Re: [Goanet] Goan presence in Diocese of Mylapore

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[Goanet] A chaotic government, Goa style!

(Tan lagtori, baim marpachi!) (ENDS) The Valmiki Faleiro weekly column at: http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=330 == The above article appeared in the June 18, 2006 edition of the Herald, Goa

[Goanet] Infosys chief on Reservations

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [Goanet] Goanet as a learning instrument

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Re: Re: [Goanet] Goa's other Films Fest fruit Gene Bank

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Re: Re: Re: Re: [Goanet] Goanet as a learning instrument

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Re: [Goanet] Goa Revolution Day /Melinda Coutinho Powell

Dear Melinda, scroll down... On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 Melinda Powell wrote : We speak and no one listens.Only after repeated protests,there is an impact. The recent protest at the Zuari bridge where the commuters took to the streets and blocked the bridge ,brought about swift action from the

Re: [Goanet] GOA FREEDOM FIGHTERS EXIST 60 years later?

Valid points, dear Godfrey. Let me tell you how one such Freedom Fighter reportedly became one. The story is not mine. The inimitable Radharao Gracias tells the story how Shambu graduated into a freedom fighter. Shambu’s wife suffered, almost perennially, from the proverbial ‘headache.’ So

Re: Re: Re: [Goanet] Goanet as a learning instrument

On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 Mario Goveia wrote : --- Mario Goveia wrote: My suggestion to Goanet is that they should accept paid advertising and remunerate these administrators. Goanet does have paid advertising, doesn't it? (The admins have a sharp eye for unpaid advertising slipped in the guise

Re: Re: Re: [Goanet] Goanet as a learning instrument

On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 Mario Goveia wrote : --- Mario Goveia wrote: Was it really necessary to mention Mossad and undercover agents when talking about a country that has continuously been in survival mode --- Valmiki Faleiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought yes. Not for the reason I

[Goanet] Goa's other Films Fest fruit Gene Bank

Goa's other Films Fest fruit Gene Bank By Valmiki Faleiro June is when our thoughts turn to Mother Nature. June 5 is World Environment Day, but a day of special significance to Goa: when the heavens open with thunderous claps, to pour forth benevolence on a parched earth. And begin

Re: Re: [Goanet] Goanet as a learning instrument

On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 Mario Goveia wrote : Valmiki, What may be thought-provoking for one member may be boring or irritating for another at any given time. No one forces us to read every post or follow every thread. I agree with your first sentence above, Mario, but I was more on attacking

Re: [Goanet] Goanet as a learning instrument

On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 cornel wrote : I .. conclude that ... Goanet is often a pretty useful learning instrument. To me at least, Goanet has been one. Not just an instrument of learning, but more. I have rediscovered old friends and made new ones, sought and obtained assistance. To cite an

[Goanet] Tali-BAN the bans!

Tali-BAN the bans! By Valmiki Faleiro BG Koshy calls me a coward. For not writing on Da Vinci Code and the ban on its celluloid version. BGK is a man I respect and admire. He is one of the two who taught me English at college. Like the other, DM Silveira, he urges me to write more. From

Re: Re: Re: Re: [Goanet] Theist v/s atheist?

I was not participating on the debate on that thread, dear Mario, was just curious about the import of an observation made by Cornel. VF On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 Mario Goveia wrote : Rather than such a general comment as seen above, which tells us NOTHING, wouldn't it make more intellectual sense

Re: [Goanet] Why stray dogs always will be a problem in Goa !!

Caution, mate! You may be hauled up for contempt of court. The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court, upon intervention by local Animal Lovers groups, has already ruled out the destruction of strays is not legal. You may get into the dock on another count, or get docked... .. If Ms. Grace Kare,

Re: Re: Re: [Goanet] Theist v/s atheist?

Sorry, Cornel, I didn't mean to evoke an apology from you. I thought you had good reason to imply Mario was not insightful, from the way you said. Mario's posts do stir thinking, though I do not agree with most of his rightist diatribes. But he does come off as a well-meaning person. (And with

Re: Re: [Goanet] Our Language Saga, Vowel Wars.

