[Goanet-News] Goa news for February 17, 2008

Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Birthday Party After Winning The Derby - Churchill Coach - Goal.com [18 hours ago] Sporting Club de Goa coach Clifford Chukuwama believes that his side is under no pressure as they have

Re: [Goanet] Of Micturition_To Tenklam Or Zalem

Bab-Anand, This is OK in the club scene -- peeing a Rorschach. In the Goan scene one would be regarded as laapeet (excuse spelling). venantius From: anand virgincar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Of Morcha's , Mangoes.and Micturition. Dear Goanetters, Perhaps Digamber Kamat

[Goanet] Rise in petrol prices

Simple economics Mr. Chari ! We cannot stick our heads in the sand and deny the fact that the price of petroleum products are going up in the international market. India does not produce enough petroleum to dictate the price, so all we can do is let the price increase pass through to the

[Goanet] Traffic halted for four hrs in Bicholim

-- Samir Umarye BICHOLIM FEB 17: The people of Bicholim led by the Bicholim Municipal councillors halted the traffic at Bordem for about four hours in protest against the mining trucks plying in the area. According to the available information people led by the Bicholim Muncipal Council

[Goanet] Good news for english newspaper readership

Good news for english newspaper readership. Goa's english language dailies are unique. They have survived despite the times. But now the Times (TOI) is here. And pundits are forecasting the death of our old friends like The Navhind Times (NT), Herald (H) and Gomantak Times (GT). Nothing can

Re: [Goanet] Religion, God and you

Albert If you want to know more about Islam their Holy Book, go to this website http://www.muslim.org/qur you will find all 114 Chapters from Opening to Men in English. You will be able copy down, paste or print off sections you wish... I am fortunate however to have

Re: [Goanet] Goa's corrupt Sub-Registries: HERALD(Goa), Feb 17, 2008

Dear Goanetters, Valmiki-bab wrote in the Herald : That Sub-Registries in Goa’s eleven talukas are dens of corruption is an open secret.They were not always so. The mess crept in from the 1980s. Under-valuation of deeds was the biggest cause of bribery then.

[Goanet] Is Congress Party Secular ?

Dears, It appears to be rather obvious that Vinay not only does not know party politics and polemics in Goa, but that he is also weak in English. One should not use words one does not understand. It impresses no one. I hold no brief for Digamber. Digamber was a great guy for the BJP

[Goanet] Carry on jumping

HERALD Feb 17, 2008: UK to supply four Sea Harriers to Indian Navy . These will enable the Navy to cannibalize them for spares for its Jump Jet squadron whose flying has been restricted because of falling numbers. This means that flight training at Dabolim is not up to par. It might show up in

Re: [Goanet] Is Congress Party Secular ?

Since, I am a student, I shall classify Vinay Natekar's premises as true or false :-) 1. Congress is the biggest fascist and communal party who came to power at the center and some states including Goa by divide and rule policy inherited from the colonial British rule. Fascist - False. Communal

Re: [Goanet] Central Library in Panjim - a photo gallery

From: Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Central Library in Panjim - a photo gallery To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My photo gallery of the Central Library - http://www.parrikar.org/images/CentralLibrary/index.html Thanks for these photographs of one of my favourite haunts in

Re: [Goanet] Good news for english newspaper readership

Well said, Cajie We at Goasuraj feel the vibs just like you have. Happy reading indeed. floriano goasuraj - Original Message - From: cajetan vaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 2:48 PM Subject: [Goanet] Good news for english newspaper

[Goanet] BOOK REVIEW: No Escape From Love: Ben Antao's The Tailor's Daughter

No Escape From Love: Ben Antao's The Tailor's Daughter By Tony D'Souza Ben Antao's third novel, The Tailor's Daughter, is an engaging and moving saga of one Kenyan-born Goan girl's attempt to cross caste lines through marriage during her brief stay in the land of her ancestors. In 1953,

[Goanet] Comments on Newspaper Reports of the day - 17-02-08

NT: Centre may issue stamps on Remo and others - Remo t o hold 'sound pollution free concert at Mandrem beach [19 Feb - 8 to 10 p.m.] GT WEEKENDER: Pack that loud music- Go soft with Remo on Feb 19 - CONCERT WITH A CONCERN H: Govt may issue stamps on Shahrukh, Sachin, Remo. Comments: A step

Re: [Goanet] Facts v/s Hearsay

From: J. Colaco jc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] Facts v/s Hearsay The Broken Peace Report has been discussed threadbare and ad nauseum on this forum. See archives for May-June 2006 and later as well. There seems little point in retracing all that ground. Since some questions were

Re: [Goanet] Digambara Digambara

Dotor Jose-bab said : a) Digamber had the same votes for him when he was wearing the BJP shirt...but no one said very much then. b) The effect on the Catholic Goan community began several years back ( in 1965 ). Their goose has been fully cooked. I say : 1)

[Goanet] Is Congress Party Secular ?

