*** Flower power (feature on Ashok Dande, in Gomantak Times/Weekender)

2006-03-28 Thread The Goanet Reader
-- |Read Valmiki Faleiro's latest column on Goa's traffic entitled: | || | Goa's appalling road sense - 1

[Goanet] IS GOA PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE?

2006-03-28 Thread Philip Thomas
http://www.business-standard.com/strategist/storypage.php?chklogin=Nautono= 220057lselect=2leftnm=lmnu7leftindx=7 Strategic tools for the practising manager KIT Technopak Advisors / New Delhi March 28, 2006 This week: Indian Aviation Industry (Domestic) The Indian domestic aviation market

[Goanet] NRIs NRGs meeting on Friday, March 31, 2006 at 11:00 am

2006-03-28 Thread Manuel Studio
From: Manuel Studio To: Goanet Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 4:45 PM Subject: NRIs NRGs meeting on Friday, March 31, 2006 at 11:00 am NRIs NRGs meeting on Friday, March 31, 2006 at 11:00 am - On Thursday, March 30, 2006 at 11:00 am NRIs NRGs will meet Mr. Eduardo Faleiro,

[Goanet] Re: AIDS HIV

2006-03-28 Thread George Pinto
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only lifestyle way to prevent AIDS is NOT to have sex with anybody other than one's spouse. This couple from Bardez (Aldona) decided they would not have sex with anybody including each other as a complete precaution to prevent getting AIDS. The wife had just

Re: [Goanet] Re: Homeschooling in Goa vs USA

2006-03-28 Thread Marlon Menezes
--- Peter D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marlon, For a real world idea idea of what the homeschooling movement is all about please visit a local homeschooling group in your area. They typically meet once a month. The site you referred me to has gems like this 80% of families who home

Re: [Goanet] GOA

2006-03-28 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Anthony and Nolette de Souza wrote: Hi, All! The Church, both clergy and laity, is understandably traumatized over the murder of Fr. Ferrao, RIP. The puppet Government in Goa is not doing much in establishing freedom and justice. Mario adds: Maybe Antonio is having a hard time

Re: [Goanet] Re: Homeschooling in Goa vs USA

2006-03-28 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Peter D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It has always been okay for governments to dictate certain moral codes, that is a part of government's job. There is not a government on earth, that I am aware of, which does not have a moral code...they're often called laws. Peter, If I am not

[Goanet] Re: Illegal Portuguese immigrants in Canada

2006-03-28 Thread Peter D'Souza
If anybody's failed to reach this link, it's because there's a point missing between noticia and asp in the link posted by Teotonio below. It might be easier to use this URL instead: http://tinyurl.com/msw9p Excerpt: “Um rapaz de 22 anos deixou a esposa grávida. Tem algum jeito mandarem-no para

Re: [Goanet] Illegal Portuguese immigrants in Canada

2006-03-28 Thread Mario Goveia
This is rich. Now we have tens of thousands of original Portuguese citizens who are so desperate to get out of Portugal that they are willing to enter Canada and the US illegally. Puts a dent in the fantasies of our Portophiles, doesn't it? Mario --- Teotonio R. de Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Goanet] Desperate Goan Housewives

2006-03-28 Thread Cecil Pinto
Desperate Goan Housewives All is not as it seems in Dona Paula... By Cecil Pinto Having experimented with serious theatre (Rupnnem) and with film (Padri), the reigning Prince of Konkani Tiatr, Jacob, makes his foray into television serials with the upcoming Desparad Goencheo Ghorkarn'neo. I

Re: [Goanet] Afra still doesn't get it

2006-03-28 Thread Mario Goveia
--- afra dias [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do practice 'Sirsa Asana' - do you? I also say; what is the harm if one is a homosexual. One is born that way, it is not a choice. I put the 'spanner-in-the-works' to judge the opinion of narrowminded people. Talking about sex is an anatoma for the

[Goanet] Re: Use of the word Konkno

2006-03-28 Thread Frederick Noronha
Elisabeth Carvalho elisabeth_car at yahoo.com With reference to FN's mail on the subject, first of all let me say I am honoured to be even in the same cyber space as the renowned Frederick Noronha. I have great respect for your work and your opinions. Hi Elisabeth, You're going to mark the

Re: [Goanet] Re: What's happening to Goanet?

