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[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 2004-02-19, F. Even penned:
What does your incoming log
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
21 February 2004
LEGISLATION AGAINST ILLEGAL STRUCTURES: Cutting across the party lines,
members in the State legislative assembly yesterday (Feb 20) expressed
serious concern over illegal structures, including roadside shrines, in the
State. The government assured to
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
21 February 2004
LEGISLATION AGAINST ILLEGAL STRUCTURES: Cutting across the party lines,
members in the State legislative assembly yesterday (Feb 20) expressed
serious concern over illegal structures, including roadside shrines, in the
State. The government assured to
I guess the colonial rulers of the past, who spelt the names out in
English for the first time, probably had the same difficulties in
pronouncing the names as they appeared on the local tongue/to the local
ear. All the examples mentioned below seem to be corrections of
inadequately-spelt local
--- Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now as you have well stated, (and I fully agree) the aim of the
inquisition OR MORE CORRECTLY the Portuguese colonial atrocities is to
displace the native Goans (obviously Hindus) and undertake a land
grab. The question is: Why was a land-grab
Here are some interesting websites. I do not know about the reliability,
credibility, accuracy of the information on those sites. But, for whatever
it is worth, here they are.
Some of you may be familiar with these sites.
http://www.kamat.com
http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/konkani/konkani.htm
Goa economy has worsened, says auditor general's report
PANJIM, FEB 20 -- The Goa government's liabilities are growing much faster
than its assets, interest payments of the State have risen sharply, and
government corporations and companies are losing money for the State, says
the latest
- Original Message -
From: Vivian D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At a party I attended, this was a topic of discussion,
and some wag suggested that Goa's name might some day
be changed to GUHA or GU KHA.
Vivian
RESPONSE: Then will shall well and truly be in it. Bring back the pig
It's a hit, it's unbelievable, it was a presentation
by Kuwait's very best, KGTS in Musical 'Tiatr
Tiatrist'
Kuwait, Feb. 20, 2004: It's a hit, it's a novel for
Konkani stage in Kuwait and for Goa too. The 4.15
minutes show was thoroughly and unbelievably enjoyable
organized by Kuwait-Goa
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.
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Do you Yahoo!?
George Pinto wrote..
[If Cecil is a member of this sect (presumably not technically Catholic)
and is good-looking and
personable (I met him last month and he qualifies), then I nominate him to
be King Momo. At least
Cyber-King Momo without the helmet, may be a crown.]
Dear George,
I have been monitoring the usual annual protests against the Carnival. This
year there has been surprisingly few protests. The Church has not made it's
customary statement disassociating itself with the revelry.
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The Shiv Sena made it's annual nominal protest.
Q.: What exactly are
If you think we have a problem with Mapusa or Mhapsa
or Panjim vs Panaji, which are phonetically similar,
try visiting South India as I recently did.
Did you know that.
Ootacamund (Ooty)'s official name is UDAGAMANDALAM
Trivandrum's is THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Allepey's is ALAPPUZHA
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
George Pinto wrote
[I disagree. There ought to be some standardization, at least for the post
office to function
effectively. I don't think postal employees ought to be linguists/polyglots
and decipher
variations of some place's name.]
Postal employees (who sort the mail) are trained
Firstly i have to thank Goa net for having this site,
it gives me great pleasure to say that Goa should not
be termed easy going life style each and every time
but a land of Intellectuals, scholars, and many other
respectful titles should be crowned on Goans, to have
writers like Senhor Paulo
- Original Message -
From: goasuraj
To: The Goan Forum ; GOANCAUSES ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;
www.goa-world.com -Goa's Pride
Cc: GOAN OBSERVER
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 5:52 PM
Subject: Fw: A LETTER FROM GOA TO VAJPAYEE, ADVANI, NAIDU
From: Srinivas Kamat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:
Frederick Noronha wrote...
[Much like the people who are Germans (in English), Alemao (in Portuguese),
something else in French ... and to themselves, simply Deutschlanders.]
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I would like to add that Cologne is spelt and prononced as 'Koeln' by the
Germans themselves. Hamburg is called
TIATRO TIATRIST.
It is over ten decades now that the beautiful art of Tiatro is in existence.
I bow down my head in reverence to Lucazinho Rebeiro from Assagao, Bardez,
Goa for penning down the first ever Konkani Tiatro Italian Burgo and
staging it in Bombay. His follower and associate
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
20 February 2004
60% HOUSES ILLEGAL IN STATE: Sixty percent of houses in Goa are illegal and
are without any technical approval, said Panchayat Minister Manohar
Azgaonkar yesterday. He said the Panchayati Raj Act would be suitably
amended to check such illegal
Alfred Tavares wrote...
AT
[Cecil,
Without fear of being branded a bigot in this case it has to be a Catholic;
mind you not necessarily a devout Catholic but certainly a most rampant one:
to capture the spirit of abandon, you see?]
CP
I doubt the Catholic Church in Goa will agree with your
My Valentine Anecdotes Competition had only one entry/posting from Melinda
Powell. I am therefore declaring her the winner. I hope the GoaNet Admin
Team has no objection to this.
Ms. Powell please note that you are entitled to have one Beautiful Basket
of Red Roses delivered anywhere in Goa
Tariq Siddiqui wrote...
I offer you Bernado Colaco and a bag a peanuts.
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Dear Mr. Siddiqui,
I am selling a valuable domain name, and you are offering me NUTS??!!
Cecil
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Eddie Fernandes wrote...
EF
[Cecil has a valid point in raising the issue of place names. However, it is
not just Panaji and Panjim but also Pangim and Ponje Obviously
Cecil recognises the advantages of standardising his own name and that of
his business. But this is not the issue here.]
CP
It is
Hi,
Can someone provide me with the colour photo of the musician Emeliano da
Cruz and his 3 nusicians/singers.
This is very urgent please.
Fausto
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, George Pinto wrote:
--- Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My Bengali friend, Bijon Shaha, is of the view that changing the name of
Bombay to Mumbai was a stupid thing to do, Maharashtrians could just let
the world call the city whatever they wanted,
From: Jose Colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It is as a result (?intended) of this change from
Municipality to Corporation that the name was also
changed from PANJIM Municipality to Corporation of the
City of PANAJI.
By the time all the bank accounts etc have been
converted from Panjim to Panaji,
The lessons from feathers
The lessons from feathers
A woman used to come to St. Phillip Neri to receive spiritual
advice. Her main addiction was slandering people. One day
the saint told her: when you visit me next time, bring along a chicken.
I want to roast it. Do one thing more. As you
Miguel,
This is just a correction on the article. .In South Kanara there are two
dominant language groups: Konkani and Tulu. Kanada is just the state,s
language. Actually the major language in the South Kanara is Tulu ...
this region is usually is referred to as Tulunadu (consisting of
Jose Colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dr. Lee Ho - who is aka Fatorbab
Here we are dealing with an extraordinary man. He has discovered
cures for both AIDS and cancer, for which he has received repeated
nominations for the Nobel Prize. He barely missed being the President
of India. President
I have no problems with Miguel's written diarrhea on this net re Mhapsa,
Mapusa, Mapuca , Novo Portugal, Moira Bananas Mapxekars,
Moirakars, Moidekars, Mahapixekars or for that matter the Mhapsa Fest.
However I would like, nay demand a clarification from him on his open
statement
They did get
Now Goenkars have another opportunity - the
Portuguese passport !!! If Goenkars
are lining up in droves for the Portuguese
citizenship, it is because it
facilitates easy travel out of Goa. Period !!! This
is more a blessing to
Goenkars than a right.
Some ignorant statements again. I
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