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Two reports in TOI on successive days show Goa government is beginning to be
able to focus on the airport situation. Yesterday we had Digambar to submit
Mopa report in Delhi. It noted that the PM's assent to the Mopa airport
proposal was a mere formality. It appears that the main purpose of the
Hi,
You can follow the happenings as they unfold, at the largest youth event
'World Youth day 2008' now taking place in Sydney Australia. Links to the
official website of 'WYD 2008' the 'official Vatican website for WYD 2008'
have been provided on the home page of Catholic Parishes Network.
I must say it is a mighty interesting question. JoeGoaUK asks further:
''have you got any clue ?''
I think to do justice to the topic one must go five centuries back i.e.
around 1550s and 1560s when most convertions to Christianity took place
namely in Bardez and Salcete talukas.
In those
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Rane fears malaria epidemic in Panaji
15 Jul 2008, 0627 hrs IST,TNN
PANAJI: The Goa government is just short of declaring a malaria
epidemic in the state, state health minister Vishwajit Rane said on
Monday.
Reacting to the alarming rise in malaria cases, Rane on Monday convened
a joint meeting
Panaji: Konkani Writers in Roman Script to be Treated on Par With
Devnagari
Panaji, Jul 15: Goa Commissioner for NRI Affairs Eduardo Faleiro on
Monday July 14, expressed his strong belief, that Konkani writers in
Roman script should have access to all facilities including awards of
the Sahitya
R. Goes saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you
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What a nightmare for these students.
rubygoes
** Indians duped by air ticket scam **
Dozens of medical students stranded in China after buying fake air tickets are
being flown home, officials from Air
Like Ignatius Fernandes in the UK, I too should like
to know more about Catholic Goan Hindu surnames prior
to conversion but do take note of what Antonio Menezes
has said about the absence of surnames, as such, at
the time and why this was so.
Clearly, Prajal Sakerdande's article on this topic
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Hi Goanet. These bureaucrats are more trouble than they're worth.
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Hi!
Being a Hindu, It always bothers me when people point out fingers on Hindu
religion and link to fascism and then to VHP, RSS and BJP.
The worst when any thing is countered by Gujarat Riots.
I am still trying to understand and surprised why the riots happen and
especially in peace loving
The unsavory reality for many Goans and Indians working in the Gulf.
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Sanjeev was a handsome, stocky, Keralite man who worked as a office-boy in the
small-time construction company, where I was employed as a secretary. He had
paid a not insignificant
Talking photo: Please identify this Bridge and the Church
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From the bridge you can see this beautiful scenery with church in the
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And this is the
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:19:49 -0700 (PDT)
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The easiest way to increase oil supplies is to invade
a country, establish a puppet regime and award all the
oil contracts in that country?to companies from your
country. In this regard, the Cheney/Bush team have
WORLD GOA DAY
To: All President's and Villagers of the Goan Overseas Village Associations
of Canada.
I wish to inform you all that the Goan Overseas Association, Toronto and the
Alliance of Overseas Goan Village Associations of Canada along with our sister
associations,
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:39:40 +0530
From: Antonio Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Surnames is a purely western institution that was
first brought to Indian shores by the Portuguese, If
one finds surnames in Hindu society today they are
mostly the names of villages they hail from. Thus
Raikar,
13-Jul-2008
Dear Friend,
We have a tendency to evaluate, judge and categorize people into water-tight
compartments: People are good or bad, saints or sinners! Yet we know that human
beings are complex people and cannot easily be categorized and judged by their
external behaviour alone. All
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R. Goes saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you
should see it.
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HI GOANET.
Here's Nick Bryant's article on WYD.
Thanks,
rubygoes
** Rows surround 'Catholic Woodstock' **
World Youth Day attracts Catholic pilgrims from around the world - but it has
been overshadowed
Ayres,
Over the past few days, I have read that the Supreme Court and the CBI,
have been going after Mayawati's assets. But some might call it political
vendetta, for her not supporting the present Government. The CBI itself has
been used by the ruling parties to prosecute its opponents.
It is
Hi,
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the moon light , playing chess , reading
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TEXTBOOK WARS COME TO GOA: AND HOW DO OUR POLITICIANS RESPOND?