Many thanks, Eric, I simply love gifted books! And don't worry about Cecil. After his piece in today's Gomantak Times in Goa, he's gonna be minced, corned, whatever - before being tinned in a dhobo. Just you wait till irmao Alemao gets a competent English-Konkani interpreter. Even you will be

Re: Re: [Goanet] Theist v/s atheist?

Cornel, I regard what you say with a some deal of respect. But pray, why do you think that Mario is not one such insightful individual (see below.) Me, a simpleton for sure. On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 cornel wrote : But there are insightful individuals who have not been near any higher education

Re: [Goanet] Our Language Saga, Vowel Wars.

Since when have eminent cardiologists turned linguists? With such depth and humour, I've noticed over some time? Or am I mixing Yorrick's bro. for someone else? Whichever Eric, this IS great. Gimme more! Two bits on spoken Konkani in Goa (as I hear it.) It differs from one of Goa's river

[Goanet] Of Feasts Four-anna Feiras

Of Feasts Four-anna Feiras By Valmiki Faleiro Today's the feast of the Holy Ghost. That's how the third member of Catholicism's Holy Trinity was known when I was a child. We kids were sure scared of *ghosts,* as all kinds of unholy ghosts made our nightmares. Heaven must have heard our

Re: Re: [Goanet] Road carnage -- GOVT. MUST ACT !

Dear Mario, Thank you for the kind words. Going by the response I received on this forum, I feel the issue has generated thought, now just on Goanet but in Goa. As you say, if each one of us sets an example - whether on the road or with the pen - Goa will certainly slow down on this madness

Re: Re: [Goanet] Just curious

Dear Tony, When you read Goanet online (as I do since broadband happened here) it's easier to click *reply* than to open the mail client and message privately. Regards, Valmiki On Sun, 28 May 2006 cornel wrote : Hi Tony Re your curiosity, the request for good wishes came on Goanet and it

Re: [Goanet] Public Access to Khola Beach Denied

And what are our *famad* Kankonkars doing? Must we every time appeal to Claude Alvares? On Sun, 28 May 2006 prajal sakhardande wrote : dear goans public access to the khola beach in the canacona taluka near cabo de rama fort denied by a bombay based company called saanika investments n

Re: [Goanet] “Governor’s pleasure is others’ pa in”:

Well said, Sandeep. I had doubts when I read the report, as I had heard from friends who know him personally that the current incumbent in the Cabo is a thorough gentlemen. Congrats on holding up the truth. Valmiki On Sun, 28 May 2006 sandeep heble wrote : Sub: Letters to Editor To suggest

Re: [Goanet] Congrats to Beatrice and Cecil Pinto

I endorse. Lots of sunshine to them both. Particularly to Cecil, with or without PDD! -Valmiki On Thu, 25 May 2006 George Pinto wrote : Congratulations to Beatrice and Cecil Pinto who celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary today. Cecil has entertained us with his humourous posts over the

[Goanet] Licenced to Kill Maim...

Licenced to Kill Maim... By Valmiki Faleiro This series began with a statement: that a larger share of blame for death and misery on Goa's roads lay with road users, than with bad roads or increased traffic. In subsequent pieces, we saw how. Let's now turn to everybody's pet target

[Goanet] The hand that rocks the cradle...

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[Goanet] Goa's Wailing Mothers...

There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Goa's Wailing Mothers... By Valmiki Faleiro Many

[Goanet] Goa's Night(driving)Mares!

Goa's Night(driving)Mares! By Valmiki Faleiro Time was when experienced drivers preferred night driving, esp. long distance. It was better -- and in ways, safer -- than by day. In an era when Indian cars and air-conditioning didn't coexist, night was pleasanter. Night permits sensing

[Goanet] Goa's road carnage, more views...

Goa's road carnage, more views... By Valmiki Faleiro We sampled some views from Goans worldwide, on Goa's grave road scene, last week. Let's check out some more today, before moving on to other aspects of the complex problem from next week ... night driving, two-wheelers, driving schools

[Goanet] Goa's road carnage, some views...

