Thanks to Eddie Fernandes for this link:
180 Goan recipes at http://www.goaholidayhomes.com/recipes-in-goa.php
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A photo of Agente Monteiro found by Bosco... would anyone recognise
this locality?
http://www.goanet.org/gallery/displayimage.php?album=38pos=0
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http://www.divshare.com/download/4123284-556
Please tune in to this rendering FN
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Clinton Vaz (27) has put together this interesting publication called 'The
Benaulim Green Book' which takes a look at the environmental history
of that Salcete village, facts about Benaulim, its flora and fauna,
bird-watching there, walks and cycle trails, and more.
Some of its other
Hi John, Don't be so harsh on yourself! We don't choose our parents,
and we can't always be responsible for their actions (except those of
our children, in a way). Even assuming he's your dad, I think your
attitude matters more than his!
There are issues involved here though. Understanding Agente
Dear Dr Peter, I think Hortus Malabaricus is much more ambitious in
size and scope. This is just 36 pages in length, and more of a primer
(probably written to spread awareness among the commonman) about the
coconut itself. I'm waiting for someone to volunteer a translation, so
that we can
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There are quite a few references to this slim 36-page booklet, called
'Arte Palmarica' at:
http://books.google.com/books?q=arte+palmaricabtnG=Search+Books
Arte Palmarica
* Data de Começo: 31/Mai/1842
* Data de Fim: 1842
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Was just wondering if anyone would know where I could find a list of
the members of the Goa Legislative Consultative Council ... dating
back to the early 'sixties. FN
Initially the liberated territory was under the army administration of
Lt. Gen. Candeth, the Military Governor who was
The Mom Song Sung to William Tell Overture with Lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxT5NwQUtVM
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Intresting 'citizen's charter' of the Government Printing Press here,
including the printing machines installed, and the books/acts
available for sale there:
http://goagovt.nic.in/charter/files/printing/charter.pdf
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A friend from the Centre for Public Policy Rsearch, Kochi is working
on a project to document livelihood regulations and entry-level
barriers to the informal sector in 63 Indian cities. One of this is
Panjim/Panaji. Caroline C says: The purpose of the project is to
find out the laws and
Daman Municipal Council, a local Self Government institution
established during the Portuguese regime in the year 1613. It is
amongst the Oldest Municipalities of Asia.
The Daman Municipal Council Known as Camara De Damao having the
jurisdiction over entire district of Daman till the date of
Check this blog, with Siolim (the Bardez village) as its theme:
http://siolimdiaries.blogspot.com/
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Who, if anyone, would be paying for all the free propaganda generated
out of this? What if Dayanand Narvekar and our favourite Digu asked
for the same priviledges tomorrow?
I think politicians in Goa have manipulated the media enough, and
should keep their paws off what so many have worked hard
Dear all, I need some inputs on the coconut and would be grateful to
anyone who could point me to traditional Konkani sayings on the
coconut .. websites offering useful inputs on the tree, and anything
related. Thanks in advance! FN
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Could someone kindly translate this (or give a gist). It's in Danish:
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=MNQVV0FTBOE4
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Bom-bahia, Mumbai, Bombaim, Bombay
Boroinar Martin Pinto
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2273964072/sizes/o/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2273161389/sizes/o/
Goan Emigration to Karachi
By H Raymond, MA (Oxon)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2273160761/sizes/o/
Goans in Mirpurkhas
Bom-bahia, Mumbai, Bombaim, Bombay
Boroinar Martin Pinto
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2273964072/sizes/o/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2273161389/sizes/o/
Goan Emigration to Karachi
By H Raymond, MA (Oxon)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2273160761/sizes/o/
Goans in Mirpurkhas
See:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk11/2278386816/sizes/l/
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Why wouldn't or couldn't expats undertake 'developing villages'
independent of government? Specially since we have known governments
that are unresponsive, corruption-prone or mired in communalism? --FN
Goa welcomes NRGs eagerness on developing villages - Hindu
[Feb 25, 2008] Panaji (PTI): Goa
Hi Gabe, Many happy returns from here too. Thanks for all you do on
Goanet and for Goanet. It's nice to know you, and your memoirs about
your interesting times are long overdue. FN
On 27/02/2008, Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thank you, I am gob smacked; Lily has made 5 Kgs of Sorpotel,
JazzGoa network on Facebook
You don't have to be a jazz connoisseur to join Jazz Goa. Membership
is open to anyone who enjoys music in general.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4721231814ref=nf
VivaEngico network on Facebook
Engg brats from the goa college of engineering who passed out in
What was it to study in a convent made up of wooden floors and leaking
roofs? What does it mean to nostalgically remember the past and our
schooldays as our next generation takes our place at benches we once
sat on? What does puppy love mean to a convent girl? And what did
boarding life translate
1693 - Memorable Accidents
This passage describes a shipwreck that occurred during a voyage from
Goa to Portugal in 1686. The story is related in graphic and
theatrical terms: the sounds of the 'cracking' structure as the vessel
is 'lifted...up to the clouds'; the 'astonishment, terror and
Town of Panelim on the south bank of the Mandovi river.
