Re: [Goanet] St. Francis Xavier

2014-02-02 Thread Santosh Helekar
Roland, Thanks for pointing out the possibility that SFX remains may be those of a Buddhist monk. I was not aware of this claim. Here is the reference to the claim: http://www.lakehouse.lk/budusarana/2006/01/29/Budu13.pdf The Buddhist monk was named Ven. Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thera It

Re: [Goanet] Maha 2nd in no. of attacks on Christians in '13

2014-01-31 Thread Santosh Helekar
/2014-January/237752.html Cheers, Santosh On Friday, January 31, 2014 1:20 PM, Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com wrote: Like a seasoned hindutva troll, Santosh Helekar continues his tactics of obfuscating the issue. He has been asked to provide documentary evidence to support his

Re: [Goanet] Maha 2nd in no. of attacks on Christians in '13

2014-01-30 Thread Santosh Helekar
The accusatory statements in the post appended below are a distortion of what I said. I have never stated that Justice Saldanha and Harsh Mander have collected funds from various religious organizations. I quote below the two statements that I have made: So I will let you know if and when I

Re: [Goanet] Maha 2nd in no. of attacks on Christians in '13

2014-01-30 Thread Santosh Helekar
I am sorry I cannot respond in kind to the personal attacks and further distortions in the post appended below.  But I just want to explain that it is a matter of common sense that funds are required to conduct thousands of interviews that need to be conducted if the claims in the religious

Re: [Goanet] Refer GT news dated 27.1.2014 says that Wendel is legitimizing gays for his Padma Award

2014-01-28 Thread Santosh Helekar
Gays are legitimate human beings who deserve the same right, respect and honor as any other kind of human being. Cheers, Santosh On Monday, January 27, 2014 10:55 PM, Stephen Dias steve.dia...@gmail.com wrote: BJP spokesperson Dr Wilfred Mesquita says that by giving Padma Sri award  to

Re: [Goanet] Maha 2nd in no. of attacks on Christians in ’13

2014-01-28 Thread Santosh Helekar
I thank Marshall for his kindness and prayers. He is truly Christ-like, and always refrains from attacking the messenger, as he has done once again this time. He also conducts his own research and surveys before forwarding his material from the religious organization misnamed Catholic Secular

Re: [Goanet] [Secular Goa] Maha 2nd in no. of attacks on Christians in ’13

2014-01-27 Thread Santosh Helekar
of these instances indicate whether Christians and the Christian Church are being persecuted in India by other religious communities or the state, as is claimed by those who have released this year's persecution report. Cheers, Santosh On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 10:21 AM, Santosh Helekar chimbel...@gmail.com

Re: [Goanet] Quackery on Herald

2014-01-27 Thread Santosh Helekar
wrote: Stephen Dias steve.dias60 at gmail.com on Sun Jan 26 02:43:40 PST 2014 posts a e-mail from Santosh Helekar under caption: Quackery on Herald.: Thank You Dr. Santosh. Neuroscientist, Thank You for your valuable comments. RESPONSE: Stephen and members

Re: [Goanet] Feedback needed from Goan Medical doctors

2014-01-26 Thread Santosh Helekar
anything for the human body other than please the eye. Can we reduce crystal healing to the absurd? UNQUOTE Cheers, Santosh On Friday, January 24, 2014 7:13 PM, Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com wrote: Can you please send me the article to which you are referring? Perhaps, I

Re: [Goanet] Feedback needed from Goan Medical doctors

2014-01-25 Thread Santosh Helekar
Can you please send me the article to which you are referring? Perhaps, I will be able to offer the feedback that you seek. I share your concern about quackery being spread through the internet and by the popular press. Cheers, Santosh On Friday, January 24, 2014 1:46 AM, Stephen Dias

Re: [Goanet] Feedback needed from Goan Medical doctors

2014-01-25 Thread Santosh Helekar
Reis Falcão drferdina...@hotmail.com wrote: Santosh Helekar chimbelcho at yahoo.com on Fri Jan 24 17:13:35 PST 2014 wrote: Can you please send me the article to which you are referring? Perhaps, I will be able to offer the feedback that you seek. I share your concern about quackery being

[Goanet] Regarding the report by a religious organization

2014-01-23 Thread Santosh Helekar
Since this is supposed to be a secular forum, one would like to know whether any real secular organization such as Human Rights Watch has independently confirmed the report from the Christian organization named Catholic Secular Forum. One would like to know for example whether these alleged

Re: [Goanet] History of Goa. A quick reference guide.

