich Lowry, Editor, National Review
Donald Rumsfeld infamously made a distinction between
Old Europe and New Europe. He has been scored ever
since for his sweeping and impolitic language, but he
wasn't sweeping enough: In
--- Francis Rodrigues wrote:
ADVICE TO GABE: Don jungle fatigues. Forward march,
ten-hut, attention ! Circle the perimeter. Be not
afraid. He will thank you. He will shake your
hand :-)
Mario responds:
ADVICE TO FRANCIS: In the search for peace, do us
all a favor and let's leave the humor to
On 14/04/06, Mario Goveia wrote:
Goanetters may be confused by these cryptic comments
by Gabe and Santosh, here seen conspiring to deflect
attention from what was really said.
Gabe Menezes wrote:
Not content with abusing me, or abusing others who may
disagree with 'anyone
Hey, Grandpa,
Isn't it time for you to go change a diaper or warm a
feeding bottle, or something? :-)) How are you
finding the time for such lengthy sermaos, which are
about as effective as the same-old, same-old sermaos
we hear from the pulpit every Sunday. I had to put on
my boots to wade
--- Mario Goveia wrote:
Besides, my information from Toronto contradicts your
claim of being invited by all and sundry to join them
for a beer.
--- Mervyn Lobo writes:
You seem confused once again. This time you are
confusing me with your American friend who wrote on
how he is greeted
--- Elisabeth Carvalho wrote:
Doing good is a Pavlovian response, mankind has
developed in order to sustain some amount of order
in this world.
Mario observes:
Interesting observation. But if it's a Pavlovian
response, why do so many people avoid voluntarily
providing support to those less
--- JoeGoaUk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have just moved my residence back to Agassaim as
my recently advertised apartment at Miramar has
been sold. I got about 20% more than what I
bargained for. With that 20%, I managed to buy me
one bed flat at Agassaim. Other money are sitting
in
Hey, hey, hey!!! What's going on here? Is Ignacio
alive, or not? Is it so hard to tell? Can some third
party please confirm? Ignacio must have been one
tough character. Saiba boggus!!!
BTW, I'm glad for the rest of us that the cheuris
business is still going on :-)) As a Bardezcar, I
still
Aires,
I don't blame you for spending more time in Goa.
I left Mumbai 35 years ago because I thought it was
approaching gridlock and chaos, yet 35 years later it
is still functioning - somehow - still approaching
gridlock and chaos. I think they are hanging in there
by virtue of civil
--- Mario Goveia mgoveia at sbcglobal.net wrote:
Gabe, obviously without a clue, then attempted a
weak and puerile insult about my mindset and
pretending to understand Latin, which led to
Santosh's response, both shown above.
--- Santosh Helekar wrote:
As all regular Goanetters know
--- Elisabeth Carvalho wrote:
Firstly there seem to be a lot of warring factions
on Goannet. Although, I'm sure by now loyalties have
been well calcified, newcomers like me are in the
dark. In the interest of newcomers, a list should
be compiled and archived for quick and easy
=== Elisabeth Carvalho wrote:
Being an agnostic is a very freeing experience.
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Elisabeth's Easter post threw me for a loop. She
starts by telling us her post is sans the bitter
coffee. Then she precisely goes on to pour it for
us. When she, and other
Source: Christian Freedom International, a blatantly
pro-Christian organization dedicated to defending
Christians from persecution:
Many Americans were stunned when Abdul Rahman of
Afghanistan was nearly sentenced to death for
converting to Christianity. But his case is literally
the tip of the
Mario Goveia mgoveia at sbcglobal.net wrote:
This then somehow reminds Mervyn of US activities in
Iraq and Afghanistan, where innocent civilians can
be killed in the crossfire, as in any warfare, but
are never targeted by the US forces, and where 50
million Muslims have been liberated
--- Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just want to tell you that Mervyn Lobo is a good
and decent human being.
Mario responds:
My detailed comments showing what Mervyn Lobo has
actually said speak for themselves. Santosh, on the
other hand, makes a general subjective comment, which
--- Bonefacio Lopes wrote:
Mario,
No matter what new history you write about them ,
you may even go to the libraries and carry out your
research / search/ etc and come up with some new
findings that Portuguese did I shall sum up
for you by saying.
VIVA PORTUGAL.
Mario
--- Bosco D'Mello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You are creating more problems than we need!
This discussion was about an unfortunate accident in
Goa that resulted in several deaths. Look where you
have led us by focusing on Mervyn Lobo (the
person) instead of the unfortunate accident (the
--- avertano teles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Men where are you from???
Mario answers:
Originally, we're all from Mars :-))
Oh, since the title refers specifically to me, with my
name spelled correctly, I live in the USA and am an
American citizen. Prior to that I was an Indian
,
Mario Goveia.
Dev borem korum
Sunil
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Sexy, sultry, sensuous. - see why Bipasha Basu is
all that and more. Try MSN
Search
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Gabe, obviously without a clue, then attempted a
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--- Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mario clarifies:
Regular Goanetters will surely recognize the
comments above as an excellent example of the pot
calling the kettle black
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--- Mario Goveia mgoveia at sbcglobal.net wrote:
Who am I to question your personal experience?
However, I don't believe any US Immigration official
would pick the Indian passport last
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