[Goanet-News] Remembering Antonio Mascarenhas... on his 100th birth anniversary (Wikipedia)

2016-02-23 Thread Goanet Reader
Antonio Mascarenhas (1916-1993) >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Mascarenhas_(1916-1993) Antonio Mascarenhas was an Indian writer in English, who hailed from the region of Goa. He is best remembered as the author of the book Goa from Prehistoric Times

[Goanet] Remembering Antonio Mascarenhas... on his 100th birth anniversary (Wikipedia)

2016-02-23 Thread Goanet Reader
Antonio Mascarenhas (1916-1993) >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Mascarenhas_(1916-1993) Antonio Mascarenhas was an Indian writer in English, who hailed from the region of Goa. He is best remembered as the author of the book Goa from Prehistoric Times

[Goanet] Demonising the Portuguese passport Goan (Devika Sequeira)

2016-02-19 Thread Goanet Reader
Almost a third of the Goan population lives outside the state; but this has nothing to do with the Portuguese passport Devika Sequeira devikaseque...@gmail.com In recent months, the Portuguese nationality issue has been spun into a perverse weapon to ensnare a political or professional

[Goanet] Karachi's Catholic music scene loses its Freddie Mercury (Ali Raj, tribune.com.pk)

2016-02-11 Thread Goanet Reader
By Ali Raj February 10, 2016 KARACHI: If you were a frequent visitor of the many upscale, five-star hotels or a mere observer of the section of Karachi's underground music scene that derives from the church choir culture and parish bands, you must have come across this frail, cheerful vocalist

[Goanet-News] Karachi's Catholic music scene loses its Freddie Mercury (Ali Raj, tribune.com.pk)

2016-02-11 Thread Goanet Reader
By Ali Raj February 10, 2016 KARACHI: If you were a frequent visitor of the many upscale, five-star hotels or a mere observer of the section of Karachi's underground music scene that derives from the church choir culture and parish bands, you must have come across this frail, cheerful vocalist

[Goanet] 'Goan aunty' becomes a YouTube star (Nida Sayed, TNN)

2016-02-10 Thread Goanet Reader
'Goan aunty' becomes a YouTube star Nida Sayed | TNN | Feb 10, 2016, 10.36 AM IST 786nidasa...@gmail.com Panaji: We all have that one aunty who is quirky and encompasses just about everything Goan. And even though the relationship may be more of love-hate, her sussegad sassiness is what appeals

[Goanet-News] 'Goan aunty' becomes a YouTube star (Nida Sayed, TNN)

2016-02-10 Thread Goanet Reader
'Goan aunty' becomes a YouTube star Nida Sayed | TNN | Feb 10, 2016, 10.36 AM IST 786nidasa...@gmail.com Panaji: We all have that one aunty who is quirky and encompasses just about everything Goan. And even though the relationship may be more of love-hate, her sussegad sassiness is what appeals

[Goanet-News] CONTROVERSY: Should the coconut tree debate rage on? (David Lobo, Goanet)

2016-01-31 Thread Goanet Reader
David Lobo davidl...@deejayfarm.com Do let me know why this debate regarding the coconut tree rages on. I am an interested person, being involved with coconut farming and breeding. Perhaps I have missed something and need to be enlightened. I believe that the legislation to remove the coconut

[Goanet-News] Once upon a time, in Kuwait (Reena Martins, The Telegraph)

2016-01-31 Thread Goanet Reader
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160131/jsp/7days/story_66683.jsp Once upon a time, in Kuwait Airlift, the Bollywood movie, has stirred the memories of people affected by the invasion of Kuwait. Reena Martins [reenamart...@hotmail.com] talks to some of them

[Goanet] Once upon a time, in Kuwait (Reena Martins, The Telegraph)

2016-01-31 Thread Goanet Reader
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160131/jsp/7days/story_66683.jsp Once upon a time, in Kuwait Airlift, the Bollywood movie, has stirred the memories of people affected by the invasion of Kuwait. Reena Martins [reenamart...@hotmail.com] talks to some of them

[Goanet] CONTROVERSY: Should the coconut tree debate rage on? (David Lobo, Goanet)

2016-01-31 Thread Goanet Reader
David Lobo davidl...@deejayfarm.com Do let me know why this debate regarding the coconut tree rages on. I am an interested person, being involved with coconut farming and breeding. Perhaps I have missed something and need to be enlightened. I believe that the legislation to remove the coconut

[Goanet] The inspiring Goan priest from Karachi, aged 90, who died with his boots on ... (Menin Rodrigues, Goanet)

2016-01-30 Thread Goanet Reader
Fr Jimmy (James) of Karachi and Goa 1925-2016 https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/24080782713/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/24614105731/in/dateposted/ By Menin Rodrigues men...@gmail.com He was always on the go! The pilgrim priest, a Laurentian by birth, a Patrician

[Goanet-News] The inspiring Goan priest from Karachi, aged 90, who died with his boots on ... (Menin Rodrigues, Goanet)