Goa's road carnage, some views... By Valmiki Faleiro Death and pain on our roads is, slowly but relentlessly, raging into Goa's major tragedy. Official figures for the first quarter of 2006 are out. During the 90 days, there were, on average, a daily 10.58 *reported* road accidents, 9.23

[Goanet] Simplifying Sanads

Simplifying Sanads By Valmiki Faleiro Goa government has done well to simplify (if it needs adding, the hitherto cumbersome and bribe generating) procedure for issuance of a Sanad, as now notified in the official Gazette. This measure will doubtlessly bring much relief to the harassed small

[Goanet] The empty Egg ...

to virtually any part of the world. http://www.goanfoods.com --- == ALL 'n' SUNDRY By Valmiki Faleiro == The empty Egg ... By Valmiki Faleiro Let's take a one-time break

[Goanet] Goa's appalling road sense - 3

/index.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=426 -- == ALL 'n' SUNDRY By Valmiki Faleiro == Goa's appalling road sense - 3 By Valmiki Faleiro Expert driving alone does not make safe drivers. *Road sense,* coupled

Re: Re: [Goanet] Pre Pot 1961 Goa

My dear Senhor Bernado, Does a *Keralite and a Andhra* rule Goa? Or is it the likes of Luizinhos, Sardinhas, Dr. Willies and Proto Barbosas? They sure were Chief Ministers after Goa was a full- fledged State in the Union (okay, an Union by annexation, as you'd like to hear - have you forgotten

[Goanet] Goa's appalling road sense - 2

== ALL 'n' SUNDRY By Valmiki Faleiro == Goa's appalling road sense - 2 Overtaking is not bad. Bad overtaking is. A common cause of road crashes, and much avoidable carnage. If only a few commonsensical rules were observed, that fateful decision to overtake

Re: Re: [Goanet] Re: Re: Fred's bluff

, Valmiki On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 Bernado Colaco wrote : Yes you prefer to live in a 3rd world rut with no Passage out except for the Portuguese citizenship? BC - Original Message From: Valmiki Faleiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Frederick Noronha(FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sent: Friday, 31 March

Re: [Goanet] Re: Re: Fred's bluff

Someone has at last put some of the larger issues in perspective. And eloquently! Some of us may not like the way India chased out Portugal from Goa in 1961 (like how a lower Army rank was demeaningly told to accept surrender from a higher-ranked Portuguese!) But it's time we realize the

[Goanet] Goa's appalling road sense - 1

== ALL 'n' SUNDRY By Valmiki Faleiro == Goa's appalling road sense - 1 Lack of good driving skills is one part of Goa's problem. The other is our appalling road sense. How many licenced drivers will *halt and check* both sides before entering a main road? How many

[Goanet] Goa's abysmal Driving Skills

== ALL 'n' SUNDRY By Valmiki Faleiro == Goa's abysmal Driving Skills Bad roads and too many vehicles do not cause accidents. People who drive them do. Abysmal driving skills and an appalling lack of road sense are the conjoined twins primarily responsible for death

[Goanet] Why such death on Goa's roads?

== ALL 'n' SUNDRY By Valmiki Faleiro == Why such death on Goa's roads? There was a time when this daily advertised itself (in the advent of FM radio in Goa) with a jig. It went something like Herald with your coffee, Herald with your tea; Herald with your *paon

[Goanet] Sanvordem Shame: A CRY FOR STATE ACTION

Sanvordem Shame: A CRY FOR STATE ACTION By Valmiki Faleiro Loud and clear is the message in the groundswell of public outrage and indignation over the Sanvordem Shame: that sensible Goans, across the spectrum, expect their State Government to act. To act in a manner that such ignominy

[Goanet] Well done, Rane, but Goa's tinderbox begs...