2014-01-10 Thread Santosh Helekar
There are many errors in the timeline and text given below. I would like to correct some of them right now, and perhaps more later. C 100 - 80,000    - Arrival of modern Homo sapiens in the valleys of Mandovi and Zuari. Homo sapiens did not populate India and Goan part of India until

Re: [Goanet] This probably has relevance to us in Goa too...

2014-01-05 Thread Santosh Helekar
This has relevance to us in Goa because we are genetically completely Indian. The video below refers to an older study on 25 population groups published in 2009. The latest study by the same authors expands the data set to include 73 groups, although none of which is taken from the Goan

[Goanet] Island of Goa

2013-12-27 Thread Santosh Helekar
Here are some more old Portuguese maps of the island of Goa (Ilha de Goa) in the state of India (Estado da India) in all different cartographic conventions, as far as orientation is concerned. They are from various reliable sources, including the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. The following

Re: [Goanet] Facts that unite Goan Indians

2013-12-23 Thread Santosh Helekar
...@hotmail.com wrote:   Santosh Helekar chimbelcho at yahoo.com on Fri Dec 20 07:15:27 PST 2013 wrote:   Here is accurate information for the benefit of Falcao and others regarding the use by the Portuguese of the term island of Goa or ilha de Goa to refer only to the island of Tiswadi even

Re: [Goanet] Santosh Helekar and international law

2013-12-23 Thread Santosh Helekar
Cyrusbab, The original discussion and argument that I participated in was about citizenship and nationality. You are now imagining the argument to be something else and putting words in my mouth in the process.  I have presented facts to back up my claim that the vast majority of people

Re: [Goanet] Facts that unite Goan Indians

2013-12-22 Thread Santosh Helekar
Here is accurate information regarding the history of citizenship and international law. Citizenship has been recognized since the time of the Greek city states and the Roman empire. Ever since conquerors have granted citizenship to the people living in their conquered territories.

[Goanet] Facts that unite Goan Indians

2013-12-20 Thread Santosh Helekar
Cyrusbab, My intention on Goanet for the last nearly two decades has been to obtain and provide accurate information from reliable sources i.e. from credible books, articles or documents in my possession, in a university or public library, or on websites of responsible public service

Re: [Goanet] Facts that unite Goan Indians

2013-12-20 Thread Santosh Helekar
1736) I would kindly request Falcao to translate the above for the benefit of those who do not understand Portuguese. Cheers, Santosh  On Friday, December 20, 2013 4:24 AM, Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão drferdina...@hotmail.com wrote: Santosh Helekar chimbelcho at yahoo.com on Thu

Re: [Goanet] Portuguese citizenship

2013-12-18 Thread Santosh Helekar
If one examines a currently valid passport of any country, irrespective of whether the passport holder was born in foreign colonial captivity or not in the past, it becomes clear that both Shri Falcao and Shri Sanches have been misled. A citizen and passport holder of a country also holds its

Re: [Goanet] Portuguese citizenship

2013-12-16 Thread Santosh Helekar
It looks like Falcao's speculations are exactly the opposite of that of Shri Cyrus Sanches. Perhaps, it is because Falcao consults the Wikipedia and Shri Sanches consults the Merriam-Webster dictionary to obtain their legal knowledge about immigration, citizenship and nationality laws. Here is

Re: [Goanet] Portuguese citizenship

2013-12-15 Thread Santosh Helekar
, Santosh On Saturday, December 14, 2013 6:18 AM, Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão drferdina...@hotmail.com wrote: Santosh Helekar chimbelcho at yahoo.com on Fri Dec 13 13:41:50 PST 2013 wrote: Is Falcao not an Indian? If so, what is his ethnic identity, and what is his nationality