2016-01-30 Thread Goanet Reader
Fr Jimmy (James) of Karachi and Goa 1925-2016 https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/24080782713/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/24614105731/in/dateposted/ By Menin Rodrigues men...@gmail.com He was always on the go! The pilgrim priest, a Laurentian by birth, a Patrician

[Goanet] The Long and Winding Road... : A brief history of the Dr. Ribeiro Goan School in Kenya

2016-01-24 Thread Goanet Reader
By the D.R.G.S. Alumni NIL DESPERANDUM, the motto of the Dr. Ribeiro Goan School, is also a fitting tribute to our forefathers, who had the foresight to establish such a noble institution in Nairobi, that was the breeding ground for brilliant

[Goanet] It's like killing a child (Claude Alvares, IndianExpress.com)

2016-01-22 Thread Goanet Reader
http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/its-like-killing-a-child/ It's like killing a child -- Goa government offers a half-baked explanation for the removal of the coconut tree from the ambit of the Preservation of Trees Act.

[Goanet-News] It's like killing a child (Claude Alvares, IndianExpress.com)

2016-01-22 Thread Goanet Reader
http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/its-like-killing-a-child/ It's like killing a child -- Goa government offers a half-baked explanation for the removal of the coconut tree from the ambit of the Preservation of Trees Act.

[Goanet-News] From verdant lands to burnished deserts (Devika Sequeira, Times of India)

2016-01-17 Thread Goanet Reader
Hartman De Souza's book *Eat Dust: Mining and Greed in Goa*, released recently, chronicles the worst of the mining years in Goa and comes at a time when the industry finds itself at the crossroads Devika Sequeira The idea that a hill just disappeared left me fuzzy-headed. How does one come to

[Goanet] From verdant lands to burnished deserts (Devika Sequeira, Times of India)

2016-01-17 Thread Goanet Reader
Hartman De Souza's book *Eat Dust: Mining and Greed in Goa*, released recently, chronicles the worst of the mining years in Goa and comes at a time when the industry finds itself at the crossroads Devika Sequeira The idea that a hill just disappeared left me fuzzy-headed. How does one come to

[Goanet] Goa government decision makes scientists re-read their botany texts!

2016-01-14 Thread Goanet Reader
SOURCE: Redit.com Is the coconut palm a tree? self.botany submitted 16 days ago by NihiloEx In Goa, [the] coconut tree will no longer be a tree! Reason, if it were to remain a tree, each time one has to cut the coconut tree, they needed permission from the

[Goanet-News] Goa government decision makes scientists re-read their botany texts!

2016-01-14 Thread Goanet Reader
SOURCE: Redit.com Is the coconut palm a tree? self.botany submitted 16 days ago by NihiloEx In Goa, [the] coconut tree will no longer be a tree! Reason, if it were to remain a tree, each time one has to cut the coconut tree, they needed permission from the

[Goanet] Has Goan Writing in Portuguese been sufficiently studied or got adequately noticed? Not at all...

2016-01-14 Thread Goanet Reader
Goan writing 'withered on the vine with the advent of the Salazar dictatorship' -- Paul Melo e Castro Paul Melo e Castro [paulmeloecas...@yahoo.co.uk] is a University of Leeds prof in his thirties, who has been doing some serious work on Goan writing in Portuguese. After his translated collection

[Goanet-News] Has Goan Writing in Portuguese been sufficiently studied or got adequately noticed? Not at all...

2016-01-14 Thread Goanet Reader
Goan writing 'withered on the vine with the advent of the Salazar dictatorship' -- Paul Melo e Castro Paul Melo e Castro [paulmeloecas...@yahoo.co.uk] is a University of Leeds prof in his thirties, who has been doing some serious work on Goan writing in Portuguese. After his translated collection

[Goanet] CONTROVERSY: Who was Savarkar, and what did he stand for?

2016-01-11 Thread Goanet Reader
[Excerpts from an article written some time back, which may be relevant in Goa in view of the recent Savarkar naming controversy that has come up here, see below.] Footsoldiers in Search of an Icon By Subhash Gatade "The epitaph for the RSS volunteer will be that he was born, he joined the RSS

[Goanet] Many talents, ideas seeking an outlet -- the short story in today's Goa (Augusto Pinto)

2015-12-31 Thread Goanet Reader
Augusto Pinto pinto...@gmail.com One of the priceless moments I had during the judging of the Fundacão Oriente Short Story Competition 2015-16 came during the meeting of the competition jury to decide the final results. Jury member, the children's writer Anita Pinto, in a dramatic whisper

[Goanet] From Africa to Goa in the 1960s: troubled times, transitions and transistors

2015-12-30 Thread Goanet Reader
travelling to Costa Rica. He visited Goa recently, where the Goanet Reader convinced him to pen some of his remembrances of life in Goa and Africa. He can be contacted at rolandtra...@gmail.com Goanet Reader is compiled and edited by Frederick Noronha.

[Goanet-News] From Africa to Goa in the 1960s: troubled times, transitions and transistors

2015-12-30 Thread Goanet Reader
travelling to Costa Rica. He visited Goa recently, where the Goanet Reader convinced him to pen some of his remembrances of life in Goa and Africa. He can be contacted at rolandtra...@gmail.com Goanet Reader is compiled and edited by Frederick Noronha.

