Where old is gold
In Goa, old houses are being
restored to their former glory.
Reena Martins checks out some
of these gems.
Photos: House that! (From top)
Ruben Vasco da Gama's villa in
Quepem; A bedroom in the villa;
Juhi Prasad sits outside her
restored house in Saligao.
Pix: Reena Martins
Vijaydatta Lotlikar is a master craftsman who specialises in coconut
craft. He has done some innovative work related to this much-neglected
product in Goa, and you can see some of my art here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/sets/72157622150617124/
You can also find Lotlikar talking about his
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Remembering yesterday’s Goa… via Benaulim
PHOTOFEATURE :: By Frederick Noronha
Victor Hugo Gomes had been bugging me to visit Benaulim, and, as
usual, I kept postponing. A man of few words (except when he’s writing
detailed articles on themes like
http://www.thehindu.com/mp/2009/11/02/stories/2009110250500300.htm
http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Bidding+farewell+to+Kochiartid=/NodckHuqg8=SectionID=9R67TMeNb/w=MainSectionID=wIcBMLGbUJI=SectionName=gUhH3Holuas=SEO=
Recently the Goa Buildings (lease, Rent and Eviction) control amendment Act
was passed by the Goa Legislative assembly. Curious to know how many cases
have been filed in Courts under the Act and if any, how fast where the
aggrieved parties able to get back their rented or lease properties which
Where old is gold
In Goa, old houses are being
restored to their former glory.
Reena Martins checks out some
of these gems.
Photos: House that! (From top)
Ruben Vasco da Gama's villa in
Quepem; A bedroom in the villa;
Juhi Prasad sits outside her
restored house in Saligao.
Pix: Reena Martins
Sport for the children from HELPERS OF THE HANDICAPPED, KOLHAPUR AND Vengurla.
www.hohk.org.in
email kip_crus...@sancharnet.in
Phone : 0231 2680026, 6521294
Organised by Anam Prem, Sponsored by Rotary club, Panaji
Venue International Centre Goa, Dona Paula
Wheel Chair Race (No. of
--
Samir Umarye
BICHOLIM NOV 2: The Tripurari Poornima a festival of light and lamps that
mark the end of the Diwali festival is all set to attract hundreds of
devotees of the Vithal temple and visitors for the famous boat competition
to be held at Vithalapur Sanquelim.
The annual festival held
Xavier Cota's explanation is interesting! FN
-- Forwarded message --
From: Xavier Cota xavierc...@gmail.com
Date: 2009/11/1
Subject: 5 khandi field
To: fredericknoro...@gmail.com
Hi FN,
This Khandi business is dragging painfully -
A one khandi field means a field that needs one
Reena, brings us some much needed good news about a Goa being restored and
preserved. Before FN can say NRI nostalgia :-))
I've always dreamed of doing something similar but it would be beyond my
financial reach.
Reena also always gets the most fascinating stories.
Best,
selma
--- On Mon,
FN could not be more right. My problem is with persons who pray over
another, not with another, even as I see solitary reflection as the only civil
choice. My grandmother never ordered us to join in as she recited the one hour
'long' rosary. My mother put us on our knees and had us scream
Albert writes:- Only those who are sick needs a doctor. The one that lives by
the word of God does not get sick. Instead of trying to find sickness in other
person it is better to investigate into one's own mental behaviour and see if
you need one medical practioner yourself. The word became
Dear Goankars,
Please forward. Please attend in large numbers in order to make the programme
success.
==
All children between 6yrs to 14 years are invited to:-
“Children's Disney Connection”
Performed by :- Rev. Jay Risner, writer, producer and
Goanet highlights by Selma Carvalho
Feedback to se...@goanet.org and join the discussions by posting to
goa...@goanet.org
Reena Martins investigates the restoration and preservation
of old Goan homes.
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-November/185282.html
A pensão bhat in
Regarding Goan conventions (I am not bothered about where its organised, badly
or goodly, unsuccessfully or successfully) I would appreciate if you can put
some light on the ACHIEVEMENTS in organising such conventions, or is it just
partying business with Eduardo Faleiro and co. with drinks and
Albert: The one that lives by the word of God does not get sick.
