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2008 Toronto International Goan Convention
Theme: Goan Identity And Networking Today.
http://2008goanconvention.com/index.php
Mario Miranda Festival, July 24-26, 2008 Old GMC Building
My dear Friends,
Dr. J. Peter Rodrigues, Chairperson of St. Andrew's unit, The Bombay Catholic
sabha, organised a talk on Sunday, 27th, July, 2008, on finance from govtmt
for christians - Speaker - Mr. Gordon, V.P. The BCS, Mumbai.
Kindly forward the below information to everyone:-
All my
--- On Sun, 8/3/08, Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wish to add my two cents to this debate. How come the same
individuals that take Eugene to task have not / do not
practice what they are preaching to Eugene? I hope at
least in the future, they will practice what they preach; or
My dear Ignatius
You seem to ask a question non garta,
How would these same Alibaba and 40 thieves stay in power,
and the Owners of Navhind Times, rape more mines,
the answer my friend is blowing in the wind,
Can we stop our own Goans going out of Goa,
I would apperitiate , even if they come
--- On Sat, 8/2/08, Roland Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Diaspora Goans are a pretty useless lot as far as the
political problems in Goa are concerned. We huff and we puff and we
pretend that we have to be kept informed of what happens. We give all
sort of opinions and comments but the
DAILY GROOK #177
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BATTLE SETTLE
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by Francis Rodrigues
paki terrorist,
shoots to score,
oh this is just
a thug of war!
LATEST 2008 CONVENTION PICS:
http://2008goanconvention.com/
NEW ALBUMS UPDATED DAILY
On August 2, Roland Francis wrote: ''We don't know any of the ground
realities of modern day Goa.We can pretend our conventions make a
difference. They do zilch of that sort at all.But what must be our
greatest taboo is to tell Goans in Goa what is right and what is wrong
and the biggest
Dear Dr. Barad,
Please do tell us how much you contributed to the debate in CASH. Your oral
contribution at the debate, I have heard in person.
It was impossible to know each and every thing about the debate, including the
sponsors before you could accept the MC position. All that was known to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zilLWcq4WPkfeature=related
For your listening pleasure. SO SWEET.
rubygoes
A diary writer while traveling compelled to listen to a conversation.
He writes following lines in his diary that night.
One arrogant ask other “Am I arrogant?”
Other replies “No. But you tells the truth that hurts others. “
Notes : Your words says the truth but listener listen to your voice
2008/8/2 Roland Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
A message to the Goans in Goa, if you didn't already know.
Diaspora Goans are a pretty useless lot as far as the political
problems in Goa are concerned. We huff and we puff and we pretend that
we have to be kept informed of what happens.
Hey people,
A translation of Lino Durado's, 'Sorry! No Parking Zone.' The original in
Koknani is at the bottom.
Lino,
Good short story -- where you bring various threads together. Interesting
narrative structure.
I had a good time doing thing. Excuse any errors - if so then very minor for
sure.
Amboli Falls
Yesterday, we visited the amboli Ghats/falls about 2.5 hrs drive from Panjim
(about 100kms).
Many tourists seen, majority of them were Goans.
Beautiful view from the top.
The road/area appears foggy/misty (often poor visibility) as it at the higher
point on the Aboli
Marshall Mendonza wrote:
Was Rajan a man ahead of his times or one of the
campaigners who initiated the insidious campaign
against Dr Oscar Rebello which has taken a toll on
one of the best public faces who galvanised the
people of Goa against corruption?
Will Mr. mendonza spell out the
To Goanet -
Miguel Braganza wrote:
There is no time to waste in these futile diversionary tactics
unleashed by the Establishment, we must remain focussed
.
.
.
If Goans take the diversion, they will miss the bridge and fall in the river.
Oooh, look who's talkin' !!
What's this, you just
Dear All,
I am a citizen of New Zealand and have acquired the OCI documents from the
Indian High Commission in Wellington. The following are detail of the
documentation:
1. The visa of overseas citizen of India stamped in my New Zealand passport
contains the following information:
a.. Date
While we see a lot of whining, complaining on goanet, here is what is
happening in Bangalore.
Register on orkut.com and see this group called Goans in Bangalore.
