[Goanet] Kedna

2019-02-22 Thread Bernado Colaco
Kedna is a song written and produced by Antonio Fernandes of Lynx. Shri Coutinho has covered the song. BC - Made famous by Goan-Portuguese Gonzaga Coutinho but also by the Lynx, once one of Goa?s leading bands. https://youtu.be/jDajP40mdJY Roland. Toronto. **

Re: [Goanet] Radio Mango Toronto. Gone!

2019-02-22 Thread Roland Francis
Ajeeb is an Arabic word come to Hindi probably through the Persian language which was the ‘via media’ language used in the court’s of India’s Afghan marauders and later rulers in the North. It has several meanings; amazing, wondrous, but also weird, strange and peculiar. Nehru is known to

Re: [Goanet] Radio Mango Toronto. Gone!

2019-02-22 Thread Eugene Correia
At least some Goans got the Radio Mango award, which the some winners proclaimed loudly for the world to hear. Some got glowing write-ups from friends/admirers on Goan forums, and some went to get bug media soace in Goan newspapers. One triatrist is flogging "legend" as said by Radio Mango.

[Goanet] Radio... In NZ

2019-02-22 Thread Frederick Noronha
For a First Home Buyer, it is a major decision in their life. How to go about it, what are the key elements that one should focus on, and where to start? These are some of the many questions that run through, a first home buyers mind. Denzil Pinto, of Barefoot & Thompson, Glendene Branch,

[Goanet] Kedna

2019-02-22 Thread Roland Francis
Made famous by Goan-Portuguese Gonzaga Coutinho but also by the Lynx, once one of Goa’s leading bands. https://youtu.be/jDajP40mdJY Roland. Toronto.

[Goanet] Yo Soy Maria (I Am Maria)

2019-02-22 Thread Roland Francis
You’ve probably heard these two Goan beauties sing in Konkani and Portuguese, but this one’s in Spanish. https://youtu.be/nnQ3ZNrWrOU Roland. Toronto.

Re: [Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] The Farmers

2019-02-22 Thread Roland Francis
It’s funny you say that Rajan-bab (Goans owe their nourishment to the labours of this hardy stock), because I do not recall the landowners in my village or elsewhere ever giving even an iota of respect to these farmers. Not to say they insulted them or ill treated them but there was this

[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] The Farmers

2019-02-22 Thread Rajan Parrikar
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'The Farmers' Children of Goa's soil. The men and women who break sweat in the fields of Goa belong largely to the Gauda tribe, among the original settlers of the land. Farming has been their calling for thousands of years, and generations of

Re: [Goanet] Radio Mango Toronto. Gone!

2019-02-22 Thread Frederick Noronha
No point in crying over Radio Mango (or any other media product) after its demise. If we really care, we must offer our support when things are alive. * Goans could do more, whether we understand the importance of some degree of language fluency or not. * We are great at pulling down others, not

[Goanet-News] Teo: perfectionist... trail-blazer... an inspiration... irascible but humorous... tributes from near and far

2019-02-22 Thread Frederick Noronha
Goa looses son as historian Teotonio breathes his last in Lisbon Goa 365 TV, Feb 21, 2019. Coments from Sushila Sawant Mendes, Celsa Pinto, Fatima Gracias. Some images too. https://www.goa365.tv/personality/B/goa-looses-son-as-historian-teotonio-breathes-his-last-in-lisbon-/06154.html See more

[Goanet] Teo: perfectionist... trail-blazer... an inspiration... irascible but humorous... tributes from near and far

2019-02-22 Thread Frederick Noronha
Goa looses son as historian Teotonio breathes his last in Lisbon Goa 365 TV, Feb 21, 2019. Coments from Sushila Sawant Mendes, Celsa Pinto, Fatima Gracias. Some images too. https://www.goa365.tv/personality/B/goa-looses-son-as-historian-teotonio-breathes-his-last-in-lisbon-/06154.html See more

[Goanet] Are we on the road to civilisation collapse?

2019-02-22 Thread Roland Francis
A scholarly but readable and interesting study carried by BBC.com by Luke Kemp who does research on Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190218-are-we-on-the-road-to-civilisation-collapse Roland. Toronto.

Re: [Goanet] Radio Mango Toronto. Gone!

2019-02-22 Thread Roland Francis
I really appreciate the time and effort put in by Milena Marques and Alan Sequeira into the now-defunct Radio Mango. Keeping it going for 6 years continuously was no mean feat, given it was done at the expense of their full-time livelihoods. The content was listener friendly, the music they

[Goanet] Roll of Honour (Goanet)

2019-02-22 Thread JoeGoaUk
Roll of Honour (Goanet) Some of the active members of Goanet who died on 9 Nov 2007 Sanny de Quepem (Sanny Vaz) 27 Nov. 2007 Jorge de Abreu Noronha ? Aug, 2009 Philip Thomas 10 Sept. 2010 Cornel Da Costa 29 Jan 2012 (54), Cypriano Fernandes 21 Oct. 20012 Olav Menezes (ex-Zuari Agro

Re: [Goanet] Radio Mango Toronto. Gone!

2019-02-22 Thread Eugene Correia
With all due respect to the efforts behind the show, there seemed no tangible support to it from the vast Goa-Mangalorean diaspora. Punjabi-language rafio shiws are making waves in Toronto because the tide of immigrant Punjabis help to sustain it. Fact is, Konkani isn't the language even

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Sad news: Dr Teotonio R de Souza is no more...

2019-02-22 Thread Joel das Neves Tembe
Dear all, Sad news indeed! We lost a great academic leader and humble man. I meet him sometimes and we had interesting discussions in Lisbon and Mozambique when he visited Eduardo Mondlane University and Arquivo Historico de Moçambique. May is soul rest in peace. Joel Tembe On Wed, 20 Feb 2019

[Goanet] Sad news: Dr Teotonio R de Souza is no more..

2019-02-22 Thread Bernado Colaco
TR Souza was anti Portuguese but lived a happy life in Lisboa. Some of his writings were used by the fascists to attack Goans. He used to vist Macau to lecture at the Institute of European Studies. I met him once! BC

[Goanet] Radio Mango Toronto. Gone!

2019-02-22 Thread Albert Peres
After a brilliant run of 325 show over 6 years, it looks like Toronto's Radio Mango is gone. Here is a Message posted on their website: ANI DEV BOREM KORUM. Saying goodbye is never easy. That’s why, we have memories to sustain us. Tuning into our beloved Konkani program every Saturday,