Reply: Sometimes I wonder what I would do without the wise words coming out
of Albert.
I have milk/coffee/beef intolerance, some one told me to go to Pota for a
cure and a miracle, over there I could not get tea without milk and my
Eric...old chap...I, too, tend to hold:
The man-of-god the man-of-wrath...
hardly mixif ever
Ask Jesu...our source of sapience...
in these matters all others...
Theologically yours...Albert's..., everyone's...
Alfred...
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 02:57:34 -0800
From:
On the lighter side,
Seriously Fred, is this your observation?? Do you mean to say we
are living in the planet of the apes and their relatives and friends???
Can the 'Zungo' be easily identified...because I plan to visit along
with my young better (or bitter) half, should I be on my guard ???
A part of the rear portion of the over 140 years old “House of Pai Tiatrist “
at Modsai Behind the Holy Spirit Institute Margao collapsed early this cold
morning at around 0413 hrs IST ( on All Soul’s Day 2nd November; ) as per
information received by this writer early this morning from Ms
Mestisos can easily be defined, but the big mystery is where are they all
gone,
for in Goa of today, hardly anyone claim to be a mestiso.
Mestisos are the children of the Portuguese menfolk and the Indian women
who
willingly co-habited with them during the period 1510 - 1780 when some ships
Jazz on Internet radio this week
highlights the music of George Gershwin performed in the jazz genre.
With some fine singers and jazz musicians on show,
I think you will find it quite enjoyable.
As always the programme will run through to next Sunday
and is broadcast twice a day, ever day. I
--- On Mon, 11/2/09, Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote:
Prayer (of any religion, every religion!) could well be a low-cost,
less-stressful option to medical practitioners:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/23/AR2006032302177.html
On the contrary,
As George Bernard Shaw said in another context the will to believe
creates its own evidence!
(This was in his play 'St Joan'... where he was poking fun, if I
recall right, of a 'miracle' that resulted in the hens refusing to lay
eggs as the Maid of Orleans, not New Orleans!, arrived on the
Hi Antonio,
I remember reading somewhere, can't remember where, maybe Charles Boxer, that
at the time of liberation in 1961, there were only a few mestisos left in Goa.
I suspect after 1961, most of them left for Portugal. I do know one or two in
Goa, but they are happy to be Goan and nothing
I believe that our Heavenly Father invented man because he was disappointed in
the monkey
Mark Twain in Eruption, 1940
I. Nunes
--- On Sun, 11/1/09, MD mmdme...@gmail.com wrote:
On the lighter side,
Seriously Fred, is this your observation?? Do you mean to say we
are living in the planet of
---
Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your
family members, relatives, neighbours and friends.
Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed.
Albert writes:- We are born with stuborn rituals. Many of these so called
rituals have descended into us from our ancient religion that our fore fathers
practised until we became christians. We are in fact Christian the word that
means Christlike. It is not a religion to boast but a way of
FEPPI BODDEI TO YOU
November 1- All Saints Day (Santam-bhoktamcho dis)
November 2 - All Souls Day (Almacho ou meloleamcho dis)
November 3 – Konnacho dis?
Check it out here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUp3tp77_5U
joego...@yahoo.co.uk
for Goa NRI related info...
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Hi Bernado,
I am glad that you are communicating with me. For a long time, our
common amigo Frederick Noronha thought that we were the same person.
RK Nair too.
Anyway back to your post:
[1] Agnelo and I have met on several occasions and had very cordial
and meaningful conversations over a
Albert writes...writes...writes ... ... writes.
On reading his previous articles on goanet I assume that Mr Albert is
frustrated by looking around him to find Catholics practicing a blend
of rituals and beliefs
not associated with Catholicism. For this He holds the Catholic
Church
Hi There,
Check out the photos clicked during the *“Capturing the UNSEEN at Ancestral
Goa” – Photo Walk and Contest* held on 25th Oct and 1st Nov 2009 at
Loutolim. 42 shutterbugs participated during the event and an exhibition of
the photos will be held at the Big Foot Gallery on 8th Nov.
