[Goanet] Swedish model who exposed Goa drug mafia was in Bollywood

http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-101439.html *Panaji, May 4 : Swedish model Lucky Farmhouse, whose spycam videotapes helped bust one of the biggest drugs mafia-police nexus here, had a stint in Bollywood before her brush with the narcotics mafia in Goa, according to a local TV news

[Goanet] Meghnad oh! Megnad

Times of India May 7 published an article by Lord Meghnad Desai on Goa called '''Economics of Sussegad'''. Many thanks for the gem of Goan history which runs as follows:''' ...due to the long history of Goa during the Portuguese rule when the Church took an active role in education'''

[Goanet] EIAs, Public Hearings structurally defective

Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) as well as Rapid Environment Impact Assessment (REIA) conducted by all the mining companies are defective ab initio. Firstly they are paid by the mining companies and private firms are employed to do these studies. So from the beginning itself comes the

[Goanet] Daily Grook #692

DAILY GROOK #692 = SILENT ASSENT = by Francis Rodrigues quietly avoid break-up harm, - be like dad and keep mum! *GREAT ALL-OCCASION GIFT* http://www.KonkaniSongBook.com sheet-music,tab,lyrics,chords of great

[Goanet] How to heck EVM

EVM hacked! (We told you it's easy to do) http://www.punemirror.in/index.aspx?page=articlesectid=62contentid=201005062010050600232543c9f000dbsectxslt= There’s no doubt about it. Electronic Voting Machines can be tampered with, and a team of experts have demonstrated exactly how it's done, using

[Goanet] Need to Save Goa for Future Generations

*Need to Save Goa for Future Generations* *Fri May 7 10:35:53 PDT 2010* All this Save Goa business get my blood pressure going. Joao adds: I'm sick of it too. Add my name to the list. Methinks, we Goans have put the cart before the horse. We first need to save ourselves! But, from whom? The Roman

[Goanet] Fw: Just a Reaction....

- Original Message - From: floriano To: Godfrey Pereira Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 9:22 AM Subject: Re: Just a Reaction Dear Dear Godfrey, Thank you for your call much after mightnight when I was preparing for a day's good sleep, skeptical about the goodnees of that sleep

[Goanet] Fwd: Goa Mining Poster, Maps at Public Display in Bangalore

-- Forwarded message -- From: Siddarth Karapurkar preserve...@gmail.com Thanks Seby! Please also check out mining-related stories in our current HARDNEWS issue, and also the last one. Kindly leave your feedback/comments online. *1. By Subrat Kumar Sahu*

[Goanet] The Swedish Model home page link who exposed the drug mafia in Goa

http://lucky.nu/?page_id=707 Archive for the ‘Bollywood’ Category http://lucky.nu/?cat=7 http://www.luckynova.com/home.html

[Goanet] Brilliant Thinkers Relish Ambiguity - Stepcase Lifehack

Take your routine thinking ability to brilliance.how? Read this article... Stepcase Lifehack C http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/brilliant-thinkers-relish-ambiguity.html?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+LifeHack+(lifehack.org)

[Goanet] In defence of JOEGOAUK

I fully agree with Selma. JOEGOAUK does provide a superb service free of charge and his material is of the highest quality. I fail to understand where Samir is coming from. We should applaud Joe for his photographic and video contributions which are shared and enjoyed by thousands of Goans all

[Goanet] Deccan Herald Interview

Hi Santosh, You are wrong that I am against an Inquisition museum. Thanks for suspecting that you were wrong about your assumption. It is difficult to have an Inquisition museum without it being part of a museum of Portugal colonization in India and Asia. As the guru himself puts it, The

[Goanet] ATROCITIES ON WOMEN IN GOA

I GOT THIS FROM LUKE MENDES TODAY (Saturday, 8th May, 2010) I have reported the matter to NHRC, NWC, PMO, Goa CM - present and ex, Goan MPs, newspapers etc. See what you can do at your end. Cheryl D'Souza, her nine-year old daughter Aki, her mother Dora, aged eighty-four, are fighting the

[Goanet] CEO of VEDANTA

Dear Soter,   If Chidambaram is the CEO of Vedanta who is the CEO of Sesa? Digukaka? Under him too it is emergency: Mining trucks are on rampage killing people after people. Martin Fernandes who died under a mining truck had to be cremated the day he was to get married. Yesterday, CM, who

[Goanet] 2 RARE ALBINO CROWS (White crows) DIE AT BONDLA

-- Samir Umarye BY SAMIR UMARYE BICHOLIM, MAY 7: It should have been their sanctuary, but the Bondla wildlife sanctuary turned out to be their graveyard. Two rare albino crows died in the wildlife sanctuary barely days after they were rescued from Ibrampur-Pernem and handed over to the

Re: [Goanet] Rong+Colors_in Konk'nni

Dear Sebastian, Hi All, Could ful'l be the equivalent of shubra in Marathi, as in Pandra Shubra (both adj). It matters not really, but Ful'l could be a construct to express an expanse of pure unmarred white. Kallem Kitt'tt, reminds me of of Kalakuta (also, halahala) — possibly origin of Kala KUTT

[Goanet] Ajmal Kasab - Fierce crime must get fierce execution - the only deterrent

Reading thro' the letters to editor in today's newspapers regarding the passing of the death sentence on Ajmal Kasab, I tend to agree with Anand Madgavkar [Herald/Goan Observer] that such things are not celebrated but solemnly accepted as justice done towards the crime committed. There is

[Goanet] : Why boycott elections or contest them?