Re: [Goanet] Portuguese citizenship

2013-12-14 Thread Santosh Helekar
Is Falcao not an Indian? If so, what is his ethnic identity, and what is his nationality? Cheers, Santosh On Friday, December 13, 2013 3:48 AM, Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão drferdina...@hotmail.com wrote: Prof. Sergio Carvalho has made it abundantly clear in his write up on today's

Re: [Goanet] Experience at Jet Airways

2013-11-26 Thread Santosh Helekar
This is a very good tip from Shri Fernandes. I will try it on my way back. Cheers, Santosh Dhovi Khopti, Goa On Monday, November 25, 2013 11:26 AM, Jim Fernandes amigo...@att.net wrote: Folks, Another tip: If your baggage is still over the allowed limit, I found out that you could

Re: [Goanet] The way Tehelka works

2013-11-26 Thread Santosh Helekar
On Tuesday, November 26, 2013 2:05 AM, U. G. Barad dr.udayba...@gmail.com wrote: This message is in reply to Dr. Ferdinando’s message (appended herein below):- 1. I don’t hold doctorate in forecasting as you may be or you are holding! Falcao does not have a doctorate in any subject.

Re: [Goanet] Experience at Jet Airways - MODERATORS

2013-11-25 Thread Santosh Helekar
I had a similar experience to that of Shri Fernandes a few days ago. Unfortunately, the lady at the counter could not break Jet Airways rules to offer my royal self special treatment. Cheers, Santosh

Re: [Goanet] A GENETIC BASIS FOR ALCOHOLISM : SHOULD GOA TAKE THE LEAD AND ESTABLISH A CHAIR AT GOA UNIVERSITY OR GOA MEDICAL COLLEGE?

2013-10-26 Thread Santosh Helekar
Gerry, It is premature to conclude anything from this study for two reasons: 1. These are old results obtained in rats that need to be confirmed in humans, and because of racial differences, they need to be confirmed in Indians, in order to be applicable to us. The report you are referring to

Re: [Goanet] On mining

2013-10-21 Thread Santosh Helekar
To be recognized as a specialist in the field of Psychiatry in India a physician has to have a postgraduate degree or diploma in this discipline. A qualified modern psychiatrist also tends to be highly sensitive and respectful towards his/her patients. He/she takes great pains to guard their

Re: [Goanet] Offtopic: Fighting a losing battle

2013-10-14 Thread Santosh Helekar
The American Medical Association (AMA) has endorsed the new health insurance law in the U.S. Here is information regarding it provided by the AMA for physicians and patients: http://www.ama-assn.org/resources/doc/washington/hsr-booklet.pdf Cheers, Santosh - Original Message -

Re: [Goanet] Encounter killings

2013-10-12 Thread Santosh Helekar
The post below makes false claims regarding my assertions in this thread. I have simply provided a news report to back up the following statement of Roland: QUOTE Reputed to be the original brainchild of ex Police Commissioner Julius Ribeiro  as a means to decimate Bombay's once powerful

Re: [Goanet] Encounter Killings

2013-10-10 Thread Santosh Helekar
The following article entitled Rise of the ’83 ‘encounter’ batch supports Roland's contention on this issue: http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Rise-of-the-83-encounter-batch/Article1-860364.aspx Here is the pertinent quote: QUOTE The 1983 batch Julio Ribeiro, who took over as

Re: [Goanet] PRT-CT - The latest in MRI Tech in Mumbai

2013-10-01 Thread Santosh Helekar
To clarify this further, if Dr. Trevor Colaco is referring to combined PET and CT, this combined method came into use in the 1990s. This variation as well has  nothing to do with MRI. Cheers, Santosh - Original Message - From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com Falcao

