*** Goanet Reader: Goa, like Shantadurga, is permeated with influences from all over

2006-06-23 Thread Goanet Reader
GOA, LIKE SHANTADURGA, IS PERMEATED WITH INFLUENCES FROM ALL OVER Experiencing the cultural swirl at Ponda by V. M. de Malar Even at 8am, the temple was already buzzing with activity. The goddess's attendants went back and forth behind an elaborate, exquisitely wrought silver screen, accepting

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goa, like Shantadurga, is permeated with influences from all over

2006-06-23 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

Re: [Goanet] Re: Goa History: Destruction of Temples/In defense ofMarlon

2006-06-22 Thread cornel
to retort with equal vitriol. I don't allow myself to get baited by Mario's vacuous rhetoric now. I let him stew in his own biliousness. Cornel - Original Message - From: Aurelius Figueredo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 6:01 PM Subject: [Goanet] Re

Re: [Goanet] Re: Goa History: Destruction of Temples

2006-06-22 Thread cornel
it? Cornel - Original Message - From: Aurelius Figueredo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 5:08 PM Subject: [Goanet] Re: Goa History: Destruction of Temples * G * O * A * N * E

Re: [Goanet] Funnymen Goa Policemen

2006-06-21 Thread HELGA GOMES
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Re: Goa History: Destruction of Temples

2006-06-21 Thread Aurelius Figueredo
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] re: Goa History - a response to George Pinto's post

2006-06-21 Thread Jose Colaco
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Funnymen Goa Policemen

2006-06-21 Thread Elisabeth Carvalho
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Jazz Goa launches new website

2006-06-20 Thread Jazz Goa
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Re: Goa History: Destruction of Temples/In defense of Marlon

2006-06-20 Thread Aurelius Figueredo
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Re: GOA London Ruby n Reita Faria

2006-06-19 Thread Frederick Noronha
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Delhi - Goa - Delhi (Sudeep Chakravarti)

2006-06-17 Thread Goanet Reader
From OUTLOOK : http://tinyurl.com/rwg6g Delhi - Goa - Delhi I've had friends tell me I'm nuts to walk from a job and profile in Delhi and traipse to Goa and lessness. Then I've had them say they would kill to do it. Funny, I've felt similar ambivalence. SUDEEP CHAKRAVARTI I stood knee deep in

Re: [Goanet] RE: *** Goa wants expats to leave (Pushpa Iyengar in DNA)

2006-06-14 Thread cornel
, 2006 1:06 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] RE: *** Goa wants expats to leave (Pushpa Iyengar in DNA) --- Dacosta Amilcar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Being of Goan origin, I felt ashamed to read the article by some Pushpa Iyengar on Goa wants expats to leave. Mario responds: Dear Amilcar, Please

Re: [Goanet] RE: *** Goa wants expats to leave (Pushpa Iyengar in DNA)

2006-06-14 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Dacosta Amilcar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Being of Goan origin, I felt ashamed to read the article by some Pushpa Iyengar on Goa wants expats to leave. Mario responds: Dear Amilcar, Please calm down. No need to waste your energy being ashamed. Why are you ashamed after reading an

Re: [Goanet] Re: *** Goa wants expats to leave (Pushpa Iyengar in DNA)

2006-06-12 Thread Mario Goveia
Fred, I strongly suggest you change the Subject line to match the contents of your post. Mario. --- Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why not do it in Free Software? Please see http://feeds.goa-india.org and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa to get a feel of what's happening

[Goanet] RE: *** Goa wants expats to leave (Pushpa Iyengar in DNA)

2006-06-11 Thread Dacosta Amilcar
Dear Mr. Noronha, Being of Goan origin, I felt ashamed to read the article by some Pushpa Iyengar on Goa wants expats to leave. Normal people would have been happy to see that foreigners like Goa so much that they have adopted it as their own homeland. I think that the people in Goa have just

[Goanet] Video: Goa, India's Cultural Crossroads (National Geographic)

2006-06-09 Thread Goanet News Service
May 3, 2006—The state of Goa on India's southwestern coast is home to one of the world's most unique confluences of cultures. From 1510 to 1961, the region was controlled by Portugal as a base for spice merchants and Christian missionaries. But Goa's Indian residents managed to hold on to