2006-03-28 Thread Mario Goveia
Guys, guys, guys. Calm down. Sheesh! This is a public forum for those who believe in free speech, not a news magazine, and not the Entertainment Channel:-)) Pretend you are in a coffee house or a bar. The guests are from all over the world. Each has his or her own point of view.

[Goanet] RE: Fred's bluff and Tony Correia-Afonso's off the cuff.

2006-03-28 Thread jose colaco
Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm no lawyer, and have no specialist domain in this field. But it's time someone called this bluff... if we repeat it often enough, we just might get around to believing it. Gabriel de Figueiredo [EMAIL PROTECTED] responded: 1: What

Re: [Goanet] AIDS HIV

2006-03-28 Thread Elisabeth Carvalho
What we know for facts are as follows: AIDS is more prevalent among homosexuals than hetrosexuals because it is more easily transmitted through sodomy than vaginal intercourse. The use of condoms can prevent AIDS. The indiscriminate use of needles (mostly sharing of syringes used to inject drugs)

[Goanet] Re: Fred's bluff

2006-03-28 Thread Frederick Noronha
Hi Gabriel, The issue I was talking about was limited to one point: challenging the Goa-was-annexed/invaded-because-the-Supreme-Court-of-India-said-so logic. Of course, I'm more than willing to debate the other issues you raise. And incidentally, changing the subject-line mid-way through a

Re: [Goanet] Malicious falsehood

2006-03-28 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 27/03/06, Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Peter D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On a related note, one lawsuit-happy Goanetter has threatened legal action against a poster on this list for what he deemed verbal abuse. In fact, he indicated he was doing it on behalf of

[Goanet] Re: Domnic Fernandes' articles and upcoming book

2006-03-28 Thread Frederick Noronha
Cecil wrote: While not totally disagreeing with your viewpoint I don't share your evangelical attitude towards sharing. Sharing as defined by you seems to have no altruistic motive but is just a tool to wider coverage and, hopefully, returns. Cecil, you seem to have shifted ground from what

[Goanet] News item for favour of publication

2006-03-28 Thread Basilio Magno
CYRILA PEREIRA WINS LONDON'S FRINGE REPORT AWARD Croydon's Goan resident Cyrila Pereira, working for The Stage - a weekly newspaper for the performing arts - as editorial office manager and Party organizer, has won the Fringe Report Award 2006 for her excellent work on the new year event,

Re: [Goanet] Re: What's happening to Goanet?

2006-03-28 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 26/03/06, Vidyadhar Gadgil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2006-03-25 at 12:59 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Clinton Vaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] What's happening to Goanet? Enough of this nonsense. The past few months have seen Goanet discussions degenerate into

[Goanet] Use of the word Konkno

2006-03-28 Thread Elisabeth Carvalho
With reference to FN's mail on the subject, first of all let me say I am honoured to be even in the same cyber space as the renowned Frederick Noronha. I have great respect for your work and your opinions. I agree that certain words have acquired a derogatory connotation like poder, but I don't

[Goanet] Re: Homeschooling in Goa vs USA

2006-03-28 Thread Peter D'Souza
Marlon Menezes wrote: For a brief intro to the motivation of homeschooling in the US, look at: Marlon, For a real world idea idea of what the homeschooling movement is all about please visit a local homeschooling group in your area. They typically meet once a month. The site you referred me

Re: [Goanet] Goan 'Kokno' used derogatorily

2006-03-28 Thread Mario Goveia
Bernardo, What does Ms. Kakodkar have anything to do with Manoj's request to be civil on Goanet? Can't you address what he has said without reference to someone else's bad behavior? Mario. --- Bernado Colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Manoj Ganpatrao Raikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It

[Goanet] GOAN TEAM WINS EXPATS SOCCER FINAL

2006-03-28 Thread A. Veronica Fernandes
KUWAIT GOANS ASSOCIATION WINS EXPATS FINAL IN KUWAIT. In a not too exciting final of Expatriates South Asian Foot-ball Championship, new comers on expatriate soccer scene Kuwait Goans Association defeated another Goan outfit G.O.A. by 3 – 1, all the goals coming in the second half. The match