Here’s
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:39:28 +0530
From: Ashley D'silva ashleyivordsi...@gmail.com
The Golden Goose that lays the golden egg will soon disappear - Joel. Just
returned from Kerela - a much better place for tourist and they care a lot for
their environment. May be because they have a lot of
2009/10/29 Samir Kelekar samir_kele...@yahoo.com:
Do you have a definition for over-charging?
What if the customer thinks it is worth the price,
do you still think it is over charging?
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:55:32 +0530
From: Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com
Wikipedia does:
Dr Celsa Pinto (currently the director of education, Government of
Goa), in her economic history of Goa says that the Anglo-Portuguese
treaty of 1878 brought down barriers between trade in Portuguese Goa
and British India.
There were some exceptions though -- salt, opium, liquors, arms and
Must have immigrated, like you...
samir
About the Goan Community of Oman[image:
PDF]http://www.goansinoman.com/index2.php?option=com_contentdo_pdf=1id=17[image:
Print]http://www.goansinoman.com/index2.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=17pop=1page=0Itemid=42
[image: flynn.jpg]The Goan Community of Oman (GCO) is an informal
organization
My sympathies go out to your hapless housemates - they cannot delete !
eric.
From: Albert Desouza alizadeso...@hotmail.com
To: Major domo goanet goanet@lists.goanet.org
Sent: Mon, November 2, 2009 12:30:01 PM
Subject: [Goanet] God and You
Albert
Speaking of recalibration of wooden measures, every unit - 'paili', 'podd',
'solgem'
had a metal rod in the center. Such unit was called filsanvachi paili,
solgem,
etc. (government approved measure.)
The seller filled the measure until it overflowed. He/she then either used a
piece
of metal
Cycle rally at Panaji on Saturday
TNN 1 November 2009, 05:17am IST
PANAJI: On Saturday, some 70 to 80 persons are expected to cycle around the
city,
taking the message of making Goa green by reducing motorized emission and
taking to
cycling.
It is Go Cycle Club's first critical mass rally.
Nuclear deal is India's passport to the world: Bush
Hindustan Times
New Delhi, Oct. 31
Addressing the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, former US president George W
Bush said that N-deal shows that the US recognises India's nuclear programme.
He said that the deal will empower the Indian
This article is from the blog res gestae (www.rajivndesai.blogspot.com)
you can reach the person managing the list at i...@comma.in
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Delhi Journal
George Bush, Indian Hero
At a recent event in the Taj Palace Hotel in New Delhi, I found myself with my
arm
around his
Thank you Alfred, I am now officially on Albert's anti-Christ list, which
leaves little hope for a wine, fish and loaves invitation ! Lox for Albert,
delicious pickled German-Jewish salmon, he only has to ask. eric.
From: Alfred de Tavares
DON BOSCO PAST PUPILS WELCOME RECTOR MAJOR TO KUWAIT
Rev. Fr. Pascual Chavez, the Superior General of the international Don Bosco
Society
arrived in Kuwait on his brief stopover visit this morning at 2:00 a.m.
(2nd Nov. 2009).
The Bishop of Kuwait, His Lordship Camilo Ballin, Fr. Tony D'Souza,
Josy Joseph / DNA**
* *(
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_us-alert-on-26-11-type-strikes-along-western-coast_1306459
)
*New Delhi: *US intelligence agencies have alerted the Union home ministry
about possible26/11-type terrorist strikes on coastal states such as
Maharashtra, Gujarat and
Dear Fred.
Thanks for this post .
It is great. Bernie has done wonderful work.
Savia
Part of Pai tiatrist's home caves in
TNN 3 November 2009, 02:43am IST
MARGAO: Nature dealt yet another blow to the rundown house of the late Joao
Agustinho Fernandes, fondly called Pai tiatrist, on Monday after one of its
walls
caved in, adding to the insecurities of the heirs of the legendary
Foremost food preservative - think Gandhi's Salt March of 1930 to protest
British taxation on Indian salt producers.
