[Goanet]Tidbits - Of a Dreamy Treaty Sunday

2004-10-03 Thread floriano
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[Goanet]TidBits - Two Pertinent Questions ??

2004-04-11 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 12:48:28 +0530, goasuraj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TidBits - Two Pertinent Questions ?? There are two questions which have become a nagging bother to me. Not that, answering them or getting some plausible answers to them would make a lot of difference to me or even perhaps

[Goanet]TidBits - Jana Gana Mana - Zee Style

2004-04-08 Thread hobcraft
TidBits - Jana Gana Mana - Zee Style. Getting ready to take on the day has its routine. And the last thing before getting dressed is the few minutes spent with the bathroom mirror, strimming the wild growth on your face, that is, if you are sporting one, a full, totally white one like me. And

[Goanet]TidBits - GAG or CAG??

2004-04-05 Thread Floriano Lobo
TidBits - GAG or CAG ?? *** Have you heard of the All Goa C A G ? GAG? who is being gagged? Not Gag silly. Cag, it is. Well, I don't know of any cag who is an all round Goan. So fill me in quick and don't waste my time. I don't like suspenses. In that case, how about IFFI? Have you heard

[Goanet]TidBits - Mhapsa Fest is still on.

2004-03-25 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dear Goanetters, Floriano has reached some conclusion on how I made a reference to the 'drug addicts' that frequented the 'Olympic Park' until the 'Mhapsa Fest' restored it to the children...thanks to the MMC Chief Officer's initiative. The conclusion is absolutely logical [ I may have reached a

[Goanet]TidBits - Mhapsa Fest is still on.

2004-03-21 Thread Floriano Lobo
TidBits - Mhapsa Fest is still on. Mhapsa Fest has long since ended but the reverberations on account of which are still being felt. Per se, the fest was a very good idea. The controversy started when I voiced my displeasure of the fest being called the Mhapsa Fest. According to me, Mhapsa

[Goanet]TIDBITS (Vot Begets Illegalities)

2004-02-22 Thread simon carvalho
Dear Floriano, No matter how many amendments the Govt. makes to the PRA. Nothing will change as long as the party in power and the local MLA supports the corrupt Sarpanchas, Secretaries and Panchas. Simon, Panch, V.P. Sancoale. TIDBITS - (Vote Begets Illegalities) Govt to amend Panchayati

Re: [Goanet]TidBits- Vote Begets Illegalities

2004-02-20 Thread halur rasho
If this fails, we have already warned Mr. Borkar, the Director of Panchayats to be ready to face the ire of 100 odd people gheraoing him in his office until justice is done. No Courts. Wonderful. No Courts, let us beat up and kill people. __ Do you Yahoo!?

[Goanet]TidBits- Vote Begets Illegalities

2004-02-20 Thread goasuraj
TIDBITS - (Vote Begets Illegalities) Govt to amend Panchayati Raj Act to put a leash on illegal structures. Navhind Times, Friday, February 20, 2004. The Panchayats under the Panchayat Raj Act 1994 have been armed with the deterrent to illegal constructions vide section 66. If at all there are

[Goanet]TidBits -

2004-02-08 Thread raj
TidBits - An Experience of walking down the Miramar Beach for the first time. The other day, armed with the press statement (VRS or RSS), most copies of which had been delivered to the various newspapers by my party colleagues, and, as I had a trip that evening to Panjim to meet a friend for

[Goanet]TidBits - Re Nitoll Jinn Trust Workshop on curbing

2004-02-08 Thread goasuraj
TidBits-Re: Nitoll Jinn Trust Workshop on Curbing Corruption It was my pleasure for having been invited to the above workshop organized by the Nitoll Jinn Trust (Clean Life) by its Chairman Mr. Aravind Bhatikar. The full day workshop was held on the 7th. February, 2004 at the International

[Goanet]Tidbits.031 (Of Santa and Split Toys)