Re: [Goanet] PRT-CT - The latest in MRI Tech in Mumbai

2013-09-30 Thread Santosh Helekar
Falcao is right. Both PET and CT are old technologies, and they have nothing to do with MRI. MRI is also fairly old. The funny thing is the letter was posted by a Dr. Trevor Colaco on a religious website. Assuming this doctor is in the medical field, how he did not know these facts about PET,

Re: [Goanet] Request: Help to buy and send two books from the US

2013-09-14 Thread Santosh Helekar
Hi FN Noronha, Please tell me which books you need. I am happy send them to you. Cheers, Santosh - Original Message - From: Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا fredericknoron...@gmail.com Dear all: Can anyone help me on this one please? I need someone to

Re: [Goanet] Conversation With: Goa Chief Minister Manohar

2013-09-06 Thread Santosh Helekar
Only Bharatiya Janata Party members believe that Hinduism is a culture. Has Bernado changed his party from Communist Party of China to Bharatiya Janata Party of India? Cheers, Santosh - Original Message - From: Bernado Colaco ole_...@yahoo.co.uk It is recorded somewhere that

Re: [Goanet] Mull ani Bull

2013-09-03 Thread Santosh Helekar
Once again, I apologize for not being able to do anything about gratuitous rhetoric in posts like the one appended below. But I am happy to provide further evidence for the following points of interest to me, that contradict all of the speculations and insinuations made by the poster below

Re: [Goanet] Mull ani Bull

2013-09-02 Thread Santosh Helekar
Sebastian Borges wrote: My thanks to Santosh for the very informative links; they widened the horizons of an ill-read person like me. Dear Prof. Borges, I too appreciate your input and perspective on this issue, which I think are more valuable than mine. I am not sure if you are interested 

Re: [Goanet] Mull ani Bull

2013-09-01 Thread Santosh Helekar
I am sorry I cannot do anything about the fact that the respondent below continues to engage in rhetoric and insults.  I am interested in knowing how the constitutional notion of Scheduled Castes and tribes came into being in Indian history. In response to the said respondent's prior

Re: [Goanet] Mull ani Bull

2013-08-30 Thread Santosh Helekar
Now that Prof, Borges has presented some of the facts on this issue, let me tell you why I know that he is on solid ground in his assertions about Christian members of the Indian Constituent Assembly. While doing this let me also provide evidence on the issue of impulsive rhetoric and lack of

Re: [Goanet] Mull ani Bull

2013-08-28 Thread Santosh Helekar
I have enjoyed the discussions between Prof. Borges and others. What is especially rewarding to me is that they have relied on historical facts, common sense and reason. Driven by an unshakable bad habit, I have silently fact-checked all of the professor's assertions. It has been a fun

Re: [Goanet] Mull ani Bull

2013-08-28 Thread Santosh Helekar
I am sure Prof. Borges will provide the facts on the main issue of this thread. But on the peripheral issues of balance and rhetorics, I have to say that neither of the respondents below have ever shown any propensity for balance, especially when it comes to sectarian matters. This is evident

Re: [Goanet] Anti superstition activist killed - firstpost.com

2013-08-21 Thread Santosh Helekar
This is the second Indian rationalist killed in 3 years. The last one was Ajita Kamal (http://nirmukta.com/2012/01/12/in-memoriam-ajita-kamal-1978-2011/) One is in exile. What the heck is going on? Santosh - Original Message - From: Camillo Fernandes camillofernan...@hotmail.com

Re: [Goanet] Maan: Translation of Ch.1 of Goencho Mull Avaz

2013-08-17 Thread Santosh Helekar
I think there are difficult dilemmas involved here. Harmless rituals and cultural traditions need to be preserved even if they do not have any value as art forms. But if these practices have religious significance then they run smack into the right to propagate and convert to a new religion,

[Goanet] Helping the young with special needs in Goa

2013-08-15 Thread Santosh Helekar
Posting this invitation of behalf of a fellow Goan. Invitation to join an enterprise for the advancement of young people with Special Needs.   We at Atmavishwas invite you to join us for a morning where we shall explore together the problems and challenges that confront literally hundreds and

