extracted from an Indian journalist :-
http://qz.com/386802/whats-in-a-name-indias-e-visa-is-actually-a-smart-programme/
to those that receive this forwarding :-
the Can-Orient membership , that is an inclusive membership associaton, as
their name reveals : ... the Canadian Oriental Christian Association (
the CanOrient Assoc. ) that includes all that subscribe to inclusiveness
Gabe,
I take the promises and vows of politicians with a pinch of
caution. Generally these are forgotten within a month of laying of
new foundation stones and speech-making.If the CM himself seems
to reverse certain promises he made about zero
My response :-- Are you implying that the hundreds of North
Africans, Nigerians and other west African migrants who brave the
oceans to become refugees are the future slaves who will become
economy betterers? What about the many goans who hie to get Port.
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Roland,
In your incomplete first message you mentioned the idea of a
referendum by the people of Kashmir to decide their own future .
I am afraid you don`t understand the stubborness/ ferocity
Gabe,
Maybe, you could e-mail Mervyn Lobo who sometimes posts small
messages, opinions, reminiscences etc; to dip into his sources/old
albums to contribute a few more old pictures from Tanzania and Zanzibar
to this Facebook site that you speak of...it would
Dear Readers,
Can anyone give me a recipe for Rachead Masala. I looked for it in the
Cuisine section of the goacom.com website but could not find any recipe for
this masala. Thanks !
Joe Lobo
( jl...@rogers.com)
When a politician speaks , . you have to understand that he
speaksout both sides of his mouth he hopes to deceive
everybody so that he is voted in the next time...most
politicians are more interestd in their own survival in power than the
Stephen,
I too had been interested whether the application of urine to
shrubs, young saplings , etc; was of beneficial effect
because the properties of different urines would vary . Inquiring with
my friends i got feed back that ranged from its being good,
Well said, Roland.too many of us spend a lot of time in
supplication to the saints with special prayers/ novenas and seem to lose
sight of the Holy Trinity !
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From: roland.francis roland.fran...@ymail.com
To: Goa's premiere mailing list,
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From: albertdesouza1929 .
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 9:23 AM
Subject: Fwd: Fw: . A TRIBUTE TO A GOAN -AN INTERVIEW WITH BERNADETTE D'SOUZA
On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 12:31 AM, Luis Vas luissr...@gmail.com wrote:
AN
Dear Dr.Falcao,
I do not claim to have personally witnessed the movement of
scientists just before or after World War 2, but from accounts of
reliable people...scientists like Werner
von Braun and others like him were given admission and
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Tejpal-case-Police-send-reminder-notice-to-De-Niro/articleshow/29174656.cms
Celes,
There has to be some quasi-legal agency that interprets these rules (
that to me seem inconsistent )it`s no use asking any senior
police officers as they will most probably fob you off with some
red-tape. If you could contact the lawyer Aires
, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org
Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Remembering a luminary
On 18 January 2014 11:10, Joe Lobo jl...@rogers.com wrote:
Was not this the gent , who while Foreign Minister of
India..?.ignored the Chinese Threat
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From: jl...@rogers.com
To: goans_tanzan...@yahoogroups.com
CC: dias_an...@hotmail.com
Subject: re : Possibly you could help locate relatives of a couple of
ex-students of St. Joseph`s/
Comment :--
Was not this the gent , who while Foreign Minister of
India..?.ignored the Chinese Threat on the NEFA border, with his
protestations ofHindi- Chinee bhai, bhai whilst they slaughtered
hundreds of WW-1 Lee Enfield ancient rifle toting indian
In essencean average goa-watcher would wonder if theChief
minister or the police official concerned would care.after all did
not the previousHome Minister Naik of theprevious gov. not
use the police harass anybody who pointed out that
i happened on a news item on CNN this morning where this german news
agency has highlighted an american related electronic spying and data
collection agency base in San Antonio,Texas acting as an adjunct to the
main National Security Agency (NSA) .
It has been
be bought to
their compliance ?
Joe
Lobo
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From: roland.francis roland.fran...@ymail.com
To: Goa's premiere
Roland,
If what you say is true..you are making the C.B.P.A. sound
like a Canadian Gestapo.i ask you which sane-minded goan is
anxious to import anything unhygenic / disease causing product to this
fair country. Thank you for your advance warning
This appeared on the NDTV website :
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/blog-sexual-harassment-hypocrisy-and-the-boys-club-454315?ndtv_rhs
Jim,
Dr. U.G.Barad is more like the horse that has bolted, like Bapu
Asaram`s son on being exposed.
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From: Jim Fernandes amigo...@att.net
To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 5:27 PM
toyou too !
