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Cornel / Marlon,
This is a belated response.
My position was against the dismissive stance Marlon took, of The Holy Book,
due to the sensitivies of fellow Goanetters. It's one thing to have a
constructive discussion on religion and another to be openly hostile to any
religion, its customs and
On Fri May 12 09:13:39 PDT 2006, gilbertlaw wrote:
> So where is the beef?
> Who is stopping one from seeking the truth?
> The one place we will not find the truth is by reading fiction - like
> Dan Brown's "Da Vinci Code".
> And what makes one think that the "Judas gospel" may not have been
>
On Sun May 14 13:42:49 PDT 2006, Marlon Menezes wrote:
Gilbert, it reminds me of another confused work of
fiction, also known as the bible. How about giving us
a review of this work of fiction!
RESPONSE: Firstly, the Bible is a Holy Book, largely meant for Catholics.
Given that you have canonize
On Mon May 15 07:30:34 PDT 2006 jose colaco wrote:
> Dear Paulo,
>
> I didn't quite follow Bosco's line of thought visavis the topic at hand.
> To me, it appeared that Bosco was bringing an irrelevant and tangential
> point into the fray.
RESPONSE: I was trying to ascertain whether it was detri
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On Wed May 10 07:06:10 PDT 2006, Mario Goveia wrote:
>Mario responds:
>
>Obviously you are unaware of those taking this
>"fiction" seriously. If you are so enamoured with The
>DaVinci Code and convinced that the author had no
>intentions beyond pure fiction, why would you have a
>problem with som
On Tue May 9 11:52:59 PDT 2006, Mario Goveia wrote:
> While I am against censorship, I believe it is perfectly
> appropriate to expose The DaVinci Code with opposing
> facts and opinions.
RESPONSE: The book's a thriller - 40 million sold!! Go out and read it in 2
nights. Its a flick! Go out a
Mario,
This is the second time in as many days that you bandied the name, Bill Gates,
like a cheerleader at a Seahawks game.
What exactly has Bill Gates got to do with your assertion about India being a
superpower - and that too, what superpower - economic, intellectually,
military, political,
On Sun Apr 30 06:50:01 PDT 2006, Olav Menezes wrote:
> Manuel Caldeira, in all the complaints engineered against him, is
> referred to as a "foreigner"
RESPONSE: That's unfortunate. In the past fortnight alone, I have met Goans
here in Toronto that feel and act like foreigners in Goa. They
On Sat Apr 29 21:27:24 PDT 2006, Elisabeth Carvalho wrote:
> Secondly I don't know if anyone read my original post
> but I stated very clearly that the term NRIs has lost
> its original and true meaning and has been loosely
> interpreted to mean every Indian or Person of Indian
> Origin, who now
On Sat Apr 29 02:27:41 PDT 2006, Elisabeth Carvalho wrote:
> Dear Nasci,
> I think you are mixing the issue of absentee voting ballots
> and that of NRI voting rights. Or perhaps I am getting it
> wrong? Maybe someone in India/Goa can illuminate us.
RESPONSE: While the subject thread is about V
On Sat Apr 29 00:30:27 PDT 2006, Cecil Pinto wrote:
> For the past three days I have been absolutely freaking out with
> Google Earth.
>
>
> The Campal swimming pools, Miramar Circle, Azad Maidan, both the Patto
> and Mandovi bridges... every possible landmark - close up! In fact if
> you chec
Gabe Menezes: For those who want a taste of Driving in Indiaaah!
My pal Roy just sent me the URL Below:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjrEQaG5jPM
RESPONSE: YIKES !!! In the 2-odd mins of play, there are several concurrent
safety infractions every second, yet nobody gets hurt. Seems like a taci
HELEN: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb
By Jerry Pinto
Review by: Kaveree Bamzai.
Writing a biography of a person who is either dead or does not cooperate is a
tricky task. But Jerry Pinto is nothing if not clever. He has done away with
the embarrassment of Helen Richarson Khan not answering h
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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 w
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 fea
Miguel,
Thank you for the comprehensive history lesson and your elucidation of
Sondekar Raja. I think you covered a fair bit.
Are there any books on that era (or other) of Goa's history authored by Dr.
P.S.Pisurlekar?
And is the street in Panjim, Pisurlekar Road, in anyway related to Dr. P.S.
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> Mario,
>
> Is it so difficult for you to stick to the debate ??
> Are you so out of sync?? Out of the 3 paragraphs in
> your message below, only the first one is relevant
> to this debate.