[Goanet] Sunburn vs Supersonic: The bitter rivalry between Goa's year-end electronic music gigs (Pamela D'Mello, Scroll.in)

2015-12-27 Thread Goanet Reader
--- Annual Goanetters Meet --- Annual Goanetters Meet - December 28, 2015 - 11:00 am

[Goanet-News] Sunburn vs Supersonic: The bitter rivalry between Goa's year-end electronic music gigs (Pamela D'Mello, Scroll.in)

2015-12-27 Thread Goanet Reader
--- Annual Goanetters Meet --- Annual Goanetters Meet - December 28, 2015 - 11:00 am

[Goanet] From Beetroot To Pineapple, Homemade Wines Sweeten Christmas In India (Nina Martyris, NPR.org)

2015-12-25 Thread Goanet Reader
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/12/24/460839331/from-beetroot-to-pineapple-homemade-wines-sweeten-christmas-in-india From Beetroot To Pineapple, Homemade Wines Sweeten Christmas In India NINA MARTYRIS nmarty...@gmail.com In October, Hilda Mascarenhas, who writes a popular food blog in

[Goanet-News] DEBATE: History... that's only in the movies (Aakar Patel, in ToI)

2015-12-24 Thread Goanet Reader
http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/aakarvani/bajirao-the-great-hindu-nationalist-thats-only-in-the-movies/ Bajirao the great Hindu nationalist -- That's only in the movies Aakar Patel in Aakarvani | India | TOI I think I'll write about Bajirao Mastani today. I have not seen the movie, nor

[Goanet] A dramatic book about the devastations of mining in Goa (Augusto Pinto)

2015-12-24 Thread Goanet Reader
By Augusto Pinto pinto...@gmail.com Consistent with Hartman De Souza's background in theatre, Eat Dust* is a very dramatic book about the devastations that mining has caused in Goa. It reads like a documentary in print, for his descriptions of

[Goanet] The Good Old Bad Days (Augusto Pinto)

2015-12-23 Thread Goanet Reader
Augusto Pinto: Afterword pinto...@gmail.com [From the Afterword to Paul Melo e Castro's *Lengthening Shadows*, a two-volume set of translations of Portuguese short stories written by Goans.] You could see, hear and smell Goa Portuguesa even as late as 1970. That was the year

[Goanet-News] The Good Old Bad Days (Augusto Pinto)

2015-12-23 Thread Goanet Reader
Augusto Pinto: Afterword pinto...@gmail.com [From the Afterword to Paul Melo e Castro's *Lengthening Shadows*, a two-volume set of translations of Portuguese short stories written by Goans.] You could see, hear and smell Goa Portuguesa even as late as 1970. That was the year

[Goanet-News] A Tribute To My First Reader (Anthony Gomes)

2015-12-21 Thread Goanet Reader
Anthony Gomes, MD, FACC, FAHA anthony.go...@mountsinai.org I was informed through your pages, and just yesterday by a mutual friend, the poet Ralph Nazareth, of the recent passing away of João da Veiga Coutinho at the age of 97 years. Undoubtedly, the death of a friend, a relative, a

[Goanet] A Tribute To My First Reader (Anthony Gomes)

2015-12-21 Thread Goanet Reader
Anthony Gomes, MD, FACC, FAHA anthony.go...@mountsinai.org I was informed through your pages, and just yesterday by a mutual friend, the poet Ralph Nazareth, of the recent passing away of João da Veiga Coutinho at the age of 97 years. Undoubtedly, the death of a friend, a relative, a

[Goanet] DEBATE: History... that's only in the movies (Aakar Patel, in ToI)

2015-12-21 Thread Goanet Reader
http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/aakarvani/bajirao-the-great-hindu-nationalist-thats-only-in-the-movies/ Bajirao the great Hindu nationalist -- That's only in the movies Aakar Patel in Aakarvani | India | TOI I think I'll write about Bajirao Mastani today. I have not seen the movie, nor

[Goanet] A tribute to Joao da Veiga-Coutinho (1918-2015)

2015-12-18 Thread Goanet Reader
Scientist Helga do Rosario Gomes announced on the GoaResearchNet the death of Joao da Veiga Coutinho, and shared this note from his son Ravi: "Yesterday, my friend, mentor, and father, Joao V. Coutinho passed away at the age of 97. He died as he

[Goanet-News] A tribute to Joao da Veiga-Coutinho (1918-2015)

2015-12-18 Thread Goanet Reader
Scientist Helga do Rosario Gomes announced on the GoaResearchNet the death of Joao da Veiga Coutinho, and shared this note from his son Ravi: "Yesterday, my friend, mentor, and father, Joao V. Coutinho passed away at the age of 97. He died as he

[Goanet] A room of our own? (FN)

2015-12-15 Thread Goanet Reader
A room of our own? FN Ruskin Bond recently commented on a paradox from today's India: all over the country, bookshops are closing down. And all over lit fests are springing up. There's another paradox here too: everyone claims to be doing so much for the written word, but so little is actually

