[Goanet-news]05 APR 2004: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS

GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 05 APRIL 2004 Check GOACOM VIDEO NEWSCAST at http://www.goacom.com/news goacomNews02 Apr 04 H I G H L I G H T S -- Churchill Alemao is the South Goa Congress candidate -- Christopher Fonseca (CPI) is from North Goa - Dr Willy confident of winning --

[Goanet]Church and temple?

Miguel Braganza: Come to Mapusa 16 days after Easter in any year, visit the Church dedicated to St. Jerome in which the Milagris Saibinn is venerated above all the other deities one can think of and see the miracle of inter-religious harmony for yourself. I am not talking about civil engineering;

[Goanet]Any one can be a SAINT (Sant Tukaram)

Thanks Thalmann, It was very nice of you to quote the poem with translation. Also, good to know that u too know/remember some thing about hindu Saints/poets. btw, r u that Thalmann Pereira from MES College Vasco-joshi building? just curious. Regardd/ joe Quote: Hi Joe, The couplet Moko

[Goanet]Goa-Internet Connectivity (dial-up)

Hope some one would be able to help me on this.. How much does dial-up connection cost in Goa? panaji? Do they charge by minute or sort of a package? e.g.first 300 minutes free and then after pay by minute etc Are they providing 'unlimited Access' scheme for a fixed monthly fee? Here, in UK

[Goanet]flight info (this one for Indian Tourist)

Chepeast Flt to London/Paris/Frankfurt from Bombay is just Rs.19,800 (about £240) Read more... http://in.rediff.com/money/2004/apr/03perfin.htm = http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ ___ WIN

[Goanet]Old Christian Names (from Goan Bhatcars)

how about these names ?? all from my locality Carolina (ladies) Terezinha Ermelina Nolasquinha Ritina Palmir Dumitilda Sacramenta Melitao (Gents) Exultasao Assumssao Deoglassao Roldao Baldumeiro Estebeiro Estaniclao Older (middle lower class) people never called them by names, but always

Re: [Goanet]Open Letter to Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar (by MayabhushanNagvenkar)

Let us all make telephone calls to Dr. Claude Alvares' phone and let us all get looped on to the police recorder. The Govt. will get data more than it can chew , and poor ASI Yeram may at least be able to get his suspension revoked by being instrumental in getting a flood of data for the

Re: [Goanet]Cathlolic Names.

Bond: Time for Cecil Pinto to get into action ;-) On a more serious note, I think your comments below, while entertaining and certainly not untrue, are also unfair! For one, the names reflect the changing influences on a tiny society at the periphery of the planet, as it were. Just how some

[Goanet]Cathlolic Names.

Catholic names. Good old days we heard of the names like Assumsao, Dolorosa, Pantaleao, Mingelinho, Conssecao, Purificacao etc, Later came the names of every possible saint. i.e.- Peter, Paul, Steven, Anthony, Jeronimo, Lawrence, Elizabeth, etc. Soon they became short names Tony, Jerry,

[Goanet]GSIDC on the rampage

Curses come home to roost. The Ponjekars relaxed while the Panaji-based Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited undertook projects all over Goa. Now GSIDC Ltd. has come down to the home turf: cutting 'old' trees in the 'old' GMC compound, demolishing buildings, changing the

[Goanet]On Assimilating Gods.

Ancient Ugarit, 10,000 BC to 2000 BC, covered what today is Turkey, Syria and much of the Levant. It's last three kings were Ammitamru, Ammit and Ammurapi. Chief god EL shared the skies with Shaddei and Barith, with Baal, Ashera and Yam playing lesser roles. They posed a challenge to the newly

[Goanet]Four-laning not for IFFI

Dear Netters, A new organisation is in the throes of birth while the GSIDC plays midwife to a number of children of doubtful parentage. Whether it is the bridge re-construction at Rawanfond-Margao, erection of bridges elsewhere or the demolition of the structures around the old GMC, the Goa State

[Goanet]Findoll's newsletter: Staying Connected! (fwd)

-- Forwarded message -- April 2004 : Staying Connected! We've had a lot of enquiries recently about Net connectivity in Goa. After all, in today's networked world, that is probably the single-most important consideration when buying property, relocating, renting! So we

Re: [Goanet]Common Goan plants and trees...

Subject: [Goanet]Common Goan plants and trees... URL : http://www.geocities.com/goagonsalves/GoanFlora References 1. Killips, P, A guide to the flora and fauna of Goa (Orient Longman) 2. Mukherjee, Pippa, Nature guides - Common trees of India (WWF) 3. N L Bor

[Goanet]THE ELECTION SCENARIO

Its election time. The predictions of the poll pundits may be more accurate. But as a voter one could make a few analysis about Goa's political scene Vis a Vis the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. At least the North of Goa will not be gripped by poll fever, as the BJP has cleverly been able to

[Goanet]Goa: A daughter's story

This review appeared in The Hindu Sunday Magazine on April 4. Apparent divide, actual bridges Blurb: The stereotypes imposed upon Goa and its people by Hindi cinema, charter tourism, and fanatical Indianisers are all dispelled by Maria Aurora Couto's treatment. A review by Ranjit Hoskote.

[Goanet]Hospitality in Pakistan

Hospitality in Pakistan This mail was originally from one Indian supporter who was at Karachi One Dayer, which India won, I thought of forwarding this mail, due to various mails in circulation about this historic series. Seb = Hi, This mail has nothing to do with work.

[Goanet]RE: Orissa Bajrang Dal

(Nicholas Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The hatred for christians in India by the hindus should be known all over the world.) This is too sweeping a statement, Mr Fernandes. You've apparently used the word Hindu to encompass the vast majority of people like me who're no Bajarang Dali

[Goanet]Flight Info (direct to Dabolim)

There are plenty of direct flights to Dabolim (some are non-stop and others halt at BAH for one hour for re-fuelling giving u a chance an hour of Duty free shopping) Hurry up!! these flights fly till end of this month and there may be just outbound (one way) early May. Chartered flts flying

Re: [Goanet]Re: ORISSA: Bajrang Dal burns effigy of Christ (LEADS)

I don't think events such as these should be interpreted as hatred for Christians in India by the Hindus. It is just one small (though very influential) and deeply politicised that has been sporadically deploying religious infighting as a means of ascending to power, and retaining it. In any