Well done, Rane, but Goa's tinderbox begs... By Valmiki Faleiro Even if a bit belatedly, Goa Chief Minister Pratapsing Rane displayed he can act if he has the will. His handling of the so-called *communal* flare up in Curchorem deserves praise. Had he done last Friday evening itself, when

[Goanet] To Polarize a Vote Bank

TO POLARIZE A VOTE BANK By Valmiki Faleiro Communal riots in Goa, the land of Lord Parashurama? I happen to be of Aryan descent, albeit of the ‘corrupted' (*bhatil'lo*) variety. I love the Parashurama legend, but cannot accept it for the sheer weight of evidence to the contrary. As much as I

[Goanet] Goa's Killer Roads

== ALL 'n' SUNDRY By Valmiki Faleiro == Goa's Killer Roads 24-year Kashinath Naik, of Sancoale, killed (his motorcycle collides with an Army truck at Bambolim.) 60-year Fr. Joao Vicente Gonsalves, Parish Priest of Nagoa-Arpora, killed (a van rams into his motorcycle

[Goanet] Sensible Goa action, Another *sabaash*...

== ALL 'n' SUNDRY By Valmiki Faleiro == Sensible Goa action Goa's Rane administration has been famous for *inanimatus*. A condition of lying languid, motionless. As Mikky Pacheco, himself a cabinet minister, cried hoarse these past months. One now hears that Rane

Re: [Goanet] Goa petitions

The Petition's signature page sets a (misleading?) eligibility criterion... Eligible signatories: NRI GOANS On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 George Pinto wrote : In addition to the Romi script Konknni petition, please sign the Abbe Faria stamp petition if you have not done so already. See

[Goanet] OF MORCHAS HARTALS

== ALL 'n' SUNDRY By Valmiki Faleiro == OF MORCHAS HARTALS What point, and against whom, was the Goa BJP trying to score, when it brought Panjim to a 3-hour agonizing halt last Tuesday evening? Striking at the *aam Goenkar* it avows to serve, literally on the streets

[Goanet] MESS NAMED LAND SURVEY - 3

== ALL ‘n' SUNDRY By Valmiki Faleiro == MESS NAMED LAND SURVEY -- 3 (Published: HERALD, Feb 12, 2006) We saw on 29/Jan and 5/Feb how the 1965-77 Goa Survey was botched from word go, partly because it was based on an inaccurate grid, prepared with rudimentary tools

[Goanet] MESS NAMED LAND SURVEY - 2

== ALL 'n' SUNDRY By Valmiki Faleiro == MESS NAMED LAND SURVEY - 2 We saw last week how the 1965-77 Goa survey was botched from word go. It was based on an inaccurate, colonial-era grid, last corrected in 1930. Colonial pioneers did not enjoy relatively accurate land

[Goanet] MESS NAMED LAND SURVEY - 1

== ALL 'n' SUNDRY By Valmiki Faleiro == MESS NAMED LAND SURVEY - 1 If you have a survey map of your house or property issued by the Goa Land Survey Department on tracing paper, hold it like a prized possession! Not because the Land Survey Dept. no longer issues maps

[Goanet] OF GOA’S MODERN PLAGUES (*PIDAS*)

== ALL 'n' SUNDRY By Valmiki Faleiro == OF GOA’S MODERN PLAGUES (*PIDAS*) Victoria Fernandes, Dy. Speaker, had reason to celebrate! Her colourful motorcade this week, marked the healing of several villages afflicted by a modern Goan plague (pida) ... the Planning

[Goanet] WHAT A MONUMENTAL SHAME! (Valmiki Faleiro)

| | and | | Happy New Year - 2006 | |Goanet - http://www.goanet.org | -- == ALL 'n' SUNDRY By Valmiki Faleiro == WHAT

[Goanet] GOA'S THREE KINGS... (Valmiki Faleiro)

| | and | | Happy New Year - 2006 | |Goanet - http://www.goanet.org | -- == ALL n SUNDRY By Valmiki Faleiro == GOA'S

[Goanet] OH, THOSE RESOLUTIONS!

== ALL n SUNDRY By Valmiki Faleiro == OH, THOSE RESOLUTIONS! Church bells chime the midnight hour; firecrackers pierce the stillness of the night. Crisp calendars and almanacs embellish walls; freshly minted diaries at the work desk. Herald the dawn of a brand

[Goanet] OF MONEY, POLLS CRUSADERS W/out STANDS!

| || |The Riviera Opposite Hotel Mandovi, Panjim (near Ferry Jetty/Riverfront)| | Attending...drop a line to [EMAIL PROTECTED]| -- OF MONEY, POLLS CRUSADERS W/out STANDS! By Valmiki Faleiro It's

[Goanet] Liberation musings...