2003-11-30 Thread Floriano
TIDBITS . 031 (Of Santa and Split Toys) The extension of the jurisdiction of the PDA (Planning and Development Authority) to Panchayat areas has become a contentious issue, where the BJP coalition Government has bulldozed the issue which the general public, and which includes most of the

[Goanet]TidBits.029 (The Turkey bas been Grilled Nice and Proper)

2003-10-10 Thread Floriano
TidBits.029 (The Turkey has been Grilled Nice and Proper) And if at all any one day of the week brings me alive in the evening, it is the FRIDAY. And my readers should not get me wrong or simply jump to conclusions in identifying the cause. It is definitely not because of the Goa Desc's

[Goanet]TIDBITS 027- Star News

2003-10-06 Thread Eddie
I think Star TV news has also come under fire from the BJP, as now a days they seem to be with them likewise Zee News. There is not much coverage of Goan politics, or news except when the BJP bosses are in Goa. Probably they got their share of Go Goa Ad. Besides Star and Zee there is no other

[Goanet]TIDBITS 027 (CM=MANOHAR PARRIKAR VICE VERSA)

2003-10-05 Thread Floriano
TidBits.027 ( CM=Manohar Parrikar vice versa) Reading the news reports and watching the same live on TV news makes a whole lot of a difference. Thanks to the cable news (UNI Vision) in Konkni (which is a lot different from Konkani) we get to see our CM cracking the assembly's sound sistim with

Re: [Goanet]TidBits.026 (Dedicated to the Independence Day, 15th. August, 2003)

2003-08-15 Thread Bernado Colaco
Goa was never a part of the British Union. Unless Mr. Goa Su-raj thinks otherwise. Viva Goa only. Colaco --- Floriano Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TidBits.026 ( Dedicated to Independence Day, 2003) Dear compatriot brothers and sisters, Here is wishing you all a very happy

[Goanet]TidBits.026 (Dedicated to the Independence Day, 15th. August, 2003)

2003-08-15 Thread Floriano Lobo
TidBits.026 ( Dedicated to Independence Day, 2003) Dear compatriot brothers and sisters, Here is wishing you all a very happy Independence Day Celebrations, but not entirely without some mixed feelings. Millions of our country men and women will be praising the fifty six years of their

[Goanet]TidBits.026 (The hijacker the hijacked)

2003-08-07 Thread Floriano
TidBits.026 The Hijacker the Hijacked? The day's newspapers have given the readers the treat through their sumptious headlines. No inducements were offered to duo, says Mahajan (H) . The argument Pramod Mahajan is putting forward is that the two MLAs are already ministers. They have not

[Goanet]TidBits-025 (Of Best Bakeries, PIDA and Roadside Gods and Gaddas)

2003-08-03 Thread Floriano Lobo
TidBits-025 (Of Best Bakeries, PIDA and Roadside Gods and Gaddas) The 'Best Bakery' has baked a best loaf for the Hindutva Brigade to force feed on. There is enough vinegar mixed in the dough for people like Togadia and Modi to choke. That the NHRC did knock at the doors of the Apex Court

[Goanet] TidBits- 023 -- Comments on With malice to all by Khuswant Singh (NT Panorama 22 Jun-2003)

2003-06-22 Thread Floriano Lobo
TidBits-023 COMMENTS on With malice to all by Khuswant Singh- NT Panorama - 22 Jun-2003 Ofcourse, Khuswantji, you are certainly talking through your TURBAN. Or, we would like to think that your dear TURBAN is doing the talking. But then, whether you are talking through your turban or your

[Goanet] TidBits-020 (ZEST-ful- INSIGHT)

2003-06-15 Thread Floriano Lobo
TidBits-020 The ZEST-ful - INSIGHT into Nourishing Foods and Medicinal Waters. This week has given us the bonanza of food for thought articles. Tara Narayan took us on a route to body harmony in her marvelous article FIRST, LIVE IN HARMONY WITH YOUR BODY Herald's INSIGHT (June 13, 2003). Having