>
> Philip Thomas has taken the time and
Gilbert,
Several classmates at the school I studied at, in N. India, were children of
Army personnel. They always came to school in Army trucks. I never knew they
may have paid for the service. Thanks for sharing that.
On the flipside, the Indian Army, would take all students from our school in
Mario,
Is it so difficult for you to stick to the debate ?? Are you so out of sync ??
Out of the 3 paragraphs in your message below, only the first one is relevant
to this debate.
Philip Thomas has taken the time and effort to enlighten us with relevant
information about the status and possibl
http://www.goa-world.com/goa/expressions/calendar/index.htm
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Right Click on the image
Set as Background
Forward the link to a friend!
Cheers!
Cecil
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COMMENT: Excellent pixs, Cecil Compliments to Edson Dias!! I wish you could
add a
On Mon Feb 20 19:45:19 PST 2006, jose colaco wrote:
> Dear Kevin,
>
> As a Goan, and a strong theist, I am amused that a self avowed Atheist like
> you would be "serving on the Building Liason Committee of the St. Francis
> Xaviers Church"
>
> What is that Mississauga St. Francis Xaviers Churc
On Sat Feb 18 04:26:44 PST 2006, Cornel wrote:
> Hi Bosco
>
> Surely, Dev Borem Korum would be objectionable to many sincere agnostics
> and atheists.Why bring religion or God into this debate at all?
>
> Cornel
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(Un)fortunately this thread has gone all over the place. Are we so bankrupt of
issues to talk about and discuss that relate to Goa ?? All of a sudden we're
experts at how people of other religious denominations greet each other. And
that too in Roman script!
If an email signature is the cause f
When globalization leaves people behind
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> If the ban imposed on plastic bags is uniformly enforced throughout
> the state, it would force closure of 32 plastic manufacturing units
> and 50 plastic extrusion units, in Goa affecting the livelihood of
> over 1,200 people directly employed in the industry and also affect an
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NEW DELHI - In the halls of Sacramento, a special commission is rewriting
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On Mon Jan 23 03:45:56 2006 PST Gabriel de Figueiredo wrote:
--- godfrey gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The Ana Fonte Spring which will be used essentially
> > for children it is hoped will not follow the same
> > fate of the Tolsanzor spring.
> Why call it spring twice? Fonte in Port
On Fri Jan 20 20:57:49 2006 PST, Bernado Colaco wrote:
> One would agree if the standard of education was classy. But is it
> not a 4 classe had greater equal then the SSC of today? Many oldies
> agree with the above statement.
RESPONSE: Your first two statements appear to be contradictory - an
On Thu Jan 19 2006 21:39:05 PST, Gabriel de Figueiredo wrote in response to
Domnic Fernandes:
--- domnic fernandes wrote:
> > During the Portuguese regime, only bhattkars' children and those who
> > owned a piece of land with a house in it could go to school. If
> > tenants sent their children
On Fri Jan 20 2006 03:04:26 PST cornel wrote:
> I am familiar with the story about Goan worker expertise being discovered
> by the Brits during the Napoleonic wars. I'd like to read some of this
> in texts if possible.
On Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:56 AM Gabriel de Figueiredo wrote:
> If I may add, th
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Your thoughts are like a runaway train - the energy therein will only lead to
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> So, I guess you are saying that the elimination of
> Israel that is still contained in the PLO Charter -
> even though Arafat is supposed to have publicly
> repudiated that
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On Sat Sep 24, 2005 Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha wrote:
> kindly note that what happened (more than) 18 years ago, not on August 20
> but on February 4, was the passing of the Official Language Act by
> the Legislative Assembly of the then Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu
> according to Konk
When Michelle Ponto, a young Canadian writer, is not busy writing novels,
short stories and screenplays, she works as a freelance journalist for a
number of print and online publications across Canada, the United States and
Europe. In addition to a screenplay currently in production, Michelle ha
Radhakrishnan Nair wrote addressing Rene Barreto on Sep 8, 2005
> Please stop playing this Goan card at the drop of a hat, Rene! You're
> not fooling anyone, but yourself.
>
> I don't have to wear my love for Goa on my sleeve as you do.
RESPONSE: Maybe I'm misunderstanding these tasteless comme
The TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival 2005 got underway today with a
gala presentation of Deepa Mehta's "Water"
Deepa Mehta's film about a house of widows in 1938 India was shut down by
Hindu fundamentalists five years ago, so she shot it in Sri Lanka last year.
