http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090222/jsp/7days/story_10572965.jsp
Lotuses in the mud
After the glitz fades, slum children who hit fame in movies often lead
chequered lives. None of the 27 in Salaam Mumbai went to school; most
took to petty crime. Will Slumdog Millionaire’s children go the same
What's 'Bala Bala Music' ?
I don't know but what I do know is.. Bala Bala Music = Purple Rain.
And I am sure, most of you know it too.
Singing LIVE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woswemn5_Hc
a pic
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk12/3307983835/
With Acacio, Franky, Marcelino, Emman etc
Cidade: Setting a wrong precedent :
It’s a Golden opportunity for crooks to fill their tummy.
Land acquisition law of 1894 to be change. Make it applicable since 1966. Many
other properties will benefit.
It will give power to government to amend the law as and when required.
Fomento
DAILY GROOK #332
VERSE CURSE
by Francis Rodrigues
dear will shakespeare -
a poet who tried hard,
but cldn't be a lawyer
'cos he was this bard!
_
puns word-play of all kinds,
hey...read between the lines!
_
To Goanet -
Refer to this post on GX -
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GoenchimXapotam/message/18921
If this is true that it provides a rationale for
people to mount an insurrection. For by amending
laws inorder to justify broken laws (thus actively
aiding and abetting criminal behavior), the
What Venita Coelho writes in her latest column is truly inspiring. How the
land sharks who had eyes on prime real estate for their gated colonies, must
be ruing the day they accidentally turned her into an activist!
From what she writes, it appears the GBA put their weight behind the Moira
I second the excerpts written by Mario Goveira and Nascy Caldeira on
this forum. I do hope some of the ministers and hypocrites read these
beautiful articles! I also think Freida Pinto looked gorgeous and sexy
in her evening dress instead of a saree at the 'Oskar award academy'
celebrations
Singing the Laudainha
by Tony Fernandes
As a young boy of about seven years of age, I joined other children along with
the
elders in singing the 'Laudainha' (Litany) at the various feasts, functions or
events, and somehow in my innocence, I could not help but think that the the
laudainha
We Goans need to be thankful to Mr. Hobson for having given us a choice in
our times of distress. And us Goans must be grateful to Frederick Noronha
[our own Fred] for enlightening us that such a choice is indeed available.
Frankly speaking, I, in particular, must say that I have been stung (
Shri Gopal Damodar Cacule had written and composed bhajans of Shri Damodar. Our
Damubab from Zambaulim.
He writes regularly on Astrology in Local Marathi dailies..
One of the line in his bhazan was this…
“Rakhanecho Prasad gheun udi marali baicher, vachun koni rakhali taachi kud
saang
Bãimchem Udok
Sonvsarant jivit udkacher asa attvololem
Udka viret kainch ek jivem urot naslem
Udkachem dhennem varea baxen vorthem
Udok kuincheai jiv-praneak bhouch tharonachem
Udok nam tor dhotorek bim utpon zauvchem nam
Udok nam tor mon'xeank jevon melchem nam
Udok nam tor mon'xanchi
Albert writes:- Roman catholics fast two times in the year. One on Ash
wednesday and the other on Good Friday. I do not fast because I believe that
Jesus christ has taken with him all our sins, our unhappiness and sorrow to the
Cross when He died for our salvation. Now that we have received
Bella writes:
I second the excerpts written by Mario Goveira and Nascy Caldeira on
this forum.
Talk from the kinds of Nascy doesnt cost anything, Bella. It doesnt cost
anything sitting in Australia to advice Indians to deal with slums. Nasci
could perhaps show the way by coming to India and
Hi All,
1) Nascy said: Very well said, Mario G!!! Indian middle and upper Classes have
to 'Wake Up and Now' before more of the country becomes 'the Slum'.
Reply:
First of all has any one tried to find out which type of people or 'community',
'make' slums?
There was a reality TV shown in UK
Fantastic predictions.
Almost spot on. Good job Sachin.
Roland.
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 2:15 AM, Cecil Pinto cecilpi...@gmail.com wrote:
( Published in The Navhind Times - 21st Feb)
The 81st Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscar's are less than
48 hours away. There is a considerable
A Solution Against Corrupt And Tainted Candidates
In our Parliament, as well as the Vidhan Sabhas, all over India, the percentage
of criminals and shady characters is pretty high. Lot of us have been
complaining that parties are giving tickets to criminal elements, and there is
nothing we can
One cannot swim in a saree anyway? Indian women with their beautiful brown skin
would look smashing and sexy in bikinis, I'm sure. This way an Indian woman
wearing a bathing suit wouldn't be rare and women wouldn't be gloated
at!Isabella- Germany.
--
Hi Bella,
I get your point, but what
Remo, A R Rehman, Bombay etc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLsNqAMM9N8
joego...@yahoo.co.uk
for Goa NRI related info...
http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/
For Goan Video Clips
http://youtube.com/joeukgoa
In Goa, Dial 1 0 8
For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
As per news on Star News now today 25/02/09 BJP as per their survey
expect to win 170 to 180 seats. With NDA partners expect to form
Govt.
This could be game plan of BJP.
BJP want congress go all its alone. An the third front and other
small parties contesting which will benefit BJP most.
G'day Goanetters,
Heaven knows. But they sure deserve each other.
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1233989
rubygoes
Lotuses in the mud
After the glitz fades, slum children who hit fame in movies often lead
chequered lives. None of the 27 in Salaam Mumbai went to school; most
took to petty crime. Will Slumdog Millionaire’s children go the same
route, wonders Reena Martins
WHAT LIES AHEAD: Rubina strikes a pose
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Death in other bangalore.