Melvin, Your points are salient. But by voting the present established parties in parliament, aren't we re-electing the same corrupt scoundrels back into power. These are the branches of the same tree. The tree that does not produce the fruit that Goans want. We should seriously consider having

[Goanet] Press note for kind favour of publication - Goan origin Vaz siblings elected to British Parliament.

Goa Su-Raj Party congratulates Valerie Vaz for having entered the House of Commons of the British Parliament for the first time and also congratulates her brother and incumbent MP for having retained his seat in the House of Commons. The Vaz sibling duo of Goan origin has done Goa, Goan

[Goanet] Commentary on modern society

Commentary on modern society; written by America's leading satirist. Some of this, in principle, may apply to India and even to Goa. I just loved it. Hope you enjoy it too! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/new-rule-this-mothers-day_b_568696.html Regards, GL

[Goanet] Leopard kills calf at Bicholim

-- Samir Umarye BICHOLIM MAY 7 :In yet another attack, a leopard killed a calf at Maulinguem-Bicholim in the wee hours of Friday. According to sources, the calf belonging to one Ashok Sawaikar was tied in a cowshed, when it was attacked by the wild cat. “Usually, we put on all the light

[Goanet] Fw: Dr. Oz's Longevity Plan For the 50-Plus

Goanetters...check on this advice by Dr. Mehmet Oz's (famous on TV) Longevity Plan for the OverFifties. C Dr. Oz's Longevity Plan For the 50-Plus Posted on May 3rd 2010 3:00PM by Vanessa Voltolina Filed Under: Diet Weight Loss, Celebs Entertainment, Fit After 40 Print [Unable to

Re: [Goanet] Rong+Colors_in Konk'nni

Hi All, Does anyone know the color used to represent India in historical atlases, and whether there was a color to represent Goa. Presumably he colors in historical published in Germany, light blue is traditionally used as a colour to represent Germany, as opposed to pink for England, purple for

[Goanet] O the humanity!

To Goanet - http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100507/india_nm/india483210 r

[Goanet] Fussing about Jo-GoaUtorda

One does not understand why the tiatrist are fussing about JoeGoaUtorda. Really. All they (they must be an idle lot) want is to view him in person- is what I gathered from the Theatre book release doo at the Tiatre Academy. I imagine there is a fair bit of paranoia amongst the tiatre community

[Goanet] Attention FLAT OWNERS: Meeting on Sunday, 9th May at Margao

- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed. -

[Goanet] Need to save Goa by Joao Barros Pereira

All of us painstakingly give your suggestions but they just remain like a cry in the wilderness of indifference.  Some of the letter portray the deep anguish felt by Goa lovers when they see the state going downhill, but the powers that be don't care. Bernice Pereira

Re: [Goanet] Rong+Colors_in Konk'nni

On African violets (Saintpaulia) Goans in Africa, as also others would know of African violets, of the genus Saintpaulia. African violets are not considered true violets but we are interested here in color and thoughts (ranges from, yes white, to violet to pink) and not arguing with Botanists. A

[Goanet] Priest owning Flats at Milroc Woods?

Priest owning flats at Milroc Woods as a layman? http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextras/4590287464/sizes/l/ Bishop should investigate to find out the truth. Fyi, last month I saw an ad selling 2bed apt (80sqmtrs) for Rs. 30 Lacs at Milroc Wood, Corlim joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI

[Goanet] Goa news for May 9, 2010

Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa police asked to check if naxals using state as a shelter - Hindustan Times ndustan TimesPress Trust Of India In the wake of recent arrests of some naxal leaders here, the Goa

[Goanet] A Brief Comment From Godfrey Pereira

This is in response to the news brief: Mining companies in Goa to pay compensation for crop loss. Question: When are the mining Companies going to pay compensation for the blood of Goa which they are filtering out through a two way drip feed. One tube inserted into the pockets of the

Re: [Goanet] Fussing about Jo-GoaUtorda

Pandu Lampiao wrote: People watch Joe's video's on Utube but is there any benefit for the titrist aside from publicity? Does the publicity equate to dineros? Naw. I doubt. There is a gang here on the Goanet thinking any publicity is great. Keep dreaming. Pandu, You're giving up even before

Re: [Goanet] Deccan Herald Interview

Hi Gilbert, You have responded to my concern regarding the Inquisition Museum, but you have not responded to my request to provide real factual data to back up your wild accusations against a Goan historian and unsupported speculations about Goan history. Could you please do that? Not doing so

Re: [Goanet] Fussing about Jo-GoaUtorda

Naw, academics know 'sollem' about tiatre. They may observe and write a line or two but understanding is left to those who have grown up with Concani, speaking and living the language. Its the life and heartbeat of Salcette, the tiatre is. Any changes and it may loose its charm, its quaint set

[Goanet] Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Dev Konnancho? (Mottvi Khota)

   DEV KONNANCHO?  (Mottvi Khota)     To ganvcho ek vhodd bhatkar. Hixeob korunk yena titlo tache thaim duddu. Tachean zai te toren vilaxi (luxurious) jivit jiyeunk zata. Punn

[Goanet] Migrant Half-Truths

Ref http://www.navhindtimes.in/news/migrants-contribution-cannot-be-overlooked-cm As reported recently in the media whilst inaugurating the Goa Study Group, Goa's Chief Minister said that the migration happens because there is a vacuum left in the state and. Goans don’t want to do low category

[Goanet] Sunday, May 16: San Francisco Bay Area Goan community event

San Francisco Bay Area Goan community to hold “Come Pray the Rosary in Konkani” You are cordially invited to come pray the rosary in Konkani and sing the litany on Sunday, May 16, 2010, at 2pm, at the Church of St. John the Baptist, 11150 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito, California, 94530, USA.