Re: [Goanet] NO TO ORGAN DONATION -- BY DR. LEO REBLLO

2013-08-15 Thread Santosh Helekar
- Original Message - From: President Leo Rebello   Here goes why I am now vehemently against Organ Donation or Cadaver Donation:   President Leo, Why are you against donating your cadaver? Cheers, Santosh

Re: [Goanet] More evidence falsifying revisionist history

2013-08-11 Thread Santosh Helekar
Augusto had asked me to read the following book, among others, presumably to support Fr. Ferrao's argument that the beliefs and practices of the people of the Goan region of India before the arrival of the Portuguese in the 16th century were not fully Hindu. That instead, they were seminal

Re: [Goanet] More evidence falsifying revisionist history

2013-08-10 Thread Santosh Helekar
Here is more evidence that the word Hindu or Hendu was used in the religious connotation of today as early as the 11th century. This is a translated quote from Abu Rayhan Biruni (also called Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad Al-Biruni or Alberonius): QUOTE As the word of confession, There is no

Re: [Goanet] Next Governor of the Reserve Bank of India

2013-08-09 Thread Santosh Helekar
- Original Message -  Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا fredericknoro...@gmail.com I may be wrong on this one, but it might be sensible to check up -- before commenting -- whether the Reserve Bank of India Governor is indeed a US citizen or not. Else, we

[Goanet] More evidence falsifying revisionist history

2013-08-04 Thread Santosh Helekar
I have already shown with quotes of da Orta that Fr. Ferrao's claim that the word Hindu as an identifier of people belonging to a religion distinct from Islam and Christianity did not exist in 16th century Goa, is bogus. I provide below further evidence that this word with the said connotation

Re: [Goanet] More evidence falsifying revisionist history

2013-08-04 Thread Santosh Helekar
...@gmail.com Santosh Helekar wrote: I have already shown with quotes of da Orta that Fr. Ferrao's claim that the word Hindu as an identifier of people belonging to a religion distinct from Islam and Christianity did not exist in 16th century Goa Dear Santosh, Why must you always sound like

Re: [Goanet] Tasteless illustration in Herald

2013-07-31 Thread Santosh Helekar
It is absolutely disgusting. Worse than perverted tabloid journalism. Cheers, Santosh - Original Message -  From: Cecil Pinto cecilpi...@gmail.com T he Herald today had this frivolous and insensitive illustration on the front page.

Re: [Goanet] There were no Hindus in Goa before Portuguese landed; Church Thinker

2013-07-28 Thread Santosh Helekar
George, The problem I have with some of this so-called research about Goan history, whether it is church-related or otherwise, is that it is merely the expression of somebody's subjective opinion pulled out of thin air and dripping with either left-wing or right-wing ideology. There is no

Re: [Goanet] Was Candeth a racist?

2013-07-22 Thread Santosh Helekar
His obituary in The Independent says that he was Anglo-Indian, which is what I was told as a child. Please see: http://www.questia.com/library/1P2-1777689/obituary-lt-gen-k-p-candeth-indian-army-officer Cheers, Santosh - Original Message -  From: Alfred de Tavares

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: Towards a Goan theology (Dale Luis Menezes)

2013-07-22 Thread Santosh Helekar
What I don't understand is why there is a need for a theology on every topic, including a secular one. What the heck is a Goan theology, and why do we need it? Cheers, Santosh P.S. For a discussion about the recent attempts to revise or theologize Goan history, please see the following

Re: [Goanet] The skewed debate over Victor Ferrao's paper

2013-07-16 Thread Santosh Helekar
What Fr. Ferrao is saying with regard to orientalisms and occidentalisms is abstract philosophical wrangling of no interest to the general public. But what he is saying about the history of Goa is of great concern from the secular standpoint, assuming that he is not simply wasting more time by

Re: [Goanet] There were no Hindus in Goa before Portuguese landed: Church thinker

2013-07-15 Thread Santosh Helekar
of Rev. Dr. Victor Ferrao. I think that recent scholarship of history proves that the contention of Ferrao is quite difficult to discredit. Did you know that there was no such thing  as a Saraswat Brahmin until well into the 19th century? Regards Augusto  From: Santosh Helekar chimbel