Goa has been seeing
a storm over some
textbooks used for
school education.
What's the agenda
behind this
controversy, asks
Vidyadhar Gadgil
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A decision has finally been taken on Goa's contested
textbooks for Hindi
I have been advised that Menezes is not a common Goan surname; the
fact that we have so many Menezes showing up on Goanet, elsewhere and
everywhere, is not because of their commonness; rather because they
are brilliant people; can't keep a Menezes bottled upcheck out
Marlon, try as he might,
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** Let off in Goa, Batloo held by JK cops - Times of India
[Jul 13, 2008] JAMMU: Days after being set free by a Goa court
in a case of recovery of arms and ammunition, a Kashmiri youth
rubygoes saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you
should see it.
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GOOD MORNING GOANETTERS.
IT WOULD BE THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD.
Hopefully yours,
rubygoes
** 'Breakthrough' in malaria fight **
Australian scientists say they have made a discovery that could be
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WildGoa Trek to Tambdi Surla This weekend, WildGoa heads to Tambdi Surla
in Ponda. Located 13 kms from Mollem, and about 60 kms away from Margao
and Panjim, lies a village in the forests of Mollem. While the main
attraction at Tambdi Surla is the small but exquisite 12th century Shiva
temple
A HUNDRED ROSES IN BLOOM…
By Valmiki Faleiro
Prof. Eduardo Silva would be a hundred today. Simple and soft-spoken, a man of
deep intellect, he was a silent role model to generations of students he taught
math
at Margao’s Union (later renamed Loyola) High School.
Carmo Eduardo Luis Gonzaga
Hi Frederick !
Thanks very much for giving us a taste of nostalgia and sending us down
memory lane. However, I have added some dates on Tanganyika and
Zanzibar which may be of interest to other readers.
1919 - The Goan Institute in Dar es Salaam takes shape
1956 - The Goan School opens in
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The Scapular A link between Humanity and Eternity
By Francisca Fatima Da Costa
Very often, we notice a brown rectangular patch of cloth sewed to a string and
worn around the neck by the catholic brethren. It is the scapular a symbol of
devotion to the Mount
Excellent review as always by Vidhyadhar. Anita Mathew.
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GOA KRANTI Goa Kuwait City,
Mario Goveia wrote:
What news sources do you read to come up with such
absurd observations?
Not sources that told you to depend on taxes FROM the IRS for your business
plan to succeed :-)
Did you miss the fact that the US has invested a lot
in lives and taxpayer treasure to liberate
Dear Friends,
I'm pleased to invite you to
Regional Seminar
Women in Media: Fighting Stereotype - Identity Gender
Jointly organized by
Media Information and Communication Centre of India, and
International Centre Goa And Friedrich Ebert Stiftung -
Whilst reading through some of the posts (Ignatius, Selma), a few
lingering questions of years gone by came by (would be nice to hear
answers from others with similar recollections):
1. did anyone hear stories from Salcette villages about tall men who
worked at night, dug wells and did assorted
Portuguese cultural week to foster ties
16 Jul 2008, 0356 hrs IST,TNN
PANAJI: Looking to strengthen the existing ties between Goa and
Portugal, seven different institutions and associations have joined
hands with the Consulate General of Portugal in Goa to organise a
Portuguese cultural week in
A hundred memories of school in Bombay were evoked with Valmiki
mentioning the famous Dondo textbook. See :
http://texts.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=hb229003hzdoc.view=frameschunk.id=div00018toc.depth=1toc.id=
The Dondo was the standard French text book of the time and while
Valmiki absorbed a part
Hi Gabe
You have'nt really moved in Goa,
do me a favour pal, the next visit, getting moving around, and you'll
understand,
the meaning and the facts of Surnames, stop wasting your time at longin,
and you will know, the differance with the deSouza and the D'souza.
This is the coffee man
regards
PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS IN AND AROUND THE TORONTO
AREA.
Please come out and enjoy the final, benefit, encore production of the
widely acclaimed tiatr, Adeus performed by the Goan Konkani Troup and
written directed by Jr. Menezes. The diminutive stature of
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