[Goanet] Konkan Railway constructing World's Highest Railway Bridge

2006-03-28 Thread Lawrence Rodrigues
See: http://www.konkanrailway.com/website/press_2005/press_stone_chenab_280306.htm 28th March,2006 PRESS RELEASE FOUNDATION STONE LAID FOR WORLD'S HIGHEST RAILWAY BRIDGE Konkan Railway constructing the bridge The Foundation Stone for the world's highest railway bridge over river Chenab, in

[Goanet] Change of e-mai lID of Rui Fernandes

2006-03-28 Thread Rui Marcos Fernandes
Title: *** Goanet Reader: We never took the main road... [Principal MervynD'Souza of Assagao/Weekender] Hi Fred, As my above e-mail will cease to exist as I amm moving to another company, could I request you to please note my new e-maill address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would love to continue

[Goanet] *** GOA NEWS: Mar 28/06 - Mopa airport, Mollem sanctuary, HIV tests, Laxman Pai, Don Bosco, Sports...

2006-03-28 Thread Goanet News Service
*** GOA NEWS: Mar 28/06 - Mopa airport, Mollem sanctuary, HIV tests, Laxman Pai, Don Bosco, Sports... *** CM assures assistance to maritme institutions Chief Minister, Pratapsing Rane has promised the Government's all out support and assistance to institutions imparting training in maritime

Re: [Goanet] Re: Fr. Eusebio's murder

2006-03-28 Thread Bernado Colaco
How do we know that the youths drank alcool? Did any one see the bottles? Or are Goans hearing kanios once again, such as we were liberated? BC The priests in every church I have been to since I was five years old have requested parishioners to abstain from alcohol during lent. It

Re: [Goanet] Contacto Goa Episode 5 synopsis (RTP International Mar 26/27; RTP Africa: Mar 26)

2006-03-28 Thread Bernado Colaco
Very good episode. But this series contains a sentence of political correctness (1-5). One wonders if Goans are liberated or forced to be politcally correct all the time? Or was it a part of the deal or else there would be no Contacto Goa? Or are Goans shite scared? BC Episódio 5 REMO:

[Goanet] Don Bosco to celebrate 60 yrs in Goa

2006-03-28 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Don Bosco to celebrate 60 yrs in Goa HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, MARCH 27 - Where stood a tile-roofed structure for a chapel and an Oratory in 1949, today stands Don Bosco's, Panjim, arguably Goa's best educational campus. The progress of the Salesians since they first set foot here in 1946 can at

[Goanet] GOA

2006-03-28 Thread Anthony and Nolette de Souza
Hi, All! The Church, both clergy and laity, is understandably traumatized over the murder of Fr. Ferrao, RIP. The puppet Government in Goa is not doing much in establishing freedom and justice. Meanwhile, finding it impossible to live under persecution with

[Goanet] Frankfurt Book Fair choses 'India' as theme for 2006

2006-03-28 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Frankfurt Book Fair choses 'India' as theme for 2006 NT News Service Margao March 27: The Frankfurt Book Fair has chosen 'India' as a theme for its 2006 book fair to be held in mid-October at Frankfurt, Germany. Disclosing this to reporters at a city hotel, the Punjab-born German writer, Mr

Re: [Goanet] Goan 'Kokno' used derogatorily

2006-03-28 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha
In theory, the word Konknno means from the Konkan. So the term should apply for all of us. But that's not the way it works. In reality, a number of Konkani words have strong pejorative, class, or demeaning connotations. For instance: poder (not just a baker), Gaudo (I've heard this word used

[Goanet] RE: Neri jumps on anti-Mopa bandwagon

2006-03-28 Thread Philip Thomas
Filipe said he will take up with Chief Minister, Pratapsing Rane the need to retain Dabolim as an international airport and the need for immediate release of the promised central grant for the upgradation of Dabolim. The Minister asked MP Churchill Alemao to request the high-level committee

[Goanet] Re: Goan 'Kokno' used derogatorily

2006-03-28 Thread Manoj Ganpatrao Raikar
In one of the articles relating to the murder of Father at Macazana posted on the GoaNet,One of the readers had written What was the father doing with the HINDU BOYS at night. My objection was to the word HINDU used here which i feel is not in the right spirit. Few days back I posted one

[Goanet] Illegal Portuguese immigrants in Canada

2006-03-28 Thread Teotonio R. de Souza
According to the Portuguese daily Correio da Manhã (link below) about 15 to 22,000 Portuguese have been declared illegal immigrants in Canada. They are being deported systematically and complain of no help from the Portuguese authorities. Many of them seem to have discounted from their hard-won

Re: [Goanet] Wedding blessing rites!

