You're easily shocked, Roland! I was expecting to see bungee jumping
or skydiving, but these are pretty common sights on Indian roads. We
Indians in India are obviously more agile and better drivers than
Indians abroad :-)
Cheers,
RKN
Warning to Goanetters living in the West.
These pics are
Can someone please point me to the original article about Holland
considering a ban on saris? I must've missed it amongst all the other
e-mails.
Or is this a hypothetical discussion?
Thanks,
Neal Pinto
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.pintomusic.com
On 12/3/06, Mervyn Lobo [EMAIL
Another SFX feast was celebrated in Macau, with the
mass in amchem mae bhas, Portugese and English. Food
and what not came later.
Great effort by the Goan lads and lasses for keeping
the spirit of Goa alive around the world may it be in
Melbourne or Toronto. This is while the neo
colonialist
Mumbai Goans serve san'nam/pao...East Indians serve 'fugeas'/kaddak pao.
Mumbai Goans prefer 'Indian Pork'.East Indians prefer 'English Pork'
Mumbai Goans have ancestral homes in Goa...East Indians have theirs in
Uttan/Vasai
Mumbai goans sing 'Undra Mojea Mama'...East Indians sing...'Golleant
There seems to be a numbers game of sorts in connection with the money put
in by the Navy into Dabolim Here is the latest salvo as reported by
NAVHIND TIMES (Dec 3): He also stated that the navy has assets of Rs 75
crore in Goa and Rs 1,000 crore has been spent on infrastructureIt was
also
Roland Quotes:
Wherever You Are Home Is Where The Heart Is
Sunith responds:
Didn't this thread start with how you had finally achieved closure and
were now happy that you chose to settle in Canada? Don't think this
quote is particulalrly appropriate and you are kind of trampling over
your
Dear Bonefacio,
Please read Lino Dourado's Aitaracheo Kaskutleo: Mog Khorcho, Punn
Samballun Khorcho of last Sunday, December 2, 2006.
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2006-December/051213.html
Lino: Could you please translate the article in English for the benefit of
all?
Avoi Kituu Maroguu
Everything is expensive
No matter how cheap it is, we still say it is expensive and what more ? That
which is 'FREE'
is also expensive.
Or else, you tell me, how much does it cost just to say 'thank you' or 'please'
or 'sorry' ?
That's typical Goans (includes me).
Folks,
My sincere apologies for the *Ring for Goa* multiple
posting - hitting the wrong despatch made it replicate!
On the plus side, the beautiful Melanie and debonair
George reported a surge in Goa Sudharop raffle sales!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
By way of making it up to you,
Mario,
How about walking the talk?
Instead of lend my financial and moral support to the local Goans
by which you mean buying a flat for yourself in Goa for your own
selfish and narrow purposes and not out of some well-meaning plan to
help Goa - how about putting some green into the hands of Goa
Dear Sir, or Madam, or who ever gets this,
If I have not sent this to the best place could you please forward it to
where you think best.
My name is Mark Felsher and I and my family live in the USA. Six years ago
we adopted a nine year old boy from an orphanage in New Deli. He has been
One of the standard arguments in the Dabolim debate is the non-use of night
operating hours by airlines. HERALD (Dec 3) had a report headlined No
takers for Dabolim night operations. NAVHIND TIMES of the same date said
the following: He also informed that the navy is operating 24 hours and has
An old article (at the risk of repetition) ... based on the book by Dr
Clement Vaz. --FN
http://www.geocities.com/athens/forum/1503/eminent-goans.html
GOANS ARE ALL OVER THE WORLD, DOING ALL KINDS OF THINGS
By Frederick Noronha
Some helped build the steel frame of British colonialism. Others
Mojea bapaichim bara xetam ani hanv bhik magon khatam.
(Although my father is a landlord, I am destined to be a beggar.)
Moi-mogan,
Domnic Fernandes
Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA
_
Shah Rukh fan? Know all about the Baadshah of Bollywood. On
NAVHIND TIMES of Dec 3 had this item in its report about the press
conference of the Rear Admiral of Goa (caps mine).
..the erstwhile Portuguese Garrison which included
land of DABOLIM, Major Bunder Jetty, the area at Chicalim where we presently
have the Naval Armament Depot, the Mangor and
God does it not help having a Portuguese girlfriend?