JC wrote: re 1: I wonder if Mr. Natekar looked up the meaning of the word 'fascist'. If he did, it is unlikely that he would have called a socialist party like Congress as being Fascist - a term which goes hand in hand with 'ultra-nationalist' parties. Vinay's Comments: Fascism is

Re: [Goanet] Facts v/s Hearsay

re: The Broken Peace Report On 17/02/2008, Vidyadhar Gadgil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The documentation I provided to this fact-finding committee is all in the public domain. It consists of newspaper clippings on the Sanvordem-Curchorem violence (...) Also supplied were reports from Goan

[Goanet] Is Congress Party Secular?

Moderators of Goanet, please allow me for little lengthily message. This is because unless I take both the issues that appeared in Goanet my comments would not make sense. Two issues in question are: Message: 5, dated Sat, 16 Feb 2008 from Vinay Natekar under Subject: [Goanet] Is Congress Party

Re: [Goanet] Limericks in Konkani

nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; I rather like and enjoy the limericks being sent daily by Shanti Dhoot. Especially enjoyed the last one that was in Konkani. That was arguably the first limerick ever written in Konkani. Let us have more of the same.Nicholas de Souza

[Goanet] Goa news for February 18, 2008

Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** East Bengal win, Viva confirm relegation - Newindpress [5 hours ago] Bengal custodian Subrata Pal excelled under the bar. Viva will play the final round of the tournament against Dempo

Re: [Goanet] Is Congress Party Secular?

This is in response to Dr. U. G. Barad [1] Natekar wrote: In Goa Congress has succeeded in imbibing a permanent imprint on mindset of catholic population ... jc's response: I am not sure that one can imbibe something on another. I always thought that the word imbibe denoted self.

[Goanet] KONKANI MUSIC will be played in MELBOURNE on 3 CR Community Radio 87.5 AM

Dear Friends and acquaintances of Melgoans, I am pleased to inform you that for the very first time in Melbourne, Victoria our Konkani music will be played on Thursday the 21st February 2008 between 11.00 am and 11.30 am on the respected 3CR Community Radio 85.5 AM. Our Konkani songs are

[Goanet] GOA’S CHIEF MINISTER FUMBLES IN THE DAR K

The Digambar Kamat government which was conceived in mysterious circumstances will soon complete nine months of non stop wrangling, political chaos and impotent results. Poor Digambar who abandoned the BJP citing “suffocation” must be now feeling virtually strangulated. Goa is in a spell of

Re: [Goanet] See this and weep

Rajan, What you've said in the first sentence is laudable. I've said something similar in the past ... Another source of photographs is the nephew of Fotografo Goes, in Panjim. He appears to have salvaged some oldies which can be seen at http://www.heritagejazz.com/goodolgoa.html. Cheers,

Re: [Goanet] PIL and Dr Rajan Parrikar

Dr. Anil Desai says. May I suggest the following to all the Goanetters. Should we start the ball rolling to collect signatures from all the interested goanetters? Yes Dr. Desai, this ball should be rolled down asap. Go for it. But remember there is no stopping Goan power brokers to buy

[Goanet] Fw: Evolution and God (from a Scientist)

From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ...Understandably, as an ex-Catholic priest Ayala merely says that Religious faith and beliefs may motivate and inspire scientific research (as well as any other activities). * I can see that Prof.Francisco Ayala has not answered my point on 'belief',

[Goanet] LIMERICK FOR THE DAY 11

From time to time I hear of eminent Goans in every field - In tennis, medicine and now in chess, they to no one yield. But isn't it rather unusual and quaint That praise for them is generally faint? Shouldn't we try and more role models for the youth build?