Re: [Goanet] Re: *** Goa wants expats to leave (Pushpa Iyengar in DNA)

2006-06-06 Thread cornel
: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 1:23 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Re: *** Goa wants expats to leave (Pushpa Iyengar in DNAme _ Do not post admin requests to the list

[Goanet] Re: *** Goa wants expats to leave (Pushpa Iyengar in DNA)

2006-06-06 Thread soter
The Goa Government is justified in going after foreigners who violate the visa laws. The Goa government should not be taken for granted. There are foreigners who do everything legally and have nothing to worry. Others choose not to care and are under the impression that they can buy their way.

[Goanet] RE: Goa seeks 60 MW additional power from Centre

2006-06-06 Thread Philip Thomas
http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=4918 The chief minister, interacting with Union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde during launching of Goa State Load Despatch Centre last evening here, disclosed state's plans to have multiple dams across Mandovi river basin and generate

[Goanet] DOES GOA HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO SIZE-UP MEGA PROJECTS ... AND ACT?

2006-06-06 Thread Philip Thomas
http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=4527 Centre to help Goa set up major power project Panaji: The Centre will extend all possible help to Goa for setting up an ultra-megawatt power project in the state, Union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said today. Considering the huge

Re: [Goanet] Re: *** Goa wants expats to leave (Pushpa Iyengar in DNA)

2006-06-05 Thread Mario Goveia
Linda, I think the difference is between being on a TOURIST visa and being a resident. The article was Pushpa Iyengar's personal spin on a bogus issue. She refers to foreigners who are on TOURIST visas. Why is someone who is on a TOURIST visa, which is a short stay visa by definition,

[Goanet] Re: *** Goa wants expats to leave (Pushpa Iyengar in DNA)

2006-06-04 Thread Linda Richardson
yes , and send all the Goans all the Indians that have taken residence in the UK  back to India ! Lynda From: Goanet News http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1033200 PANAJI: They helped build brand Goa, fell in love with it and decided to stay on forever. But it seems that they

[Goanet] WEATHER: Goa, India(Goa) Current Conditions

2006-06-02 Thread Frederick Noronha
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

RE: [Goanet] Re: Goa importing poverty

2006-06-01 Thread Mario Goveia
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

Re: [Goanet] Re: Goa importing poverty ?

2006-06-01 Thread Elisabeth Carvalho
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Re: Goa grand plan to go 200 up on Cannes

2006-05-29 Thread George Pinto
I hope all these grandiose plans are opposed. It is a question of priorities. First come the basics: education, health care, infrastructure, 24/7 electricity, water supply, garbage management, etc. Goa is yet to get the basics right but that does not seem to stop these boondoggle projects (an

[Goanet] RE: Goa: A favoured haven .

2006-05-28 Thread Philip Thomas
Goa's deputy chief of police, speaking at a UN conference last month, said Goa has got the tag of 'favoured haven' for paedophiles. However, he added that the state, which receives two million foreign visitors each year, This may not be correct. The general impression is that it is domestic

[Goanet] Misc. Goa News 27/05/06

2006-05-27 Thread JoeGoaUk
High Security Number Plates Soon: Goa will be the first State in the Country to introduce high security number plates. Transport Department has completed tendering process and would be supplied to vehicles owners by July this year. RTO also to provide its own vehicle to all license seekers

[Goanet] Viva Goa

2006-05-25 Thread r.barreto
000 Hello All! Viva Goa is just around the corner – July 29th - and in order for the event to be another success, we are in need of volunteers... Your community needs your help! In particular, we are looking for help (min of 2 hrs) at

[Goanet] New Goa developers' forum... (was Re: The Global Goans IT Club - A proposal by Jason Monserrate )

2006-05-25 Thread Frederick Noronha
Check out a new forum for developers -- http://www.goa-developers.org/ Connecting the Goan geeks!! Set up by India Linux Users' Group-Goa member Fritz DSouza [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's just getting started and does need your participation and support. Some links below... * AJAX (1) o

Re: [Goanet] Purchase Goa.

