Re: [Goanet] Another Goebbelsian lie nailed

2010-02-14 Thread Frederick Noronha
Hi guys, We've reached a stage in this debate where it's time for everyone to curse everyone else, to irritate one another, and to make the finer points that assuage our bruised egos but don't shed any more light. I also think that we should be experienced enough not to get irritated when

[Goanet] Betul in Salcete; any links to Jews?

2010-02-14 Thread Gabe Menezes
A second biblical Bethel, in the southern Judahhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah, is mentioned in Joshua http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua (8:17 and 12:16), and seems to be the same as Bethul or Bethuel, a city of the tribe of Simeon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon.

[Goanet] Daily Grook #623

2010-02-14 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY GROOK #623 = CURD OCCURRED = by Francis Rodrigues i forgot indian dessert is rather bland for tea, even a dahi or yoghurt... it's just a curd to me! *GREAT ALL-OCCASION GIFT* http://www.KonkaniSongBook.com

[Goanet] Lovebirds

2010-02-14 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - On the occasion of Valentine's Day. http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/02/14/lovebirds-2 r

[Goanet] First Australia, now Baz does India (RACISM IN AUSTRALIA AND ATTACKS ON INDIAN STUDENTS)

2010-02-14 Thread Ruby Goes
http://www.smh.com.au/world/first-australia-now-baz-does-india-20100213-nyeq .html G'day Goanetters, Dunno about this goody-goody nonsense. It smacks of narcissism and self-promotion. Cynically, rubygoes

[Goanet] Freedom Fighters in Goa

2010-02-14 Thread Xanno Moidecar
I concur completely with Rajesh Dessai’s analysis of the situation vis-à-vis Goemcar freedom fighters. I personally knew two in Moira. The first the late Purshottam, fondly called Purso, was the genuine article, actively involved in the struggle. He was a gentleman. He loved singing and

[Goanet] Portuguese translators wanted, in Hyderabad for three months

2010-02-14 Thread armstrong augusto vaz
This message was posted on goajourno mailing list . Hi, A friend of mine owns a software firm and is looking for 2 translators for English to Portuguese translation.(written and spoken) Job assignment is for 3 months. Please write to aarthi...@gmail.com should you be interested with your most

[Goanet] Blinkers finally off?

2010-02-14 Thread Xanno Moidecar
If I remember right, age does take its toll, and memory is the first to pay; the owners of Café Prakash in Panjim are niz Goemcars. I remember speaking with the man at the helm, or rather the front desk, long long ago. He told me how his family escaped to Karnataka to escape persecution and

[Goanet] IGRANT COMMISSIONER OF GOA BACHAO

2010-02-14 Thread anesimo56
Dear all We have had all types of BACHAOS by now to save Goa.What we need is A GOAN BAL THAKERAY! Any takers? I FEEL NRG WILL BE BEST SUITED FOR THE JOB AS RGS HAVE HAD THEIR CHANCE AND HAVE RUN OUT OF STEAM AND IDEAS ON HOW TO SAVE GOA! VIVA GOA Cheers Anesimo

[Goanet] Blinkers finally off

2010-02-14 Thread Xanno Moidecar
Ahh age has indeed taken its toll. O memory of mine thou art a very leaky sieve. It was not the Patrao of Cafe Prakash but the Supremo of Cafe Shanbag who had told me about his ancestral Goemcar heritage. Xanno Moidecar

[Goanet] The follies of our youth

2010-02-14 Thread Xanno Moidecar
Dr Anil Desai’s claim of being a saffronite and even the possibility of his having been trained to hate Catholics during his early years comes as no surprise. In the Goem that I grew up, there were two distinct camps. Kokkne and Kristaos or Kirgges. Muslims were considered too insignificant

Re: [Goanet] Blinkers finally off

2010-02-14 Thread J. Colaco jc
Xanno Moidecar wrote: Ahh age has indeed taken its toll. O memory of mine thou art a very leaky sieve. It was not the Patrao of Cafe Prakash but the Supremo of Cafe Shanbag who had told me about his ancestral Goemcar heritage. == RANDOM THOUGHTS in response: 1: Following up on the lead of

Re: [Goanet] Another Goebbelsian lie nailed

2010-02-14 Thread Tony de Sa
Jose Collaco 3: Unless of course, Tony was trying to say that some of his relations (relatives) WERE imprisoned in Aguada by the Portuguese while others WERE hounded out of Goa for their association with Goa's freedom movement in 1962. + Yeah Doc, you got the tenses right. ('Have been' implies

[Goanet] Freedom fighters in Goa

2010-02-14 Thread Xanno Moidecar
One gets days when nothing seems to go right. Alas this is my second retraction today. Mr Dessai before you think I was being sarcastic or patronizing I want to hasten and assure you that my last post in this thread was prompted by my misreading your contribution. But I may not be far

Re: [Goanet] Question about Met(UK) office

2010-02-14 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
My oh my! So now I am making wild accusations! When does a suggestion of a possibility become an accusation? Anyhow, I think this dicussion has gone far enough, and has started getting personal and being blown out of proportion. I think I'll stop here by stating: 1. I am an AGW sceptic. GW/GC

[Goanet] God and you

2010-02-14 Thread Albert Desouza
Albert writes:- At a wedding a professor from Rachol Seminary said these words when he was raising the toast. When Aishwarya Bachan received the prize as Miss world as to what makes someone beautiful She replied that a person becomes beautiful when the heart remains beautiful and has inner

