[Goanet] TIATR ACADEMY - INAUGURAL AWARDS

2009-02-12 Thread godfrey gonsalves
The Govt of Goa is inaugurating the Tiatr Academy on 16th February, 2009 at the Pai Tiatrist Hall Margao.  They have advertised for premises only on 4th February, 2009 and it is not clear whether the infrastructure for the same is in place.    Meanwhile the inaugural function does not seem to

[Goanet] India aviation fair

2009-02-12 Thread Olga Maciel
In pictures: India aviation fair http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7883910.stm Day in pictures - 11 February http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7883439.stm Olga Maciel _ Windows Live Messenger just got better

[Goanet] Teens enter into suicide pact, flee to Goa

2009-02-12 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Teens enter into suicide pact, flee to Goa 12 Feb 2009, 0231 hrs IST, Vijay V Singh, TNN MUMBAI: Three teenagers- two girls and a boy who lived in the same building in Andheri Lokhandwala-entered into a suicide pact, leaving similar notes for their parents on Monday morning. They then fled to

[Goanet] Non-stop Konkani Songit Tiatr HEM MHOJEA UGDDASAK KORAT

2009-02-12 Thread Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994)   Non-stop Konknni Songit Tiatr     Kolit kortat poilech pavtti Kuveittchea desant, Non-stop Konknni Songit Tiatr, zachem nanv ‘HEM MHOJEA UGDDASAK KORAT’, zo zatolo tumchea lagsorlea tiatr vosreant, sangatak gheun huxar katorist, songitkar ani mimicry

[Goanet] VOA News - India's Broadcasters Adopt New Reporting Guidelines

2009-02-12 Thread Ruby Goes
Not a moment too soon. http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-11-voa7.cfm rubygoes

[Goanet] Lecture series at KA from Feb 26

2009-02-12 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Lecture series at KA from Feb 26 12 Feb 2009, 0011 hrs IST, TNN PANAJI: Directorate of art and culture will organise the second D D Kosambi Festival of Ideas - 2009 from February 26 to March 1, 2009 at Kala Academy, Panaji. Chief minister Digambar Kamat will inaugurate the festival on February

[Goanet] GOA: Shiv Sena warns V-Day revellers not to 'cross limits

2009-02-12 Thread Gabe Menezes
* * Shiv Sena warns V-Day revellers not to 'cross limits' *Panaji, Feb 12 : With Valentine's Dayhttp://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-91906.html#on Saturday, right wing groups in Goa have started flexing their muscles, warning young revellers to tone down their Feb 14 celebrations and

[Goanet] GAKUVED rally against mining in Margao

2009-02-12 Thread sebastian Rodrigues
Rivona unit of Gawda, Kunbi, Velip and Dhangar Federation (GAKUVED) is organising public protest meeting against ill effects of mining industry on Goa on Friday, February 13, 2009 in Margao. The public meeting will take place at historic Lohiya Maidan at 3.30 pm. People who are feeling

[Goanet] Of Pink Underwear and Cow Urine Soda Pop

2009-02-12 Thread Roland Francis
Perhaps the brand name Piss Pop would be appropriate? Reminds me of a Brit colleague in Qatar whose name was Peter Uren. We all called him Peter Piss. Another named Derek Twentymen. He was popularly called Fortyballs.

[Goanet] Food Park A Monster in the Making

2009-02-12 Thread Freddy Fernandes
Food Park A Monster in the Making The Quepem MLA, Mr. Kavalikar and the Ali Baba Mr. Digambar Kamat are hell bent on going ahead with the Food Park project at Naqueri, in Betul Panchayat, despite the overwhelming local opposition. This is another huge monster in the making, which will most

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Caju, Urak, Fenni etc

2009-02-12 Thread JoeGoaUk
Talking Photos: Caju, Urak, Fenni etc new http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk17/3275034146/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk17/3275034448/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk2/2343065757/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk5/2437001399/sizes/l/ video: Caju,

[Goanet] A Race called Goans in East Africa

2009-02-12 Thread Carvalho
(If anyone has old photographs of Goans in Dubai, Africa, UK or US, please do contact me) My grand-father set sail for Africa, sometime in the 1920s. He worked for the National Bank of Nairobi for many years and returned in 1933, at the age of 38, to find himself a wife. As was typical of that

[Goanet] Konkani Tiatr

2009-02-12 Thread Albert Desouza
Albert writes:- My prize winning tiatr-(second prize for script writing organised by Goa academy last year) will be staged in two places in uk. This is organised by the Goan cultural Society UK. The name of the tiatr is Mummy maka vengent dor and the maiden show will be held on Sunday the

[Goanet] Mangalore refuses to forgive the moral brigade

2009-02-12 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Goanet News: More than two weeks after a group of self-styled moralists attacked young women in a pub here, people in this Karnataka town are still seething.From housewives to businessmen to community leaders, including those who look down upon the pub culture, there is unanimity that the Sri Ram

Re: [Goanet] GOA: Shiv Sena warns V-Day revellers not to 'cross limits

2009-02-12 Thread Santosh Helekar
This moral policing by Hindu extremists is appalling. I think Goan colleges should call the real police on these guys, and make sure they are kept at least half a kilometer away from each campus. Pre-emptive law enforcement action is the only answer against them. Cheers, Santosh --- On Thu,

[Goanet] Johann Hari: Why should I respect these oppressive religions? - Johann Hari, Commentators - The Independent

2009-02-12 Thread Ruby Goes
G'day Goanetters, Quality writing from a wonderful journo. http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-wh y-should-i-respect-these-oppressive-religions-1517789.html A must read. rubygoes

[Goanet] Sunday, Feb 22: Celebrate Goa at the ICC in Milpitas, California

2009-02-12 Thread George Pinto
Dear all To promote Goan culture in the larger community and in keeping with our 2009 theme YEAR OF THE YOUTH, Goa Sudharop is hosting a Goan event on Sunday, February 22, 2009 at the India Community Center in Milpitas, California. All invited. LOCATION: INDIA COMMUNITY CENTER,

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Are these guys paying hafta to Panjim Police?