There are 780 of them right now in there most working for one company
or the other in Bangalore. They are all Goans --- guys and girls
http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=080426
Crux of the Matter
EDITORIAL
Dr Oscar Rebello's resignation as the convener of the Goa Bachao
Abhiyan (GBA) has shocked all quarters, as he had through the mass
movement that built up around him for the scrapping of the earlier
Regional
MOPA airport to be another white elephant like the SKY BUS.
It only goes to confirm that all projects are undertaken by hook or by crook
for looting the Aam admi. Read ahead
http://news.in.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1605027
Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.
Ms. Anita Mathew wrote:
Division is our forte and that is one of the reasons we were under foreign
rule for thousands of years and maybe still are!
Perhaps she has not yet understood Goa after working here. If division was the
forte of Goa, we definitely would not have won the historic Opinion
Following are the Top 10 posters on Goanet for July
2008
1. Joegoauk 80
2. FN 69
3. Floriano/Suraj 53
4. Gabe 47
5. Mario 46
6. Carvalho 45
6. Ruby 45
7. Francis Haiku 38
8. EduWorld 37
9. Kelekar 35
9. Avelino 35
10. UG Barad 34
11. Miguel 32
Note: There are two ladies in top 10
Samir,
I have Ideas and few of them I put in practice
Currently working on Self employment opportunities in Sports. This will go
till at least Jan 26 2009.
Taleigao Chess Academy International Centre Goa are happy to inform you that
we have successfully completed our third program on the
see pics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk8/658550483/sizes/l/
All they put on your foreign passport is the Life Long Visa Sticker.
see pic
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
for Goa NRI related info...
http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/
For Goan Video Clips
Press release
This is for the information of Chess lovers that Chess Activity Centre at
Taleigao Chess Academy for adults will remain open from 5.30pm to 9.00pm on
weekdays (Monday to Friday). Timing for children will remain the same that
is 9.30 to 12.00 and 3.00pm to 7.00pm. We hold regular
MOPA airport to be another white elephant like the SKY BUS.
It only goes to confirm that all projects are undertaken by hook or by crook
for looting the Aam admi. Read ahead
http://news.in.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1605027
The inflation and huge rise in air fares is a recent
2008/8/4 JoeGoaUk [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Following are the Top 10 posters on Goanet for July
2008
1. Joegoauk 80
2. FN 69
3. Floriano/Suraj 53
4. Gabe 47
5. Mario 46
6. Carvalho 45
6. Ruby 45
7. Francis Haiku 38
8. EduWorld 37
9. Kelekar 35
9. Avelino 35
10. UG Barad 34
11.
Can Goanet publish this article so as to get feed back from our Goanetters who
face this problem when they have OCI on their foreign passports.
It seems there are people who travelled with OCI on their foreign passports and
were not allowed entry unless they obtained VISA to enter.Inspite
I dont mean to support corruption in the Mopa airport case.
One needs to find out if proper procedure is followed in land acquistion,
if there is hanky-panky in the rates or favouring one person or the
other, who will be given the contract to develop the airport and at
what costs, how much land
2008/8/4 JoeGoaUk [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
see pics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk8/658550483/sizes/l/
All they put on your foreign passport is the Life Long Visa Sticker.
see pic
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RESPONSE: Thank you for that, Jose Caitan Fernandes.
--
DEV BOREM KORUM.
Gabe Menezes.
Hi! Soter,
Who is this activist you have mentioned in your mail.?
Would like to know about this guy if you don't mind.
-Yogesh
A youth activist of jayprakash narayan also came to Goa in 1981and seeing
the pathetic conditions of the poor in the villages decided to adopt this
place as his work
Dr Ashutosh Prabhu Desai
Transcript of LIVE CHAT with Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Ashutosh Prabhu Desai
on Sex Education on 4th August, Monday 2008.
It is very difficult to change a man completely
Dr Ashutosh Prabhu Desai
Consultant Psychiatrist
dr_ashutosh Divorces are decided in childhood
Hi Dirven Alexis
Regret I was not present at the Convention's Music
Seminar that you referred to and I don't think I was
aware of an event under this specific title at the
Goan Convention, Toronto. However, I did attend the
outstandingly good 'keynote' presentation on Goan
music by Francis
1.There is just one landing strip in Dabolim, and the same strip has tobe
crossed by planes for parking. Incidently, even there is a roadpassing
through that strip, and cars and bikes also cross that stripbetween landings
of two planes. :-)I have witnessed even a 45 minuteswait before getting
Yea, who is this magnificient PARAGON, dear Soter; why do you keep
him hidden under a bushel? Or, is it selfishness that others than you
may benefit from his mentoration?