Spelling of vindalho and not vindaloo, first time
right on Goanet!
BC
-
While Aristo has to be content with Sambar Thalis,
Chinese Fast Food
and McDonalds in Bangalore(until he gets married, he
thinks), I am
going to enjoy a
Bonny, I totally agree with you that all help that we can give should
be extended to HIV and AIDS sufferers in Goa irrespective of
background.
A society is only as strong as it's weakest links and our HIV/AIDS
affected brethren and our brethren who are physically and mentally
challenged should
Commonwealth Under 18 Gold Medallist and Woman FIDE Master Bhakti Kulkarni
(ELO 2062) will attempt to secure her second Woman Grandmaster Norm in the
33rd National 'A' Women's Championship to be held in Chennai from the 6th to
the 16th of December. Incidentally, 14 year old Bhakti is the first
FYI - reply directly to Charifa BOUZROUD at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
***
From: Charifa BOUZROUD [:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear all,
We are currently looking to recruit candidates for the following positions in
GDC:
· WEB-Team Lead (Ref: WTL):
6-8 years experience
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** Al-Qaeda threat looms over Goa (NDTV)
A few weeks ago the Union Home Ministry issued a terror alert
warning of Bali-like bombing in Goa, and the danger it seems is
far from over.
Rosy Alvares singing 'sopnam' at IFFI goa
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_1cdSXMZEX0
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http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/
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--- Francis Rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
George reported a surge in Goa Sudharop raffle sales!
Dear Francis,
Yes, sales jumped in the last 24 hours - from 112 tickets to 153 tickets. Thank
you and others
like Roland for their support encouraging others to buy tickers. We hope the
--- Filomena Giese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hopefully, our Goan Church and lay leaders and
august Jesuit alumni did more than wine and dine the
head of the Jesuits, Fr. Kolvenbach, and the
Cardinal (Poupard?) who heads the Catholic Culture
centers, and asked them what they are going to do
Very good Madhu.
If Marathi were made popular in the Roman script for the Goan taste,
there would not have been this antagonism between proponents of the
two languages, Marathi and Konkani.
And my school Marathi teacher Mr Nabar (peace be upon him) would not
have had so many frustrations
I liked VM's essay on his meeting with Francis Newton Souza in the
Jerry Pinto-edited (Reflected in Water: Writings on Goa). It's
called 'The Man Who Swallowed Goa Whole'. A quote: Goans are savages,
they have no idea about the meaning of high art. I used to talk to
Goans about art but all they
Devachi zannvai ojeapanchi! To dant nasleleank akrut dita ani kan
nasleleank kanantlim.
(Strange is Gods wisdom! He gives walnuts to the toothless, and earrings
to the earless.)
Moi-mogan,
Domnic Fernandes
Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA
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You are quite right Richard and I do not mind at all.
The word indeed is HEARTH, but the author of that piece in the Daily
OM has deliberately replaced the word with heart because he is talking
of matters of the spirit and the mind, rather than of the bricks and
mortar home of which the hearth is
Helga do Rosario Gomes wrote to Selma:
From the time you were laid on that table in Ribandar?!!!
Now I think Helga has misunderstood what Selma originally said. She claimed
to have been delivered on this table in Ribandar, not laid. Eggs get laid,
humans get delivered. Now Santosh's query
Gabe Menezes wrote: I had a Honda Motor bike many, many years ago -
used to go to work on it and save a packet in fares. My kid
brother-in-law - pain in the neck cried and asked me to take him round
the block. Since I was not married at that time and trying to impress
my present wife, I took him
Check this too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Goa
FN
On 05/12/06, Alfred de Tavares [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Marcos, Paulo,
Could you pls provide me the full list that has been, todate, compiled.
Alfred
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--- Helga do Rosario Gomes wrote:
Hi Philomena,
This is not a specific response to you but to the
ongoing discussion The mess that is Goa which was
very disturbing for me not 'enlightening or
entertaining' as it luckily was for you.
