[Goanet-News] Goa news for April 1, 2011

2011-03-31 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Dum Maaro Dum Theatrical Trailer - Bollywood Spice oa-undecided-dum-maaro-dumGoa undecided on 'Dum maaro Dum'

[Goanet] Goa news for March 31, 2011

2011-03-31 Thread Goanet News Service
over portrayal of state in ''Dum Maro Dum'' http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFmQvAMrkWPIGoaIzkW2j3mfWwjUAurl=http://www.totalfilmy.com/news/20110331/%E2%80%98dum_maaro_dum%E2%80%99_disappoints_goa_government-32689.html *** India-Pak match casts shadow on Goa Assembly - IBNLive.com

[Goanet] Wallis Mathias yet another Goan who played for pakistan?

2011-03-31 Thread armstrong augusto vaz
Wallis Mathias From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wallis Mathias Personal information Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm medium International information National side Pakistani Career statistics Competition Tests First-class Matches 21 146 Runs scored 783

[Goanet] Food, a historian, and more....

2011-03-31 Thread Frederick Noronha
Dr Fatima da Silva Gracias... author of Cozinha de Goa Talks about her book and her work, at the formal release function at Sunaparanta (Altinho, Panjim, Goa) on March 29, 2011. Also, a sneak preview into what the book contains. This is an insightful book that tells the story of the past, how Goan

[Goanet] Indian Mother awesome joke

2011-03-31 Thread Gina Fernandes
  Mom comes to visit her son Kumar for dinner.. .. who lives with a girl roommate Sunita. During the course of the meal, his mother couldn't help but notice how pretty Kumar's roommate was. She had long been suspicious of a relationship between the two, and this had only made her more

[Goanet] Was Mahatma Gandhi bisexual?

2011-03-31 Thread U. G. Barad
Soter makes a very good point when he says: Another book 50 years later will claim he was tri-sexual. He is dead and gone but everyone needs him to make their buck. Question is, was he a good human being or not? Personally I feel that some of Mahatma Gandhi's views are relevant today, and some

[Goanet] Daily Grook #919

2011-03-31 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY GROOK #919 === HOT THOUGHT === by Francis Rodrigues a boring sex novel every now and then, shows off a little flesh in the pen! *GREAT ALL-OCCASION GIFT* http://www.KonkaniSongBook.com

[Goanet] Why These Vegetables Are the Best for Fighting Cancer

2011-03-31 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.healthiertalk.com/why-these-vegetables-are-best-fighting-cancer-3658

[Goanet] Petition against the proposed Expansion of Kala Academy and the felling of Trees.

2011-03-31 Thread Sandeep Heble
Dear all, Petition against the proposed Expansion of Kala Academy at Campal-Panaji and the felling of Trees is appended below. Those who wish to endorse it may kindly write to me at sandeephe...@gmail.com or on Goanet. Thanks and regards Sandeep Heble 9326129171 -- To,

Re: [Goanet] The Navhind Times Viva Goa Life time achievers award- A mockery???

2011-03-31 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
On Wed Mar 30 13:10:20 PDT 2011 michael iglesias, iglesias_michael at hotmail.com wrote : Dear Jury, Apart from Smt.Kishori Amonkar getting the award for which i support , it is not proper to corwn Dr. Oscar Rebello with Man of the Year Award, In short Politics plays a great role and so

[Goanet] Chain reaction

2011-03-31 Thread Marshall Mendonza
I came across this very inspirational story and thought of sharing with you. http://week.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/theWeekContent.do?BV_ID=@@@contentType=EDITORIALsectionName=TheWeek%20HealthprogramId=7088435contentId=9043657

[Goanet] Healthier Food Choices - Increase Willpower - Making Smart Choices - Health Tip - RealAge

2011-03-31 Thread Con Menezes
Willpower?? Here's how..easy! http://www.realage.com/tips/tricks-to-eating-less-and-making-smart-choices?eid=1098940008memberid=33387132

[Goanet] Goans gets 30%, rest of India 70% - Goa Housing Board logic

2011-03-31 Thread SOTER
Villagers to get 30 p.c. quota in GHB projects HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MARCH 30 Minister for Housing Board Nilkanth Halarnkar today declared that 30 per cent of housing in housing board projects will be reserved for locals of the village where the project is located. Halarnkar

[Goanet] Was Mahatma Gandhi bisexual ?

2011-03-31 Thread SOTER
Barad wrote: People should evaluate his views dispassionately and not just accept them because he was a Kangressman. Comment: Fully agree. One ought to be a poster boy of Bharat Jhalao Party or Digu Chaka Chak Abhiyan for anyone to be declared the unquestionable saint in India . Belonging to

[Goanet] DERRAMA

2011-03-31 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
‘Derrama’ is a local ‘Surcharge’ on income generated through commerce, industrial or agricultural source. It is prevalent mostly in Portugal and Spain and was in their colonies. If you Google derrama' in the region of Portugal, you will get the details required.