2006-05-17 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Joe Vaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We must come to terms with the reality that those who left Goa are (mostly) gone for good, and those that have made up their minds now will leave as well. It is up to Goans who live in Goa to fend for themselves and look after their own interests and

Re: [Goanet] Purchase Goa.

2006-05-17 Thread v. fernandez
--- Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- A. Veronica Fernandes wrote: I feel sorry to know that deGoanisation process in Goa is in full swing. Non-Goans are having lot of money with them and with the strength of this they purchase Goan properties. This trend must be arrested

Re: [Goanet] Purchase Goa.

2006-05-17 Thread Joe Vaz
--- A. Veronica Fernandes wrote: I feel sorry to know that deGoanisation process in Goa is in full swing. Non-Goans are having lot of money with them and with the strength of this they purchase Goan properties. This trend must be arrested first by not selling our lands to non-Goans and

Re: [Goanet] Purchase Goa.

2006-05-15 Thread Mario Goveia
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Purchase Goa.

2006-05-15 Thread A. Veronica Fernandes
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] WILL GOA EVER BE ABLE TO COMPETE FOR ITS FAIR SHARE?

2006-05-13 Thread Philip Thomas
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Re: Goa bans rave, trance parties

2006-05-09 Thread Miguel Braganza
Surely this must rank as one of Dr.Willy's best jokes. A decision taken at the peak of the foreign tourist season is being implemented two months after its end! Anyone connected with tourism knows that the foreign tourist flow becomes a trickle by mid-March and is almost dried up in May. So WHO is

[Goanet] MEDIA: Goa... the size of an Indian district... but with a torrent of 300 journals in 140 years

2006-05-08 Thread Goanet Reader
Journalism in Portuguese India 1821-1961 By Henry Scholberg, Former Director, Ames Library of South Asia, University of Minneasota Journals are like pastries: we must eat them as soon as they come out of the oven. -- A nineteenth century Goan saying. INTRODUCTION: Goa is an area

[Goanet] Fruits, Goa... and having an online presence

2006-05-07 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
This afternoon, it was a hot but enlightening walk along the Mandovi riverfront, where Miguel Braganza and team have their Konkan Fruit Festival in full bloom. One felt guilt to see URLs pointing to bsggoa.swiki.net (a site which takes you nowever, after the Swiki.net free server from the Georgia

[Goanet] Fruits, Goa and having an online presence - Goa-India.org

2006-05-07 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dears, Here is a link to the interactive website of Botanical Society of Goa http://www.goa-india.org/fruits#comment-3?PHPSESSID=b058aa3bac3f0af5cd9cc0dd 51f8413a You comments are welcome. Miguel Fruits, Goa and having an online presence - Goa-India.org.url Description: Binary data

[Goanet] Contacto Goa Episode 8, on May 7th/8th, 2006 -- Summary information

2006-05-02 Thread Desmond Nazareth
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May

[Goanet] Go Goa! But is it at the risk of being a terror target?

2006-04-25 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Go Goa! But is it at the risk of being a terror target? =20 Ruksh Chatterji CNN-IBN Updated Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 07:46 Panaji: The bombings in Egypt's famous tourist resort Dahab, which killed 23 people on Monday night, have once again brought holiday destinations in the spotlight as

[Goanet] DOES GOA NEED 2 AIRPORTS?

2006-04-24 Thread ivo faleiro
DOES GOA NEED 2 AIRPORTS? The citizens of India will surely like to know why I am opposing this airport at Mopa. For this there are tons of the reasons. Firstly, there is no need for another airport in a small state like Goa. The existing airport at Dabolim can cater the needs of Goans as well

[Goanet] ILUG-Goa April meet... and FreeMind

2006-04-15 Thread Frederick Noronha
--- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * --- USDA certified Goa Sausages and other Goan foods can now be delivered

[Goanet] From Goa Sudharop

2006-04-14 Thread George Pinto
--- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * --- USDA certified Goa Sausages and other Goan foods can now be delivered

[Goanet] From Goa Sudharop: Rachel Soares

2006-04-12 Thread George Pinto
-- Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of Mapusa of the 1950s

[Goanet] Re: *** Goa News for April 10, 2006

2006-04-10 Thread Gabe Menezes
-- Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of Mapusa of the 1950s http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sidB6

[Goanet] Goa, Goa gone -II

2006-04-08 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
-- Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of Mapusa of the 1950s

[Goanet] Contacto Goa, Episode 6, latest timing changes (Sat, Apr 8)!!!