[Goanet-News] A room of our own? (FN)

2015-12-15 Thread Goanet Reader
A room of our own? FN Ruskin Bond recently commented on a paradox from today's India: all over the country, bookshops are closing down. And all over lit fests are springing up. There's another paradox here too: everyone claims to be doing so much for the written word, but so little is actually

[Goanet] From Souza & Paul to albums eaten by termites... (Savia Viegas)

2015-12-08 Thread Goanet Reader
FROM SOUZA & PAUL TO ALBUMS EATEN BY TERMITES Stories that the photographs leave behind for Goa By Savia Viegas saviavie...@hotmail.com The photographic image played a central role in the visual history of the changing world of the 1840s. It was a world that was colonially inscribed; its

[Goanet-News] From Souza & Paul to albums eaten by termites... (Savia Viegas)

2015-12-08 Thread Goanet Reader
FROM SOUZA & PAUL TO ALBUMS EATEN BY TERMITES Stories that the photographs leave behind for Goa By Savia Viegas saviavie...@hotmail.com The photographic image played a central role in the visual history of the changing world of the 1840s. It was a world that was colonially inscribed; its

[Goanet-News] When the State (and the law) decide the fate of a minority sport (Antonio do Rosario Fernandes)

2015-12-02 Thread Goanet Reader
WHEN THE STATE DECIDES THE FATE OF A MINORITY SPORT An analysis of the high court ban on bull fights in Goa Antonio do Rosario Fernandes +91 88 88 624464 Acting on a writ petition (No. 347 of 1996), the Panaji Bench of the Bombay High Court comprising of Justice R K Batta and Justice R M S

[Goanet] When the State (and the law) decide the fate of a minority sport (Antonio do Rosario Fernandes)

2015-12-02 Thread Goanet Reader
WHEN THE STATE DECIDES THE FATE OF A MINORITY SPORT An analysis of the high court ban on bull fights in Goa Antonio do Rosario Fernandes +91 88 88 624464 Acting on a writ petition (No. 347 of 1996), the Panaji Bench of the Bombay High Court comprising of Justice R K Batta and Justice R M S

[Goanet-News] Changing Goa (FN)

2015-11-30 Thread Goanet Reader
Changing Goa By Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com "Climb on my bike," I told my Bomoicar (Bombay Goan) friend. He promptly agreed, and we took off on a ride to somewhere. We spent a part of the evening visiting a hidden Goa, one which we know so little of, and one which is changing so

[Goanet] Changing Goa (FN)

2015-11-30 Thread Goanet Reader
Changing Goa By Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com "Climb on my bike," I told my Bomoicar (Bombay Goan) friend. He promptly agreed, and we took off on a ride to somewhere. We spent a part of the evening visiting a hidden Goa, one which we know so little of, and one which is changing so

[Goanet] Suggestions for A Smart City, from Goa IT Professionals

2015-11-24 Thread Goanet Reader
Suggestions for A Smart City, from Goa IT Professionals Goa IT Professionals goa...@gmail.com The Goa IT Professionals, a group of young Goan professionals working in the infotech sector, came up with some suggestions what could help the state-capital of Panjim to become a 'smart city'. See

[Goanet-News] Suggestions for A Smart City, from Goa IT Professionals

2015-11-24 Thread Goanet Reader
Suggestions for A Smart City, from Goa IT Professionals Goa IT Professionals goa...@gmail.com The Goa IT Professionals, a group of young Goan professionals working in the infotech sector, came up with some suggestions what could help the state-capital of Panjim to become a 'smart city'. See

[Goanet] Why Christians are up in arms (Ashley D'Mello)

2015-11-21 Thread Goanet Reader
http://www.thehoot.org/free-speech/media-freedom/why-christians-are-up-in-arms-8954 Why Christians are up in arms BY ASHLEY D’MELLO | IN Media Freedom ashley.dme...@gmail.com The demand for a ban on 'Agnes of God' reveals a new assertiveness among Christians. ASHLEY D’MELLO explains the reasons

[Goanet-News] Why Christians are up in arms (Ashley D'Mello)

2015-11-21 Thread Goanet Reader
http://www.thehoot.org/free-speech/media-freedom/why-christians-are-up-in-arms-8954 Why Christians are up in arms BY ASHLEY D’MELLO | IN Media Freedom ashley.dme...@gmail.com The demand for a ban on 'Agnes of God' reveals a new assertiveness among Christians. ASHLEY D’MELLO explains the reasons

[Goanet] DEBATE: Caesar and the Indian Cross: A Christian response to current politics (Chhotebhai/Allan de Noronha)

2015-11-19 Thread Goanet Reader
By Chhotebhai (Allan de Noronha) THE POLITICAL SCENARIO This topic was chosen before the recent 'rapid changes' that took place in the Bihar elections. Till Bihar happened, the political scenario was dominated and determined by Namo and the BJP. There was talk of a ten-year mandate, and