Water-colour painting of the town of Panelim in Goa by John Johnson
(c.1769-1846), c.1795 - 1801. This image is from a sketch-book of 36
drawings (36 folios) depicting scenes chiefly in West India and
Mysore. c.1795-1801. In the centre of
I had this premonition that someone would propose a Goanet Bachao
Abhiyan one of these days. Are my anticipations coming true? What
could be a good purpose for the abhiyan? Stepping up criticism of all
politicians, but stopping it against one? Doing a white-wash job on
the Curchorem communal
Would anyone have a clue of how this controversy ended? It's over a
year past... Dr Mashelkar is a prominent scientist with a Goa link...
FN
http://www.livemint.com/2007/02/26010825/Theres-a-lesson-to-be-learnt.html
There's a lesson to be learnt here, says Mashelkar
Dr R.A. Mashelkar, former
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From: walter menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 22 Feb 2008 23:56
Subject: walter menezes-achem novem konknni pustok uzvaddak yeta...
To: Frederick [FN] Noronha * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mogall frederick-bab,
my book of konknni poems will be released on
25.02.2008.
DR ANAND VIRGINCAR WROTE:
I am almost certainly being silly from here on and inviting a
barrage of justified ridicule.
I am not aware of the finances required and the figures are
purely for illustration . Is there any possiblity of say Rs 10 /-
per household being levied per month(
One of the key problems in Goa, as I see it, is the unhealthy
polarisation of opinion -- on the basis of religion, caste, party,
geography (Salcete versus Bardez versus Ponda versus Canacona ... or
on village lines), ethnciity. So we take our stands depending on *who*
is doing things and *who* is
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/US_dollar_no_longer_accepted_at_Taj_Mahal_and_other_Indian_historical_sites
US dollar no longer accepted at Taj Mahal and other Indian historical sites
From Wikinews, the free news source you can write!
Hi Patrice, Regards to Dnooos!
The issue isn't just about price. As I see it, it's more about what such low
newspaper prices (Indian newspapers are already among the lowest-priced in
the world, at 2 or 4 or 6 US cents for a 24 pager broadsheet!) do to the
media market and journalism here.
On 15/02/2008, Philip Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have not been really able to understand what the Goans are agitating
about. OK may be SEZs were pushed through in obscene haste. But I still dont
Goan protest is a very complex phenomenon. It's almost as if we are
making up for lost time
Iodine and thyroid cancer in Goa
Arora, Raman and Dias, Avril (2007) Iodine and thyroid cancer in Goa.
Online Journal of Health And Allied Sciences, 5 (4). ISSN 0972-5997
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Official URL:
Swindon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swindon] is in Goa's newspapers
today, by way of some large-sized adverts in the Herald. Abel Pires of
Agassaim, Swindon (as is the fashion for two-or-more affiliation
names for people who are part of the Goan diaspora) has been elected
president of the All
The Goa BSNL (the main telecom service provider) has not issued its
telephone directory for some years now! To complicate matters, it has
recently switched its 197 enquiry service using some automated system
which hardly works. Finding out a telephone number here can be a real
pain! FN
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On the other hand, going by the trend of though on Goanet in recent days:
1) Keeping the traditions of the recent 'converts' to Goanetism, we
should continue to follow the ground-rule that anything or everything
done by Manohar Parrikar (and his Sardinha surrogate government in
1999, which he
Hi Sachin, If I understood the drift of your question right, the
Catholic values are those which the religion sees as a priority. But
I guess the term would be differently interpreted by different
institutions and even by different Catholics.