Eloquently humanist, th
The below review appeared in a recent edition of "The Badge" - newsletter of
Toronto Police Services.
- Bosco
Silviano Barbosa has got the write stuff.
Last December, the veteran ITS employee and avid writer authored his first
full-fledged novel.
In The Sixth Night, the Goan-born programmer
Goa child sex abuse case: Aussie paedophile in the net
Times of India
NEW DELHI: An Australian paedophile, accused in the sensational Goa child sex
abuse case of 1991, was picked up by a CBI team after he was extradited
earlier this month.
He was flown to Delhi and then taken to Madgaon in sou
With the end of World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne (Koln), Germany with a
Pontifical Mass attended by an estimated 1 million young people, Pope Benedict
XVI announced that the next World Youth Day 2008 will be held in Sydney,
Australia.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-2
WORLD GOA DAY in Melbourne
August 20 is commemorated by Goans all around the world to mark the inclusion
of the Goan language, Konkani, in the 9th schedule of the Indian Constitution
by the Indian Parliament granting statehood for Goa, some eighteen years ago.
Goans in Melbourne will be celebra
ute concretely to express our
solidarity with Goans in Goa. That way, we can associate with our heritage,
people, language and culture with genuine gratification, not vacuous pride.
That will truly enhance the celebrations of World Goa Day and make them
momentous.
Viva Goa !!
Bosco D'Mello
Toronto, Canada
By Devraj, Goa: Once famous for displaying stylish performance on the ground,
the Footballer Menino Caldeira, who today suffers from Gangrene, was recently
picked up from the streets by the Goa Football association.
Caldeira was the cynosure of all sports-lovers in the seventies and early
eigh
On July 25, 2005 Anthony Luis wrote:
> How do I get an email address for Don Bosco High School in Panjim,
> maybe the Principal's name etc
RESPONSE:
Here are the details you asked for:
Fr. Avil Rodrigues (Principal)
DON BOSCO HIGH SCHOOL
Panjim
Goa - 403.001
INDIA
Tel.: 832-242-0463
83
dommartin wrote:
>May 31, 2006 will mark the 250th birth anniversary of Abbe Faria.
>Perhaps, incorporated in this Year's World Goa Day should be the
>initiative to urge the Indian Postal authorities into issuing a
>stamp to mark the historical event and the singular significance
>of this illu
PANAJI: At least seven people were killed in a landslide and over 200 affected
have been evacuated from different parts of Goa following heavy rains since last
night.
Seven persons were killed when a small hill in Dicarpale village in South Goa
collapsed due to incessant rains last night, South G
BLOOD & Nemesis
By Ben Antao
Goan Observer Private Ltd.
318 pages, Rs. 250 ($25CN)
A review by Anne Osborne - former Editor of Canadian Author & Bookman, and
currently national Vice-President of the Canadian Authors Association.
First-time novelist Ben Antaos work shows his firm roots in journa
Book Review - The Sixth Night by Silviano C. Barbosa
By ZOE ACKAH
The Epoch Times July 21, 2005
The Sixth Night is a scaled down, James A. Mitchener style historical fiction
set mainly in colonial Goa. Admittedly, before reading the book I had no idea
where Goa was or that it was such a uniqu
Miniskirts, tight outfits and plunging necklines are inappropriate for Sunday
Mass, the Catholic Church in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) says.
Pained by churchgoers' fashion sense, the Archbishop of Mumbai, Cardinal Ivan
Dias, has urged the faithful to dress modestly during services.
Chur
On July 12, 2005, Mario Goveia wrote:
> Mario replies:
> You can try to disparage Stephen Brown, which would mean you are as
> oblivious to the jihadis in Canada as the government seems to be.
RESPONSE: Mario I will not disparage Stephen Brown !! I said so earlier too.
Neither should you dispar
On Tue Jul 12 00:04:51 2005 wrote:
> The article below should be compared with other
> propaganda emanating from some of our Canadian
> Goanetters who are sympathetic to the Islamo-fascist
> cause:
>
> http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=5007
RESPONSE: What are you trying to
Hi Mario,
I'm taking a grave risk here responding to you but I know both of us will not
allow me to get sucked into your discussion-vortex;-)
Mario replies:
> However, I'm sorry to have to educate you, but there was an Ohio in 1812.
RESPONSE: You don't have to be sorry in this case;-) I
I think Mario is right! Adrian is a Mangalorean!
http://mangalorean.com/circle/browsearticles.php?arttype=star&profileid=5
I recollect his heroics at the Athens Olympiad in 2004.