2006-04-08 Thread Desmond Nazareth
-- Domnic Fernandes continues (Part II) his reminiscence of Mapusa of the 1950s

[Goanet] Goa, Goa, gone - I ......By Jug Suraiya

2006-04-05 Thread Elvin Godinho
| Domnic Fernandes continues (Part II) his reminiscence of | | Mapusa of the 1950s| | | |

[Goanet] AMAZING GOA!

2006-04-03 Thread JoeGoaUk
i am missing it too. = AMAZING GOA! Sun Apr 2 23:07:13 PDT 2006 I enjoy reading the Goa news every day, but what I miss the most is Amazing Goa. Why have you stopped this section? Would love to see it again. Thanks for the wonderful job you do. Andrea [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa

[Goanet] AMAZING GOA!

2006-04-02 Thread Rene Rodrigues
I enjoy reading the Goa news every day, but what I miss the most is Amazing Goa. Why have you stopped this section? Would love to see it again. Thanks for the wonderful job you do. Andrea _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing

[Goanet] Goa, Goa, gone

2006-04-02 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Goa, Goa, gone Jug Suraiya Saturday, April 01, 2006 09:31:30 pm TIMES NEWS NETWORK Last week when I was there, Goa whizzed past me. Goa? Whizzing? How could Goa - languorous land of laidback socegado, ageless as the ebb and flow of the Mandovi and Zuari rivers, as the subtle alchemy of the rich,

[Goanet] ILUG-Goa: Tech writing, software for libraries...

2006-03-29 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
March 25 saw an interesting user-group meet, with a full-house in the small Goa Science Centre board-room. Suhag Shirodkar, recently re-settled back from the US, explained all about technical writing and what it offered to youth wanting a career in it. She mentioned they had opened a 'brand new'

[Goanet] IS GOA PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE?

2006-03-28 Thread Philip Thomas
http://www.business-standard.com/strategist/storypage.php?chklogin=Nautono= 220057lselect=2leftnm=lmnu7leftindx=7 Strategic tools for the practising manager KIT Technopak Advisors / New Delhi March 28, 2006 This week: Indian Aviation Industry (Domestic) The Indian domestic aviation market

Re: [Goanet] Contacto Goa Episode 5 synopsis (RTP International Mar 26/27; RTP Africa: Mar 26)

2006-03-28 Thread Bernado Colaco
Very good episode. But this series contains a sentence of political correctness (1-5). One wonders if Goans are liberated or forced to be politcally correct all the time? Or was it a part of the deal or else there would be no Contacto Goa? Or are Goans shite scared? BC Episódio 5 REMO:

[Goanet] RE: Goa govt presents feel-good budget

2006-03-27 Thread Philip Thomas
Except for this link and a couple of other (rather plebeian) posts on the Goa government budget, budget analysis in Goa has generally 'Goan' with the wind! HERALD editorialised today about the effect of beer availablity on youngsters. Navhind Times had an op-ed article which was a paean to CM

[Goanet] Contacto Goa Episode 5 synopsis (RTP International Mar 26/27; RTP Africa: Mar 26)

2006-03-24 Thread Desmond Nazareth
EPISODE 5 Stories REMO: Goa's best known pop star returns to his musical roots TIRACOL: Visit an old Portuguese fort whose premises have been transformed into an elegant heritage hotel PERCIVAL NORONHA: Meet the grand old man of Fontainhas, who lives a busier retired life than most people

[Goanet] Re: GOA FOR GOANS! - final

2006-03-21 Thread Mario Goveia
Gabe Menezes wrote: You have said that Portugal is a third rate Country, a third rate European Country and so on in three different posts. To suddenly change and say it was a tongue in check, smacks of a schizophrenic attitude! Mario responds: Looks like you have been smacked once too often,