Joe Lobo
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From: delima francis francis.del...@blueyonder.co.uk
To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 11:13 AM
Subject: [Goanet] St Francis Xavier
Boas Festas to all Goanetters
Try the e-mail address :--
Bernardo de Sousa
E-mail Address(es):
bedeso...@gmx.ch
Best wishes !
Joe Lobo ( jl...@rogers.com )
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From: Kranti Farias krantifar
Hi John Eric !
Did you forget to attach the picture of the cattle you say were
strolling across NH-17..How does the traffic on a HIGHWAY avoid
these dumb beasts that their owners allow to ramble especially in
sections that have no lighting at
It`s obvious your beloved Chief Minister does not give a damn
about this issue but has time to entertain the wishes of the
Casino promotersand the other north indian land
developers.
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From: Nelson Lopes nellope...@gmail.com
Hey Mervyn,
Your description of Barbados sounds like a mixture of old
Zanzibar, Goa and heaven.my question :--is it
an expensive tourist trap like any of the other Carribean islands
or is it affordable to a middle class person like
Venantius,
I have often seemed puzzled in my mind as
to how cremation of an entire body with the solid wooden casket
only amounts to a small canister (urn) of ashes. I phoned a
couple of funeral parlours in my area who directed me to
Eugene,
If one checks the video clips of Kunal Vijayakar ( the
foodie) on Youtubeyou get a small segment where he checks out the
old restaurants of Mumbai...including City Kitchen
started by Sacru in the 50`s..and now managed by his daughter
Edna
Bosco,
Could you please transalate for the sake of us non-Hindi speaking goans
the last phrase of your missive... Ajeeb hai ye Goa ke log .
Was it a statement made by the then federal PM J.Nehru ?
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From: Bosco D bos...@gmail.com
To:
Dear Mervyn Maciel,
I was born in Zanzibar , though our family moved to Tanga and
Dar-es-Salaam in late 40`s. When the Zanzibar revolution took place I
was in college at St.Xaviers in Bombay and my room-mate was a boy from
Z`bar called Joe Martins. He was so fearful for
Dear Samir,
I do remember one of the Chief Ministers in Goa promising to promote
agriculture at at the lower levels to encourage more home-state grown
vegetables rather than the massive importation from surrounding States (
like from the Belgaum area ). Of course
Manuel,
Stating my opinions frankly which will irritate many in
officialdom in federal ( central government ) and Goa State ministries
they give , as we say in north america , a tinker`s da** , if so
called well -meaning goans who have resided abroad return
Eugene,
You , having lived and worked in ,should not be amazed. Most
Indian politicians and that now includes our Goans make no
mention of the goon and mob( strong arm ) tactics Bal Thakre and his
Shiv Sena employed. You realise that the BJP are strongly allied
Eric,
We goans from East Africa have encountered the Ismaili community since
the 1940`s. Followers of the Aga Khan they are of the Shia side of Islam.
They were mainly business folk/ traders/merchants who were westernized in
their dress and habits. Being very progressive they were the
Carlos,
An excellent pro-heart meat suggested by you
however how many goans in the diaspora population or in Goa would have
access at a reasonable prices even after your efforts to popularise the
Emu flesh?
It has been suggested that turkeys
Roland,
The very logical and articulate defence of India`s action in
taking over and pushing out the Portuguese administration fom Goa by
the gent Mr. Kaul has been presented by you. We have also to remind
ourselves that thousands of goans with over four hundred
Sirs,
I go back to an original letter that I had written a few months ago
and was supressed by whomevever the admin.person/ facilitator ? was at
that time on GoaNet
When the then CM Digamber Kamat who held the portfolio of Mining
Minister for approximately
that our parents and some of us resided in ???
Joe Lobo ( Tanzania )
Mervyn,
I must thank you for revealing history to me that many us goans
from Dar were oblivious of !!
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From: Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca
To: estb.1994! Goa'spremieremailinglist goanet@lists.goanet.org
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 7:08 PM
Subject:
Observing the news projected by the newsagencies in Goa.
one feels that with the economic imperative of staying as a tourist
destination that earns the State a lot of money for the the locals and
the other out-of-state Indian entrpreneurs, we shall
Dr. Rebello,
It looks like your system omitted the campaign card and its contents.
jl...@rogers.com
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From: Dr. Leo Rebello prof.leorebe...@gmail.com
To:
If you remember the Bofors heavy gun scandal that was swept
under the carpet since it implicated then PM, Rajiv
Gandhi. here`s another recent one for you
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To remember the early Goan immigrants to Zanzibar in the very early
1900`s I need go no further than than the husband of of my
god-mother. a gent who later ran a bar ( Victory Bar )in that island.
