[Goanet] Invasion of Goa by Indians in guard uniform

2012-01-27 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - Among the many indignities heaped on Panjim (and Goa) in recent  times is the invasion of the guards.  Every time I am back in Panjim (i.e. every few months), the number of guards (I mean, ghatis from Jharkhand, Bihar etc in fancy dress) keeps multiplying. Next thing we may hear is Ma

[Goanet] Audio slideshow: Bombay's jazz age

2012-01-27 Thread Goanet A-C-E!
Audio slideshow: Bombay's jazz age When you think of jazz in the early 20th Century you may think of New Orleans, Chicago, New York or Paris. What isn't so well known is that the Indian city of Bombay - now Mumbai - had its own flourishing jazz scene in the 1930s. Naresh Fernandes - author o

[Goanet] BJP to make migrant stay comfortable in Goa?

2012-01-27 Thread SOTER
Rajan, This is compulsion of politics. If not Manohar someone else will do it. Gullible voters think a change of party or politician will solve their problem. Now the priest will cleanse all the sins. Wait in hope! Goan brains seem to be pickled with booze that they canot see the Truth and run a

Re: [Goanet] Goans of the world unite(Elisabeth) (Gerald)

2012-01-27 Thread J. Colaco < jc>
On 27 January 2012 15:07, Gerald Fernandes wrote: GF: [1] We find it very quaint that Elisabeth ,despite her accomplishments, finds it so convenient to hang the ills confronting Goa on the peg of politician responsibility as if Goans are original milk washed virginal saints led to the slaughter

Re: [Goanet] Do men have an age limit for having children? | Fox News

2012-01-27 Thread Santosh Helekar
The crap posted by Con Menezes below has been repeatedly posted to Goanet. I have no idea why. Here are my responses in the thread in which it was posted the last time about 2 years ago. http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg60565.html http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.g

[Goanet] Link: Celebrate Robin!

2012-01-27 Thread Albert Peres
Celebrate Robin! via the ONN ONN is Hosting a Party and You’re Invited… (Toronto, ON) After more than 12 years at the helm of the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF), Chief Executive Officer Robin Cardozo will be leaving the Foundation in the spring to join SickKids Foundation as Chief Operatin

[Goanet] Goa needs a nautical college, say seafarers

2012-01-27 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Goan Thanksgiving after the Costa Concordia (January 27, 2012) http://www.archive.org/details/GoanThanksgivingAfterTheCostaConcordia 1       01-interviews   22:28 2       02-prayers      20:48 3       03-konkanimass  45:56 The January 13, 2012 tragedy saw the Miami-based Carnival Corp's cruise ve

[Goanet] Operation Plastic-Free Saligao on 26 January 2012 (by Rose Fernandes)

2012-01-27 Thread Melvyn Fernandes
Dear Muriel & Mario I was delighted to hear through goanet of the operation plastic-free Saligao taking place on 26 January. Hopefully, it was an outstanding success bringing oxygen to the soil of the village. It will be interesting to know how all this plastic/litter was disposed off or recyc

Re: [Goanet] Goans of the world unite !

2012-01-27 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
On 27 January 2012 15:38, Carvalho wrote: > I am all for the preservation of Goan land and > heritage. But all the stakeholders must be > consulted before any decision is taken. Are migrants who have settled in Goa -- specially the disempowered -- not "stakeholders" too? If you reply in the nega

Re: [Goanet] BJP to make migrant stay comfortable in Goa?

2012-01-27 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - Disgusting to read Manohar's pandering to illegal squatters on Goan land. r --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at:

[Goanet] Goa news for January 28, 2012

2012-01-27 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Sesa Goa rallies nearly 7% on higher volumes - Economic Times Gy91nmJyVCg http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFfUCbxs3HGpPgYovl5u8S1VoVubg&url=http://economictimes.indiatime

[Goanet] Congrats JOEGOAUK

2012-01-27 Thread Nelson Lopes
JOEGOAUK Congrats joe you really get Goa to Goans not only inside ,but those who are far out of its boundaries I personally feel that you are the best thing that happened to Goa net. Keep up the wonderful and sincere job. The visuals are a real treat that keep Goans in touch and connected with the

Re: [Goanet] Priests in politics

2012-01-27 Thread Venantius J Pinto
The whole post had nothing to do with you Barad. I rarely misinterpret, and I rarely need to attack. Besides the first para does not address you at all. It was addressed to the message by Valley Faleiro. Please look at my email to which you responded and link. Faleiro's following post seems to have

