[Goanet-News] Anjuna dreams: Mayabhushan Nagvenkar takes the temperature in his home village.

2008-10-04 Thread Goanet News
http://www.timeoutmumbai.net/client_coverstory/client_coverstory_details.asp?code=560 Anjuna dreams Mayabhushan Nagvenkar takes the temperature in his home village. We moved into Anjuna in the late 1970s. We were the first Hindu household in Doxoxxir, a predominantly Catholic ward, until another

[Goanet-News] Goa news for October 5, 2008

2008-10-04 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Player Ratings: Sporting Club De Goa 3-0 Mohammedan Sporting Club - Goal.com [9 hours ago] Sporting Club de Goa put on a classy second display to overcome Mohammedan and go to the top of

[Goanet] NEWS FLASH - Vishwasrao . D. CHOWGULE dead

2008-10-04 Thread godfrey gonsalves
Goa's pioneer industrialist and mining magnate, Shri Vishwasrao D. Chowgule, passed away peacefully this morning 4th October, 2008 at 0800 hrs at his residence in Baina Vasco-da-Gama Goa. He was 93 years old (25th August, 1915. ) He leaves behind his three sons and three daughters and

[Goanet] Moira Church website

2008-10-04 Thread Tony de Sa
Hi All, The Moira Church has set up a new wesite with the URL: www.freewebs.com/icchurchmoira/ Do visit our website. You can write your comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tony -- Tony de Sa Ph: +91 832 2470148 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] M: +91 9975 162 897

[Goanet] Daily Grook #237

2008-10-04 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY GROOK #237 ___ WIGGLE JIGGLE ___ by Francis Rodrigues she wiggled her two we were in torment, she evidently knew what harassment! _ puns word-play of all kinds, if you read between the lines! _

[Goanet] Major Days of the Morris Minor

2008-10-04 Thread Francis Rodrigues
Major Days of the Morris Minor by Tony Fernandes As I grew up in Goa during the 1950’s and 1960’s it was quite common to see American and European cars on the roads then. Although no one in my family owned a car, I was very happy to receive a new adult-size bicycle (I

[Goanet] Conflict in Cyberspace: How to Resolve Conflict Online

2008-10-04 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Conflict in Cyberspace: How to Resolve Conflict Online Kali Munro, M.Ed., Psychotherapist Have you ever noticed how conflict can get blown out of proportion online? What may begin as a small difference of opinion, or misunderstanding, becomes a major issue very quickly. Conflict can be difficult

[Goanet] Goa airport needs urgent expansion: official

2008-10-04 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Goa airport needs urgent expansion: official Panaji (PTI): Goa airport is being used beyond its prescribed capacity and there was an urgent need for its expansion, an official has said. The airport, located in the port town of Vasco, is managed by Indian Navy which has its airbase there from

[Goanet] BBC E-mail: Four arrested over India nun rape

2008-10-04 Thread rubygoes
rubygoes saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you should see it. ** Four arrested over India nun rape ** Police in the Indian state of Orissa arrest four people in connection with the rape of a Catholic nun. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/south_asia/7649984.stm ** BBC

[Goanet] Ban on Smoking in Public Places

2008-10-04 Thread Vinay Natekar
Any civilised Goan will be frustrated to see the horrible and unhygienic sight of stinking spit red marks on walls, corners and footpaths of our cities made by Gootka, tobbaco and Paan eating ghantis, migrants and the domestic tourists as well. Another sight you will see everyday of urination

[Goanet] Morris Minor

2008-10-04 Thread Ana Maria de souza-Goswami
Reading Francis Rodrigues posting about the Morris Minor, reminds me of ours. My father bought it in Ajmer way back in 1951. He was then posted in a small cantonment called Nasirabad which was the regimental centre of the Grenadiers. It travelled all over with us. From Nasirabad to Delhi to

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-10-04 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
If the following fact is true - regarding hundreds of unexplained post rejects on Goanet, I would suggest the moderators should find more dramatic / drastic means to deal with the authors of these innumerable inappropriate posts. This would be better than the moderators wasting their valuable

[Goanet] This one is a young tiatrist died last month

2008-10-04 Thread JoeGoaUk
This one is a young tiatrist died last month http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk12/2911195717/sizes/s/ The cause of death not known (as I only saw this ad in H 2 days ago). RIP [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video

[Goanet] Young Darren (20) dies in Canada

2008-10-04 Thread JoeGoaUk
Young Darren (20) dies in Canada in a road accident. Migrated to Canada only 5 years ago, was popular figure in the Goan Community there. Darren http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextras/2912023790/sizes/l/ The family owns ‘sunshine beach resort’, Calangute-goa [EMAIL PROTECTED] for

[Goanet] re the Off Topic and never ending state of the U.S. economy and the price of gold from Mario G.