The other big Mumbai-based name in the Indian team is Viren Rasquinha. Thanks
to Eustaquio who regularly reminds me/
On June 6, 2005, Mario Goveia wrote:
> Hey, Fred, what kind of "neutral" point of view describes the War
> of 1812 as being fought against "Canada", which did not even exist
> at the time? And what kind of "neutral" point of view would say that
> "Canadians", who did not exist, thought the US "lo
Jose Colaco wrote:
> Are Goans in Goa in 2005 (even the Goan goons) really in control, or are
> decisions made for them in Delhi?
>
> Is this the Goa that the Freedom Fighters planned for? assuming that they
> planned anything at all.
As the State of Goa celebrates it's 18th Statehood Day to
Ludavin Machado, wife of Savio, daughter-in-law of Luis and Olga Machado,
sister-in-law of Agnelo/Terezin, Maria Colaco, Joseph/Evon, Anthony/Philomena,
Noemia/Tertuliano D'Costa, Leocadio/Tina, Lina/Belin Mendonca, Noel/Charmine,
Ludivico/Jackie, passed away on May 30, 2005 in Kuwait.
Requeim
Thanks to Joe Lobo for alerting us.
There I was, a few hours ago. staring at the idiot box awaiting Silviano's
appearance on Melissa Bhagat's (Former Miss India-Canada and Miss India
Worldwide) Bollywood Boulevard, only to find him preceded by Malika Sherawat.
Silviano talked most importantly a
Cecil Pinto wrote:
> Dear Bosco,
>
> I don't the USSR was ever perceived as an 'unfriendly' country by India.
> Why do you call it unfriendly? Was the USSR considered unfriendly by Canada?
>
> Cecil
RESPONSE: It was nice to read Derek Almeida's humor on Goanet after a longtime.
http://www.goane
Mario,
I'll concede again as I have in the past, that one can never fully comprehend
what the other party intended saying when reading an email. This has often
lead to misunderstandings, rancour and nastiness.
My original message on this thread was in response to Cornel's request.
> Mario repl
Indian scientist receives international award
Tuesday, 24 May , 2005, 08:55
Tel Aviv: Renowned Indian chemist Professor C N R Rao has won the one million
USD Dan David Prize for his lifetime contribution to material sciences.
"This is a high point in my career. I have received several awards bu
A few events in the recent past in the Canadian political landscape have been
very similar to recent events in Goa.
1) The ruling federal Liberal party was running a minority govt.
2) The budget was due to be passed today.
3) Belinda Stronach, a billionaire and runner-up to present leader Steph
Cornel wrote:
> Hi Mario,
>
> I'd like to see if there are some Canadian or other responses regarding the
> word Canuckistan. I'd be happy to concede the point to you if you are indeed
> right.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Cornel
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1094297.cms
Goa the cancer capital of India
PTI[ SUNDAY, MAY 01, 2005 12:15:04 PM ]
PANAJI: Late marriage and delayed child-bearing for women and substantial
intake of red meat and alcohol have led to giving Goa with the highest number
of cancer
India's Iranian cafes fading out
By Jayshree Bajoria
BBC News, Mumbai
The Iranian cafes in the western Indian city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) have
long stood out from other city eateries - but their days could be numbered.
With their red and white checked tablecloths, straight backed woode
at nuns and priests wear. There
are
the unintended consequences of reforms that none of the pro-reformers seen to
understand or care. Change for the sake of change results in, "I concede
divorce could be unfortunate for the kids but tell us what is wrong" attitude.
Regards
"Bos
Luzette,
Are you interested in Konkani music in general or the specific artists you
mentioned ?? Are you interested only in the 70s, 60s genre ??
Best wishes - Bosco
Toronto, Canada
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DATE: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 14:42:37 -
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Hi Does anyone know a website
GABE: Irrespective of the effects, the War on Iraq was illegal. Hopefully
Pope Benedict XVI will reiterate this to President Bush, the main
protagonist.
RESPONSE: And what would be achieved by that ??
GABE: it is hoped that the British voters will show their disdain to
the Iraq War which was ille
On April 24, 2005, AF wrote:
> what disappoints me about so much of your tales and stories from Bardez is
> that so much of your phrases and words do not sound or read like the
> konkanim I heard and read growing up in salcette.
RESPONSE: DISAPPOINTS ??? Will you kindly take the time and make t
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