[Goanet] Post Independence Konkani poetry: a mini-review (by Dr Nandkumar Kamat)

2012-01-27 Thread Bernado Colaco
Are you saying that the Bard of Avon was a noted goon? BC His political or ideological views won't make anyone less of a poet (provided he's into poetry). Whether you like Karmali or not. FN --- Prot

[Goanet] Report on religious freedom violation submitted to European Union

2012-01-27 Thread SOTER
Published Date: January 26, 2012 A delegation of Christians and human rights activists has submitted a report on violations of minority rights and religious freedom in India to the European Union. The report entitled "Freedom of Religion in India: Joint Stakeholders Report for the Universal Pe

Re: [Goanet] Goans of the world unite(Elisabeth) (Gerald)

2012-01-27 Thread Gerald Fernandes
  We find it very quaint that Elisabeth ,despite her accomplishments, finds it so convenient to hang the ills confronting Goa on the peg of politician responsibility as if  Goans are original milk washed virginal saints led to the slaughter or coerced into "sleeping with the enemy". Goans living

[Goanet] BJP to make migrant stay very comfortable in Goa?

2012-01-27 Thread SOTER
While we Goans accuse Congress of encouraging migrant vote banks what does this assuarance by Parrikar amount to? Have Goans forgottten the long queues of migrants outside the Collector's building for regularisation of encroachments, particularly communidade lands, through a scheme launched by B

Re: [Goanet] Post Independence Konkani poetry: a mini-review (by Dr Nandkumar Kamat)

2012-01-27 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
His political or ideological views won't make anyone less of a poet (provided he's into poetry). Whether you like Karmali or not. FN On 27 January 2012 16:16, Bernado Colaco wrote: > It is strange how the author promotes a RSS and anti Catholic Karmali as a > poet. Just an other crap story from

Re: [Goanet] late Mario Miranda awarded Padma Vibhushan

2012-01-27 Thread Venantius J Pinto
In my opinion Dr. Jose Pereira IS an artist, and his theological concerns stemmed from his artistic concerns. Not the other way around, although it seems like that! (Read, Grace and Necessity: Reflections on Art and Love). This is not hard to see. An artist does not need to have an extensive oeuvre

[Goanet] Christian art museum burgled, guard killed

2012-01-27 Thread SOTER
Interesting that this news was found not fit for the headlines of local newspapers. A non-significant issue like the priest contesting elections makes repeated headlines. There is something seriously wrong with the Goan psyche. Soter D'souza

Re: [Goanet] Dear Mr. Manohar Parrikar

2012-01-27 Thread Bernado Colaco
The anti Catholic CD is all over Youtube and highly patronized by the RSS. It is a shame that some Goans continue patronizing this evil man. BC --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Supp

Re: [Goanet] ELECTION CODE OF CONDUCT VIOLATIONS - 10 ALDONA CONSTITUENCY

2012-01-27 Thread Venantius J Pinto
A pity that The King/s has/have not been caught on camera. We are still in Jan and it would have been a memento of their way out! I mean with all the cyber worthies in Goa this should be possible! Would that be a breach of privacy -- notions that no one should have in this context! Or perhaps a ma

[Goanet] ALCOHOL After SUNDAY MASS & BMC ELECTIONS

2012-01-27 Thread jm
The Bible and Christian tradition taught that alcohol is a gift from God that makes life more joyous but that overindulgence leading to drunkenness is a sin………There are many many many lay catholics in bombay who after attending the Sunday Mass go to the local Country liquor shop and have a quarter

[Goanet] Priests in politics

2012-01-27 Thread U. G. Barad
I don't know what prompted Venantius to write in misinterpreting my message (appended here below)!! I repeat there is no harm in priest joining politics!!! According to me, Priests are primarily meant to guide our path towards Christ and therefore my concern is will priests succeed in achieving t

Re: [Goanet] BOOK REVIEW: Moda Goa: History and Style by Wendell

2012-01-27 Thread Bosco D
-Original Message- From: Bernado Colaco > For once please write something that makes sense. RESPONSE: Accha!?! No doubt you have a monopoly on writing nonsense on a daily basis, innit?? - B ---

Re: [Goanet] Goa Church records, thanks to the Mormons

2012-01-27 Thread Vivian A. DSouza
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, after emigrating to the USA, I went to University attending night classes for many years.  One of my Professors was a "Stake-holder" or the equivalent of a Bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints, colloquially known as the "Mormons".   The Mo