[Goanet] CELEBRATE GOA - Thank you from Goa Sudharop

2006-03-20 Thread George Pinto
Thanks to all who attended, performed, volunteered and helped with the Goa Sudharop CELEBRATE GOA event in Milpitas, California on March 19, 2006. An overflow crowd enjoyed Goan culture on display. Apologies to those who had to stand at the back of the hall due to the very large crowd. A Goan

Re: [Goanet] Re: GOA FOR GOANS! - final

2006-03-19 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 17/03/06, Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gabe Menezes wrote: Gabe, No, saying that many poor Americans have a better quality of life than many middle-income Europeans was not tongue-in-cheek. As someone who has little use for facts you may not be aware of this. I don't think

[Goanet] Re: GOA FOR GOANS! - final

2006-03-17 Thread Mario Goveia
Gabe Menezes wrote: RESPONSE: What a fraud ! Are we to assume that the statement made by a fraud: Poor Americans are better off than middle class Europeans, was also a tongue in cheek statement? Extremely patronizing stance. Mario responds: Gabe, No, saying that many poor Americans have a

Re: [Goanet] Re: Goa for Goans? Save Goa from Goans!

2006-03-16 Thread Mario Goveia
Viva Elizabeth, Where have you been? We need your kind of brutal honesty and succinct sanity on Goanet far more often. Mario. --- Elisabeth Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh my God! Is this debate still going on? Rather redundant isn't it? I mean, even as we speak Babush Monserrate

[Goanet] Re: Goa for Goans? Save Goa from Goans!

2006-03-15 Thread Elisabeth Carvalho
Oh my God! Is this debate still going on? Rather redundant isn't it? I mean, even as we speak Babush Monserrate assumes the reigns at the CCP and Churchill gets off scott free even though he has been caught with his hand in the Goan cookie jar? Don't we have to at some point wonder, why

[Goanet] RE: GOA NEWS: Terrorist Threat to Goa

2006-03-14 Thread donald arthur dsilva
Dear Goanet Readers, In my opinion the State Government of Goa must take immediate steps to ensure that no premises, residential or commercial are leased out to anyone without first obtaining the NOC - No Objection Certificate from the Police Department like it is done in Mumbai. There is a

[Goanet] ‘Make Goa all-year tourist destinatio n’

2006-03-13 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://oheraldo.in/node/10971 'Make Goa all-year tourist destination' BY HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MARCH 12 — Calling for efforts to make Goa a round the year top tourist destination, Additional Director General, Tourism, Government of India, Rajeev Talwar said the State must diversify from its

[Goanet] RE: GOA with AIDS / HIV Problems Marie's response

2006-03-12 Thread jose colaco
In response to this : If you knew how HIV/AIDS is contracted by most of it's victims you would not ask such a question. It's not the Goa government that is engaging in risky behavior. Unfortunately, they are left to react Marie D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] noted: yes the Goa Govt. as well

[Goanet] RE: GOA SLIPPING IN FLIGHT STATS RACE?

2006-03-11 Thread Philip Thomas
RESPONSE: All the more reason, not to pursue the Mopa agenda! This seems to be a knee jerk political reaction, pure and simple. How does it help? Note that Thiruvanantapuram and Cochin together help Kerala to vault into 7th place. Same way, Dabolim and Mopa might 'jointly' boost Goa's standing

[Goanet] Free Goa Again (Herald)

2006-03-11 Thread Constantino Xavier
Free Goa again Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão, Margão. There is an English saying which aptly describes a fanatic as one who will not change his mind nor the subject. Mr. Lambert Mascarenhas in his letter titled “Expectations from Portugal”, seems to be highly obsessed in his qualification

[Goanet] FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Mar 8, 2006 * Special issue... when communalism rocked Goa

2006-03-08 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Contacto Goa TV series -- general information plus Episode 4

2006-03-08 Thread Desmond Nazareth
Dear all: Hope many of you have been watching our Contacto Goa TV series on RTP International and RTP-Africa. Based on the experience of three episodes that have aired thus far, the main (and very understandable) complaint we’ve received from viewers is that the programs start earlier or

[Goanet] Re: GOA IS FAST BECOMING A TINDERBOX

2006-03-08 Thread Anthony and Nolette de Souza
Dear Valmiki, As you illustrated in your excellent column, Goa requires just a spark to implode. During the period Goa was an Overseas Province of Portugal, Goan Catholics, Goan Hindus + Goan Muslims lived in perfect harmony. What has now happened is that goondas from outside have

[Goanet] Communalizing Goa....now violently ;-(

2006-03-06 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dears, Those who forget their history are bound to see it recurr in their own lifetime. In Goa we are seeing a recurrence within 15 months. The only difference this time is that they have targetted a community that reacts, instead of a community that just dithers. Bingo! This is what I wrote on

[Goanet] ILUG-GOA: Hit by the Carnival bug...