[Goanet-News] DEBATE: Caesar and the Indian Cross: A Christian response to current politics (Chhotebhai/Allan de Noronha)

2015-11-19 Thread Goanet Reader
By Chhotebhai (Allan de Noronha) THE POLITICAL SCENARIO This topic was chosen before the recent 'rapid changes' that took place in the Bihar elections. Till Bihar happened, the political scenario was dominated and determined by Namo and the BJP. There was talk of a ten-year mandate, and

[Goanet] The Portuguese power centre, Governors and the native elite (Stanley Coutinho)

2015-11-12 Thread Goanet Reader
The Portuguese power centre, Governors and the native elite (Stanley Coutinho) (Or, how the capital of the Estado da Índia configured in the imperial dynamics of the 17th and 18th centuries) Review by Stanley Coutinho stanley_couti...@yahoo.com --- Globalising

[Goanet-News] The Portuguese power centre, Governors and the native elite (Stanley Coutinho)

2015-11-12 Thread Goanet Reader
The Portuguese power centre, Governors and the native elite (Stanley Coutinho) (Or, how the capital of the Estado da Índia configured in the imperial dynamics of the 17th and 18th centuries) Review by Stanley Coutinho stanley_couti...@yahoo.com --- Globalising

[Goanet] The Remarkable Syncretism in Goa's Early Modern Architecture (Amita Kanekar)

2015-10-24 Thread Goanet Reader
The Remarkable Syncretism in Goa's Early Modern Architecture By Amita Kanekar amitakane...@gmail.com There is a tendency in South Asia to privilege the early in architecture, as George Michell mentions in his recent book, Late Temple Architecture of India (2015), as if beginnings are more

[Goanet-News] The Remarkable Syncretism in Goa's Early Modern Architecture (Amita Kanekar)

2015-10-24 Thread Goanet Reader
The Remarkable Syncretism in Goa's Early Modern Architecture By Amita Kanekar amitakane...@gmail.com There is a tendency in South Asia to privilege the early in architecture, as George Michell mentions in his recent book, Late Temple Architecture of India (2015), as if beginnings are more

[Goanet] EXCERPT: How detective Shorty Gomes made it to the pages of a book (Scroll.In)

2015-10-22 Thread Goanet Reader
BOOK EXCERPT How detective Shorty Gomes made it to the pages of a book The creator of the sleuth from Goa recounts the long saga that led to the publication of the Shorty Gomes stories. AHMED BUNGLOWALA ahmed.bung...@gmail.com >From 1975 to 1983 we lived at Pedder Road, Bombay, as paying

[Goanet-News] The Salesian Story in Goa: From the War to the Fields (Fernando do Rego)

2015-10-22 Thread Goanet Reader
Compiled by FERNANDO DO REGO fernandodor...@yahoo.com One of the most popular Catholic religious Orders in the world is the Salesians of Don Bosco. The Salesians of Don Bosco (or the Salesian Society, officially named the Society of St. Francis de Sales) is a Roman Catholic religious institute

[Goanet] The Salesian Story in Goa: From the War to the Fields (Fernando do Rego)

2015-10-22 Thread Goanet Reader
Compiled by FERNANDO DO REGO fernandodor...@yahoo.com One of the most popular Catholic religious Orders in the world is the Salesians of Don Bosco. The Salesians of Don Bosco (or the Salesian Society, officially named the Society of St. Francis de Sales) is a Roman Catholic religious institute

[Goanet] Coalition government claim Portuguese election win... a guide to parties... Antonio Costa

2015-10-04 Thread Goanet Reader
Coalition government claim Portuguese election win Sunday 04 October 2015 20.31 Portugal's centre-right ruling coalition has claimed victory in a national election after exit polls put it well ahead of the main opposition socialists, although likely shy of

[Goanet] Our music, our story (Judy Luis-Watson)

2015-10-02 Thread Goanet Reader
BOOK EXCERPT: OUR MUSIC, OUR STORY... Waiting for the Sunrise: Goan Jazz Musicians in Dar es Salaam Waiting for the Sunrise by Judy Luis-Watson is now available at http://bit.ly/wfts-judy (in both print and ebook versions). Details from jazzgoan...@gmail.com PRELUDE

[Goanet] Pope Francis and India's Narendra Modi had very different visits to America (LATimes.com)

2015-10-01 Thread Goanet Reader
By Christine Mai-DucContact Reporter Pope Francis and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi both landed in the U.S. last week in overlapping visits. They each lead a billion people worldwide, and drew crowds, worship and controversy while here.

[Goanet-News] Pope Francis and India's Narendra Modi had very different visits to America (LATimes.com)

2015-10-01 Thread Goanet Reader
By Christine Mai-DucContact Reporter Pope Francis and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi both landed in the U.S. last week in overlapping visits. They each lead a billion people worldwide, and drew crowds, worship and controversy while here.