Re: [Goanet] There were no Hindus in Goa before Portuguese landed: Church thinker

2013-07-13 Thread Santosh Helekar
I am not sure whether the purpose of this attempt at historical revisionism is purely political in order to counteract against the Hindu zealots or it is some new form of religious or colonial apologism concocted by the latest breed of theologians. Cheers, Santosh - Original Message

[Goanet] Paternity in today's world

2013-07-04 Thread Santosh Helekar
- Original Message - From: Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão drferdina...@hotmail.com In today’s world, only the mother knows who is her child. Rest all is affidavit before mamlatdar.   This was true in yesterday's world. In today's world genetic paternity tests can establish with high

Re: [Goanet] Parikar and an unprofessional Shekar Gupta

2013-06-30 Thread Santosh Helekar
- Original Message - From: U. G. Barad dr.udayba...@gmail.com However, in his latest message, Santosh is actually giving two figures – 2000 killed and 1200 killed.  I do grant that my earlier figure of 1100 could well be wrong.  But then given the final quote in his message, surely

Re: [Goanet] Parikar and an unprofessional Shekar Gupta

2013-06-26 Thread Santosh Helekar
, Santosh From: U. G. Barad dr.udayba...@gmail.com I don’t understand what ‘Santosh’ Santosh Helekar get by quoting false figure of 2000 being killed in the post-Godhra riot! The number of persons being killed as reported officially by the government in court of law is: around 1100, of which about

[Goanet] Pedru from Chin

2013-06-26 Thread Santosh Helekar
Pedru is an Indian Born in Purtugez India. Thinks he is civilized by the pacle, And that to be civilized is to be a bigot. He is proud to be a bigot, And believes that today you can learn that In Purtugal and America and Chin Cheers, Santosh

Re: [Goanet] Parikar and an unprofessional Shekar Gupta

2013-06-25 Thread Santosh Helekar
I could not find an answer to my question in Kishwar's multi-part article, regarding Modi's culpability in the killing of 2000 innocent people by acts of commission and/or omission. I only found the usual political justifications and post-hoc rationalizations by Kishwar. Cheers, Santosh 

[Goanet] Popatlal and Isabel

2013-06-23 Thread Santosh Helekar
Popatlal is an Indian from Goa. By all appearances, he looks and sounds like a normal run-of-the-mill guy. But there is something that is not right about him. When he speaks or writes about himself, things don’t add up. Perhaps, he is completely bald under his toupe. Perhaps, he is a woman

Re: [Goanet] Parikar and an unprofessional Shekar Gupta

2013-06-23 Thread Santosh Helekar
My own impression of this interview is that Mr. Gupta was not tough enough on Mr. Parrikar. The question should have been whether Modi was culpable in the killing of 2000 innocent human beings or not, by an act of commission or omission? That is the only question that matters in respect of

Re: [Goanet] Our future King has Indian blood...

2013-06-16 Thread Santosh Helekar
How about this self-hating anti-Indian remark by Falcao? Only Indians squat when dining that their foot reaches their mouth. Ferdinando Falcao Please see: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2013-June/231784.html Good to see Gilbert back on Goanet. Cheers, Santosh

Re: [Goanet] Fluoride Is A Toxin, Why Is It Still Used? - Video - iHealthTube.com

2013-06-07 Thread Santosh Helekar
The anti-fluoridation nonsense described in the video below is a political propaganda pitch of a well-known quack movement. The nonsense that these conspiracy theorists and activists are propagating have been repeatedly debunked by health experts and scientists, but it keeps showing up on

Re: [Goanet] Is your job safe?