Mario observes:
Helga,
Thanks for a fair and balanced
Dear Richard,
You are absolutely correct, the original saying is
home is where the hearth is. Infact, hearth was
generally olde English for home. However, since
hearths have become few and far between, hearth has
been replaced by heart in the saying. The hearth at
one time was considered the
Filomena,
Thanks for enlightening all of us on the issue of connonization in the
Catholic Church. Its high time we have Goan Saints. Venerable Joseph Naik
Vaz of Sancoale and Venerabe Angelo D'Souza of Anjuna who are the first
inline among Goans should be cannnonized as soon as possible and we
Thought this might be useful and interesting.
As I browsing through the Chambers Dictionary (New Edition), I found a
entry, 'Shirodkar's operation' in it which means 'an operation in which
the neck of the womb is closed with the suture to prevent miscarriage', (N V
Shirodkar, 1900-71,
I wonder if any Goan knows the contribution of Dr.
Mello in Damao and his interaction with the peoples of
that place?
BC
=
Dr Froilano de Mello (1877-1955) was a research
scientist of high
caliber, a successful professor, a literary man, and
an eloquent
impromptu speaker. He did
Apart from Condor, the winter schedule 2006-07 of two other airlines namely
Sri Lankan Airlines and Transaero Airlines of Russia has also been approved
to operate 2 services/week and one service/week respectively to/from Goa.
This is a historic development for Dabolim. The first non-Indian
Thankfully this riposte is not going to task my mind:
1) Why shouldn't they rush to elevate themselves in their careers? Isn't
everyone doing that all over the world? They don't have the dole to fall
back on or free medical benefits, just opportunities and chances at a half
way decent education
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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 !!
There is a disturbing trend that has emerged of late. When moderators of
a mailgroup like Goanet reject a message for some reason, senders
sometimes send the message directly to a large number of people on
Goanet. They cc it to all and sundry, and then those wanting to respond
click on 'Reply All'
Here is the link and full text of the material I have been referring to
recently. We do not know when such detailed information will be forthcoming
again as the folks involved seem to have gone into batten down the hatches
mode of late.
---
The following is my favourite Japanese story:
When the forest where the birds lived went up in
flames, the animals ran out to save themselves. But
the hummingbird stayed, flying to and from a nearby
river with drops of water in its beak to pour on the
fire.
From a distance, the other animals
My mum was one of the nurses working with Dr V N Shirodkar in the
1950s at the Bombay Hospital, when he invented the 'Shirodkar's
stitch'. He often joked about his Goan origins, or so she told me. Of
course, I could be wrong here. These are just stories told to a kid
... which I was when I heard
Discrimination at IFFI irks southern filmmakers
By R.G. Vijayasarathy, Indo-Asian News Service
Panaji, Dec 5 (IANS) Southern filmmakers are angry with organisers of
the just concluded International Film Festival of India (IFFI) for
giving undue importance to Bollywood and are threatening to
I found Sunith's comparisons of NewYork of the 1900s with present day Goa
amusing. Instead of moving forward he seems to be acknowledging that Goa is
going backward. Never mind crime and corruption in New York in the 1900s;
Contemporary Goa draws parallels to Southern Italy of the 1970s, 80s,
Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
However, since you likely had firsthand experience
of your grandfather's walking stick, the question I
have: Was such a walking stick heavy and cumbersome
to use routinely when taking a stroll?
Don't know the answer to that one Gilbert. I only
Cornel, if you collect stamps ... given your sociology link... you
would appreciate Dr Robert Bob Newman's article on stamps in
colonial Goa... it's called Orientalism for Kids and is in his
collected works. The most fascinating interpretation and analysis to
my (non-technical) mind. FN
On
On Fri Dec 1 07:35:51 PST 2006, Sunith D Velho wrote:
Instead of being condemned to a life of fast food and microwave meals I
am now able to cook Goan and Indian food myself(including fish
cutlets!). This was unheard of a generation ago
RESPONSE: Sunith, its a delight to read you can do
Dear friends
I have awoken up from my sleep after nearly three months. I was not well and
now I am busy.I wonder how life has been since my internet was not working
for the last three months and no mails since then. The christmas season is
drawing near and one is drawn closer to the poor only
This excerpt might provide some interesting reading on
the current subject. The complete article, originally
published in the ECONOMIST magazine was titled;
The Spice Trade, A Taste of Adventure:
KERALA, INDIA, AND THE MOLUCCA ISLANDS, INDONESIA
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