[Goanet] Goa, as Goa was: cleanliness and health two generations ago.... (Domnic Fernandes, Village Anjuna)

2015-09-29 Thread Goanet Reader
BOOK-EXTRACT - Domnic Fernandes was Goanet's find. After he started writing his uber-interesting reminiscences of the Goa of the yesteryears in cyberspace through this network over a decade ago, many appreciated his work. After writing his first book in 2007

[Goanet-News] Goa, as Goa was: cleanliness and health two generations ago.... (Domnic Fernandes, Village Anjuna)

2015-09-29 Thread Goanet Reader
BOOK-EXTRACT - Domnic Fernandes was Goanet's find. After he started writing his uber-interesting reminiscences of the Goa of the yesteryears in cyberspace through this network over a decade ago, many appreciated his work. After writing his first book in 2007

[Goanet] A new life into a purana text (The Times of India)

2015-08-31 Thread Goanet Reader
The scene was Arambol, one of the frontiers of Goa, 500 years ago. A family mourns the passing away of its eldest member. That night a man was summoned. Known by the locals as 'Purankar', he had to sing the verses of a holy text called the 'Krista Purana' for the entire night. Such was the scene

[Goanet-News] Laughing all the way to the Net (Reena Martins, The Telegraph)

2015-08-30 Thread Goanet Reader
Laughing all the way to the Net Soaring onion prices are being lampooned on the Internet -- a reflection of a new breed of humour writers who're running riot on the web, chuckles Reena Martins She's not cryin' anymore, Can't afford you is what she says; There's a smile upon her face; Tomatoes

[Goanet] Laughing all the way to the Net (Reena Martins, The Telegraph)

2015-08-30 Thread Goanet Reader
Laughing all the way to the Net Soaring onion prices are being lampooned on the Internet -- a reflection of a new breed of humour writers who're running riot on the web, chuckles Reena Martins She's not cryin' anymore, Can't afford you is what she says; There's a smile upon her face; Tomatoes

[Goanet] How many Goans are there worldwide, really? (John Nazareth)

2015-08-20 Thread Goanet Reader
and http://bit.ly/r8uMAU Nazareth agreed to share the back-story of these figures, when requested by Goanet Reader recently. This account was meant to be a reply to a journalist's queries, and hence its personalised tone. By John Nazareth jhr_nazar...@hotmail.com

[Goanet-News] How many Goans are there worldwide, really? (John Nazareth)

2015-08-20 Thread Goanet Reader
and http://bit.ly/r8uMAU Nazareth agreed to share the back-story of these figures, when requested by Goanet Reader recently. This account was meant to be a reply to a journalist's queries, and hence its personalised tone. By John Nazareth jhr_nazar...@hotmail.com

[Goanet] Olga Tellis: Karmayogi of journalism (Shobhaa De, Mumbai Mirror)

2015-08-15 Thread Goanet Reader
Olga Tellis: Karmayogi of journalism By Shobhaa De, Mumbai Mirror | Aug 15, 2015, 12.00 AM IST 0 in A A Olga will probably stop talking to me when this column appears. That may end our 45-year-old friendship rather abruptly! But I am happy taking the risk - because Olga's many unsung achievements

[Goanet-News] Olga Tellis: Karmayogi of journalism (Shobhaa De, Mumbai Mirror)

2015-08-15 Thread Goanet Reader
Olga Tellis: Karmayogi of journalism By Shobhaa De, Mumbai Mirror | Aug 15, 2015, 12.00 AM IST 0 in A A Olga will probably stop talking to me when this column appears. That may end our 45-year-old friendship rather abruptly! But I am happy taking the risk - because Olga's many unsung achievements

[Goanet] The friendly face of corruption in Goa (Devika Sequeira)

2015-08-13 Thread Goanet Reader
The friendly face of corruption in Goa Devika Sequeira devikaseque...@gmail.com Apart from the Congress' defence of Digambar Kamat, and the party's commitment to stand by its former chief minister in the Louis Berger accusations, there've been practically

[Goanet-News] The friendly face of corruption in Goa (Devika Sequeira)

2015-08-13 Thread Goanet Reader
The friendly face of corruption in Goa Devika Sequeira devikaseque...@gmail.com Apart from the Congress' defence of Digambar Kamat, and the party's commitment to stand by its former chief minister in the Louis Berger accusations, there've been practically

[Goanet-News] Of migration, wealth, feni, an Vhodlem Ghor... and a diamond ring (Roland Francis)

2015-08-12 Thread Goanet Reader
By Roland Francis roland.fran...@gmail.com This narration is dedicated to the memory of Joel D'Souza of Assagao, photojournalist, long time reporter for many Goa publications and online outlets, kind friend of many and acquaintance to even more who like myself, knew and befriended him in

[Goanet] Of migration, wealth, feni, an Vhodlem Ghor... and a diamond ring (Roland Francis)

2015-08-12 Thread Goanet Reader
By Roland Francis roland.fran...@gmail.com This narration is dedicated to the memory of Joel D'Souza of Assagao, photojournalist, long time reporter for many Goa publications and online outlets, kind friend of many and acquaintance to even more who like myself, knew and befriended him in

[Goanet-News] Good bye, Joel D'Souza (a pictorial report by JoeGoaUk)