2006-03-05 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Well, not quite. Our meeting got shifted by one week, because the fourth Saturday of February was marked by the Carnival celebrations in Panjim. And traffic gets badly disrupted during this event! So we assembled on Saturday, March 4, 2006 at the Goa Science Centre for an interesting meeting.

Re: [Goanet] Re: Goa for Goans

2006-03-04 Thread floriano
- From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Floriano [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 10:54 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Re: Goa for Goans --- Floriano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Vote banks: I was talking of migrant

[Goanet] RE: 'Goa, Kargil operations matter of coincidence'

2006-03-04 Thread Philip Thomas
Naming of two army operations, namely, Goa Liberation in 1961 and the Operation of Indian Army carried out to repel the Pakistani Army attack in Kargil Sector , a few years back, as Vijay Operation is a matter of coincidence, Union Minister for Defence Shri Pranab Mukerjee informed Mr Shantaram

Re: [Goanet] Re: Goa for Goans

2006-03-04 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Floriano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Vote banks: I was talking of migrant vote-banks to come to power. Goans no longer decide for Goa. Migrants do. Mario observes: Floriano, as you must have noticed, the most ardent proponents of Goa for Goans, at least on Goanet, do not have any

[Goanet] FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Mar 4, 2006 * Communal tension stoked up in twin towns of Sanvordem-Curchorem...

2006-03-04 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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Re: [Goanet] Re: Goa for Goans

2006-03-03 Thread Mario Goveia
I find it highly amusing that the most ardent proponents of Goa for Goans, if not Goa for Portuguese Goans, are diaspora Goans who would not live in Goa if their life depended on it. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Response to Floriano. Vote banks is nothing peculiar to Goa or India. Under

[Goanet] FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Mar 2, 2006 * Monte Music Fest begins at Old Goa this weekend... a mix of Western classical and Indian

2006-03-02 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Re: GOA FOR GOANS!

2006-03-01 Thread Savika Gomes
Manoj wrote : If only GOANS elect the HONEST CANDIDATES AT THE TIME OF ELECTIONS,half the battle is won.GOANS r voting on communla lines,On the EVE OF ELECTION voters r treated for SORRO and CHICKEN and such votes r for grabs. And then what do u expect,such elected candidates who spent money to

Re: [Goanet] RESIDENTIAL GOA

2006-03-01 Thread Herman D'Souza
Hello Helen Reference to your email can you tell me what are the chances of a person being hit by a car while walking on a pavement? There are chances but that may be either one in a hundred or million. so same goes with snakes in Goa. I have lived in Goa in the village and in a apartment in

[Goanet] FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Mar 1, 2006 * Goa lobbies feel left out in the cold by Central budget

2006-03-01 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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Re: [Goanet] Re: Goa for Goans

2006-02-28 Thread Floriano
: I was talking of migrant vote-banks to come to power. Goans no longer decide for Goa. Migrants do. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 4:14 AM Subject: [Goanet] Re: Goa for Goans Response to Floriano. Vote banks

[Goanet] RESIDENTIAL GOA

2006-02-28 Thread Helen Lancaster
Hi For some time now my hubby and I have thought about buying an apartment in Goa and trying to move out there to live. My main fear however is the snakes, scorpions, etc. I have one helluva phobia about snakes. I have been told that snakes can come into your homes in the monsoon season and

[Goanet] FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Feb 28, 2006 * Parrikar, Zuwarkar in marriage of convenience * DSS a drain on Goa's treasury...