ALL n SUNDRY By Valmiki Faleiro Liberation musings... This day, 44 years ago. Early morning, two Indian Air Force planes strafed the *Emissora de Goa*, the powerful radio transmitting station, at Bambolim and the civilian airfield at Dabolim. The previous

[Goanet] CONGRATS MAYABHUSHAN, More MPs caught ...

http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/dec/19bribe.htm More MPs caught taking bribes on camera Onkar Singh in New Delhi | December 19, 2005 20:20 IST Hardly had the furore over Operation Duryodhan by Cobrapost.com, in which 11 MPs were caught on tape taking bribes for asking questions in the

[Goanet] 2nd AIRPORT IN CENTRAL GOA (Valmiki Faleiro)

2nd AIRPORT IN CENTRAL GOA By VALMIKI FALEIRO One can't help stop people wearing blinkers. Some say that opposition to Mopa is all about scuttling development that will stand Goa in good stead in future. Someone dubbed it as chivalry! Nothing could be further from reality. Anti-Mopa does

[Goanet] Re: Valmiki on - Borges returns to The Borges Road to Nowhere

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[Goanet] Re: Borges returns to The Borges Road to Nowhere

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Re: [Goanet] GOENCHO ULO: Editorial: Anink ek panvl, anink ek divli pettli

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Re: [Goanet] Save Panjim!

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Re: [Goanet] Re: Fontainhas Festival of Arts: GHAG-ESG JV

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Re: Re: [Goanet] Re:UDAY BHEMBRE'S ROAD MAP TO HELL - XIV

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Re: [Goanet] The married priest

Without meaning to digress from the issue/s under debate, couldn't help wondering... Why do some people still get their pet canines and pigs castrated/sterilized? Isn't that cruel? VF --- cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My bigger question is to ask why the Catholic Church is seemingly

[Goanet] Kator re bhaaji

Thanks to Isabel de Santa Rita Vaz and Cecil Pinto, and ... at a different level, to Dom Martin ... the story of one of the greatest Goans, Abbe Faria, is now being remembered and written about. However, while almost all stories carried in the local print media refer to his dad, Caetano

Re: [Goanet] Re: Still no native Indian Catholic Saint

Thanks for that kindly advice, dear Alfred. You seem to be pretty well conversant with HIS ways ... I sure haven't lost any hope ... of joining you someday in that celestial company, with a resplendent halo on. And had I, like you, mate, lived in the Lowlands, you bet I should have by now

Re: [Goanet] The Passage to India

Dear Francis uncle, That was a lovely travelogue (even without apologies to the venerable E.M. Forster!) But ... - Original Message - From: Francis Lobo goanet@goanet.org To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 9:20 AM Subject: spam: [Goanet] The Passage to India

Re: [Goanet] Re : Ghost at Dona Paula Beach ( Complete Story )

I think that was about the most complete version (of the legend.) Some asides: * The Bollywood/Hindi hit film, Ek Duje Ke Liye, whose storyline was similar to the legend, was shot extensively in Goa; the final scene, suicide by the young main cast, was shot at (where else?) Dona Paula. * Some

Re: [Goanet] Re: Still no native Indian Catholic Saint

- Original Message - From: George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 3:31 AM Subject: [Goanet] Re: Still no native Indian Catholic Saint I consider a few other Goans as saints too Like who, if

Re: [Goanet] Re: Still no native Indian Catholic Saint

- Original Message - From: jose colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 2:22 AM Subject: [Goanet] Re: Still no native Indian Catholic Saint jose colaco (NOT zuze and definitely NOT zuze naik (or nayak) colaco) Ha, doutor! Perhaps a

Re: [Goanet] Re: World Goa Day in Melbourne ignites Cultural Heritage ofYore

From: Bosco D'Mello [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 7:50 AM Subject: [Goanet] Re: World Goa Day in Melbourne ignites Cultural Heritage ofYore That would be February 4, 1987 ?? Would you know the dates (locations) of the Konkani agitation of 1986 and

Re: [Goanet] re:Abbe Faria statue

Why not, Eugene? And why not, in that postal stamp of your fantasy, transpose you in place of the Abbe (*with Malika Sherawat in the reclining pose*?) Why not? :-) VF - Original Message - From: Eugene Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005

[Goanet] Any Goan in Cape Town?