Come on now, bring the master guruji out allow us to touch at least
the hems of, if he wears any
Alfred, ever a
Soter writes:
Did GBA have this leadership is the question? or Was GBA's leadership a
cultivation of the media and power brokers?
No one in the history of Goa's freedom movement had made a minister
resign, by giving a direct ultimatum to a government in action.
None of the farts who call Oscar
Guess the name and win talleo's !!
A goanetter put another netters name in Caps... only the first 3 letters of
his name and surname.
Guess the Goanetter? and send me the answers.
Clue: The poster was at CI (Menezes Braganza Hall) for the debate on GU v/s
CU moving around with a measuring
passion fruit.
tip: usually good to make a squash to have like a juice
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 JoeGoaUk wrote :
Talking Photo: Please identify this fruits/tree
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk1/2716164131/sizes/l/
Clue:
-When ripped, it turns yellow
-It has Mango shape
-Taste sweet sour
(This is in reply to MIGuel Braganza's Message No: 3, dated Monday, 4 August
2008 on the subject as indicated in his message which is appended here
below.)
Dear Mr. MIGuel Braganza,
Your question to me was - How much I contributed to the debate in CASH - and
that Mr. Floriano Lobo did not
Dirven Alexis is a typical spam name that one receives in the spam box
of one's email address, mostly selling penis enhancers or breast
boosters and products of that nature.
Here are some others taken from my spam box today:
Eddy Matins, Sanjuana Nora, Easter Mitchell, Bentley Abe, Der Elvin,
Dear Rajan,
Why do you have to persist in being malaprop: EPIPHANY is about revelation to
Gentiles, I was born in a Christian family and raised as a Christian. Hence I
am a non-gentile.
I opposed the Youth For Goa or YFG after it was hijacked by Malisa Simoes [aka
Soglich MALIS Astana] to
Division is our forte and that is one of the reasons ...we were under
foreign rule for thousands of years and maybe still are!
Division is our forte and that is one of the reasons . this is time pass
phrase may be used by every part of society in this world
It is just like ..other
--
Samir Umarye
BICHOLIM AUG 4: The chief Minister, Digambar Kamat today urging all
the people and the parties to carry out social
development through politics announced that the work of the long
pending Bicholim bridge would begin
in a months time.
The chief minister was speaking at the
My personal favourite for the title of Greatest Goan ever would be
Abbe Faria with D. D. Kossambi coming a close second. Was just
wondering which other Goans would really be serious contendors for the
title. Can the Admin Team ask for nominations and have a poll?
Cheers!
Cecil
==
From Sr. Margaret Correa [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Read more entries on Moira-Net
http://groups.google.com/group/moira-net
1st July 2008: I am learning driving. The other three sisters of my
community know to drive. Transport here is difficult. There are no
buses the taxis are expensive. At the moment
It would be interesting if a Goan tax payer asked for a public
accounting of the finances of the Saldanha Convention that took place
in Toronto recently in view of the fact that the NRI Commissioner
handed over a cheque for 5000 Euros to the organizers. This is money
generated from Goa tax payers
Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Any religion honoring individuals as 'saints' is no different from other
scientific fields which honors those who made a major contribution to the
particular field; or fundamentally inspired others; or shifted the line of
thinking leading to a
*Southasian Cartoon Congress
Theme*: Dramatic Divide: The distance between the powerful and the
powerless.
http://www.himalmag.com/new/showdailynews.php?news_id=27
venantius j pinto
http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=080517
Party asks Narvekar to quit
NT NETWORK
PANAJI — The All India Congress Committee general secretary in charge
of Goa desk, Mr B K Hariprasad on Monday returned to the state with
clear directives from the central authorities to ensure
I had heard or read about this little star many times.
Today, I had a chance to attend her show at Kala Academy.
Akshada, only 10 years old, received many awards including Bal Ratna, Big FM’s
Big Goenkar etc etc
Here she is ..
