[Goanet] Births and Deaths records now shifted back to respective taluka levels but..

2008-02-08 Thread JoeGoaUk
Births and Deaths records now shifted back to respective taluka levels but.. Situation is worst than what it was at Directorates of Archives at Altinho. It may be reminded that all the Births and Deaths records were shifted to Altinho, Panjim but after the complaints and protests by the public,

[Goanet] Yahoo addresses...

2008-02-08 Thread Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया]
While the Goa governments (of whichever party) offers tall promises about how IT savvy they are, what great plans they has to offer broadband connectivity across the state, or give almost-free computers to 25,000+ students, the fact is that this technology is hardly used effectively here. While

[Goanet] Pamphlet Circulated for Hindu Dharmajagruti

2008-02-08 Thread marshallmendonza
Sachin Phadte wrote: I stand corrected that there are no temples in Goa with nude carvings. There are, however, two issues. One is the rule and the exception. The second, and more important, is whether the nude/erotic paintings/carvings in Hindu temples are those of the Hindu gods and

Re: [Goanet] Pamphlet Circulated for Hindu Dharmajagruti Sabha - protest against MF Husain !!

2008-02-08 Thread JOHN MONTEIRO
Thanbk you Sachin, that is my point exactly. How, when why the original statues, such as the vast temples in Madurai surrounding areas where such temples were, nor the temples around the rest of India is not in question. But if anyone can name any of the Gods Goddesses which are

[Goanet] Fwd: V.M.Salgaocar College of Law presents- TATVA

2008-02-08 Thread Nigel Britto
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[Goanet] Guardian of the Dawn- by Richard Zimler

2008-02-08 Thread Yogesh Desai
Hi! Has any one read this book Guardian of the Dawn- by Richard Zimler in which he mentions 'Goa Inquisition was most merciless and cruel' Regards YOgesh

[Goanet] Villagers of Colomba paralised Traffic over 3 hours over alleged assault by the Quepem police

2008-02-08 Thread JOAO FERNANDES
From John Fernandes, Quepem That a group of villagers from Colomba, Rivona, Dhadolem, Muscavrem, and Kevona blocked the entire Rivona Colomba road for over 3 hours today over the issue of alleged assault done by the ASI P.V. Dessai attached to Quepem police station on one of

[Goanet] Panjim will soon become like Vasco

2008-02-08 Thread edward desilva
Hi Joegoa. What guarantee is there that BJP will sort this mess? Baina was an organised business or demand based activities. What is happening in Panjim is akin to snipers taking a random potshot. What is the pont in publishing your photos on Goanet, when you can push them under the noses

Re: [Goanet] Pamphlet Circulated for Hindu Dharmajagruti Sabha - protest against MF Husain !!

2008-02-08 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Sachin Phadte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The second, and more important, is whether the nude/erotic paintings/carvings in Hindu temples are those of the Hindu gods and goddesses. This issue has also been addressed earlier on Goanet. Please see another post in the archives:

[Goanet] Hindu janajagruti pamphlet- protesting against M F Hussain

2008-02-08 Thread Bhandare
Selma says : I am so embarrassed as an Indian citizen, that this man is forced to live out the last days of his life in hiding. This statement is bogus because M F hussain has voluntary left india by cocking a snook at the judicial system of our country. In this particular case, certain

[Goanet] LIMERICK FOR THE DAY III

2008-02-08 Thread Shanti Dhoot
Will Konkani be dead in fifty years? That's top of the list of Goans' fears. Isn't it a crime That but for a stitch in time Konkani-lovers will be reduced to tears.

Re: [Goanet] karanjia

2008-02-08 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Eugene Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:To clarify the one Goan connection reference, what I meant was the closeness Russi and Olga enjoyed and not one of employer-employee. One Goan friend of mine worked for Blitz in the 70s. Perhaps there were more. One East Indian who worked there and I

Re: [Goanet] Ghanttis... over the hills

2008-02-08 Thread Alfred de Tavares
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 02:40:56 +0530 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Ghanttis... over the hills I've even peed on their roads once... the shortage of toilets is not just limited to Goa... thankfully nobody photographed me... or if they

Re: [Goanet] Pamphlet Circulated for Hindu Dharmajagruti Sabha - protest against MF Husain !!

2008-02-08 Thread Carvalho
--- Sachin Phadte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As she herself wrote recently that she does not read all the messages on Goanet, I presume she will give me the same privilege. I do not remember her asking me this question. And for me to answer the question, will she tell me if in Da Vinci was

Re: [Goanet] Pamphlet Circulated for Hindu Dharmajagruti Sabha - protest against MF Husain !!

