[Goanet] Why aren't Indians angrier over note ban failure?

2017-09-09 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Ah Roland!!! The penny dropped at long last. Praise the Lord for small mercies:). regards, Marshall *Some facts that have emerged from recent analytical (as opposed to mere reporting) news articles from various sources:1) Narendra Modi did not attract industry to Gujarat by his smart

[Goanet] Hurricane Irma

2017-09-09 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Former European colonies in the Caribbean have taken a direct hit and have suffered significant damage to property.  Many of the residents of these British, French and Dutch colonies have close relatives in the mother country.   Similarly some rich colonists and royalty have posh vacation homes

[Goanet] Rescuing India from the Hazards of E-Waste

2017-09-09 Thread Iris gomes
Rescuing India from the Hazards of E-Waste (Read the entire article at http://www.pruthagoa.com/hazards-of-e-waste) Learn more about E-Waste Management Rules (2016) in India. An awareness programme on the hazards of electronic waste was held at EDC House, Panjim, in June 2017, by the NGO

[Goanet] Goa's Population Problems (Times of India, 09/09/2017)

2017-09-09 Thread V M
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/goas-population-problems/articleshow/60438635.cms Recently, Goa's transport minister (and leader of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party) Sudin Dhavalikar finally acknowledged the state's most explosive and inconvenient truth, which an entire generation

[Goanet] Passport no longer defines identity

2017-09-09 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/passport-no-longer-defines-identity/articleshow/60436622.cms -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] After Beef, Alphons Eats Humble Pie

2017-09-09 Thread Gabe Menezes
https://thewire.in/175383/kj-alphons-beef-bjp/ -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Subject: Re: India's Scandinavian secret(s).

2017-09-09 Thread MD
Message: 3 Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 13:13:22 -0400 From: Venantius J Pinto To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" Subject: Re: [Goanet] India's Scandinavian secret (s). Not many know that the Danes traded on the East coast, lower

Re: [Goanet] Subject: Konkani: a language in crisis

2017-09-09 Thread Frederick Noronha
It is fashionable to claim victim status. It also fits in our with 'nationalist' or uber-nationalist approach today, yet the Inquisition is not the only event blamed for this. Among the Christians, the migrations are said to have occurred due to Portuguese-Adil Shahi wars (1570-79) and the