Re: [Goanet]The Brits are coming!

2003-09-04 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Eddie Fernandes wrote: to the UK. Travel broadens the mind and many of us would like to see greater movement of peoples to ease nationalistic tensions. Multiculturalism is here to stay in the UK. If only people in Goa could be as broadminded and less bigoted! Eddie

Re: [Goanet]Travel agents

2003-09-04 Thread Luiza de Mello
Hello Agnelo, You will find contact details of some of the travel agents in Panjim at the following link on Goacom http://www.goacom.com/tours/ under the category Tour Operators Database. Each travel agent has his own website where you will find information about their services. Regards,

RE: [Goanet]The Brits are coming!

2003-09-04 Thread C Fernandes
Eddie, Next time when Lira and Eddie visit Goa, they are invited for a 5 course meal. Kind regards, Cip -Original Message- Of Eddie Fernandes wrote on 03 September 2003 15:23 Subject: Re: [Goanet]The Brits are coming! And what do the Goa Goans do when they visit UK? They will not

[Goanet]Will someone help Tony Vaz

2003-09-04 Thread Bosco (Goanet Volunteer)
On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 01:23:46 +0530, Ivor D'Cunha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will someone please help Tony Vaz? VIDYOTTAMA SHARMA TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 04, 2003 11:45:57 PM ] MUMBAI: The wooden stairs of Asgar Manzal in the crowded Chandanwadi area of Mumbai lead to a dingy and

[Goanet]Locating the traces of Goanet's past postings...

2003-09-04 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Frederick Noronha (FN) Their contribution is archived somewhere in cyberspace. It is for On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Santosh Helekar wrote: Hi Frederick: Could you let us know where all the Goanet archives are located? I can only access those from late 2000 to the

[Goanet]Re: BRIEfnCOUNTERS: Looking at the plight of the Indian widow...

2003-09-04 Thread George Pinto
Fred, An oft repeated phrase: it is a small world. Dr. Pinto (not a relative) lived a couple of houses away from us in Chembur (Mumbai), a close family friend. I have met her and her sons a couple of times during my visits to Mumbai since we left in 1980. She is a tremendous woman and has

[Goanet]Konkani-English Dictionaries

2003-09-04 Thread Cecil Pinto
These are from the catalogue of Other India Bookshop in Mapusa. Not everything is in stock. There is no single Konkani-English: English-Konkani dictionary. They have to be purchased separately. My comments on the dictionaries are in brackets. -- English

Re: [Goanet]Portugal - Goa - India

2003-09-04 Thread Nagesh Bhatcar
Constantino, Fantastic analysis of the entire discussion indeed. I for one don't despise or hate the Portuguese at all. And I am sure that most Goans don't either. I am sure that looking at it objectively, there will be merits and demerits to the entire colonization of Goa. And that is all for

[Goanet]Re: DANGEROUS PESTS DESTROY SUGARCANE

2003-09-04 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 10:55:53 EDT, Thomas J. Coyne, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Sir, I was interested in the article on aphids attack on your sugarcane production and thought I'd respond with a bit of information on aphid control in the U.S. for commercial crop production. Copy below:

[Goanet]DECEPTION CONTINUES IN GOA

2003-09-04 Thread airesrod
Goas Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar, should stop blaming the earlier Governments for Goa's ills. He has been in power for long and should take responsibility and be held accountable for the deteriorating condition of our otherwise very secular and peace-loving Goa. He has reneged on every

[Goanet]Re: DANGEROUS PESTS DESTROY SUGARCANE

2003-09-04 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 10:55:53 EDT, Thomas J. Coyne, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Sir, I was interested in the article on aphids attack on your sugarcane production and thought I'd respond with a bit of information on aphid control in the U.S. for commercial crop production. Copy below:

Re: [Goanet]Early History of GoaNet

2003-09-04 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Their contribution is archived somewhere in cyberspace. It is for researchers or whomever to look up and comment on. This has already happened. Of course, the researchers concerned will quote what *they* decide best, not

Re: [Goanet]Goa v/s Other Portuguese colonies...

2003-09-04 Thread Nagesh Bhatcar
Senhor Bernardo Colaco, What is the problem with you? Why do you take anything said about Portugal, personally? Goa and Portugal will be here long after you and I are gone from the face of this earth! My question was not just about Goa and Macau, it related to whether or not Goa and Macau

[Goanet]Beating a Dead Horse!

2003-09-04 Thread Tony Correia-Afonso
Like my friend Ben Antao (and I am sure many others on this forum), I have been following with some dismay the ongoing controversy regarding pre-liberation and post-liberation Goa - not so much because what is being said, but because of the mind-set it displays on the part of some participants.

[Goanet]Ek Dixttavo Kovita Rupan

2003-09-04 Thread lino dourado
Aili Hansun Geli Roddun Donui hat penkttar dhorun Xenddeak sobit abolim mallun Nazuk noti nakpuddik ghalun Sundori eklich khaddpar bosun Nodrek nodor amchi thiravli Bhitorle bhitor amurkich hansli Mena xarki gullgullit bavlli Mhorean vochunk bhirant lagli Suknnim tokun

[Goanet]Indo-Portuguese art treasures

2003-09-04 Thread Teotonio R. de Souza
Portugal may be a poor country in economic terms, and politically growing as a democracy, but it is certainly very rich in treasures of documentation and art from the world over, particularly from Asia and Africa, where they reached a century before the other European colonial powers. These

[Goanet]9 HEALTH UPDATE:Goa Jaundice cases mount to 345 as 5 more reported in24 hours

2003-09-04 Thread GOACAN
--- Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre Ph:2252660 Website: www.goadesc.org Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Press Clippings on the web: http://www.goadesc.org/mem/

[Goanet]How the world's tallest peak got its name

2003-09-04 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
How the world's tallest peak got its name By Papri Sri Raman, Indo-Asian News Service Chennai, Sep 4 (IANS) The man after whom Mount Everest was named set neither foot nor eyes on the world's tallest peak. Then how did it come to be so called? Was Everest someone who measured it without ever

[Goanet]BRIEfnCOUNTERS: Looking at the plight of the Indian widow...

2003-09-04 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
BRIEfnCOUNTERS: Looking at the plight of the Indian widow - Jeanette Pinto's *The Indian Widow: From Victim to Victor* is a 126-page title self-described as a modest attempt to put together my thoughts, feelings, views, varied experiences