Joe, bet i read ur message wrong!! Instead of adding to ur list. I took the
cultural symbols of Goa...
Well just one for the present.
Poems/Songs.
-Seb
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Wishing you all a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY on behalf of GoaNetters to
29-Mar Ivy D'Costa Florida
29-Mar Clinton Vaz
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Thanks,
Vincente.
Please do notify if your e-mail address has been changed, for cc'ing B'day
wished to your
Hello Joe,
Listen, l will take the Abolem as my symbol :-) Cecil, can hv Feni as his!!!
Someone plz distribute the rest.
-Seb
PS: All flowers..do vote for ME :-))
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It's independent.
Its neither Brits nor Oscars but GOANETTERS Award.
Proposed catagories (upto 2 more
Interesting debate.It would be difficult to pinpoint
one or two symbols that embody the diverse nature of
the Goan ethos.
Let me think aloud. Coconut tree, abolem, mogarem,
waves, canji, cashtti, candles at a wayside shrine,
tiled roofs, two men: one in western suit, other in
coat pudvo, rocks
I was intrigued by a respondent's astute observation of a temple wall
incorporated in church wall in Old Goa. Certainly this is some valid
observation (on the ground) and may be even better than a written
documented observation of Goa's history.
However as I analyze this observation, the issue
Gabe:
I hope the Church Authorities are taking note and that very shortly if
not sooner a Bene Merenti Medal will be presented to the Hon. Doctor.
Gilbert responds:
Some Goan Catholics have assumed an implicit 'free ride' on church
bashing.
Others do it (chruch bashing) for phun. Very punny!!!
On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 Dr.Teotonio R. de Souza
[EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote...
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Goa Research Net [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am tjhankful for two serious suggestions: cashew (-nut?) and abolim. I
am
looking forward to a more meaningful and productive debate.
BTW, according to documented
Re: Cultural Symbols of Goa
Gilbert responds:
Goa has a state flower, state fruit and a state drink. Why don't we work
with what we have instead of starting something new? Just a suggestion.
Miguel's Comment:
And what might these be? There is no official flower or fruit for Goa. I
do not know
More details coming soon...
It's independent.
Its neither Brits nor Oscars but GOANETTERS Award.
Proposed catagories (upto 2 more welcome)
Informative (Goa NRI)
Thought provoking articles
Humor
Konkani
You can vote for any one (new or old goanetters but
minimum of 10 postings required)
Dear Goanetter,
Before the advent of the TV and the cable networks... and the new found
affluence, Goans had neither the opportunity nor the means for
entertainment. Prayer, circulating statues/idols, palki, kirtan, haldi
kumkum, village nataks, narkasur, New Year's eve dance, village feast,
Dear Goanetters,
Surely Dr. Gilbert Lawrence must have been joking when he wrote thus:
LAW AND ORDER.
As current Goans who resided in Goa during Portuguese rule (pre-1961)
will remember, their police action was swift, slap/beat the suspect then
question the what, why and how of the
Thank you Santosh, once again.
I knew you would come out with the correct version.
It was very nice of you. I wish u could give/post a
simple translation either in English or konkani .
Either my hindi teacher or myself may have got
confused (as I also read about Sant Kabir, Sant
Tulsidas, Sant
As a relative newcomer to Goa (2 + years) I was very
happy to participate in the Saibinn Mae making her
rounds in the village. I was asked discreetly, not to
upstage others by offering more goodies than the
traditional ukde chonne and I complied. After all I
did not want to upset the apple
Frederick wrote:
1. one has to be careful not to get caught up in traps that could be used
in a situation
where religious polarisation is the main basis of fighting electoral battles
in today's
Goa.
Santosh wrote:
2. As far as I am concerned, one must mount a strong opposition to
From: Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On learning that a reprint of this book was also out in
India (at one-fourth the price), my anthropologist friend
Dr Robert S Newman of Marblehead, MA, mentioned that
he had done a review of the book for Amazon.com.
As usual, an
Will India price itself out of offshore market?