2006-03-28 Thread sonia gomes
Hi Dominic I love your posts, they bring back memories of my childhood. Although I am from Verna (Salcete) my holidays were spent in Aldona ( Bardez) where my mother is from. It was a treat to go to Mapuça, and all those little cold drink houses with patties thrown in, I remember my aunt buying

[Goanet] The Internet: A Teaching Tool For Konkani

2006-03-28 Thread domnic fernandes
Dear Domnic (I rarely get an opportunity to address myself), Thanks for appreciating my Aichea Dissak Chintop (ADC). I began to write ADC on October 25, 2003 with the sole intent to reach Goans worldwide in order to help them learn Konkani, especially overseas Goans; I am glad it's serving

Re: [Goanet] Re: Portuguese Passports

2006-03-28 Thread Bernado Colaco
Dear António, I am wondering if you were eating grass in Goa before 61? How come your family appears all over the Dicionario de Literatura Goesa? BC Why write his(?) sermon? Dear Bernardo, My economic needs (such as they were and as they are) were not fulfilled in Goa under

[Goanet] Re: Fr. Eusebio,s murder

2006-03-28 Thread Marie D'Souza
Well said Jesus Mario marie - Original Message - From: Jesus Mario B. Fernandes The recent coverage of news relating to the unfortunate and shocking murder of Fr. Eusebio Ferrao shows the levels of depth journalism, especially of the 'tele'-variety has sunk to. The worst culprits

[Goanet] RE: No Family Feud Here

2006-03-28 Thread Bosco D'Mello
On Sun Mar 26 17:54:06 PST 2006, CARMO DCRUZ wrote: Bosco, I had a very friendly discussion with my cousin Dr. Jose Colaco in the Bahamas today. Please note that there is no family feud.. there never was ... and Please withdraw your statement and allusion to the same on the Goanet

[Goanet] Insurance risk cover for all bread winners

2006-03-28 Thread Manoj Ganpatrao Raikar
Most people ask the LIC Agents when they have to take up LIFE INSURANCE POLICY and invariably the agents recommend policies wherein they get maximum commission. I strongly feel that LIC is only for risk cover and first one should take up insurance policies without any bonus/money back schemes

[Goanet] Need to contact Dr. Jose Pereira

2006-03-28 Thread Annabel Lopez
I am a Goan architect residing in Delhi. I have doing some research on Santana Church and would like to get in touch with Dr. Jose Pereira. I would be highly obliged if someone at Goanet could forward his email id to me. Many thanks, Annabel Lopez

[Goanet] VALMIKI, GET MARUTI TO START MDS IN GOA!

2006-03-28 Thread Philip Thomas
http://www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content_id=121808 Maruti to teach you to drive world-class Creating new benchmarks in safety, Maruti Udyog Limited on Monday announced it would set up 15 world class driving schools in India in the next three months, as it launched two such

[Goanet] Re: Domnic Fernandes' articles and upcoming book

2006-03-28 Thread Bosco D'Mello
On Sat Mar 25 03:56:45 PST 2006, Cecil Pinto wrote: Domnic has been entertaining and informing us in Goan Cyberspace for years now with his fantastic articles about the Goa of old. His encyclopaedic memory and narrative style is awesome. Domnic and myself have had discussions on the

[Goanet] LPG Consumers Safety Camp at Murida, Cuncolim on Wed 29th March.

2006-03-28 Thread goadesc
- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED, The time is come for the people of Goa to ORGANISE not AGONISE !!

[Goanet] A weekly... in three languages

2006-03-28 Thread Frederick Noronha
One was pleasantly surprised to see, on the Panjim newsstand, an issue of the eight-page tabloid O Paiz, which calls itself your Saturday newspaper in three languages. This was the first time I saw the paper, printed in red-and-black. Each article in printed in three languages. There are some