It is reported that he , excitedly watching a soccer game, wanting to
encourage
Eric,
Looking at your message conveying Selma`s thoughts from the bottom
up..unfortunately the petition to support Goa`s first tiger
Reserve caught my eye. If one recounts the incidents in recent years
of leopards wandering away from the forests into villages and
Socorrokar,
I had a chuckle reading your response to Floriano`s
comments... it probably isStandard Operating
Procedure all over India government offices
but the Indian psyche has been firmly formed, that one once is is
Hi Vivian,
A few years ago I made enquiries directed to the author of
Bwana Karani himself .. I was quite chuffed to actually get a
personal reply by e-mail. He explained at that time t he few
copies printed had sold out and since he had volunteered a
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Eric,
Your e-mail appears to be exactlylike the New
Moonalmost invisible !
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From: eric pinto ericpin...@yahoo.com
To: GOA2 goa...@goanet.org
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 8:28 AM
Subject: [Goanet] On the new moon.
Eugene Correia wrote :
Here is the convention celebrating 50 years of
Goa's liberation, and Martins
writes Goa's annexation to India. It would be right on Martins' part to
say Mea Culpa.
My comment :--
I don`t think it behoves a Mea
Roland,
As someone of goan origin who did much of my schooling in
India..it was a well known fact in the 1950`s that many a free
government service could only be got with a bit of chai- money ( a small
bribe). As years have progressed after independence, even the
Quote from Selma Carvalho:
Rest assured within one generation the Goans in Swindon will also
be wearing
suits, speaking with an accent and holding top jobs.
Best,
Selma
Selma,
I do second your optimistic opinion of thesehardworking and
Gabe,
In answer to your question : What are the chances of of a goan
getting so much credit.. ?
Zilch, Nothing, Nil !!
Maybe those goan businessmen and shopkeepers who rush to serve
any white-skinned person ahead of local goans who are
Most politicians on this planet tell us that they seek power by
hook , crook or , even buying votes with gifts like our goan
politicians. because without power ( in the democratic
process ) nothing can be achieved. One wonders if this power
Santosh,
What SOTER has failed to mention about the 1961 annexation of Goa
by the Indian army is that it came about as the then PM
Jawaharlal Nehru embarrased by his inability to persuade vast
sections of Goans in Goa ( notably the Catholics who aquiesced to
Indeed , this book review comes as an eye opener to many of us goans who
have been resident overseas sometimes through a succesion of three
generations. Many of us who are great, or greater grandchildren of the
diaspora and have lost touch with the original India (which was in many
Eugene,
Like police all over the planet who while preserving law and
order and their political masters , the Goa Police probably had no
qualms defending the Gujerat SRP in their execution of the the
victim . That`s the way the services operate. Kill one or a
Hi Mr. Colaco,
Strangely similar to Roland Francis` account many months
ago.. Mezak Mure which I think happened somewhere in north
Goa ( was it Bastora or thereabouts ? ) when as youngsters my
brother and I were boarders with our aunt Emilia in Bombay
Gerald,
I commend you for being ready to reach into his pocket and fund and be
ready assist the criminal prosecution of those responsible ! How ever
would the police in Goa be ready to accept a F.I.R. ? Is the Power
Dept. part of the PWD ? If so, the PWD minister Shri
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Joe Lobo
Hi Selma,
Speaking of halal meat.just as the jewish people of yore
spoke of kosher products it was originally to do with healthy
meat. Note that the jews abhored the use of swine flesh as they
regarded the pig as a dirty animal that would consume any
How does the rural population in Tanzania or Goa fare as ,in relation to the
folk described in this afternoon newspaper article, as regards the access to
clean tap water ?
Vivian,
Like many goans and other sons of the soil who love their organic
brews and the distillates thereof you show a true affection for the urak
and the resultant fenis. One must be aware that more than a little of
this nectar of the coconut and cashew apple fruits too often
I happened to watch, on an obscure TV channel, a program on the
challenge in Brazil.. of the opposing styles of capitalism ( where
powerful corporations from North America Europe and other western powers)
found a way to live with a socialistic way of thinking that
I`m sure quite a few of the oldies ( ie: those over sixty
years of age ) on this forum peruse the BBC website for soccer
or other news items we can trust for veracity ... or
listen to the overseas radio short wave serviceor watch the
overseas TV
From the Times of India news service on 2nd November 2010 :..
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/US-report-details-fraud-in-popular-H-2B-visa-programme/articleshow/6857494.cms
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From: JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk
To: goa...@goanet.org
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 8:06 AM
Subject: [Goanet] GBA meeting at Azad Maidan (A report with clip pics)
GBA meeting at Azad Maidan (A report with clip pics)
clip
Venantius,
In my opinion President Eisenhower was just the same of one of
your signatories to the Declaration of Independence ie : General
George Washington.he beleived that all men were equal ,except
Black people, It took Abraham Lincoln to declare the
Gabriel,
The Erlich Pinto you mentioned of the IAF who scouted out the Dabolim
airport is actually Mervyn Pinto ,originally of Poona. i beleive he rose to
become a Squadron Leader in the IAF.