Google and see:
Gandhi and the RSS... not directly Goa-linked but useful to understand
the debates here: http://www.infochangeindia.org/analysis239.jsp
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This evening, got a chance to see the ending of film-maker Paromita
Vohra's film that focuses on Sandra From Bandra. Paromita's skills
have been recognised here, and as you could guess, the film has a Goan
(Christian) connection too. It will be recast on Sunday afternoon, as
already announced on
Dear Daisy, Thank you for your nice note, and disagreeing agreeably
:-). It was a pleasure to meet up the other day, after years of
reading your name and following the work both you and Edwin have put
out (including the moderately-priced and very informative Goa
restaurants guide, which I have
A comment on my blog. Thanks, Dr Satish. Sharing it with others via Goanet. FN
Dr Satish Kushwaha Clinical Hypnotherapist | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
Abbe Faria a name in talks of the hypnotherapist these days certainly
invites attention of the people of the world that the Science and USES
of
On 12/02/2008, Floriano_GMAIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Diana,
Tell Fred that Raj Thackeray is alive and kicking accross the border.
Maybe someday the blinds that are covering Fredricks vision will lift and
he
will be able to see reality.
Cheers to your argument.
floriano
Hi Floriano,
This evening, for the fence-sitter that I'm reputed to be, going by
the grapevine on Goanet, I made suprisingly provocative set of few
points at a Margao function (Grace Church hall, organised by the
Goenkarachem Diaz). Someone was upset by my anti-anti-migrant
approach, that he went on to inform
Raj(an) Parrikar, I think you're missing the point... or choosing not to see it.
DNA testing isn't new. But thanks to VM's post on Goa-Research-Net,
this indeed is the first test I've seen with all its details,
elaborating on where the ancestors of a specific Goan have come from.
Despite all the
Xavier Cota treated me not just to a cup of tea (all I wanted) at
Tato's in Margao, the Panjim branch is my daughter's favourite. Then,
he offered to drop me to the South Goa headquarter's bus-stand. We
shared some weird ideas on translations, editing and publishing as we
rode on. En route, since
As I looked out of the bus, I suddenly remembered Rajan Parrikar. Yes,
it was filled with 'ghantis'. I guess that's what you could call them
all -- people crossing over the ghats (the hills along western India),
probably unwanted in their destination, and all just travelling
because of economic
True. This has been said many times in the past too. What's
interesting is the use of history to settle current-day scores. FN
On 08/02/2008, Yogesh Desai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi!
Has any one read this book Guardian of the Dawn- by Richard Zimler in
which he mentions 'Goa Inquisition was
Amazing resource for legal info (in India).
Just go here and search for Goa
http://judis.openarchive.in/
Rgds, FN
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Goa1556 (alt.publishing.goa): http://goa1556.goa-india.org
A mailing-list devoted to another Bardez village.Please join if you
have some connection. http://groups.google.com/group/nachinola-net
If you'd like to set up a mailing-list for your village, I'd like to
help in any way. FN (Inspired by Goanet, and attempting to build
social capital online)
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Would anyone know the answers here? I think Kendriya Vidyalalas
(attached to the Navy) and some of the 'upmarket' schools offer
this... Please copy replies to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FN
Hi I am hoping to relocate to Goa next year (Yay!!!) I would like to know if
there are any CBSE Schools in Goa,
On 07/02/2008, Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
To Goanet -
Sachin Phadte wrote:
I do not think there is a single temple in Goa with nude carvings.
There are. Among them is the not-so-well-known Brahmani
temple in the village of Toldem located in northern Sanguem
taluka.
BBC [http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?world=2196] reported
winds of 11mph touching down in Goa on Friday. On Thursday evening,
when passing through the Panjim market to pick up some fruit and
chicken, it was an unusual site to see the vendors shivering in
sweaters, something one hardly
There's amazing detail of the Nanavati case (which Eugune referred to)
on the Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._M._Nanavati_vs._State_of_Maharashtra
It's something many of us might have heard of in the past... FN
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The Goa
Vineetha Sreepada [EMAIL PROTECTED] of Saatchi Gallery,
UK wrote in saying: Last January we at Saatchi Gallery created a free
showcase for museums around the world to display their own profile on
our website. Here is the link to the site,
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/museums
Dear Dr Virgincar, By allowing the fundamentalists (of all religiions)
to shift the parameters of discourse, we are falling into their trap,
and talking away attention from more important issues we all should be
more concerned about (food, clothing, shelter, poverty, lack of career
advancement
Dear Albert: The biggest challenge with a Goa-related book is to find
the funding for it. Editorial, layout and even printing services are
easy to access and outsource, if needed. With the economics, the
problems stems from the scattered (or small) market. There's also the
fact that a thousand
Goan Catholics who are switching loyalties to the BJP ( for instance,
in the June assembly elections , it was pretty evident from ward wise
voting patterns that the Catholics saved Manohar Parrikar's bacon in
Panaji )
Vidyadhar Gadgil wrote:
Yes, this is a very interesting issue,
On 02/02/2008, anand virgincar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Marshall-bab made a very valid point when he said that I should look
at the Goan political scene from the Catholic point of view in order
to comprehend better as to why the BJP is not a savoury political
option for most Catholics
There is some confusion over the words and labels being used here.
