[Goanet]Religious turmoil in Banda Aceh-Warning to Christians on a mission to save soul

2005-01-23 Thread Sachin Phadte
I understand that some Christian missionaries are doing the same things in India and Sri Lanka. Sachin Phadte. _ The real power of teamwork. Experience it in real time. http://www.microsoft.com/india/office/experience/ Experience

[Goanet]goan catholics - who are they ?

2005-01-23 Thread Antonio Menezes
many MRGs i.e. non resident goans who come to goa on holiday during the christmas season from the u.k. and canada ask me the same quesion: who were we , before we became catholics. the answer is: a minority of todays catholics has a hindu ancestor( non twice born hindus, the brahmins having

[Goanet]Navelim Crowned Goan Champions in Bahrain

2005-01-23 Thread Goa's Pride, www.goa-world.com
Navelim Crowned Goan Champions in Bahrain A large holiday crowd witnessed Navelim lift the Bahrain Goans six a side football trophy on Friday at the open grounds next to East Riffa stadium. In the day long tournament Navelim and the pre-tournament favourites Canacona with a youthful team played a

Re: [Goanet] Countdown to global catastrophe

2005-01-23 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- jose colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW: From what I know of Santoshbab, he indeed is a scientist but NOT one who relates his livelihood to environmental research funds. I owe my livelihood to research funds devoted to give freedom and democracy to minds held captive by a warped sense of

[Goanet]Countdown to global catastrophe

2005-01-23 Thread jose colaco
Mario Goveia wrote on Wed Jan 19 14:40:04 2005 Once again, Santosh Helekar, repeats the charges of environmental activists who make a living out of alarming people and thus acquiring research money on which they depend for their livelyhood. Anyone who has the nerve to suggest that their

Re: [Goanet] Not a Canadian View

2005-01-23 Thread Tariq Siddiqui
--- Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is not a Canadian view, but the patronizing and puerile view of one Haroon Siddiqi, opining in the far-left-wing Toronto Star. Mr. Siddiqi displays his solidarity with terrorists Abu Musab al Zarkawi and Osama Bin Laden. So if you write a

Re: [Goanet] Misinformation on causes of global warming

2005-01-23 Thread Tariq Siddiqui
--- Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Once again, Santosh Helekar, repeats the charges of environmental activists who make a living out of alarming people Sounds a lot like the Iraq WMD threat that was repeated ad nauseum by Bush, Cheney et al. -Tariq

Re: [Goanet] Not a Canadian View, eh!

2005-01-23 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Folks, The following is from the Letters to The Editor section of The Globe and Mail of 22nd January, 2005. The author seems to have a nice Canadian name ;-) Mervyn2.0 Bush's freedoms. Re: The Freedom Doctrine and George W. Bush: Freedom to submit to authority, freedom to

[Goanet]Goan Connections, Wave of Hope Tsunami appeal

2005-01-23 Thread Priya Carvalho
On behalf of Save the Children GOAN CONNECTIONS, FRIENDS SPONSORS Presents WAVE OF HOPE - TSUNAMI RELIEF APPEAL Lots of children are being abducted and taken away for slavery . . . This robbing of children, it's happening on a large scale, Kantha Shakti executive director Rohini Weerasinghe

[Goanet]Minority education bill, who will benefit?

2005-01-23 Thread Thalmann Pereira
MINORITY EDUCATION BILL Who Will Benefit: Minorities Or Elite In Minorities? K K Ragesh (National President of the Students Federation of India.) THE National Minority Education Commission Bill, which allows direct affiliation of minority educational institutes to central universities, was

[Goanet]The College Preparatory Program of Saudi Aramco

2005-01-23 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Domnic of the Nostalgia Goa fame recently sent me details about the institution where he works in Saudi Aramco -- The College Preparatory Center. Saudi Aramco, the national oil company of Saudi Arabia, has sponsored the post high school pre-university education of Saudi students in Dhahran and

[Goanet]Malaria, Goa... and Undetermined Language

2005-01-23 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Amazing. Just see what this link is about: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=DisplayDB=pubmed An Inst Med Trop (Lisb). 1949 Dec;6:7-39. Related Articles, Links [Campaign against malaria in the territory of Goa, State of India.] [Article in Undetermined Language]

[Goanet]RIBANDAR PARISHIONERS MEETING

2005-01-23 Thread Aires Rodrigues
It was unfortunate that democracy, deliberations and discussion was not the order of the day today at Ribandar. As expected the meeting of Ribandar Parishioner's which was scheduled to be attended by Archbishop's representative Fr Luciano Fernandes was cancelled. Fr. Newton Rodrigues announced

[Goanet][OFFTOPIC] Blog... on an event called 'Asia Source'

2005-01-23 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Would like to invite you to visit a blog I'm maintaining. It has nothing to do with Goa, but deals with non-profit organisations, free software and related themes: http://www.tacticaltech.org/asiasource/blog FN

[Goanet]Religious turmoil in Banda Aceh-Warning to Christians on a mission to save souls--Extract from the Sydney Sun-Herald

2005-01-23 Thread Sanjay Colaco
Warning to Christians on a mission to save souls By Sebastien Berger January 23, 2005 The Sun-Herald For the devout Muslims of Aceh the disaster that has befallen them is a warning from Allah. For some Christians it is a God-given opportunity to convert the heathen. Mainstream aid groups, even

[Goanet]CHILDREN POWER

2005-01-23 Thread rene barreto
-- Navhind Times On line - Goa == Bihar schools to remain shut today IANS Patna Jan 23: After messages to the President, hunger strikes and prayers for his safe return, several schools in Bihar have decided to remain closed on Monday to protest

[Goanet]AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP (THOUGHT FOR TODAY) Jan 24, 2005!

