[Goanet] WORLD GOA DAY - 2009 - GOENKARANCHEO DHIRIO ~BARDEZKAR VS SHASTIKAR 17TH JULY - 22ND AUG, 2009

2009-07-10 Thread renebarreto
Goemkars ! In the true spirit of Niz Goemkars - The St Xavier's Society Management Committee in Collaboration with the DSM Institute Management Committee - Dar es Salaam Tanzania - proudly presents * Goenkaracheo Dhirio * as part of WORLD GOA DAY celebrations : For more details

[Goanet] QUEPEM CHURCH - Part Two (By Walter Menezes)

2009-07-10 Thread Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994)  QUEPEM CHURCH - Part Two (By Walter Menezes) QUEPEM CHURCH By: Walter Menezes PART TWO: A new plan for Quepem Church: HOW THE OLD CAN ‘C0-EXIST’ WITH THE NEW Yesterday we read about the ‘findings’ of the Diocesan Commission for Sacred Art

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (9Jul09)

2009-07-10 Thread alexyz fernandes
*** Report - Intnl Water Week Water *** *** Leaders Summit - Singapore *** *** C. Alemao *** WOW! From PWD Minister to International Water Leader...You'll be in the Guiness Book of Records To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site

[Goanet] Xec Nabi

2009-07-10 Thread Antonio Menezes
In the late forties and early fifties, it was a jail bird called Xec Nabi who created waves of excitement for his ability to escape from Margao jail house once too often. It was also rumoured that Agente Casimiro Monteiro had a grudging admiration for this scarlet pimpernel of Goa. Is there a

[Goanet] Foreigners buying property in Goa

2009-07-10 Thread Marshall Mendonza
This is an article which appeared in the Outlook of Jan 29, 2007. It is, however, revealing how foreigners, in this case Russians acquire properties in Goa. This article is recommended to be read by all those who love Goa to understand how far unscrulpulous people whether foreigners or goans are

[Goanet] Seminar: Pursuing Homoeopathy - Holistic Way

2009-07-10 Thread Goanet Events
The International Centre, Goa TaleigaoChessAcademy and Shri Kamaxidevi Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital Are pleased to invite you to a half-day seminar on Pursuing Homoeopathy - Holistic Way Fundamentals of Homoeopathy - Dr. Arvind Kothe, Principal Preventive, Promotive and Clinical

Re: [Goanet] Property already bought LEGALLY by foreigners in Goa

2009-07-10 Thread J. Colaco jc
Dears, I will try and focus our attention on this topic, and then add a comment (or two) on the posts of Ana Maria de Souza-Goswami and Valley Faleiro. I will ignore the tripe posted by Rina Mukherji. It is my belief (and you can correct me IF you wish) that the positions on the table are as

[Goanet] Daily Grook #462

2009-07-10 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY GROOK #462 _ TIE TRY _ by Francis Rodrigues swiss laces cannot get two knots done, therefore i thought the best is taiwan! _ puns word-play of all kinds, hey...read between the lines! _

[Goanet] Reply to Walter Menezes in GT

2009-07-10 Thread Sebastian Borges
Dear friends. The following letter has appeared in today's GT. It is appended here in a slightly expanded form. Sub: 'Match-fixing' against Catholic community On reading the letter by Walter Menezes (GT, 08/07) I could not but laugh at the sheer stupidity of its contents. He writes about

Re: [Goanet] Xec Nabi

2009-07-10 Thread Alfred de Tavares
Antönio, You should apply to our Valmiki or, Mário Cabral e Sá... Alfred Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:29:47 +0530 From: ac.mene...@gmail.com To: goa...@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Xec Nabi In the late forties and early fifties, it was a jail bird called Xec Nabi who created waves

[Goanet] Burger King apologises to Hindus

2009-07-10 Thread Ruby Goes
http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_burger-king-apologises-to-hindus_127269 6 Strange but true! rubygoes

[Goanet] Canecos

2009-07-10 Thread Carvalho
The Portuguese often used the word Canecos as a racial slur for Goans. The word according to the dictionary means a pitcher or jug or a top-hat. I don't know the exact colloquial translation of the word. Can anyone shed some light. best, selma

[Goanet] Ayurveda : Look out for International journal Drug Discovery Today (DDT)

2009-07-10 Thread SHRIKANT BARVE
Ayurveda for drug discovery: scientists hope to bridge gap http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ayurveda-for-drug-discovery-scientists-hope-to-bridge-gap/482137/ Pune scientists Dr Raghunath Mashelkar and Prof Bhushan Patwardhan hope their article will help create a positive environment for

Re: [Goanet] foreigners buying proerty in Goa

2009-07-10 Thread mgoveia
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 12:42:44 +0530 From: Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com One point which has not come up is the acquistion of land by the Russians and Israelis who have carved out properties and set up boundries where local goans are unwanted and discouraged. Mario observes: The

Re: [Goanet] May be Rest in Darkness_McNamara: From the Tokyo Firestorm to the World Bank

2009-07-10 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 21:37:08 -0700 (PDT) From: marlon menezes goa...@yahoo.com I agree with Mario. I don't consider Cockburn credible. But then, I don't consider Mario very credible either. When McNamara himself states regret for the Vietnam war (in his book In Retrospect: The Tragedy and

Re: [Goanet] Greatest Konkani Song Hits book

2009-07-10 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Wilbur Vaz wrote: I tried very hard to get a copy, but it seemed like a stone wall. It seems one or two people had private copies (how did the Archbishop get one?) and photo copies were spreading underground, but time was short I had to leave Goa. Now I hear its finally available I thought I