Re: [Goanet] IGRANT COMMISSIONER OF GOA BACHAO

2010-02-14 Thread Frederick Noronha
Anesimo, would you support the ideology of the Shiv Sena in Mumbai, or is it just a what-is-sauce-for-the-goose-isn't-for-the-gander attempt to protect turf in a simplistic manner in Goa? FN On 14 February 2010 17:51, anesim...@aim.com wrote: Dear all We have had all types of BACHAOS by now

[Goanet] Freedom Fighters in Goa

2010-02-14 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Talking about freedom fighters, I recollect my father narrating to us stories of people who were sent to prison for fighting for freedom among whom was Prof James Fernandes (formerly St Xavier's College Mapuca) from my village in Assonora. I believe that not only did he not claim any benefits or

Re: [Goanet] MIGRANT COMMISSIONER

2010-02-14 Thread soter
Fellow Goans, Using the right under article 19 (e) of the Constitution of India, will it not be legal for anyone from any part of the country to reside and settle in Oscar's or Frederick's house or property? After all, is it not also part of Indian terrritory? -Soter D'Souza

[Goanet] www.rcmatrimonials.com..Matrimonial for Goans world wide

2010-02-14 Thread sheila menezes
Dear Sirs, This matrimonial has been very successful for Catholic eligible girls and boys so please print this email to inform and help all Catholics. P lease check out www.rcmatrimonials.com It is a Catholic / Christian Matrimonial Network which is simple and successful. Enrolled members are

Re: [Goanet] Freedom Fighters in Goa

2010-02-14 Thread Tony de Sa
Another Genuine Freedom Fighter and a great benefactor of teachers whom I was closely associated with was the late Ravindranath Pai Raiturkar who for a number of years headed the All Goa Secondary School Teachers Association (AGSSTA). Mr. Ravindra Pai Raiturkar refused to accept the Tamra Patra

Re: [Goanet] Question about Met(UK) office

2010-02-14 Thread Santosh Helekar
Here is why what is written in the post appended below defies reason and reality. None of the claims made by the author Gabriel has any factual basis. 1. Scientific skepticism is supposed to be based on conflicting scientific data. It cannot be based on newspaper columns, sound bites of

[Goanet] Selma Carvalho: Who the Bleep cares about Colonial clerks and Goan honour?

2010-02-14 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Title: Who the Bleep cares about Colonial clerks and Goan honour? By Selma Carvalho. Source: Goan Voice Daily Newsletter 15 Feb. 2010 at www.goanvoice.org.uk Full text: I have an image of him in my mind, snatched from a black and white photograph. A tall, feeble-looking man, holding a glass of

[Goanet] Carnival Floats - II

2010-02-14 Thread JoeGoaUk
Goa Carnival 2010 - Part II http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk11BBUsJ88 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 Your Mail works

[Goanet] YouTube - Brazilian Carnaval - Rio de Janeiro

2010-02-14 Thread Con Menezes
Brazilian Carvanal . C http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3mYDwRTALo

[Goanet] History on The Birth Of The Church

2010-02-14 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
I am currently reading the first volume of The Baker History of the Church.   The first volume published recently (in 2004) is authored by Ivor J. Davidson. It covers The Birth of the Church from 30 AD to 312 AD.  This subject has been on interest to some goanetters. As expected the first few

[Goanet] Goa news for February 15, 2010

2010-02-14 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** German Bakery, boom-to-bang story - Economic Times une-Mahabalipuram. ...

[Goanet] Re. MIGRANT COMMISSIONER

2010-02-14 Thread Arwin Mesquita
For all those who are quoting the Constitution as an excuse to flood Goa with un-controlled migrant influx!! Were these people or their forefathers actually made part of formulating the constitution; or is there any official acceptance by Goans of this constitution. It is a fair legal document but

Re: [Goanet] Freedom Fighters in Goa

2010-02-14 Thread Tony de Sa
From: Rajesh Dessai goy...@gmail.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Freedom Fighters in Goa Reply sent off list -- \\\ Tony de Sa tonyd...@gmail.com M : +91 9975 162 897 Ph. : +91 832 2470 148

Re: [Goanet] Carnival in Goa

2010-02-14 Thread Pandu Lampiao
The Gorment does a shoddy job with the Intruz. Its almost like they are playing m*tka with some spare change: keep a few people happy, get a few tourist in, everyone is happy. Strangely, in their ads, they have pinched pictures of the Venice intruz (shameless since they up there put up a classy

Re: [Goanet] Lovebirds

2010-02-14 Thread reena.martins
Gorgeous! The male always the more colourful one.:-) Rajan P. Parrikar wrote: To Goanet - On the occasion of Valentine's Day. http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/02/14/lovebirds-2 r Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain

[Goanet] Freedom fighters in Goa

2010-02-14 Thread Bernado Colaco
I think the act below is that of goondagiri probably imported from the bharat union or east africa. BC In one particular incident, Mr. Bonfilho da Cruz was the Director of Education when the Directorate was housed in the Massano de Amorim building. The office bearers and a few selected members

Re: [Goanet] Photos from the Goa Carnival 2010

2010-02-14 Thread Bernice Pereira
Great pictures. Thanks a lot. Bernice --- On Sat, 13/2/10, Frederick Noronha Photos from the Goa Carnival 2010 http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/sets/72157623426790282/ Read all Goanet messages at:

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (15Feb10)

2010-02-14 Thread alexyz fernandes
* Carnival Parade * Sashikumar Chief Conservator of Forests No Tigers in Goa. Save Goa's Forests for Miners To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org