[Goanet] Song for the day.

2011-03-31 Thread Gabe Menezes
Lettermen - Till George Pinto's House in the first clip scene? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsNk6DB2vT4feature=related -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] Indian Mother awesome joke

2011-03-31 Thread DAN DRISCOLL
Not bad. I have a 'clerical version' of that story. A closely observant Parish Priest had the feeling that his curate was cutting corners in recital of 'The Divine Office', considered a serious offence, and binding under 'pain of mortal sin'. Upon leaving for vacation he told the curate to do a

[Goanet] The Time Bank..........

2011-03-31 Thread Gina Fernandes
The Time BankImagine there is a bank that credits your account  each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day.  Every evening the bank deletes  whatever part of the balance  you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out every cent, of courseEach

[Goanet] English as medium of Instruction: DBE must take bold decision.

2011-03-31 Thread SOTER
Gerald wrote: We find ourselves in agreement with the views expressed by Fr Pratap Naik. S. J Mr Soter Dsousa. The Diocesan Board of Education (DBE) in Goa should seriously consider the option of foregoing Grants from the Govt. of Goa and switch to English as the medium of instruction in all

[Goanet] Vitamin K may benefit both elderly men and women: Study

2011-03-31 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Vitamin-K-may-benefit-both-elderly-men-and-women-Study/?c=KlYnp4hkqTADJE9OxXT6CA%253D%253Dutm_source=Newsletter_Subjectutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=Newsletter%252BSubject

[Goanet] [JudeSundayReflections] 4th Sunday of Lent

2011-03-31 Thread Jude Botelho
27-Mar-2011 Dear Friend, We often pity the blind and feel sorry for them. But we may also be aware of blind people who have risen above their handicap and are leading very successful lives. On the other hand we see many who have physical sight but are blind! They are the prejudiced, those

[Goanet] Aspirin linked to stomach bleeding risks

2011-03-31 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.healthiertalk.com/aspirin-linked-stomach-bleeding-risks-3660

[Goanet] Indian Mother awesome joke

2011-03-31 Thread Freddy Fernandes
Check this one joke out: King Arthur suspecting his wife's infidelity puts a chastity belt on Queen Guinevere and locks it and as he leaves for war throws a key to his faithful knight Lancelot and tells him to take care of his castle and the queen and leaves with his generals. A couple of

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Vasco demolition begins (as per High Court Order)

2011-03-31 Thread JoeGoaUk
Talking Photos: Vasco demolition of illegal structures begins (As per High Court Order)   There were about 150 standby police force including CIPF seen around TB Cunha Chowk. Although there was section 144 in place, there were many seen in groups and the hundreds of police there did not do much

[Goanet] Protest Meet at Kala Academy Complex(Friday, April 1st, 10 am)

2011-03-31 Thread Sandeep Heble
Dear all, A meeting of citizens of Panaji/ Goa has been organized on Friday, April 1st, 10 am at Kala Academy Complex, Campal-Panaji to protest against the Kala Academy extension and the cutting of trees to make way for the proposed construction. Please join us at the venue to oppose the

[Goanet] Goan who played a key role in African liberation struggles to be remembered

2011-03-31 Thread Goanet News
Goan who played a key role in African liberation struggles to be remembered PANJIM, Mar 31: An Africa-based hero from Goa will be remembered on the 25th anniversary year of his death in a mysterious plane-crash in Mozambique. Aquino de Braganca -- who traces his roots to Mapusa -- was an

[Goanet] Vasco Khariawado Demolitions - Video

2011-03-31 Thread JoeGoaUk
Vasco Khariawado Demolitions - Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAdKsk56vMk   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

[Goanet] Whose Mother is she anyway?

2011-03-31 Thread Jason Keith Fernandes
Standing for Rights The demand for English and the ‘Mother tongue’ (First published in the Gomantak Times, 30 March 2011) The events subsequent to spectacular showing at FORCE’s (Forum for Rights of Children's Education)* *rally on March 20, present a delightful opportunity for us to

[Goanet] Lenten Season

2011-03-31 Thread Ivo
LENT: SEASON OF HOPE *Fr. Ivo da Conceição Souza We are in the Lenten season. For us Catholics it is a season of hope. In the Holy Week we shall celebrate the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ. The whole world has come to know the Gospel values (or

[Goanet] Doctor in the House?

2011-03-31 Thread Dan Driscoll
As some may know, I have just experienced the demise, and obsequies held, for my wife. We lived a long and eventful life together, so I'm not about to grieve in any negative fashion. One aspect of it all however prompts me to make a suggestion that might be open to discussion in our GoaNet

[Goanet] PEACE MEET OR PIECE MEAT?