2015-08-06 Thread Goanet Reader
Good bye, Joel D'Souza By JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk Joel D'Souza: Died on 5.8.2015 http://joegoauk.blogspot.in/2015/08/good-bye-joel-dsouza.html A journalist reporter, photographer, videographer etc of Goa-related issues. Well known figure in Cyberspace, Goa News Clippings, Goacom, Goanet,

[Goanet] Good bye, Joel D'Souza (a pictorial report by JoeGoaUk)

2015-08-06 Thread Goanet Reader
Good bye, Joel D'Souza By JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk Joel D'Souza: Died on 5.8.2015 http://joegoauk.blogspot.in/2015/08/good-bye-joel-dsouza.html A journalist reporter, photographer, videographer etc of Goa-related issues. Well known figure in Cyberspace, Goa News Clippings, Goacom, Goanet,

[Goanet] FleetRover: A Goa based product startup that provides fleet tracking intelligence to Canadian companies

2015-06-17 Thread Goanet Reader
FleetRover: A Goa based product startup that provides fleet tracking intelligence to Canadian companies Jubin Mehta | June 16, 2015 at 1:56 pm A Goan boy goes to study in Canada, works for a while. Then, home beckons, so he returns to start something of his own.

[Goanet-News] FleetRover: A Goa based product startup that provides fleet tracking intelligence to Canadian companies

2015-06-17 Thread Goanet Reader
FleetRover: A Goa based product startup that provides fleet tracking intelligence to Canadian companies Jubin Mehta | June 16, 2015 at 1:56 pm A Goan boy goes to study in Canada, works for a while. Then, home beckons, so he returns to start something of his own.

[Goanet] Radio Gaga (FN)

2015-06-14 Thread Goanet Reader
Radio Gaga FN For most in today's generation, radio is the poor cousin of television, and definitely not in the least comparable with the social media. Yet, one generation ago, the radio was the one-stop-shop from where we got almost all our information, most of our entertainment and a large

[Goanet-News] Radio Gaga (FN)

2015-06-14 Thread Goanet Reader
Radio Gaga FN For most in today's generation, radio is the poor cousin of television, and definitely not in the least comparable with the social media. Yet, one generation ago, the radio was the one-stop-shop from where we got almost all our information, most of our entertainment and a large

[Goanet-News] Tiracol is not alone in its battle for land and livelihood... (AVF, GoaKranti)

2015-06-14 Thread Goanet Reader
Tiracol is not alone in its battle for land and livelihood... A. Veronica Fernandes Candolim, Goa M:+91-7507394349 You are not alone in your fight my dear brothers and sisters, I am with you and the entire Goa is with you in your fight against the Leading Hotels

[Goanet] Tiracol is not alone in its battle for land and livelihood... (AVF, GoaKranti)

2015-06-09 Thread Goanet Reader
Tiracol is not alone in its battle for land and livelihood... A. Veronica Fernandes Candolim, Goa M:+91-7507394349 You are not alone in your fight my dear brothers and sisters, I am with you and the entire Goa is with you in your fight against the Leading Hotels

[Goanet] In Goa, it's the theatre of the absurd (Devika Sequeira, ToI)

2015-06-09 Thread Goanet Reader
In Goa, it's the theatre of the absurd Devika Sequeira devikaseque...@gmail.com Francis de Tuem's biting political satire 'Reporter' notched its 60th show Monday evening at the Kala Academy. It was houseful, and from the rush at the counter it will continue to be a sellout for more shows to

[Goanet-News] In Goa, it's the theatre of the absurd (Devika Sequeira, ToI)

2015-06-09 Thread Goanet Reader
In Goa, it's the theatre of the absurd Devika Sequeira devikaseque...@gmail.com Francis de Tuem's biting political satire 'Reporter' notched its 60th show Monday evening at the Kala Academy. It was houseful, and from the rush at the counter it will continue to be a sellout for more shows to

[Goanet-News] The 'wanted dead or alive' insurgent who became Goa police chief (Devika Sequeira, ToI)

2015-06-07 Thread Goanet Reader
The 'wanted dead or alive' insurgent who became Goa police chief Prabhakar Sinari looks back on a daring escape that plunged him deeper into the armed resistance for Goa’s freedom Devika Sequeira devikaseque...@gmail.com Who in his sane mind would think to jump into the toxic waters of the

[Goanet] The 'wanted dead or alive' insurgent who became Goa police chief (Devika Sequeira, ToI)

2015-06-07 Thread Goanet Reader
The 'wanted dead or alive' insurgent who became Goa police chief Prabhakar Sinari looks back on a daring escape that plunged him deeper into the armed resistance for Goa’s freedom Devika Sequeira devikaseque...@gmail.com Who in his sane mind would think to jump into the toxic waters of the

[Goanet-News] Ashis Nandy on being an Indian Christian, Julio Ribeiro's pain and why he opposes conversion (Ajaz Ashraf, Scroll.in)

2015-06-06 Thread Goanet Reader
Ashis Nandy on being an Indian Christian, Julio Ribeiro's pain and why he opposes conversion The BJP 'can sell their mothers for winning an election, what to speak of Hinduism and Ram', says the renowned social scientist. Ajaz Ashraf Renowned political psychologist Ashis Nandy speaks out