2009-02-12 Thread JoeGoaUk
Are these guys paying hafta to Panjim Police? If you step out of Panjim Police Station and turn towards the River, one can clearly see these scene every night. Don’t know whatever happened to the so called CCP ‘flying squad’ Earlier, during the nights, police used to stop and drive them

[Goanet] He disposed the body, but not the civic receipt book

2009-02-12 Thread Marshall Mendonza
A former Merchant Navy officer was found murdered in New Bombay for his property. Read on. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/He_disposed_the_body_but_not_the_civic_receipt_book/articleshow/4108760.cms

Re: [Goanet] PIL on Panjim - volunteers sought (URGENT!)

2009-02-12 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - The following, I am told, are the 'new' numbers for the CCP enforcement squad (please don't laugh). You can call them to report any nuisance in the city of Panjim. Carminho Rebello: 9011000339 Girish Talwar: 9011000343 Regards, r

[Goanet] The ideological infiltration into India ’s security agencies

2009-02-12 Thread Marshall Mendonza
http://www.sacw.net/article633.html

[Goanet] AISI : Saavariyaa.com

2009-02-12 Thread JoeGoaUk
AISI: Saavariyaa.com Well, today we had a chance to watch the film by Rajendra Talak (Film 'Alisha' fame, - National award winning film) (I missed this film during IFFI2009 and then again last month at a mini film festival at Maquinez palace) It was advertised on local dailies about the

[Goanet] The Goan Village Experience

2009-02-12 Thread Joao Barros-Pereira
The Goan Village Experience With overdevelopment our towns will soon become cities and, some already have, with Calungute the pride of Goa now not having drinkable water as sewage has contaminated all the village wells. But, they are, no doubt a success story. Do not despair, however, as the

[Goanet] The Largest Wave of Suicides in History

2009-02-12 Thread Venantius Pinto
In CounterPunch http://www.counterpunch.com/ Neo-Liberal Terrorism in India The Largest Wave of Suicides in History by P. Sainath It may also help to read Gobalization and Dalits: A Buddhist Perspective by Dr. Anand Teltumde if you get the chance. venantius j pinto

[Goanet] Gavin D'Costa: Darwin was misunderstood by many Christians... (GoanVoiceUK)

2009-02-12 Thread Goanet News
Full links and more details of this newsletter are at http://www.goanvoice.org.uk Newsletter. Issue 2009-07. February. 12, 2009 COMMUNITY NEWS Gavin D'Costa: Darwin's Dangerous Idea Today 5 Feb: Times Higher Education Supplement (UK). This year we celebrate the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's

[Goanet] Goa news for February 13, 2009

2009-02-12 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Right wing outfits opposed to V-day celebrations in Goa - Zee News [8 hours ago] Panaji, Feb 12: It's pink versus saffron in the coastal state of Goa with right wing organisations

Re: [Goanet] Quoting Tom Friedman approvingly

2009-02-12 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Rajan Parrikar wrote:  I just peeped into Goanet after a long time and saw one Merwyn someone quote the doofus Tom Friedman who in turn is quoting the Indian doofus Shekhar Gupta.  Some years ago we had Friedman take an inane, trite quote of Nandan Nilekani and parlay it into a book.  That

Re: [Goanet] Quoting Tom Friedman approvingly

2009-02-12 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - I received the following link from Norman Matloff, professor of Computer Science at the University of California-Davis, in response to my asking him for his reaction to the latest litter by Tom Friedman. Prof. Matloff has been a longtime critic of the H1B visa programme and its

[Goanet] Cow urine the new taste sensation as India markets it as a soft drink | World News | News.com.au

2009-02-12 Thread Ruby Goes
Hi Goanetters, http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25043427-38196,00.html Just like Soma; only better! Cheers, rubygoes

Re: [Goanet] Gavin D'Costa ... on Darwin and Christians (Times Higher Education)

2009-02-12 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Thu, 2/12/09, Goanet News news.goa...@gmail.com wrote: Third, if theology is confident of its truth and there is still a contradiction, science must be subject to rigorous scrutiny, especially its presuppositions and context. This is nonsense. Theology of which religion? Why should

[Goanet] Cure for the Common Cold? Not Yet, but It Looks Possible

2009-02-12 Thread edward desilva
Curing the common cold, one of medicine’s most elusive goals, may now be in the realm of the possible. Researchers said Thursday that they had decoded the genomes of the 99 strains of common cold virus and developed a catalog of the virus’s vulnerabilities. The common cold has long defied

[Goanet] Imitating Canada

2009-02-12 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
The Newsweek article Worthwhile Canadian Initiative was preceded by an article We are all Socialists Now.  This latter article, talking of America, goes on to highlight In many ways our economy already resembles a European one. As boomers age and spending grows, we will become even more French.

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Caju, Urak, Fenni etc

2009-02-12 Thread edward desilva
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk2/2343065757/sizes/l/ Hi Joe, Forget about the cajus, looking at the seeds they still make me crazy. Not to eat them but to count how many I had in my pocket after wining them at. Aim the boto and take all the seeds that are lined up after the big seed

[Goanet] 10 Diseases Linked To Soda - articles - articles.mercola.com

2009-02-12 Thread Con Menezes
What 'soft' drinks can do to your health. Con menezes http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/02/10/10-Diseases-Linked-To-Soda.aspx