Akshada goes Lorna
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=mWRVf1ALVCk
The management of Goa Sudharop is pleased to welcome Shekhar Ambe to its Board
of Directors. We are honored by such an outstanding addition.
Shekhar Ambe is an entrepreneur in Silicon valley, California working in the
technology sector. He has over 20 years of experience and has played key
2008/8/4 JoeGoaUk [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I had heard or read about this little star many times.
Today, I had a chance to attend her show at Kala Academy.
Akshada, only 10 years old, received many awards including Bal Ratna, Big
FM's Big Goenkar etc etc
Here she is ..
Akshada goes Lorna
2008 International Goan Convention: We Came, We GNAT-ed, We Conquered!
by Filomena Saraswati Giese
Part I
Having just participated in the very successful bi-ennial GOA 2008 Convention
in San Jose organized by the Hindu Goans of North America, Goa Sudharop Board
members, Filomena Giese
Selma, if i may add...By people without any reputation
Dear Santosh et al,
Of late I have refrained from posting on Goanet. It has become a forum to
ruin people's reputations. The newspapers said that Oscar Rebello resigned
on account of the hate-campaign started against him on the
If they are not in touch with the happenings in Goa, they can't be called
Goans!
hAVE a nICE dAY
Seb
Dear Miguel
I attended two Goan conventions in July (California, Toronto). Over 90% of
the attendees did not hear of the GBA or their accomplishments.
Regards,
George
To Goanet -
Miguel Braganza wrote:
I was as solidly with Soter D'Souza and the Goa People's Assembly
.
.
Then you shifted the goal posts ...or you had hidden the goal posts
earlier ... to reveal Dr. Anil DESA-i and other men-behind-the-curtains
Who were these other men behind the curtains?
Mogal Juzé...mogal all...
How deliciously sharp your scalpel is!
Alfred
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 08:04:39 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL
PROTECTED]; goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Re the Goan Convention
in Toronto and a dozen Dears (as Miguel sez) I wish to
Dear JC,
I normally do not like LITANYs, either the Latin ones nor the newly
concocted Konkani ones. In fact I do not like Litanys at all... Period.
But I must confess that when it come to Litany(s) about Goan Crabs, I don't
just like 'em; I LOVE THEM.
And, frankly speaking, this new litany
SHASHI COMMENTS IN CAPITAL:
After reading your post, I am convinced that Portuguese nationality is
definitely not for you.
RE: NOBODY CARES WHETHER YOU ARE CONVINCED OR NOT. YOU ARE NOT THERE TO
CERTIFY ANYONE'S RIGHTS.
I also agree that No One should want to be associated with any
'unknown
Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1: I have always believed that a sound critique based on facts is
essential to any form of honest discourse.
2: Gilbert fails to recognize what is based on gossip, hearsay and
personal opinion, and what is based on fact.
3: He also seems not to recognize the
Mario, Merwyn
I have just been observing your quotes,
it just states your frame of minds, pathetic.
What has anyone selling land ,got to do with you or anyone, who the
? are you to question anyone freedom to sell their own properties,
what gives you the right, You have what it takes come and
Dear J. Colaco,
I notice you keep getting quite a lot of regular flak from posters
mainly due to your apparent ignorance of the facts, your propensity
to keep fishing in troubled waters, and last but not least to act as
a mouthpiece for others who would sooner distance themselves
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** Goa Moving Towards New Political Polarisation - Navhind
Times
[Aug 3, 2008] After presenting an outstanding and path
breaking budget this year, Mr Narvekar got busy with the
preparation
Dear goanetters,
Any goan residing in goa, will be unhappy with goans selling off their
property, as this leads to more poverty-stricken goans and also poses a
security risk for Goa.
Let us listen to concerned goans like Mervyn and others.
Our ancestral homes are places of history, where
Tony,
Was just wondering how someone can educate goans...Who are normally not calm
and peaceful on all other days:-)
Food for thought this:-))
hAVE a nICE dAY
Seb
Goanet is read by thousands of readers. It is very irritating to read
messages written in horrible English, particularly, by
At the end of 2006, my next door
neighbor sold her ancestral house and property (around 1,300 sq. meters) to a
Delhi party for Rs.20,00,000 - brokers' (local boys') cut was Rs.5,00,000; thus
she got Rs.15,00,000 net.
By the end of 2007, the whole
house was renovated in antique style while
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