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From: Gabriel de Figueiredo gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au
To:
Millionaire in beggars' home
By: Vinod Kumar Menon Date: 2010-07-31 Place: Mumbai
Constable assumes 62-year-old Colaba resident limping across street is a
vagabond; dumps him at beggars' home in Chembur
He had stepped out of home to go to the bank. Instead, he landed in a
home for
Noting a previous letter today about foreign nationals overstaying their
visitors` visas in India..one sees another article in todays TOI about
Goa immigration authorities being complicit in the issuance of visas to
Russian tourists arriving without any background checks or
, July 26, 2010 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Russian visitors being given carte-blanche visas at
Dabolim ?
Joe lOBO wrote:
Noting a previous letter today about foreign nationals overstaying
their visitors` visas in India..one
sees another article in todays TOI about Goa
Cecil,
In answer to your question... Does Goa need a mani
pulite ? ..i can assure you that all the MLAs from the CM to the
most recently elected one would vote against it or do all in their
power to abort it.as most of them have
Antonio,
Honestly, with everybody texting one another over the air
waves.even the regular Wren Martin type grammer that those old
goan anglophiles tried to instill into us in our young days in Goa are
going out of the window with the bath wateri sometimes
Mervyn,
Regarding your comments on Mr. Eduardo Faleiro, I think you are
being naive if you expect any concrete action on his part as NRI
Commisioner to help overseas goans..our goan politicians ( like
their counterparts from the Congress party under the
Could somebody on the forum let me have a recipe for making Mango Jam
from mango pulp. Thank you !
of the special effects as
backdrops to some scenes.
I just wondered if that explanation satisfied youor you
felt it was a weak excuse ?
Joe Lobo
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From
Can any of our readers enlighten me as to whether it was finally
established that our Education Minister, Babush Monseratte cleared the SSC
exams or only managed to pass the Standard 7 class at St. Theresa`s School in
Mumbai ?
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environmental clearances for mining activities in Goa
Oscar,
While you and , perhaps many like you in their charitable way of
thinking, will laud this first step to bringing medical assurance to
the poorer and caught -in -the present economic times
folk...a lot of the fat-cat medical insurance companies who
Dear Mr. Fernandes,
If you have any idea about India after the `47 partition into West,
East Pakistan and the republic of India which came into being in `48
??..you will find that various states in the Indian Union
have been borrowing resources.(..be it
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In these summer months
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Silviano ,
What is aHetem ??
armstrong augusto vaz wrote:
Hello Joe
if you are in Salcete and if you are going to velim specifically Carxetta
on the left hand side as you enter Carxetta from margao side i saw a Hetem
tied up
to a chain, in front of a house with no compound wall.
i
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Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training
Sapna,
As a goan who has spent more time outside Goa, I personally
feel that this historical quest of yours is an attempt to stir up
events that happened a good 400 years ago or
so. which will engender communal discord
Who knows what he chargesunder the table for these
appearance? As most goans knowmost of our cabinet
ministers are as corrupt as theirDelhi brethren !
Naguesh Bhatcar wrote:
I read The Navhind Times and Herald online, daily. I also visit the Goacom
Dear Mr. Barve,
Sameer Kelekar seemed to miss the point that I was
making...that in about 48 years of joining the Indian
Union many of our state civil servants, minor bureaucrats,
mamlatdars, panchayat officials and some politicians seem to have
Gabriel and Samir,
I happened to be watching last night on the Overseas Service
of BBC- TV an enlightening segment on Iraq where a BBC TV
correspondent was getting the views of average middle class
educated Iraquis on the state of their nation ,about
Roland
This Freida Pinnto is not goan she is
Mangalorean So why are we we goans expected to
to getso excited about her why don`t
you post this on the mangalorean net or whatever they
have for
Samir,
I do not know if you saw one of the pictures in the Goa Herald of
today, 18th February of a couple of firemen and another helper
moving one of the injured. It struck me that the Goa fire-brigade
men or their medics have never heard of a spine board to move
While many may argue that the Roman Catholic clergy is a pyramid
-like stucture with the Pope at the top, descending downwards through
the Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops...and thence to the Parish
priests...and priests... at least this religion attests to the
When I read about reports on GoaNet about the average amount, in
rupees, that Lamanis who operate illegaly on the tourist coastal belt
in North Goa ( Calangute, Candolim and Baga ) have to pay the
police , and the absence of any tourist police ( obviously
Dear Tony Martin,
I seem to notice that many goans who write in to GoaNet do not seem to
realise thatloose and lose are two English words that have
entirely different meanings and cannot be used interchangeably.
Hence we have statements like : with the high rates of
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