People's movements tend to often be non-party political formations.
On the other hand, some of the people's movements that have sprouted
in Goa in recent times are barely-disguised fronts of various
political parties or
THE GENDER OF THE
NATION: ALLEGORIC
FEMININITY AND
WOMEN'S STATUS IN
BENGAL AND GOA
This joint paper is the outcome of collaborative
efforts through joint teaching and joint
publication. Our central aim is to compare the
nationalist period in India – when gender was
endorsed both as an ideal and
February 1, 2008
On mining… a new book from Goa
Filed under: New books — fredericknoronha @ 5:05 pm Edit This
Claude Alvares, environmental campaigner and journalist and man of
many roles, wrote to say that the book release of this title is slated
for Feb 8, 2008 (Friday). He wrote:
On 30/01/2008, Pandu Lampiao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Senor Fred.
My knowledge of oils is limited as well but recently while at Colombo
airport, I heard on local radio about what oils one should use in
different weather conditions and their properties as hot and cold
oils: olive and coconut
This is a email group for Chartered Accountants in Goa for sharing
knowledge on topics of professional relevance and discussions thereon
:: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/CAsofGoa/
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The Goa books blog:
NDTV says the Maharashtra government is talking about HIV testing
before marriage. Against the media is going in for the could become
the first state in the country rhetoric, that we saw in Goa recently.
For the media, of course, nothing sells like controversy!
I wonder where these ideas come
Here are some cullinary networks focussing on Indian food:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indiancooking/
http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/indian_cookery/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indianrecipes/
Wish we had something going for Goa too. FN
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Olga, thanks for your feedback. Others are welcome to fill in the gaps too!
FN
On 01/02/2008, Olga Maciel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fred, You have missed very popular Pomburpa feast on the list.
http://www.findall-goa.com/About_goa/Other_Info.htm
http://www.goa2u.com/events.htm
Wonder if the people spewing out contempt for the poor on this forum every
pause to even consider the role played by the ragpickers, in cleaning the
sh*t from out city. They play a key role, and if not for them we would have
been drowning in even more garbage, thanks in large part to our
The Melvyn S. Misquita website: www.melvyn.misquita.in
The Misquita Family Website: www.misquita.in
The SS Britannia tragedy: www.misquita.in/britannia
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Goa1556 (alt.publishing.goa):
The current orthodoxy attempts to show all migration out of Goa as
being due to religious persecution (by the Portuguese). Migration
has been going on even before the Portuguese came, and as is evident,
even Christians migrated out of Goa. See below...
On 29/01/2008, Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL
You might have heard that Goa has been facing some unusually cold
weather this season -- 15 degrees C minimum temperature -- while
Mumbai plunged down to 10 degrees C. (Global warming and weather
extremeties here we come? Heat waves in summer in South-Eastern
Europe, and cold waves in sunny Goa?)
Yahoo! Our City :: Goa (even if Goa is not quite a city)
http://in.ourcity.yahoo.com/goa/home
And some links to interesting photographs on Goa (via the same page)
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Goa
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You're right. I feel the need to somehow need to balance all this pro-BJP
propaganda that Goanet is becoming victim to these days, even as a
justification is sought to oust the BJP's former deputy chief minister from
power. Incidentally, I don't see Goa as a (Manohar) Parrikar-versus-the-rest
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Check this group blog... from Siolim. Nice idea for a village.
http://siolimdiaries.blogspot.com/
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Links from Goa: http://goalinks.livejournal.com/
Campaign for real beauty : watch this film. Talk to your daughter
before the beauty
Cheap for whom? For the environment? In these days of global warming,
let us all commit to reducing our carbon footprint on the planet... FN
On 21/01/2008, Ana Maria de Souza-Goswami [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, one can get really cheap flights. Sometimes it doesn't make sense what
you're
Hi Hansel, The address of the Central Library in Goa is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rgds, FN
On 21/01/2008, Hansel de Sousa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Unfortunately her email address is not given in the book, but she is a
senior librarian at the State Central Library in Pangim.
She also writes articles
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