Re: [Goanet]Blessed Joseph Vaz

2004-01-19 Thread Filomena Giese
--- Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Response: Instead of long stories on how bad and discriminatory the church is against Blessed Joseph Vaz, could those who participated in this discussion place in cyber space- GoaNet and TGF and other sites an account of how they (family) and

[Goanet]20 JAN 2004: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS

2004-01-19 Thread Joel D'Souza
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 20 January 2004 STATE OKAYS CORPORATISATION OF POWER: The Goa cabinet yesterday (Jan 19) approved in principle the proposal to corporatise its electricity department. Chief Minister Parrikar said the report on the Power department' s corporatisation prepared by SBI

Re: [Goanet]stop this sainthood get on with Goan issues

2004-01-19 Thread mel
I totally agree with you Vasu!! Mel - Original Message - From: Vasu Raekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 1:46 PM Subject: [Goanet]stop this sainthood get on with Goan issues Dear Goans, I am realizing (and you too will agree)that a

[Goanet]Re: Jeronimo Dias

2004-01-19 Thread Santosh Helekar
Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (The Inquisition started functioning in Portugal in 1541 and was established in Goa in 1960. As noted, however, persecutions were launched from 1543). The 1960 should be 1560. Sorry for the typo. Cheers, Santosh

[Goanet]Jeronimo Dias

2004-01-19 Thread Santosh Helekar
In a message dated 1/19/2004 10:04:25 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From his name, how did Mestre Geronimo Dias land in Goa? Did he violate immigration laws? :=))) Here is what I read about a month ago in a 1982 article in the Journal of Postgraduate Medicine (volume 28,

Re: [Goanet]Re: Fr. Roger Lesser, Xavier, and Bl. Joseph Vaz

2004-01-19 Thread Filomena Giese
--- Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RESPONSE: It is because we have been brain washed for almost 500 years. It is also possible, that Blessed Vaz was paid lip service and not much else. There was no push by the Portuguese authorities (Church) to have him made a saint. This could

Re: [Goanet]Re: francis xavier? racist anti-hindu murderer!

2004-01-19 Thread Filomena Giese
--- Ivo Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do agree that the Gospel values do not change. Love is the law of life in every century. But can anyone prove that St.Francis Xavier was a murderer? Can we attribute the excesses of Inquisition to the Saint? Can we put on the same platform

Re: [Goanet]Quotes from SFX letters

2004-01-19 Thread Filomena Giese
I don't see any reference to the Inquisition in these quotes. They don't prove or disprove that Xavier requested the King to establish the Inquisition in Goa. Filomena --- Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quotes from letters that (St. Francis Xavier) SFX sent to King Joao. You have

[Goanet]Foreigners in Goa.

2004-01-19 Thread Miguel Braganza
The 'insider/gaunkar' and outsider/moradore/bhaille' does not hold good in a global village that we are heading to by 2005, thanks to WTO. The issues that remain relevant are whether those without any stake in Goa's economy and development should be allowed to do business in Goa. If you run a

[Goanet]Muddying the waters

2004-01-19 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Santosh, Thanks for your honesty in clearing the air on you dropping a name, with little more facts. But this does not make history! If you followed my postings (and the point I was making) SFX was in India from 1542-1545, traveling from Bassein to the Southern tip of India and North Ceylon to

[Goanet]About time!

2004-01-19 Thread Colaco-Dias, Paulo R
Fred: That is a serious accusation and I sincerely do not recall using any serious non-acceptable name calling to my standards. At the most I used the words frustrated and twotone, none of them are included in my category of name calling. People have to answer for their actions and we live in a

Re: [Goanet]Re: For Gulfies

2004-01-19 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Bosco D'Mello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RESPONSE: And the Canadian Dollar appreciated over 20% against the US $ in 2003. So Mervyn what's your outlook for 2004 - the Bulls are back ?? Do we bet the farm on Technology again ?? Since you are in the financial biz give us your take !! Bosco,

[Goanet]Re: gory episodes

2004-01-19 Thread Teotonio R. de Souza
Dear Jose Lourenco You will find some details about the Tiracol episode in *Revoluções Politicas da India Portugueza do seculo XIX* by A.A. Bruto da Costa, Margão 1896. All the sources known to me about Rogerio de Faria are quoted in my two articles on him in my book *Goa to Me* (1994) *Goa and

[Goanet]Re: Gory Events

2004-01-19 Thread Teotonio R. de Souza
Please check *Goa to Me* and *Goa and the Revolt of 1787* (available from OIBS). José Lourenço worte: I have always been intrigued by the life of Rogerio de Faria , the controversial opium dealer (originally of St.Inez?) who was involved in the attempt to take Goa by force in

[Goanet]Re: Re-inventing History on the Net.

2004-01-19 Thread Agnelo Mascarenhas
it is commonplace to mythologize, deify and place ideas beyond question. do not feel upset if St. Francis Xavier or the popes are examined. history is not static. we need to ask questions and examine facts. those who prefer myths are free to walk down that road. agnelo 7. Re: Re-inventing

[Goanet]Gory episodes

2004-01-19 Thread jose lourenco
I have always been intrigued by the life of Rogerio de Faria , the controversial opium dealer (originally of St.Inez?) who was involved in the attempt to take Goa by force in the times of Bernard Peres da Silva. I mustily recall having read of this episode in a book by Senhor Teotonio. Where does

[Goanet]Goan hishtory a mess

2004-01-19 Thread Vasu Raekar
And then in the sheventhies that hishtory was again the same all about these turban fellows like Dada Saheb et all who had no link with Goa. Another fellow who went about barefeet skimply clothed. Goan hishtory is very very different much alike the books states. We should have heard about how

[Goanet]What They Said About United Club of Utorda-Kuwait

2004-01-19 Thread lino dourado
What They Said About United Club of Utorda-Kuwait 1st Year: 2002 To a Konkani drama lover, it looked like the setting of the Kala Academy at the IAC Auditorium in Kuwait on 15th, 2002 when the first Konkani One Act Play Competition unfolded. The organizers, UCU-Kuwait, are to be congratulated

[Goanet]Re: [The Goan Forum d-list] Re: Re-inventing History on the Net.

2004-01-19 Thread blandino viegas
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