[Goanet] Greatest Konkani Song Hits #4

2009-07-10 Thread Francis Rodrigues
GREATEST KONKANI SONG HITS #4: ___ transcribing the fine music of a great culture - revisiting the original magic, and recreating a modern idiom: _ CLAUDIA _ A. LEGEND: Claudia Claudia: is the eponymous theme of the semi‐tragic Nirmonn (Destiny) film,

[Goanet] May be Rest in Darkness_McNamara: From the Tokyo Firestorm to the World Bank

2009-07-10 Thread Venantius Pinto
Excuse error in title earlier. The correction is noted: May He Rest in Darkness_McNamara: From the Tokyo Firestorm to the World Bank. + Notions forming the credible and the incredible are equally radiable or eludible. Accordingly; time, place and person render these

[Goanet] Goa news for July 11, 2009

2009-07-10 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Andhra CM celebrates birthday in Goa - Times of India mes of India... Rajasekhara Reddy turned 60 Wednesday and his supporters and Congress workers celebrated the occasion on a grand scale

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Traffic Jam in the name of Belpuri (Illegal/Dangerous parking of Pvt Vehicles)

2009-07-10 Thread JoeGoaUk
 Talking Photos: Traffic Jam in the name of Belpuri (Illegal/Dangerous parking of Pvt Vehicles)   Pvt Cars dangerously/illegally  parked for eating Belpuri.. Due to which busses stop in the middle causing  traffic jam   Not veru far from Police HQ or Traffic cell   We never wanted Belpuri gaddas

[Goanet] Homosexuality: The straight truth

2009-07-10 Thread Cecil Pinto
Homosexuality: The straight truth What do we tell our children? By Cecil Pinto “Dada, what is a gay?” Here we were watching Barkha Dutt on NDTV’s “We the People”. Beatrice, Desmond, Fabian and myself. Well actually Fabian was solving jigsaw puzzles on the floor and Desmond was drawing made-up

[Goanet] Aldona Institute Tie-Breaker Tournament on Sunday

2009-07-10 Thread Cecil Pinto
The Aldona Institute is holding an All-Goa Three-a-Side Tie-Breaker Football Tournament on Sunday the 12th of July at the Tercena Grounds. The tournament starts at 4 pm and entries will be accepted until 3.30 pm. Winners get a cash prize of Rs. 3,000/- whereas runners-up get Rs. 1,500/-

[Goanet] Published in Gulf News, Dubai, UAE (Please read)

2009-07-10 Thread Arwin Mesquita
Dear Goans, Please can you see the below which was published in the Gulf News (DUBAI, UAE) http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/09/07/08/10329421.html Can I request to try get the same published, in the media of the countries/states, that you reside in currently. I think we should

[Goanet] Foreigners buying property in Goa

2009-07-10 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 06:55:25 -0700 From: Rina Mukherji rina.mukhe...@gmail.com Picking up from what Marshall Mendonza has said about Israelis and Russians cordoning off their property to discourage and keep off local Goans, it reminds me of what was the norm in railway colonies during the

[Goanet] Talking Photo: This must be older than CRZ

2009-07-10 Thread JoeGoaUk
  This must be older than CRZ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk20/3708566612/sizes/l/     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

Re: [Goanet] Canecos

2009-07-10 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Gente da costa de Concão (people of the Konkan coast), perhaps ... - Original Message From: Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com To: estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Friday, 10 July, 2009 11:19:53 PM Subject: [Goanet] Canecos The Portuguese often

[Goanet] 9 Air India staff punished for carrying extra fliers

2009-07-10 Thread Ruby Goes
Goanetters, Ah, such crazy folk flying you around the place! And oh-so-cheeky. http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_9-air-india-staff-punished-for-carrying -extra-fliers_1272852 Jai Hind! rubygoes

[Goanet] Dr. Paranjape from Pune want to learn Kokani.

2009-07-10 Thread SHRIKANT BARVE
Dr. Paranjape has requested me to give some contact from whom he can learn Kokani (Devnagari or Roman). He stays at Kothrud in Pune. His office address is given below. Dr.S.Y. Paranjape, Head, Department of Research Co-ordination, Member Secretary, IEC -SAC DeenanathMangeshkar Hospital,

[Goanet] Please identify these Goan popular flowers

2009-07-10 Thread JoeGoaUk
Please identify these Goan popular flowers   http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk3/3707106283/sizes/l/   or http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk3/3707917504/sizes/l/   joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips

[Goanet] Canadian (English) Goan says he loves Konkani U-Pod Under my Mama

2009-07-10 Thread Silviano Barbosa
My friend Nobby called me the other day and said 'I love this Konkani U-Pod, Under My Mama'. I said, What are you talking about? I know you don't even know a word of Konkani, even though your grand-parents came from Goa. What's this U-Pod? Is it like an I-Pod? Nobby said his Dad told him it

Re: [Goanet] Canecos

2009-07-10 Thread Carvalho
Thanks Gabriel, but I'm afraid it was not that benign :-) best, selma --- On Fri, 7/10/09, Gabriel de Figueiredo gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au wrote: From: Gabriel de Figueiredo gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au Subject: Re: [Goanet] Canecos To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (11Jul09)

2009-07-10 Thread alexyz fernandes
*** Mosquito Repellants *** That's the end of your Mosquitors.. Now let's go over to your place To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

[Goanet] Canecos

2009-07-10 Thread Antonio Menezes
To tell you frankly, Selma, I have never heard the word Canecos before. May be it is a short form of Canarins i.e. inhabitants of the coast of Canara. Canarim was a word implying contempt, used by the Portuguese to describe poor and illiterate Catholic Goans. The Portuguese got their geography