2013-04-10 Thread Santosh Helekar
Marlon, As with every other anti-Indian propaganda in Goan forums this too is motivated by self-hate.  Cheers, Santosh - Original Message -  From: marlon menezes goa...@yahoo.com What exactly is the problem here? If industry can get cheaper, but equally good employees, it

Re: [Goanet] Parsi Surnames

2013-03-31 Thread Santosh Helekar
I had heard of a Sodabatliopenwalla many years ago. It turns out that both Sodawaterbottleopenerwalla and Sodabottleopenerwalla are real Parsi names. You can find them on Facebook. Cheers, Santosh - Original Message - From: Victor Rangel-Ribeiro vrangel...@yahoo.com To: estb.

Re: [Goanet] Turin Shroud mystery 'solved': Infrared tests show ancient cloth may NOT be a medieval fake after all...

2013-03-29 Thread Santosh Helekar
As usual the popular news media hyperventilate about wild claims made in a book rather than in a recognized peer-reviewed scientific journal. The truth is that the few fibers on which these tests were conducted have not been authenticated by the church authorities, and the tests used have never

Re: [Goanet] The Goa Project Two-Day Arts Conference Set for March 28-29

2013-03-28 Thread Santosh Helekar
Albert Peres wrote: Below is a link to the funnel of the Fringe topic: ie March 28, Track II. The published notes say: ...Your submission will be up for public voting for up to a month before the event. For the final tally, we will only consider votes from event delegates (Ticket holders), as

Re: [Goanet] The Goa Project Two-Day Arts Conference Set for March 28-29

2013-03-27 Thread Santosh Helekar
I am curious as to what we be discussed under the topic of fringe. Does anybody know? Cheers, Santosh - Original Message - From: D'Souza, Avelino adso...@kockw.com T he Goa Project Two-Day Arts Conference Set for March 28-29 On March 28th and 29th, thought leaders from various

Re: [Goanet] Self hate and same race racism.

2013-03-04 Thread Santosh Helekar
I would urge interested readers of this forum to read the Wikipedia website provided below to understand how race is defined in 2013. Cheers, Santosh - Original Message - From: Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão drferdina...@hotmail.com This may enlighten those who use the term race,

Re: [Goanet] Think of Goa(ns), Chief Minister : We are Indians First : BY FLORIANO LOBO OF GOA SU-RAJ PARTY - GSRP

2013-03-03 Thread Santosh Helekar
This has reference to the article that it cites, not to the crap from Floriano below. The article by Brig. da Costa is at the following link: http://heraldingoa.blogspot.com/p/opinion.html I understand where the brigadier comes from, and I share his anguish, but not all of his explicit

Re: [Goanet] Self-hate and same race racism

2013-03-03 Thread Santosh Helekar
such as the internet, 24 hour TV news channels, cheap digital cameras and mobile phones. Cheers, Santosh - Original Message - From: J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com On 27 February 2013 13:19, Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com wrote: a: I have been wondering as to why self-hate is so widespread

Re: [Goanet] {Goanet} Self hate and same race racism.

2013-03-03 Thread Santosh Helekar
Again, confining myself to facts rather than opinions, I have no idea what currently accepted universal scientific or medical definition of race Josebab uses to declassify Indians as a race. But let me just tell you how the US Department of Health and Human Services Data Standards for Race,

[Goanet] Self-hate and same race racism

2013-03-01 Thread Santosh Helekar
I have been wondering as to why self-hate is so widespread and extreme in India, irrespective of religious and political leanings. While in some cases religious chauvinism can provide an explanation, I suspect that in most cases we need other explanations. One insight is gleaned from the  

[Goanet] We are all minorities in India

2013-02-21 Thread Santosh Helekar
Shashi Tharoor is a thoughtful man. He has the highest regard for his country. He believes that no community in India truly has a majority status. There is within this nation only a vast diversity of lineages and creeds. I share this view. I believe that the critical divide in India has always

Re: [Goanet] Self-hate in India

2013-02-20 Thread Santosh Helekar
Self-hate exists in all countries. But in India it is taken to the extreme, and in cases like that of Arundati Roy, celebrated. As I have stated in my last post, this is exemplified by the following two activities engaged in by Indian citizens: 1. Citing, quoting or writing articles in the