2008-02-08 Thread sonia gomes
I once saw a painting of a Hindu Goddess painted by Hussain ( I do not know which goddess it was ) riding on Hanuman's tail. I am a Catholic but was utterly revolted by this painting !! It was tasteless and was obvious that it would hurt the sentiments of a great number of people. Freedom when it

[Goanet] Monteiro blasts communalism, calls for independence in scientists

2008-02-08 Thread Goanet News
Monteiro blasts communalism, calls for independence in scientists PANJIM, Feb 7: Trade unionist, maths educator and mathematical physicist Dr Vivek Monteiro lambasted communalism, called for scientists to think independently, and stressed the need to meet the basic living needs of the poor here

[Goanet] Fw: Curruption Kills!

2008-02-08 Thread Goasuraj
- Original Message - From: Goasuraj [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:27 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Curruption Kills! Dr. Anesimo Fernandes says:- I am trained to save lives, and I cannot wait and

[Goanet] BSNL offers free Rs.50,000 to it's customers if...

2008-02-08 Thread JoeGoaUk
BSNL offers free Rs.50,000 to it's customers if... He/she dies an accidental death anytime during the year 2008. i.e. Rs.50,000 per connection. If same person having 3 connections say 2 land lines and one mobile then the money will be 50,000 x 3 = Rs. 1,50,000 The personal accident insurance

[Goanet] Dadar train to ply till CSTM (VT Station)

2008-02-08 Thread Goanet News
The Ministry of Railways has decided to extend the 2051/2052 Dadar-Madgaon-Dadar Janshatabdi Express to Mumbai CSTM (formerly VT Station, or Victoria Terminus) from February 8, 2008. Train No.2051 Dn will leave CSTM at 05:10 hrs daily (except Wednesday) and arrive Margao at 13:55 Hrs. Train

Re: [Goanet] NEWS: Romila Thapar praises Kosambi for changing course of studying Indian history

2008-02-08 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - Speaking to introduce Thapar, who has worked on the decline of the Mauryas and early India among other topics, businessman-social campaigner Datta Naik said she was an impressive thinker to interprete South Asia's past along with the Goan-origin Kosambi and Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya.

Re: [Goanet] Science and Churchy reasoning

2008-02-08 Thread Santosh Helekar
Dear Santosh, Both Goanet and America have been a great source of learning for me .. that traditional philosophy itself has become obsolete in light of advances made by science. Dear Selma, You are quite

Re: [Goanet] Pamphlet Circulated for Hindu Dharmajagruti Sabha - protest against MF Husain !!

2008-02-08 Thread Sachin Phadte
Fredrick Noronha writes: Firstly, artists should have artistic freedom (without it being decided upon by the mullahs -- whether they are Christian, Hindu, Muslim, secular, atheist, agnostic or whatever). In which case it is necessary to do away with censor boards all over the world. In which

[Goanet] Ghanttis... over the hills

2008-02-08 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोंया
As I looked out of the bus, I suddenly remembered Rajan Parrikar. Yes, it was filled with 'ghantis'. I guess that's what you could call them all -- people crossing over the ghats (the hills along western India), probably unwanted in their destination, and all just travelling because of economic

[Goanet] Goa news for February 9, 2008

2008-02-08 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Babus botch up Olympic hopes of Indian badminton - Merinews [15 hours ago] The organisers had shifted the camps to Goa and Chandigarh from Hyderabad, selected earlier. The Indian Grand

Re: [Goanet] How would this play in Goa?

2008-02-08 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - Modisation of Mumbai -by Sanjeev Chouhan Wednesday, February 06, 2008 What is happening in Mumbai today is just an echo of what happened in Gujarat in the not too distant past. Don't forget the distant past. 65 million years ago, the dinosaurs were also exterminated by Modi.

Re: [Goanet] Religion vs science

2008-02-08 Thread Fr. Ivo da C. Souza
From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...Since Fr.Ivo is not a scientist, he is not able to recognize what is nonsense in science. He is not able to understand that there is no such thing as absolutizing science, because science does not claim to know the absolute truth. *Being a scientist,

[Goanet] Gandhi

2008-02-08 Thread Bhandare
Dear Santosh: I have provided you with clear evidence why at least 2 of those facts are blatant lies or half truths at best.Can you comment on them? I have provided references to the writings of Rajendra prasad, the first president of India as well as the official communique issued by the

[Goanet] Gandhi

2008-02-08 Thread Dr. U. G. Barad
I need to explain the second last Para picked up from my posting under subject Gandhi by Elisabeth Carvalho in her message No 2 in Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 150 Sent on Wednesday, February 06, 2008 Elisabeth rushed with her reply trying to silence me by brain and emotions for a second and in

Re: [Goanet] Science and Churchy reasoning

2008-02-08 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So your conclusion below - most likely wrong is a mistake. Such basic mistakes are not good for a scientist.:=)) Hi Gilbert, You are most likely wrong about Spinoza because of the wrong assumptions you make in the following quote of yours: He did

Re: [Goanet] Science and Churchy reasoning

2008-02-08 Thread Carvalho
--- Fr. Ivo da C. Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *You are wrong on this point. Let me repeat here that the principle of causality has not become obsolete in light of advances made by science. -- Dear Fr. Ivo, Thanks for responding. However, I was not referring to