[Goanet] Daily Haiku #17

DAILY HAIKU #17: TIMELIME a slice of lime butter and unddo, a slice of time guitar and mando. __ Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc: http://2008goanconvention.com/blog/index.php

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Learning (about) rubbish ... it makes a lot of sense

LEARNING (ABOUT) RUBBISH: IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE By Savio Figueiredo [EMAIL PROTECTED] From Aldona-Net Garbage is a problem that affects all of us. A meeting of the Panchayat members with the Comunidade Office bearers on February 11, 2008 resulted in Hector Fernandes offering to arrange a visit

[Goanet] Fwd: Please sign this online petition reg attacks on Christians in Orissa

Dear Friends, I have just read and signed the online petition: Protection of the Rights of the Christian Minorities in Orissa hosted on the web by PetitionOnline. com, the free online petition service, at: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/orissa/ I agree with what this petition says and I am

Re: [Goanet] Archbishop Censures Clinton Stop at Catholic University

While I found the response from Derrik Da Costa to be angry, I am puzzled with the response from Frederick Noronha. To repeat, my query was: I wonder in what way do the Catholic institutes in Goa conform to the above. And what exactly are these Catholic values? While Derrik says that I will

Re: [Goanet] GOA'S CHIEF MINISTER FUMBLES IN THE DAR K

Lokayukta is required. Indeed YES. Incidentally, this was strongly proposed during the tenure of Manohar Parrikar's Chief Ministership. He sat on the file until it cooled-down sufficiently to be rendered useless. Now Manohar Parrikar is the one who is shouting at the top of his voice that

[Goanet] Swindon Goans

Swindon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swindon] is in Goa's newspapers today, by way of some large-sized adverts in the Herald. Abel Pires of Agassaim, Swindon (as is the fashion for two-or-more affiliation names for people who are part of the Goan diaspora) has been elected president of the All

[Goanet] Xavier's News and Features, E-Service (XNFES): Two-day National Seminar on Theatre for Transformation

XAVIER'S NEWS FEATURES E-SERVICE (XNFES) Two-day National Seminar on Theatre for Transformation The School of Languages of St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, in collaboration with Kala Academy Panaji Goa, is organizing a two-day National Seminar on 'Theatre for Transformatiom' on the 14th

[Goanet] Sanjay tied in forgery knot - Actor’s marriage on hold after Maanyata’s ‘husba nd’ moves court (The Telegraph, Kolkata)

Sanjay tied in forgery knot - Actor's marriage on hold after Maanyata's 'husband' moves court SAMYABRATA RAY GOSWAMI Sanjay with Maanyata shortly after their marriage in Mumbai on Monday. (Fotocorp) Mumbai, Feb. 16: The Goa administration has suspended Sanjay Dutt's court marriage a day after a

Re: [Goanet] Facts v/s Hearsay

Vidyadharbab-said : The broken peace report has been discussed threadbare and ad nauseum on this forum . There seems little point in retracing all that ground . I say : Disagree VEHEMENTLY. Such an important document should be discussed and deliberated on

[Goanet] AGAPE monday-muse (18 Feb 08)

Enjoyed Pravin Sabnis' concise piece exhorting us towards Agape (Charity, Unfeigned Love, unselfish love; and traditionally the love of God towards creation, precisely to mean humankind). It brought to mind C. S. Lewis who lists four natural loves in his book The Four Loves; Affection, Friendship,

[Goanet] Which Way Goa?

Which Way Goa? By Chandrakant Keni Goa is changing and changing very fast. It is no more that land, which was once our pride and others envy. While the harsh wounds inflicted by the cruelty perpetuated by alien rulers have healed to some extent, externally, they continue to irritate on

[Goanet] Debasing the Nation.

Dear Editor, A very recent newspaper report about the Minister of State for Communication and IT informing PTI that the Government was considering issuing stamps on young achievers in various fields who have made the nation proud is a matter of some concern for the citizens. The names mentioned

[Goanet] Enquiring for a phone number...

The Goa BSNL (the main telecom service provider) has not issued its telephone directory for some years now! To complicate matters, it has recently switched its 197 enquiry service using some automated system which hardly works. Finding out a telephone number here can be a real pain! FN --

[Goanet] Will BJP act silly in Goa?

On the question of the increase of petrol prices, it is not only the BJP that is protesting, but also the Communist parties. So why does Edward Desilva not ask if the communists have their brains in the right place? And, since the petrol prices should have been increased a long time ago, does