I. Nunes
--- On Mon, 11/2/09, Frederick Noronha f...@goa-india.org wrote:
Dr Celsa Pinto (currently the director of education, Government of
Goa), in her economic history of
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Mogall JoeGoaUK,
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ani argam, photu, fulam, Lornachem cantar he special U-Tube Video-cher, ji
tuvem mhojia khatir kherit ghoddun haddlea. He porim maka konnech ucharunk nam
mullear pacharunk nam zosso tuvem kela
Constipated! You must be from Porvorim...If..Only If the Water supply is
Normal
you'll be OKAY
To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com
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Remembering yesterday’s Goa… via Benaulim
PHOTOFEATURE :: By Frederick Noronha
Victor Hugo Gomes had been bugging me to visit Benaulim, and, as
usual, I kept postponing. A man of few words (except when he’s writing
detailed articles on themes like
Hi Joseman,
Visiting Xangai is like visiting the devil. Visit Macau and you see the pope.
Our man Pereira Coutinho takes care of the complaints. My letters to damn
newspapers in Goa neva get published. I hope when Val starts his own noos paper
they will get published.
Enjou the coolie
Journalist tipped off Goa police about NRI fugitive
2009-10-28 11:30:00
It was a tip-off from a journalist that helped police in Goa arrest
Ajay Kaushal, the NRI from Britain who was fleeing a 15-year sentence
for assault and kidnapping, an official said.
Kaushal, 50, who is on the most wanted
Calm down, irmao, the Lord provides - coffee lite, sugar lite, milk lite, even
beer lite !
Not to make light of the 'word', but of the 'new' messenger. He could emulate
me, and preach to his kitty: thou shall not kill squirrels. eric.
From: Cajetan
Talking photos: Accident -Check who is mightier..
Who is mightier?
Honda Civic
or
the mini street lamppost?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk6/4069594718/sizes/l/
The same separately
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk6/4068837083/sizes/l/
DAILY GROOK #557
=
ANGER CLANGER
=
by Francis Rodrigues
seafarers who show
a wild temperament,
are often sent for
anchor management!
http://www.KonkaniSongBook.com
===
sheet-music,tab,lyrics,chords of great Konkani
Wise Albert has spoken:
are the jews not our ancestors ? was Jesus not a Jew ?
---
Reply: Jews are not my ancestors neither are they of Eric that is why he
told you to see a Doctor for insulting his and my ancestors on Goanet.
Was Jesus a Jew? NO! Albert, like you and me he was a half caste.
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:45:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rajan P. Parrikar parri...@yahoo.com
Speaking at a public meeting in Madurai, the Home Minister said if
Pakistan tries to send terrorists into India again, India would give a
crushing response.
I've been warning Pakistan every time, to not play
In response to:
Message: 8
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 09:22:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net
http://f5mail.rediff.com/prism/writemail?mode=mail_to_individualemail=mgoveia
@sbcglobal.netels=0b9c47edd8c0436c17acdc1074e41c0a
To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
Antonio Menezes lives in Goa and is one of the nicest forum members I've come
across.
best,
selma
--- On Mon, 11/2/09, Samir Kelekar samir_kele...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Samir Kelekar samir_kele...@yahoo.com
Subject: [Goanet] Mestisos of Goa , where are they?
To: Goanet
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 07:23:21 -0800 (PST)
From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com
On the contrary, the above study showed that prayer had no medical benefit for
the patients at all. Please see:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12082681/print/1/displaymode/1098/
QUOTE:
In the largest study of
Hello Mario,
Possibly - but nothing like giving it a try. The best part of the people of
Kerela is trying to communicate in English/Hindi. They stubbornly stick to
their mother tongue and of course making it difficult to communicate. And of
course connections open doors faster than butter melting
In response to:
Message: 8
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 23:41:56 -0500
From: MD mmdme...@gmail.com
http://f5mail.rediff.com/prism/writemail?mode=mail_to_individualemail=mmdmell
o...@gmail.comels=0b9c47edd8c0436c17acdc1074e41c0a
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