[Goanet] The Monk And The Harlot

2021-12-16 Thread Roland Francis
The Kanheri caves are situated near the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Borivali near Bombay. On a trip to the Caves decades ago, I had met a very poor woman sitting outside her hut calling out to the tourists in marathi, "Ya! Ya! me tula Bhikshu Gautama cha vichitra goshti sangte!" (Come, Come

Re: [Goanet] Christmas Hampers for 3L

2021-12-16 Thread Frederick Noronha
We won't paralyse ourselves thinking of worst-case scenarios, Fr P. Here's wishing and hoping that all goes well. It probably will. (Though media headlines, however well intentioned, can oftentimes only add to the cause for concern.) ᐧ On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 at 03:49, Eric Pinto wrote: > Rightly st

Re: [Goanet] Rebek and Sarangi in Goa

2021-12-16 Thread Adolfo Mascarenhas
DeSouza I was happy to read your account of the REBEK and the related story of other related Indian musical instruments What made me most happy was your modest statement and I quote: > Really incredible ...have you evaluated it, is it insured .a two hundred year old REBEK I appreciat

[Goanet] Stories of the East Indian, but not just fiction (The Navhind Times)

2021-12-16 Thread Frederick Noronha
Stories of the East Indian, but not just fiction FN So Godfrey Pereira descended on the Goan world in cyberspace with a bang! About 11 years back, the former SUNDAY and INDIA TODAY journalist wrote this attention-grabbing letter to the Goanet. This was in times when Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,

[Goanet] Rebek and Sarangi in Goa

2021-12-16 Thread E DeSousa
Sarangi much like the Rebek, is also played with a  bow but most of the time it presents only three strings (sometimes there is fourth that is mostly used as a drone or sympathetic string). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFsdG8siWBo Very popular in India the Sarangi is used in Carnatic and Hind

[Goanet] RABAK, REBEC as they Say in Goa and I wonder what they will Call it in

2021-12-16 Thread Adolfo Mascarenhas
Message: 1 Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 07:55:38 +0530 From: Linken Fernandes To: goanet Linken: The violin has so many different names .I know that when I wrote RABAK some of you real Goans were angry .(there was mashing of teeth and tearing of garments ) ..it even reminded some of you of th

[Goanet] NEED TO INVESTIGATE THIS SORDID AFFAIR

2021-12-16 Thread Aires Rodrigues
Will our Chief Secretary and the recently appointed Director General of Police kindly meticulously investigate and ascertain whether an Inspector of the Goa Police is having an extra marital affair with a BJP politician. If it is true, then our accidental Chief Minister Pramod Sawant should hang

Re: [Goanet] Christmas Hampers for 3L

2021-12-16 Thread Eric Pinto
Rightly stated, Roland. On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 12:08 PM Roland Francis wrote: > With things being in Karnataka State as now, it may be a minor miracle > that the BJP’s lumpen elements will not waylay you on your way to > distribute the Christmas gifts, accusing you of conversion! > > Roland. >

[Goanet] The Bombay Millenials....ACM is wondering Whether It Was A Daymare

2021-12-16 Thread Adolfo Mascarenhas
Roland, upon reading Message-ID: < 0705cbdc-1259-4ac7-8a62-b154df209...@gmail.com> Roland when I read your piece I thought you had a knightmare ...you were being Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 11:21:10 -0500 I thought that the medication I purchased for a new variant of FLU was playing tricks ... Upon s

Re: [Goanet] Christmas Hampers for 3L

2021-12-16 Thread Roland Francis
With things being in Karnataka State as now, it may be a minor miracle that the BJP’s lumpen elements will not waylay you on your way to distribute the Christmas gifts, accusing you of conversion! Roland. Toronto. > On Dec 16, 2021, at 10:42 AM, Pratapananda Naik, SJ > wrote: > > Today with

[Goanet] Goa At The Crossroads!

2021-12-16 Thread Joao Barros-Pereira
The upcoming Legislative state elections reminds me of Japan. When a pop super star retired to get married she usually gave a Sayonara concert which usually was a series of sayonara concerts. We have the same situation here in Goa where prohets of doom have predicted the end of Goan Identity and

[Goanet] Christmas Hampers for 3L

2021-12-16 Thread Pratapananda Naik, SJ
Today with the generous help of "Friends of 3L", 18 Christmas hampers containing different types of sweets and snacks are prepared. Miss Archana Mallanar, M.Com first year bright student and one of the 3Ls who regularly assists me for typing Konknni research work, helped me to prepare these hamper

[Goanet] Schedule for Friday 17th December 2021

2021-12-16 Thread CCR TV
CCR TV GOA Channel of God's love✝ You can also watch CCR TV live on your smartphone via the CCR TV App Available on Google PlayStore for Android Platform. Click the link below. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccr.tv4 Email ID: ccrgoame...@gmail.com Schedule for Friday 17th Decembe

[Goanet] The Bombay Millenials

2021-12-16 Thread Roland Francis
Remember the days when our mothers would make us empty our plates, by guilt trip empathy of how people in India were starving? A restaurant experience by film story writer Ruhi Rawail of Bandra. THE MUMBAI MILLENNIALS. GENERATIONAL CHASM (Millennials v/s Baby Boomers.) I was totally flummoxe

[Goanet] All For One And One For All

2021-12-16 Thread Joao Barros-Pereira
in politics all is a pawn friends are foes foes are friends God too!

[Goanet] Cesar of Cesars

2021-12-16 Thread Antonio Menezes
In the glorious days of the Roman Empire its rulers always carried the title of Cesar. The two famous Cesars were Julius Cesar and Augustus Cesar because they were instrumental in renaming the two most beautiful summer months in Europe as July and August. In the 20the century Rome produced anothe