[Goanet] A million thanks to one and all

2008-01-03 Thread Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha
Dear Goanetters, What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others - Periccles. One of our Goanet friends made a bouquet of all your valued messages on the demise of Jorge, and sent them to me, as if on a tray. When I thanked him for

[Goanet] Goanet] Torture of Christians in Orissa is .... about money, honey.

2008-01-03 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dears, Before this Christian v/s Hindu debate gets out of focus, let us go back to the ground reality: The Christain Panas [formerly SC and now demanding ST status because the Constitution does not recognise SC for no-Hindus] wanted to put an arch in the market. They were prevented. The

Re: [Goanet] What has Religion got to do with Politics and Visa Versa ?? !!

2008-01-03 Thread JOHN MONTEIRO
Give unto Caesar what is Caesar's Give unto God what is God's This is not just for the Catholics amongst us, this relates to all humans on the planet. In other words keep the two issues SEPARATE. I agree with Dr Barad on this. So many ills of the world are due to combining both these

[Goanet] Goan convention in Toronto

2008-01-03 Thread Eugene Correia
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[Goanet] 'SIR' will triumph Tiatro lover's hearts

2008-01-03 Thread Goa World
‘SIR’ will triumph Tiatro lover's hearts Ace Comedian Agostinho twice over the winner of covetous GULAB awards, as the best comedian actor, presents his super hit Konkani tiatr SIR, which acclaimed the finest show of this season is running in Goa in full swing. SIR is an intelligent script with

[Goanet] A whiff of Goa in Mumbai (Rahul Srivastava in the Mumbai Mirror)

2008-01-03 Thread Goanet News
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?Page=articlesectid=47contentid=20080102200801020358202188e234036 A whiff of Goa in Mumbai The reason why Mumbaikars rush to Goa may be nostalgia for a place that reminds them of their past Rahul Srivastava This is the time of the year when we

Re: [Goanet] IFFI and the hassles of registerign online for journalists

2008-01-03 Thread Eugene Correia
Posting it to goanet. I had sent it to goajourno but I haven't seen it appear there. However, i have sent it again to goajourno. This is reference to IFFI and the problems journalists had registering online. Esther Kar was the media in charge for IFFI. eugene I had emailed Ethel regarding

Re: [Goanet] Ghost Stories on Goanet

2008-01-03 Thread JOHN MONTEIRO
In Loyola High School of the 1950's I remember one evening in the courtyard, we were all gathered to watch a show. The show consisted of shadow puppets on a large white 'screen', cut-outs of wood shaped like people, animals, trees etc, also paper cardboard with a light behind so the

[Goanet] Ghost Stories on Goanet

2008-01-03 Thread cedrico dacosta
Ghost Stories on Goanet it was quite thrilling to hear someone out there trade ghost stories on Goanet... while i was reading that one, one person does instantly come to mind...no he was not a ghost, but many students during those days used to be scared out of their wits even to see

[Goanet] Goa CM heads for Delhi for talks to resolve SEZ row

2008-01-03 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Goa CM heads for Delhi for talks to resolve SEZ row 3 Jan 2008, 1445 hrs IST,PTI PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat on Thursday left for New Delhi to hold talks with the Congress leadership to seek help to end the special economic zone (SEZ) row in the state. A day after the Goa

[Goanet] Wendell brings the Lounge Lizard home to Goa

2008-01-03 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Wendell brings the Lounge Lizard home to Goa January 3, 2008 The world's leading premium brand Chivas Regal in association with the Goa Marriott presents Goa's own Wendell Rodricks and his Lounge Lizard Collection. Presented to Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore as a part of the First ever Chivas

Re: [Goanet] GMAS responds to Union Commerce Secy's statement

2008-01-03 Thread Alfred de Tavares
Cancelled??? SEZ who??? I, somehow, have a gut-feeling that all this rigmarole...cancelation at one level, non-acceptance of same at a higher one, is but an astute byzantine manouvre. To extract Digu from a boiling chaldron as well as, eventually, save intact all the SEZ factors:

[Goanet] DISSIPATIVE GOVERNANCE

2008-01-03 Thread Averthan D'Souza
For favour of early publiction, please. Averthanus _ DISSIPATIVE GOVERNANCE. Averthanus L. D'Souza. The strong and unambiguous voice of Goa's citizens has finally succeeded in overcoming the short-sighted and destructive policy of the Goa Government which was based

[Goanet] Centre not to impose SEZ on Goa, Nath assures Kamat

2008-01-03 Thread Gabe Menezes
Centre not to impose SEZ on Goa, Nath assures Kamat New Delhi (PTI): Reversing the stance taken by his secretary, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath on Thursday assured Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat that Centre will not impose any special economic zone on the state and is willing to review even

[Goanet] Centre can review all Goa SEZs: Nath

2008-01-03 Thread Pravin Sabnis
In sharp contrast to the stand taken by his secretary yesterday, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath on Thursday said the Centre can review all special economic zones in Goa as it does not want to thrust SEZs on the states. Centre can review all Goa SEZs, Nath told reporters after meeting Goa Chief

[Goanet] GMAS on the latest developments on SEZ

2008-01-03 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - January 3, 2008: Goa's Movement Against SEZs (GMAS) met this evening to take stock of the situation arising from the Union Commerce Secretary's remarks that the notified SEZs cannot be denotified. The following statement was released by GMAS at the conclusion of this meeting. r

[Goanet] Security Threat in Moira w.r.t. a Robbery at My Place

2008-01-03 Thread augusto pinto
Writing in moira-net Bosco D'Sa of Moira said Dear Netters, I would like to discuss... our village... specially our day to day problems... as we are facing a security threat with a lot of non Goans... specially from Karnataka, Orissa and the other adjoining states. I'd

Re: [Goanet] Things I've noticed about.....

2008-01-03 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dear Selma, Nelson Ferrao is a nice Catholic sounding nom de guerre ;-) It could be a catholic, a saffronite or an atheist comrade or a little bit of everything confused. ;-) It would be nice to know when this Nelson Ferrao of nelson ferrao [EMAIL PROTECTED] email ID joined the Goanet

Re: [Goanet] Cafeteria-ism of Religion

2008-01-03 Thread Carvalho
Thank God we are all cafeteria customers when it comes to our respective religions. Society progresses because human beings are able to discern that two differing positions cannot concurrently be tenable. For instance at some point it becomes untenable to believe that the world was created in

Re: [Goanet] inward migration (serious danger ahead)

2008-01-03 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - nelson ferrao wrote: this whole issue has been manipulated and distorted. The whole issue about this inward migration is not about genuine indians coming for productive purposes in Goa. It is about mass influx of Migrants, with hutments all over public land, roaming all over Goa

[Goanet] Bookworm... at Sant Inez, Goa

2008-01-03 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोंया
Bookworm [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a library and activity centre for kids in Goa, located in the Panjim suburb of Sant Inez. They've launched an online version of their monthly calendar, and you can request them to add you to their mailing list if you wish. Says Sujata: We are delighted to finally be

[Goanet] Coconut, value addition ... a query from a journo

2008-01-03 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोंया
Dear Shree Padre, Permit me to copy your query to the online network Goanet, since I believe much in the power of collective wisdom. Goanetters, Shree Padre is a respected journalist living in north Kerala (just outside Mangalore) and involved in farm and water journalism. His knowledge of, and

Re: [Goanet] Cafeteria-ism of Religion

2008-01-03 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोंया
On 03/01/2008, Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If one does believe in salvation resting in just one religion, this is a rather shameful precept and should be worn not on your sleeve but rather like a tattoo, hidden from sight, seeing that it is an affront to every civilised notion of