Re: [Goanet] Guardian of the Dawn- by Richard Zimler

2008-02-08 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोंया
True. This has been said many times in the past too. What's interesting is the use of history to settle current-day scores. FN On 08/02/2008, Yogesh Desai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! Has any one read this book Guardian of the Dawn- by Richard Zimler in which he mentions 'Goa Inquisition was

[Goanet] Govt Teror at Colomb

2008-02-08 Thread Pravin Sabnis
refer http://mandgoa.blogspot.com/2008/02/believe-it-or-not-goa-police-has-gone.html The villagers are agitating for a basic right to live. The functioning of Hirala and Khodidas mine at Colomb seeks to kill this very right. The villagers in the last week of January closed down the mine.

Re: [Goanet] How would this play in Goa?

2008-02-08 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - I received this email in late December 2007. The author had requested that his identity not be disclosed. I am reproducing excerpts: Dear Mr. Parrikar I occassionally browse thru issues on [Goanet]... . . Mr Parrikar, I am a member of a group that is fighting a losing

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (9Feb08)

2008-02-08 Thread alexyz fernandes
DOCTOR: You can't hearYou must be staying next to a Hotel Shack...or by Francisco Sardin'-has home... PATIENT: Yes! To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

[Goanet] A pause, further pause

2008-02-08 Thread Venantius Pinto
People, On this forum one regularly comes across posts -- bewildering analysis on a range of topics, including complex social ills. These are written in the manner of the aesthete, to mean one having a sense of well digested modernity -- memory, convictions and materialism. And of course the

[Goanet] Caje's Bhaji - Top 5 on Best Buys, Worst Buys and Bye-Byes!

2008-02-08 Thread cajetan vaz
Hi All, For those of you in Goa who listen to FM Rainbow 105.4Mhz, some of this may be deja vu.Last year I started highlighting my Top 5 lists on my Friday show 'Caje's Bhaji'.Now that FM Rainbow is out of bounds for me, I thought it would be fun to share some of my Top 5 lists here. Last

Re: [Goanet] Hindu janajagruti pamphlet- protesting against M F Hussain

2008-02-08 Thread Carvalho
--- Bhandare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In this particular case, certain hindus felt offended (as is their right to be offended) Bhandare, This whole argument is very ironic. You were most eloquent about Janajagruti's right to host an exhibition about Kashmiri pundits.

[Goanet] OpenJudis....

2008-02-08 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोंया
Amazing resource for legal info (in India). Just go here and search for Goa http://judis.openarchive.in/ Rgds, FN -- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph +91-832-2409490 The Goa books blog: http://goabooks.wordpress.com Goa1556 (alt.publishing.goa): http://goa1556.goa-india.org

[Goanet] Limerick mhane : )

2008-02-08 Thread Venantius Pinto
Konknni morchina. Kai he a.shakya assa tumhala vatt.th. Tichi myrtyu asheatat pushkal zan Bhas ulloitele zantte -- hi pidi sheotoli -- fuddli pidi pottoteli tichea vengent Lajjaspad ghost hi -- anik kai -- kuthea re he Konnkivadi -- nusta kahi tari badbadtat Aiz je loztat falleam tem roddtole --

Re: [Goanet] Pamphlet Circulated for Hindu Dharmajagruti Sabha - protest against MF Husain !!

2008-02-08 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - I have no issues whatsoever with MF Hussein or anyone else doing erotic and even vulgar paintings of Hindu gods and goddesses. Yes, some of the depiction may offend me, but a mature, civilized society ought to be able to absorb slights to its cherished beliefs, and offer its

[Goanet] Baseless allegations against HJS

2008-02-08 Thread Bhandare
Pravin-da: Can you provide some examples why you are alleging that HJS is a casteist organization? i am in touch with a few of their office bearers and should you provide some evidence i will definitely take up the isue with them and seek clarifications. regards B

Re: [Goanet] Gandhi

2008-02-08 Thread Carvalho
--- Dr. U. G. Barad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Elisabeth rushed with her reply trying to silence me by brain and emotions for a second and in that attempt she tried to shift the goal post to some -- Arrey Dotor Barad, I am not contesting Lady Mountbatten's relationship

Re: [Goanet] Religion vs Science

2008-02-08 Thread Fr. Ivo da C. Souza
Dear Dr.Gilbert, Thanks for your appreciation and support. On a personal level, I see many situations where science will find it difficult to explain. Not infrequently, I will see a patient I have treated with advanced cancer, who with overwhelming statistics is supposed to live for about

[Goanet] disgraceful, dishonest attacks

2008-02-08 Thread V M
Hello Goanet, There are two very important things to remember when looking at the disgraceful baying against M. F. Husain which has had the effect of hounding a grand old man from his homeland. 1) Few in the ragged mob of Husain-bashing extremists have actually seen the paintings they are so