From: Wilson Coelho [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 10:14 AM Goans are indeed wide spread in the Globe. Any Goanetter based in (or who knows any Goan working/ based in) Cape Town, South Africa? Need a little info from that end. Would be obliged

Re: RE: [Goanet] Dabolim versus Mopa replacement airport.

From: Nasci Caldeira [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Nasci Caldeira: Remember! South Goa has the Longest unbroken Stretch of virgin Beach in Goa (some 38 Kms) from Cansaulim to Mobor Cavelossim; and then there is the beautiful Betul/ Velim area along the river Sal! Just for the

Re: FW: [Goanet]Goans in Singapore?

The same ex-Loyola,Margao *Junot,* an engineer, whose father (a retired Judge, if I mistake not) wrote a book in reply to Nirad Chowdary's *Continent of the Circe* -- Goans, cooks n butlers, et al ?? Maybe senhor Alfred knows? Rgds/VF (just back) From: Norman Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [Goanet]Top Secret tomb

Mervyn, I'm glad you have a clue. The *well/passage* has since been cloistered with cement mortar and laterite stone. Children of God no speak. No further comment! Rgds/VF From: Mervyn Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 4:58 AM Valmiki Faleiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] You must

[Goanet]Top Secret tomb

If *Gomantak Times* (April 19) correctly reported its page 1 anchor story, ASI tight-lipped on historic tomb, then the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is obviously trying to drum up hype by claiming what actually is a nearly TWO decade-long excavation project. By claiming it to be some kind

[Goanet]Vote you must

By casting your vote for a candidate WHO IN YOUR OPINION CAN REPRESENT YOU IN THE LOK SABHA, you are sowing the seeds for the creation of a prosperous India, a happy India, a safe India, a secure India and above all, an India with nobility. (emphasis added.) - President of India, Dr. A.P.J.

Re: [Goanet]Dilemma of the Indian voter

Jorge bab, From the little I know, no such option (blank vote) is available in the electronic voting machines (EVMs.) The old system of the hard-copy ballot paper offered the choice of dropping the ballot without marking it (with the 'X' rubber stamp) -- or, as a few those days did, of marking

[Goanet]Dilemma of the Indian voter

From: flower [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 6:08 PM Subject: [Goanet]Re: Dilemma of South Goa voters voters are in a very unenviable predicament But remember, its hard times not only for voters in S. Goa, but probably all over India and I think we

Re: [Goanet]Two interesting Goa-links... China and dowry

From: Alfred de Tavares [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 5:56 PM Valmiki, from what Rama Hegdo told me, he, P.P. Shirodkar, Gaitodo, Kamat de Assolna, were not incarcerated in toto. They had considrerable, albeit restricted to area, freedom of movement. Who should know

Re: [Goanet]Two interesting Goa-links... China and dowry

Dear Senhor Bernado, If I err not, the only time Goa's first Legislative Assembly Speaker, Pa.Pu. Shirodkar was in *Portuguese territory* (other than pre-'61 Goa) was when he was incarcerated in a Portuguese jail. You met him there? What were you incarcerated for? :-) Tell me about your

Re: [Goanet]Two interesting Goa-links... China and dowry

Dear Senhor Bernado, So you've been keeping tabs on other *Goan* traitors too (thought it was only Fred.) Wow! Before your snoopy sights get to me, let me hasten to deny that I'm not a traitor's son and that my dad never a doctor was in the then *Indian* Army Medical Corps! Tell me more about

Re: [Goanet]Tony Martin's Naked Goa

I read Tony Martin's *Naked Goa* a few months ago. It is a *must read* for all concerned with issues Goan. I can only endorse your views, doutor, wholeheartedly. Anthony must be encouraged into going for a sequel. Regards/Valmiki From: Dr. Jos Colao [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 12,