2008-10-04 Thread Ruby Goes
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-10-03-voa18.cfm Dear Mario and Mervyn, Here's a well written account about gold. (I LOVE THE GOLD BASEMENT ON FLICKR.) Have a good weekend. rubygoes

Re: [Goanet] Lornas New Album - Dennem

2008-10-04 Thread Eddie Fernandes
From: Roland Francis There are Goan Associations throughout the world who should be rendering such service to Goan artistes. Singers, songwriters, authors, painters and so many others. After all, are such associations meant only to promote grand dances ? Dear Roland, With respect, fine

Re: [Goanet] Lornas New Album - Dennem

2008-10-04 Thread angel
Hello Eddie, You can buy Goan music online at www.angelav.com we ship worldwide.We have been online for over 15 years now (perhaps India's 1st e-commerce site thanks to Marlon, even before fabmart etc.) Orlando With respect, fine sentiments but have you tried marketing any of these products

Re: [Goanet] Lornas New Album - Dennem

2008-10-04 Thread Roland Francis
Apologies Eddie. I realized the fallacy of my post moments after I wrote it. By then it was too late to retrieve. I agree that selling anything to the average Goan even at cost, is a challenge that will drain the most fortituous individual. While there are sensible elements of the community who

[Goanet] Only woman left on Goanet?

2008-10-04 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dear Joe, Of the 33 names you posted , please check how many of the ones that I have retained below are actually Women or Woe-man or We-men. And if the Sebastian you call a woman happens to be the geology Prof., you are headed for trouble in Devanagri! ;-( You may even get stoned ... with

Re: [Goanet] Christians forced to hide in the woods as new wave of Hindu violence sweeps India

2008-10-04 Thread Roland Francis
Actually Gabe, the problem with inaction by the Central Govt against the killings of the Christian tribals in Orissa by the Bajrang Dal is not so much an anti-Christian sentiment at Delhi but the general lack of value for human lives in India for the most part. This is obvious to anyone who has

[Goanet] India's outsourcing bubble is bursting

2008-10-04 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 23:28:38 -0400 From: Goanet News Service [EMAIL PROTECTED] India's outsourcing bubble is bursting By Saritha Rai, silicon.com Bangalore, India--Once a high-flying tech hub, Bangalore is seeing more sober days in the wake of the credit crisis. It looks like the global

[Goanet] re the Off Topic and never ending state of the U.S. economy and the price of gold from Mario G.

2008-10-04 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 19:11:33 +1000 From: Ruby Goes [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-10-03-voa18.cfm Mario responds: Ruby, Your mentioning me in the title demonstrates that you haven't followed the off topic thread you have alluded to very closely. My role has simply

[Goanet] Anjuna dreams: Mayabhushan Nagvenkar takes the temperature in his home village.

2008-10-04 Thread Goanet News
http://www.timeoutmumbai.net/client_coverstory/client_coverstory_details.asp?code=560 Anjuna dreams Mayabhushan Nagvenkar takes the temperature in his home village. We moved into Anjuna in the late 1970s. We were the first Hindu household in Doxoxxir, a predominantly Catholic ward, until another

[Goanet] Fwd: Konkan Shakti : Childhood Dream

2008-10-04 Thread Avinash Patankar
Dear Cynthia, It was your wonderful piece of write up I came across, and I relived my childhood days, as if, it was just in the past. In the days when the Bombay - Goa road was almost non exixtent, it was the steamer service on Goa Line , that catered to the masses from the costal area of

[Goanet] Avocado, how to grow...

2008-10-04 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
Thanks to Ruby Goes for sending this link on how to grow an avocado tree: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/how-to/how-to-grow-an-avocado-tree-053348 Just thought of sharing it with you. As you know, we have a plant at home. Despite the skepticism, the avocado actually fruits in Goa. FN -- FN *

[Goanet] EE Weekend * Valentine Anna Coelho [EMAIL PROTECTED]

2008-10-04 Thread Goanet Reformat
-- Forwarded message -- From: Valentine Anna Coelho [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/10/4 Subject: EE Weekend Dear friends, We have not had an Engaged Encounter weekend for almost 3 years now. Last month we received a call from a couple who seemed interested and kept on calling us

[Goanet] Goanet Top Posters (2004/July)

2008-10-04 Thread JoeGoaUk
GMT 0015 1.8.04 (4 years ago) Number of postings per member (decending order): Cecil Pinto 11 FN 84 Jerry Fernades 11 Gabe Menezes83 Lino Dourado11 Gilbert Lawrence 75

[Goanet] Goa news for October 5, 2008

2008-10-04 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Player Ratings: Sporting Club De Goa 3-0 Mohammedan Sporting Club - Goal.com [9 hours ago] Sporting Club de Goa put on a classy second display to overcome Mohammedan and go to the top of