[Goanet] The dark underbelly of Goan society in London

2012-01-27 Thread Carvalho
In response to this post of mine, I got some interesting private responses. I feel the need to address some of these. I had posed the question, is there a difference between East African Goans and Portuguese Passport Goans in the UK? If so why?   On the face of it, there is a vast difference. O

[Goanet] All Goan Survivors of Costa Concordia come together to say THANK YOU to Lord - Video

2012-01-27 Thread JoeGoaUk
All Goan Survivors of Costa Concordia come together tos ay THANK YOU to Lord - Video   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPx3_gPk2ms   or watch it bigger in this blog http://joegoauk-pointofview.blogspot.com/2012/01/meet-some-goan-survivors-of-ill-fated.html joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa & NRI rel

[Goanet] About 53 Goan survivors / crew members of the ill-fated Costa Concordia offered thanksgiving mass today

2012-01-27 Thread JoeGoaUk
About 53 Goan survivors / crew members of the ill-fated Costa Concordia offered thanksgiving mass at Holy Cross Shrine, Bambolim today On 27thJanuary 2012. Earlier, there was a thanksgiving Ladainha  / Litany   at the Miraculous Cross or Fulamcho Khuris The choir was also formed entirely of the

[Goanet] Goans of the world unite !

2012-01-27 Thread Carvalho
Dear Antonio, How are you?   If the Portuguese government can take the trouble of proving Goan ancestry even three generations back and awarding us Portuguese citizenship based on that, surely the Goa government can offer us the same courtesy. It is not at all difficult to prove Goan ancestry, t

Re: [Goanet] Any interest at interaction in Goa

2012-01-27 Thread Venantius J Pinto
A pleasant surprise in my mailbox from a Salesian nun who just pointed out: This interest of yours to visit places of worship, places considered sacred -- those boundaries where one feels, senses, or perhaps simply imagines an extraordinary presence/silence; monuments, observe the landscape, tribal

[Goanet] Quilts of Goa - Workshop & Exhibition

2012-01-27 Thread sujata noronha
  Dear  Friends   As part of an initiative we are  involved with, we are organising a Godhadi Workshop with 4 traditional Godhadi wallis from Keri, Bali, Margao and Panjim at the Goa College of Home Science on Tuesday 31st am. The day is a collaborative workshop between the Goa College of Home

Re: [Goanet] Goa Church Records - Thanks To The Mormons

2012-01-27 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
On 27 January 2012 01:45, Roland Francis wrote: > > About 10 years ago, the Mormons of Salt Lake City, Utah embarked on a > project to microfilm the birth, marriage and death (BMD) records of as many > churches in Goa as they could. In this, they received the consent and > co-operation of the Goa

[Goanet] Willy and Trinamool Congress - Part II

2012-01-27 Thread floriano
Vily-Willy and his Trinamool Escapade Would any one know the real reason for Vily-Willy to track it down all the way to Kolkata and shake hands with Mami Banerjee? In Goa, apart from being propped-up in the Planning Commission where otherwise he would be accumulating mildew, moss and dust. H

[Goanet] Goans of the world unite !

2012-01-27 Thread Antonio Menezes
Let us for argument sake assume that Goan (and especially its Velhas Conquistas) territory is sitting on a thick layer of gold which when extracted would make Goa the richest territory in the whole world. The Goa Government with its overflowing treasure chest decides that all Goans will be ent

Re: [Goanet] Priests in politics

2012-01-27 Thread Venantius J Pinto
With utmost respect I see it differently. Do we believe that all the Christian politicians were utterly cursed: that they did not have the good wishes, expectations, the minds an the eye of the Church, nuns an priests, and laity upon them. Barad begins well below. although one should not go with t

[Goanet] ELECTION CODE OF CONDUCT VIOLATIONS - 10 ALDONA CONSTITUENCY

2012-01-27 Thread floriano
DESPERATE PEOPLE RESORT TO DESPERATE MEASURES The King of Aldona Dayanand Narvekar has been continuously violating the CODE OF CONDUCT thereby sending a clear signal that he has to keep his voters happy even at the last hour, A sign of utter DESPERATION. 21 January he was almost caught by

[Goanet] Any interest at interaction in Goa

2012-01-27 Thread Venantius J Pinto
THIS IS AN OPEN CALL: I will be crisscrossing India; visiting Nepal, and Bangladesh, and possibly Pakistan bet Feb 20 or so, until April 15. In Goa, I’d like to try something -- dovetailing with my notions of Goanity (but in no way suggesting that I am a worthy recipient). The idea is to interact