Re: [Goanet]Two interesting Goa-links... China and dowry

Dear Senhor Bernado, You keep a sharp eye on Fred's writing! I had missed that one. A minor detail, though... India did acquire military hardware from the USSR and USA by 1961. But the two warplanes that sortied to silence the *Emissora de Goa* at Bambolim (and the ones used in slightly more

Re: [Goanet]re: Eugene Correia, Aires Rodrigues, Goa Suraj ....... and the rest of us

Dear Eugene, You know I have regards for your forthright style of writing. But don't you feel such statements are best avoided? There certainly IS a difference between *professional* and *public* life? Have a joyous day, Valmiki From: Eugene Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April

Re: [Goanet]GoaNet makes the News

From: Eddie Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 6:09 AM Among the mailing lists that the book mentions are: GoaNet set up in 1994 by an 18-year old and drawing support from expatriate Goan communities around the world; = Dear Eddie, For me,

Re: [Goanet]Re: Pre-1961 (and Ole Xac)

Holy smoke! It certainly wasn't my intent to enter into a debate on Bharati brains (or the lack of them), in my tongue-in-cheek response to good ole Ole Xac. Senhor Bernado and Frederick must have been too young to drive a Merc in 1961... And pre-1961 Goan cabbies were not by wealth comparable

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

From: Lawrence Rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 7:12 PM Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd- Latest News 2nd bfone connection at concessional rate exclusively for Internet use. 6.No installation charges will be taken for providing this second connection While no

Re: [Goanet]Vintage Car Rally

The local English language daily, Gomantak Times (gomantaktimes.com) did carry a small photo-feature in colour. Valmiki From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 8:21 PM Subject: [Goanet]Vintage Car Rally Any pictures from the Vintage Car Rally in

Re: [Goanet]Re: Pre-1961 (and Ole Xac)

Senhor Bernado, Inspite of Senhor Frederico's *irresistible* fondness to take a dig at you :-) let's not forget that even pre-1961 Goan cabbies (forget well-heeled Goans like you and Frederick) drove Mercs as yellow-black taxis!! (I'm sure Goan cabbies were modest, unlike the last Nizam of

Re: [Goanet]Pre-1961 Cars.

Dear Terry, Didn't know there was an element of *surprise* in my post (made half in jest.) I see your point but am not sure if it is worthwhile to recall the brands that did the rounds of Goa's pre-1961 roads - for nostalgia or for the benefit of younger members on this forum. Though I must,

[Goanet]Pre-1961

It may warm the cockles of Ole Xac's heart to learn that the cut-off year for the Vintage Car Rally held at Margao yesterday was 1961. Why 1961 and not 1930, 1940, 1950 or even 1960, one may ask. Main organizer of the rally was a grandson of the redoubtable late Narcinv Naique, Goa's leading

Re: [Goanet]Saint in Trouble.

From: Miguel Braganza [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 12:18 AM I do not know if Floriano has given the Saint the Rs.2.0 lakhs that he talks about. This kind of money has not come to Mapusa Plus Dear Miguel, I too do not know whether the Rs. 2.0 lakh has been paid. What

[Goanet]Saint in trouble

Goa's modern day saviour and 2nd Patron Saint is in deep trouble with the law. This writer had alerted the saint to some of his crass illegalities, which he quickly corrected, without even the courtesy of a *thank you* to me. He's now got stuck in the others. A NGO public forum has lodged a

Re: [Goanet]Fabian returns home.

That was a brief but touching account of a good and honest cop. I know from his batch mates that Fabian was held in very high esteem by colleagues on account of his several good qualities. Honesty was one. Miguel provided an insight into his family's circumstance. In appreciation of the departed

[Goanet]Sunday Reflections

The hype about the *Independent Goan Observer* (IGO) hovers around two central misconceptions :- That the oHERALDo without its former editor would be as voiceless as a Government Gazette. And worse, that Press Freedom in Goa would fall into great peril without this Editor around. (The rider,

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