[Goanet] Brian Mendonca's blog

2008-10-04 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
Do see 'Last Bus to Vasco', the blog maintained by Brian Mendonca, editor at OUP in Delhi and my former classmate at the GU. He has also come out with a book of verse by the same name: http://www.lastbustovasco.blogspot.com/ Rgds. FN -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org M:

Re: [Goanet] Open letter to Goanet and other Goan related websites

2008-10-04 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
Miguel Braganza wrote: Dears, The original thread of this discussion about MODERATION on Goanet is [Goanet] Open letter to Goanet and other Goan related websites The golden rules of Goanet state that no one should change the subject line. Herman is not a REGULAR poster and hence cannot be a

[Goanet] Bevinda Colaco's interesting take on secularism

2008-10-04 Thread U P Kamath
How naive of me! I thought Cicil Pinto's views were sarcastic! upkamath92

[Goanet] DNA - India - 'Highly skilled immigration to Britain will increase' - Daily News Analysis

2008-10-04 Thread Ruby Goes
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1195611 Anyone for Britain? rubygoes

[Goanet] TimeOut Bengaluru: Borscht on the beach

2008-10-04 Thread Goanet AE
Borscht on the beach By Vivek Menezes gorges his way through the state's best restaurants Vegan in the land of vindaloo? Do you seek borscht instead of bebinca? Want to eat at the best Burmese restaurant on the planet? You've come to the right place. Goa has it all, with world-class chefs

[Goanet] Vote for Neha Karmarkar

2008-10-04 Thread Vinay Natekar
Dear Goanetters Neha Karmarkar a  young girl from Dhavlikar High School Ponda has reached finals of Zee TV realty show sa re ga ma pa Marathi. Please vote for Neha Karmarkar. The voting information is as per below. SMS ZMSGP 3 and send to 57575 Idea Mobile users call on  55454012 BSNL users call

[Goanet] song with mog

2008-10-04 Thread JoeGoaUk
Thanks Jane, The song/Mando tracks you mentioned below is available in these two 'Goa CLips' which was captured about 14 yrs ago some dulpods also added http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ueI2jSjfBA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQuVnVB08_Y [Goanet] song with mog JANE ALPHONSO mogjjandson

[Goanet] Goan music-9: HERALD(Goa), Oct 5, 2008

2008-10-04 Thread Valmiki Faleiro
GOAN MUSIC-9 By Valmiki Faleiro Shankar Bhandari (1928-87), of the landed gentry of Cumbarjua, was a rare personage. A creative writer with unambiguous opinions, great wit and genuine Goan values, he crafted programmes for All India Radio. I longed to be in his presence, even if only for a

[Goanet] Report on Bajrang Dal in India Today.

2008-10-04 Thread marshallmendonza
It is tragic that violence continues unabated against christians in Orissa for over a month without any state intervention. The allegations of 'forced conversions' levelled against christians has become a sic joke as reports of christians being terrorised under threat of death to renounce their

[Goanet] Nostalgia #21

2008-10-04 Thread Francis Rodrigues
Nostalgia pic #21 __ 1924 - 2004: then and now - Secretariat, Panjim - 80 years apart. Apparently the oldest standing building in Panjim (Goa?), the Idalcao or Adil Shah's palace built in 1500, served as a rest- house for Portuguese Governors, then the Viceroy's residence after the

[Goanet] Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Mhojea Pustokak PUROSKAR Lablo?

2008-10-04 Thread lino dourado
 Mhojea Pustokak PUROSKAR Lablo?   Ghelea sumanant Setembrachea 28ver Aitara disa, Fonddem ravpi mhojea dusrea bhavagher ghel’lom. Tagelea cheddeacho zolm dis aslo. Soirim, xezarim, ixtt–mitr asun tagelem ghor bhoril’lem. Toddea soireanchi vollok kortana samkarachea dusrea

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-10-04 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Bosco wrote: Question: Are you implying that you do not write to Goanet to antagonize and provoke fellow Goanetters?? Bosco, I am on Goanet for only one reason: To learn. I think that life is to short to go around antagonizing people. I certainly do not want to be a provoker. Maybe in

[Goanet] Build up Zero Chances within Zero Tolerance

2008-10-04 Thread Dr. U. G. Barad
Of late increasing blasts and waves of violence are rocking city after city in India. After every blast or violence one or other outfits / mastermind is named as suspect. Thereafter that case(s) is transferred from the Police to the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and then from the ATS to the Central

[Goanet] India's outsourcing bubble is bursting

2008-10-04 Thread MDMello
There are 37 million poor Americans. Most poor Americans are in the workforce, yet still cannot afford to make ends meet (one can imagine it by the numbers of house foreclosures each month). And too many poor Americans are single mothers who are raising children, probably depend on welfare and no