2006-02-28 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] Re: Goa early Indo-European medicine / Cloves/Cravos

2006-02-27 Thread Alfred de Tavares
From: Thaumaturgist Cloves/Cravos is Syzygium aromaticum or Eugenia aromaticum and it is not what is called 'Jambuh' or 'Jambol' in Hindi. In the late 15th century, Portugal took over the very very profitable Indian Ocean trade from the Arabs. That included Cloves, due to one Treaty of

[Goanet] Re: GOA FOR GOANS!

2006-02-27 Thread Manoj Ganpatrao Raikar
I read in one of the mails that Goans should work for independance in line of EAST TIMORINS.And that DIASPORA would support such movement. If only GOANS elect the HONEST CANDIDATES AT THE TIME OF ELECTIONS,half the battle is won.GOANS r voting on communla lines,On the EVE OF ELECTION voters r

[Goanet] Re: Goa for Goans

2006-02-27 Thread gilbertlaw
Response to Floriano. Vote banks is nothing peculiar to Goa or India. Under different names, (sometimes called voting blocks or party base), it is the basis of democracy and elections. After the election the group trades the banked-votes for social and economic progress and preferences.

Re: [Goanet] Sensible Goa action, Another *sabaash*...

2006-02-27 Thread cornel
Gabriel Surely, better to be busy than idle! Better still, to look busy! Cornel - Original Message - From: Gabriel de Figueiredo When I was in Goa last September, a fishing trawler had stuck fast in a sandbank off Miramar beach. Its catch of fish was washing up on the beach, and

[Goanet] FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Feb 27, 2006 * It's Carnival time in Goa... local identity showcased at Margao floats

2006-02-27 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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Re: [Goanet] Sensible Goa action, Another *sabaash*...

2006-02-26 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- Valmiki Faleiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- Signs of the times -- A recent photo in the local media showed the cricket pitch being prepared for the April 3 India-England one dayer at Nehru Stadium, Margao. Eight men in the picture. Two working, six

[Goanet] Re: Goa early Indo-European medicine / Cloves/Cravos is NOT Jambol

2006-02-26 Thread Thaumaturgist
Cloves/Cravos is Syzygium aromaticum or Eugenia aromaticum and it is not what is called 'Jambuh' or 'Jambol' in Hindi. In the late 15th century, Portugal took over the very very profitable Indian Ocean trade from the Arabs. That included Cloves, due to one Treaty of Tordesillas with Spain and a

[Goanet] Sensible Goa action, Another *sabaash*...

2006-02-25 Thread Valmiki Faleiro
== ALL 'n' SUNDRY By Valmiki Faleiro == Sensible Goa action Goa's Rane administration has been famous for *inanimatus*. A condition of lying languid, motionless. As Mikky Pacheco, himself a cabinet minister, cried hoarse these past months. One now hears that Rane and

[Goanet] RE;GOA FOR GOANS: Cecil

2006-02-24 Thread gerry ferns
Cecil has hit the nail on the head(pun intended?) in his response to MD from Down Under.More power to your pen. Regards, Gerry. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

[Goanet] Re: GOA FOR GOANS!

2006-02-23 Thread domnic fernandes
Here are some observations: (1) The so-called Liberation of Goa in 1963 is an example of aggrandisatization by a neigbouring country which invaded and occupied Goa not because she loved Goa but because she loved herself RESPONSE: Goa was liberated on December 19, 1961, not 1963! (2)

[Goanet] India/Goa: STD rates may fall further

2006-02-22 Thread JoeGoaUk
STD rates may fall further February 22, 2006 17:17 IST Last Updated: February 22, 2006 17:54 IST (Rediff) A further drop in long distance call rates is on the anvil with the Department of Telecom deciding to remove a major glitch in the introduction of Carrier Access Code, which would allow

[Goanet] FROM GOA: Goanet News Bytes * Feb 21, 2006 * Goa] * Monte music fest from March 3 ... chicken finds no buyers, fish becomes costly

2006-02-21 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet] *** NEWS: Goa N Goans - Feb 20, 2006

2006-02-19 Thread Goanet News Service
*** Poultries in state under vigil: Govt The Goa government today directed the veterinary doctors to keep a strict vigil on nearly 35 poultries in the state and as a precautionary measure the vehicles carrying poultry goods from Maharashtra were not allowed to enter Goa. More at:

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