[Goanet] Ashis Nandy on being an Indian Christian, Julio Ribeiro's pain and why he opposes conversion (Ajaz Ashraf, Scroll.in)

2015-06-06 Thread Goanet Reader
Ashis Nandy on being an Indian Christian, Julio Ribeiro's pain and why he opposes conversion The BJP 'can sell their mothers for winning an election, what to speak of Hinduism and Ram', says the renowned social scientist. Ajaz Ashraf Renowned political psychologist Ashis Nandy speaks out

[Goanet] DEBATE: The Source of Violence (Nazar da Silva)

2015-06-05 Thread Goanet Reader
The Source of Violence By Nazar da Silva Moira, Goa +91-832-2470290 nazardasi...@gmail.com The stats may be shocking; but that should not surprise anyone. The truth is that you and I are contributing in a big way to perpetuate the scourge of Violence. And we don't want to know about it. We

[Goanet-News] DEBATE: The Source of Violence (Nazar da Silva)

2015-06-05 Thread Goanet Reader
The Source of Violence By Nazar da Silva Moira, Goa +91-832-2470290 nazardasi...@gmail.com The stats may be shocking; but that should not surprise anyone. The truth is that you and I are contributing in a big way to perpetuate the scourge of Violence. And we don't want to know about it. We

[Goanet] How Goa is getting colonised, one mega-project at a time (Menezes, Almeida, Fernandes, Kanekar in DNA)

2015-05-31 Thread Goanet Reader
How Goa is getting colonised, one mega-project at a time Sunday, 31 May 2015 - 3:15pm IST | Agency: dna webdesk Dale Luis Menezes Albertina Almeida Jason Keith Fernandes Amita Kanekar A narrowly framed conception of 'development' is being used by the Goan government in collusion with corporates

[Goanet-News] How Goa is getting colonised, one mega-project at a time (Menezes, Almeida, Fernandes, Kanekar in DNA)

2015-05-31 Thread Goanet Reader
How Goa is getting colonised, one mega-project at a time Sunday, 31 May 2015 - 3:15pm IST | Agency: dna webdesk Dale Luis Menezes Albertina Almeida Jason Keith Fernandes Amita Kanekar A narrowly framed conception of 'development' is being used by the Goan government in collusion with corporates

[Goanet] With the Pastoralists of Kenya's Northern Deserts Once More (Mervyn Maciel)

2015-05-25 Thread Goanet Reader
WITH THE PASTORALISTS OF KENYA’s NORTHERN DESERT ONCE MORE Mervyn Maciel mervynels.watuwasha...@gmail.com (After my “Wanderings among the Nomads” article, I had planned to write further of my time in the Northern Frontier, and this article is about the time I spent among the pastoralists of

[Goanet-News] With the Pastoralists of Kenya's Northern Deserts Once More (Mervyn Maciel)

2015-05-25 Thread Goanet Reader
WITH THE PASTORALISTS OF KENYA’s NORTHERN DESERT ONCE MORE Mervyn Maciel mervynels.watuwasha...@gmail.com (After my “Wanderings among the Nomads” article, I had planned to write further of my time in the Northern Frontier, and this article is about the time I spent among the pastoralists of

[Goanet-News] Margao: a thumbnail sketch (Valmiki Faleiro, Soaring Spirit)

2015-05-24 Thread Goanet Reader
Margao: a thumbnail sketch EXTRACT | From SOARING SPIRIT BY VALMIKI FALEIRO valmi...@gmail.com Margao was always the principal village of Salcete. Salcete was always the principal taluka of Goa. Salcete was Goa's largest, most populous, highest revenue

[Goanet] Margao: a thumbnail sketch (Valmiki Faleiro, Soaring Spirit)

2015-05-24 Thread Goanet Reader
Margao: a thumbnail sketch EXTRACT | From SOARING SPIRIT BY VALMIKI FALEIRO valmi...@gmail.com Margao was always the principal village of Salcete. Salcete was always the principal taluka of Goa. Salcete was Goa's largest, most populous, highest revenue

[Goanet] Forgotten chapter from a hidden side of Goa (Anjali Arondekar, differences)

2015-05-19 Thread Goanet Reader
Forgotten chapter from a hidden side of Goa (Writings from Rajaram Rangoji Paigankar, the son of a kalavantin) By Anjali Arondekar aaron...@ucsc.edu (831)459-4748 (Voicemail) An extract from Dr Anjali Arondekar's recent essay on the Gomantak Maratha Samaj. Dr Arondekar is Associate Professor

[Goanet-News] What is Virgin Coconut Oil? (Sunetra Talaulikar, ICAR-PIB)

2015-05-18 Thread Goanet Reader
By Sunetra Talaulikar Virgin coconut oil (VCO), extracted from fresh coconut meat without chemical processes is said to be the mother of all oils. It is rich in medium chain fatty acids, particularly lauric acid and is a treasure trove of minerals, vitamins, antioxidants and is an excellent

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