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By Mike Yamamoto
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The U.S. technology industry's demand for offshore services is apparently
beginning to drive up pay rates in India, raising questions about the
long-term
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But, if you have some real proof that there were no, and i mean NO,
forcible
conversions, just show me and I will be tempted to believe you, but on
the
other hand you and your pals never will change opinion, will you? So, in
other words my great-great-great-great-grand-father had
Re: On what Frederick wrote
Gilbert Lawrence wrote:
Cheers, Please take this message to the appropriate audience or else
we are preaching to the choir.
Santosh:
I have already tried to do that. But they want more statistics. Now
tell me, where can I get such statistics? I have not done
Hello Teotónio, Rico and others,
Here are my suggestions:
Sanna,
Vhode
Mando
Dulpod
Vhodem
Ranpon
Mad (coconut)
Caju
Ambo
Gumot
Konkani
Sari
Bolcão
Porshem
Temple
Devotion
I am sure there are many more which all of us can subscribe. More later.
Melhores Cumprimentos,
Leão Fernandes.
SAF Games all set to take off
March 26, 2004 16:22 IST
After being postponed thrice for security reasons, the ninth South Asian
Federation (SAF) Games is finally all set to see the light of the day on
Monday when it gets off to a gala beginning.
The stage is set for the Games to go off with a
India holds Bangladesh to a draw
By Our Special Correspondent
RAWALPINDI, MARCH 28. Defending champion Bangladesh could not do anything
against a spirited Indian challenge as the teams drew goalless in the
opening match of group `A' football competition in the ninth SAF Games at
the Army
Teotonio R. de Souza wrote...
From what I know of the case of Moirá, the main village church is not on the
exact spot, neither very close to the original spot.
Everybody knows that the Moira church was shifted from the original spot by
the villagers with the help of a sacristan from
Reuters News Article
Having heard about how Uganda was progressing from Mr. Araujo, I thought I'd
post this:-
Uganda using torture to deter opposition-report
Mon 29 March, 2004 05:12 AM
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ugandan security forces are increasingly torturing
suspected opponents of President
Firstly, I must apologise to my ex-classmate Joy Figueriedo for the long,
long delay in responding. Secondly, could anyone offer some useful tips
on this subject? I think expat groups in the Gulf have been successful in
accessing tiatr from Goa.
There's also a listing on the Sunday papers
Does anyone have additional contacts? This is from Anil Siqueira
asiqueira at askrj.net in response to an earlier query from Rene
Barreto:
-- Forwarded message --
Almost every parish has its own groupings and, in most parishes where there
have traditionally been Goans, there
I'm working on a mini project of putting together an *alternative* phone
directory for Goa. We journalist in Goa currently have access to a fairly
good *official* phone directory for our use (brought out and regularly
updated by the Dept of Information). But we lack an *alternative* list of
Any progress on this front? It's something we were discussing three months
back. FN
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, J.L Carvalho wrote:
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Hello Everyone,
www.goanentrepreneurs.com is up online! Please go to the sign and register
and provide input for the sections that
Curry, bhangra to feature in BBC radio drama!
March 28, 2004 15:03 IST
Curry houses, fabric shops and bhangra music are all set to be part of a
radio drama planned by the BBC to give Britain's primetime TV soaps a run
for their money.
Set in Birmingham, 'Silver Street' will have key
Eka ixttachea tollmolleank konnamcheanui buzvonn diunk zata, punn eka
ixttache sufollkaek buzvonn diunk ki bhou nazuk soimbachi goroz
(Anyone can sympathize with the suffering of a friend, but it requires a
very fine nature to sympathize with a friends success)
Moi-mogan,
Domnic Fernandes
IN THE WILD: Making sense of spiders
By Rahul Alvares / cna at sancharnet.in
One of the creatures I studied about when I took a year off from School was
spiders. I worked under Dr. Vijayalakshmi in Madras, who is an expert in
rearing Giant Crab spiders - a species she uses especially to control
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