2011-03-31 Thread SOTER
When jackals masquerade as sheep. Nationalising the Denationalised Goans? -Soter Activists call for peace meet on April 4 HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MARCH 30 Expressing concern over the restlessness building up amongst Goans over the medium of instruction, around 11 activists from across Goa,

[Goanet] Re GHB :ONLY 30% reservations for Goans in Housing Board Projects in Shiroda, GOA

2011-03-31 Thread Gerald Fernandes
The audacity of Mr Shirodkar that only 30% of new houses will be reserved for Goans in Shiroda, Goa in a  Project to be undertaken by Goa Housing Board is GALLING, to say the least. Perhaps Mr Subhash Shirodkar has his eyes on the forthcoming Assembly Polls wherein not being sure of his

[Goanet] Buying salt

2011-03-31 Thread Frederick Noronha
Buying salt http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/5561622441/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 (after 2pm) _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/

[Goanet] Was Mahatma Gandhi bisexual ?

2011-03-31 Thread SOTER
Michael Prabhu wrote: If one is homosexual, bisexual, or trisexual, he goes against the natural order ordained by God in creation for procreatiion, and could not possibly be a good human being; Comment: Perfect case of God's toilet paper human beings playing God by interpreting

Re: [Goanet] Was Mahatma Gandhi bisexual ?

2011-03-31 Thread George Pinto
Subject: Was Mahatma Gandhi bisexual? The short answer is NO The long answer is NO Hope that helps. Now get back to real-world, current issues/problems. George

Re: [Goanet] Doctor in the House?

2011-03-31 Thread Roland Francis
Dan, not to be rude, especially in view of your recent loss, but when both of you took the decision to leave Canada and settle in Goa many years ago, you must have been aware of the implications that would result. One of those would be that the medical care you would get would be of another

[Goanet] Goa news for April 1, 2011

2011-03-31 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Dum Maaro Dum Theatrical Trailer - Bollywood Spice oa-undecided-dum-maaro-dumGoa undecided on 'Dum maaro Dum'

[Goanet] The notion of 'mother tongue' is thus a mixture of myth and ideology.

2011-03-31 Thread Frederick Noronha
Examples and Observations: [T]he general usage of the term 'mother tongue' . . . denotes not only the language one learns from one's mother, but also the speaker's dominant and home language, i.e. not only the first language according to the time of acquisition, but the first with regard to its

[Goanet] It was sad that the Pakistani cricket team had to be publicly warned by the country's interior minister not to indulge in match-fixing ahead of their semifinal clash against India.

2011-03-31 Thread Nelson Rodrigues
It was sad that the Pakistani cricket team had to be publicly warned by the country's interior minister not to indulge in match-fixing ahead of their semifinal clash against India. http://.kashmirdispatch.com/headlines/28032517-malik-s-warning-to-pak-cricket-team-sad-omar-tweets.htm Malik's

Re: [Goanet] Goans gets 30%, rest of India 70% - Goa Housing Board logic

2011-03-31 Thread floriano
95 per cent of any housing board projects must be strictly kept for bonafide Goans The remaining 5 % should go to legally naturalised Goans having been settled in Goa for the past 15 years and who are on the electoral roll after having cancelled their names from the electoral roll of their

[Goanet] Goan who played a key role in African liberation struggles to be remembered

2011-03-31 Thread Bernado Colaco
One has seen the effects that ravaged the former 'empires' because of forced decolonisation. Aquino in my belief should have fought for gradual cessation of colonial rule in Goa. Incidentally today Mozambique has joined countries of the Commonwealth:)) besides being part of the

[Goanet] INVITE: Your Goa 101 Saturday, May 7th 2011

2011-03-31 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Are you curious to learn more about your heritage? The Goan Overseas Association (G.O.A.) welcomes you to an informative interactive speakers session about Goa on Saturday, May 7th 2011 at the Franklin Horner Community Centre in Etobicoke. The goal of this event is to educate the Goan

Re: [Goanet] Doctor in the House?

2011-03-31 Thread Frederick Noronha
I don't agree with Roland Francis here. He's one step short of suggesting that if you migrate Westwards, you can defy normal aging processes :-) Health-care has been a serious issue, and a fast-changing one, in Goa of late. While we are obsessed with our pet peeves (land, non-Goans), we often

[Goanet] Priest attacked in Khandwa diocese in Madhya Pradesh.

2011-03-31 Thread Nelson Rodrigues
  Father Sebastian Kaiparambil in hospital   http://www.ucanews.com/2011/03/30/priest-attacked-injured-in-his-bed   Priest attacked in Khandwa diocese in Madhya Pradesh.   Father Sebastian Kaiparambil in hospital A Catholic priest was attacked and seriously injured by three youths today in

[Goanet] It is decided: English will be MoI from next Academic year.

2011-03-31 Thread rajendra kakodkar
Though govt has decided to maintain status quo (Grants only to Indian MoI) officially, it is reliably learnt that a very strong politician has worked out modalities to facilitate English as MoI from next Academic year.   This, very closely held secret proposal, was reportedly unvieled during the