Death in Viveknagar isn't much different from life in Viveknagar. Keith, my
good friend, died the other
day. I have written about Keith in this same blog some months back. Check out
The Castle Rock Man.
On Sunday I got a call from Male
Meet Remo's Musical Sister Belinda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohr60PNbtT8
And I did not know about it all this time although I heard about the band
Belinda and Tropicano many times.
some pics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk17/3259269955/
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** Goa asks offshore casinos to shift further down in sea -
Hindu
hore casinos to shift towards ...
Gilbert Lawrence wrote:
I agree with much of what you write.
GL,
1) Its no fun writing for those who agree with me :-)
2) It now looks like I will have a load of time to write in the next few weeks
but for today, I will remain brief.
The first line of failure in the US and internatioal
There is a religion which says the closest leaf is connected to the
furtherest star. You may or not believe it, but you do have to accept the
fact that the world today is closely connected, as what is happening in the
United States, has had an impact all over the planet! And, it is in this
spirit
I am thrilled to read your blogs and feel nostalgic sitting so far away
from
Goa.
I am not a Goan however, some of my best years have been spent in Goa.
Easily
the best place in the world.
I would love to get in touch with with some of the people I knew from
Vasco,
Panaji
The Accidental Activist - Where have all the youngsters gone?
By Venita Coelho
You never see them at any rallies. They don't come forward to volunteer for
anything. Not one bothered to even attend a single of the seven awareness
meetings
held in my village. Where have they gone?
My first
Here we see how Freida Pinto, in her first appearance on the world stage, held
her own with some of the most beautiful movie-stars in the world.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bonnie-fuller/oscar-gowns-the-best-the_b_169001.html
In a section titled
SIMPLY STELLAR, They came and conquered!!
the
What is Europe doing about the financial crises?
Please read:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/22/eu-leaders-back-sweeping-_n_168937.html
Re: It is astonishing that this noise-making mediocrity is hailed as a
genius.
A. R. Rahman has been described as the Mozart of India by some.
I am no expert in his field of music but I thought Jai Ho had a catchy tune.
Also,
The music for Bombay Dreams was created by A. R. Rahman and I
Albert writes:-I do not fast because I believe that Jesus christ has taken with
him all our sins, our unhappiness and sorrow to the Cross when He died for our
salvation.
---
Reply:
Good for you.
Muslims fast for (what ever days), Christians fast for Two times a year as you
said, but you are
Marlon--
I do not wish to belabor this issue but am obliged to respond because of
obvious misconceptions.
An offer to apologise must not be construed as an ipso facto (done deal) or
a formal apology especially if the other side has not reached out to correct
irresponsible allegations (in this
Marlon wrote:
However, I believe the real problem was that there was very little
enforcement/verification of the financial of the borrowers.
Just last year, mortgage brokers were pushing 40 year mortgages in the US i.e.
mortgages where you paid only the interest
on the loan and did not
Carnival Folk Play
It's sort of musical street play with brass band.
It's the oldest form of Konkani Drama and still going strong.
Kell Tiatr and the present form of popular Tiatr originated from here.
Those days, presenting Khell was more of showing one's talents for a little
money or no
Con Menezes
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/1/26/ten-tricks-to-using-google-you-probably-don-t-know.aspx
Bella writes:
I second the excerpts written by Mario Goveia and Nascy Caldeira on
this forum.
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:43:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Samir Kelekar samir_kele...@yahoo.com
Talk from the kinds of Nascy doesnt cost anything, Bella. It doesnt cost
anything sitting in Australia to
The lyrics to Guantanamera.
http://www.arlo.net/resources/lyrics/guantanamera.shtml
Side by side translation at link below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamera
Btw, allow me to me addd that Belina is an eyeful. Stately.
venantius
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From: JoeGoaUk
The second most numerous Goan surnames after the ones which end in ES are:
2. Ending in EIRO/ EIRA : Carneiro, Cordeiro, Faleiro, Monteiro, Pinheiro,
Ribeiro /
/Caldeira, Ferreira,Madeira, Pereira and Silveira.
3. DO / DA / DE Azavedo, Figueiredo, Dourado, Furtado, Machado / Almeida,
Miranda
Forget the Oscars, the
biggest Indian winners of the Slumdog
Millionaire fairytale are two of the film's child actors plucked from the
shanty towns of Mumbai, after it emerged they are to be given free homes by
the state government . . . . .
. . . .
Another big winner from the movie appears
I wonder if this is and ode to the Lingam?
BC
Singing the Laudainha
by Tony Fernandes
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994)
Parra, first village in Goa to respond with own plan
Parra, a village in the north of Goa is the first village in the state of Goa
to have drawn up its own Regional plan 2021 for the village of Parra.
So while the rest of Goa and its villages
Media of Freida Pinto
What ever you need to know is here: http://uk.imdb.com/find?s=allq=feida+pinto
ED.
What about these surnamesare they Goan- Portuguese too??
Cardine / Cardina?? , Coqueiro, Carrasco, Mendanha, Salazar
Rgds
G.Ferrao
--- On Thu, 26/2/09, Antonio Menezes ac.mene...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Antonio Menezes ac.mene...@gmail.com
Subject: [Goanet] Goan Surnames
To: goanet
DAILY GROOK #333
PRIME TIME
by Francis Rodrigues
aging's in the head
but yet makes u cry,
when i first greyed
i thought i'd dye!
_
puns word-play of all kinds,
hey...read between the lines!
_
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