2005-01-23 Thread domnic fernandes
“Jednam tum dusream thaim doiallponn dakoita, nhoich tem tuka bodolta punn tachea borim sonvsarui bodolta.” (When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world.) Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA

[Goanet]Ex Goa-Netter Joel Almeida returns from Tsunami disaster region

2005-01-23 Thread Eddie Fernandes
For a photograph of Joel Almeida see: http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/ == Headline: Hope still thrives in devastated region Source: Wiltshire Times. 21 January 2005 at http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/wiltshire/trowbridge/news/TROW_NEWS_LOCAL7.html

[Goanet]Query about GSPCA and vet hospital

2005-01-23 Thread Chris Vaz
Could we have the mailing address for GSPCA and Socrates Oliver Vet Hospital for those who would like to send donations? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet]GOANET NEWS: Lorna, Babush Monserrate and more [] ALL WE actually receive is a grant from the Central

[Goanet]Goa... and scholar.google.com

2005-01-23 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Find a whole lot of academic resources at http://scholar.google.com on searching for Goa. One search threw up about 3300 hits in 0.07 seconds: Poverty, psychological disorder and disability in primary care attenders in Goa, India V Patel, J Pereira, L Coutinho, R Fernandes, J ... - Cited by 12

[Goanet]Paklleo -- lhan kovita

2005-01-23 Thread tomazinho
(Small poems in Konkani with its gist in English) PAKLLEO (Petals) i Mirvonnuk kaddta, haddtal korta, Murdabad, Zindabad nare soddta, Ofisam moddta, bosi foddta, Aizche xikhpi, kitench soddna, Fokt ob'bheas mat korna. (He readily organizes agitations and strikes, Murdabad, Zindabad, he

[Goanet]AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP (THOUGHT FOR TODAY) Jan 23, 2005!

2005-01-23 Thread domnic fernandes
“Hanso ek upai khontik ani nirasak. To korondaiechea otmeank dadosponn haddta ani luksanni kallzank sori korta.” (Laughter is a remedy for sorrow and despair. It brings joy to troubled souls, to damaged hearts - repair.) Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA

[Goanet]A celebration by Casa de Goa - Lisbon , Portugal - Unity in Diversity

2005-01-23 Thread rene barreto
8 A celebration by Casa de Goa - Lisbon , Portugal Unity in Diversity The

[Goanet]XCHR History Hour

2005-01-23 Thread cornel
Colleagues, I am delighted to hear of the topic at the XCHR for presentation and discussion, on 27/1/05, namely, the Question of Race: US Southern Catholics and Segregation. I now sincerely hope that the next topic to be considered by XCHR will be linked closely to Goa i.e Brown racism cum

[Goanet]22-23 JAN 2005: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS

2005-01-23 Thread Joel D'Souza
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 22-23 January, 2005 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Tujean khuimchei bhiranticher zoit vhoronk zata zorui fokot tum nichev korit toxem korunk karann; ugddas dhor, bhirant khuinch asonam bhairavn motin. (You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do

[Goanet]'Konn Zait Tho', a cassette that honours Christiano Junior

2005-01-23 Thread armstrong augusto vaz
BY ARMSTRONG VAZ Margao: John Lodovoc de Assolna has come out with his first Konkani cassette and CD of Konkani songs 'Konn Zait Tho', which was released recently. The cassette conists of 12 songs and the cover of the cassette has the photo of late Cristiano Junior, the Brazilian football

[Goanet]Australia--Prosperous Indian immigrants don't fit their stereotypes

2005-01-23 Thread Sanjay Colaco
Prosperous Indian immigrants don't fit their stereotypes By David Dale January 22, 2005 The stereotype is that they open curry shops and staff call centres. The reality is that they are our most sophisticated and successful immigrants. In fact, the Indians are the Next Big Thing in

[Goanet]Greenfield Airport Plan

2005-01-23 Thread Philip Thomas
From rediff.com dated Dec 7, 2004: Govt to revamp aviation sector BS corporate bureau in New Delhi | December 07, 2004 11:26 IST .. .. The government is also considering a proposal to build five green-field airports in the country. The proposed airports are expected to come

[Goanet]Canara Konkani Catholic World Convention

2005-01-23 Thread skk_goa
Dear Mr. Bosco, I am sending the news about Canara Konkani Catholic World Convention and its proccedings. Kindly give the publicity. Thanking You, Prastap Naik, S.J. Roman script for Konkani in Karnataka The Catholic Sabha an official lay organization of the Mangalore Diocese took the