[Goanet] Self-hate in India

2013-02-18 Thread Santosh Helekar
Self-hate in India, especially among Goans is of a kind that is not seen in any other functioning democracy. Hating one's government when it does something wrong is a natural thing and a good thing in a free democracy. Speaking truth to power is an important right and duty of a citizen. But

Re: [Goanet] Can death the nemesis of Ghengis

2013-02-11 Thread Santosh Helekar
On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 9:42 PM, Bernado Colaco ole_...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Unfortunately the writer failed to garner many other incidents of rape and crimes committed by the illegal invaders, which have gone unrecorded in this courageous and well documented version which every Goan should

Re: [Goanet] The government-ordered killings in Portuguese Goa in 1890

2013-02-03 Thread Santosh Helekar
Jose Colaco cola...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps, I will be able to determine, albeit for my own sake, why suddenly in 1890news reports about Portuguese Goa started to emanate from British India . Is it possible that Dal mein Kuch Kala hai ? The above speculation is without

Re: [Goanet] Nehru seizes Goa

2013-02-03 Thread Santosh Helekar
Continuing my quest to corroborate the Portuguese information officer Leo Lawrence's account, here is something reported by the New York Times, that he failed to mention: PRIESTS IN GOA PRAY FOR INDIA   PANGIM, Goa, Dec. 25 (AP) Roman Catholic priests offered prayers for the prosperity of India

[Goanet] Some foreign press reports on atrocities and tragedies in Goa

2013-01-31 Thread Santosh Helekar
It is interesting to read about war and peace, crime and justice, and bondage and freedom in the lifetimes of our parents, grand parents and great grand parents as reported in the foreign press. In this thread I therefore provide clippings from old foreign newspapers with no obvious ties to

Re: [Goanet] Nehru seizes Goa

2013-01-30 Thread Santosh Helekar
You have read the story I told you of looting after the annexation of Goa as related by the Portuguese information officer Leo Lawrence. Here is now the story as related by the Time Magazine issue of January 5, 1962 in an article entitled India: Morning After: QUOTE Goa's virtually duty-free

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: Nationality woes -- Goa, Portuguese passports and Indian laws (Radharao Gracias)

2013-01-21 Thread Santosh Helekar
Adv. Radharao Gracias wrote: Dual nationality is specifically barred, by Article 9 of the Constitution of India, which dictates:  Art.9. No person shall  be a citizen of India by virtue of article 5, or be deemed to be a citizen of India by virtue of article 6 or article 8, if he has

Re: [Goanet] OBITUARY: Rev Fr Ivo da Conceicao E Souza

2013-01-17 Thread Santosh Helekar
I am sorry to hear about the passing of Fr. Ivo. I would like to offer my heartfelt condolences to his family. Sincerely, Santosh Bosco wrote: [Goanet] OBITUARY: Rev Fr Ivo da Conceicao E Souza The last obituary at the below links is for Rev Fr Ivo da Conceicao E Souza of Holy Spirit

Re: [Goanet] Can they? What do Goanetters believe?

2013-01-16 Thread Santosh Helekar
The way the East is making great progress is by self-deportation of all the racist, casteist and religious bigots to the West, Macau and Down Under. Cheers, Santosh - Original Message - From: Nascy Caldeira nascy...@yahoo.com.au Hi all,   Catching Up? Yes. What percentage of the

[Goanet] Good academic questions on Goa

2013-01-16 Thread Santosh Helekar
Josebab Colaco asks very good questions about Goa's history. What I most commend him for is the fact that he, unlike others, recognizes that these questions are purely academic, and not a propaganda tool for a political or religious chauvinistic agenda. So since this is an academic exercise, I

Re: [Goanet] Goans forced to be bharatis

2013-01-16 Thread Santosh Helekar
This is a good attempt to sanitize purtugez history, avoiding the mention of Acto Colonial of 1930, giving us proud Indians of Estado da India the status of second class citizens, etc, etc.. This revisionist business is getting pretty old now, but nonetheless is a veritable clown show.

Re: [Goanet] Goans forced to be bharatis

2013-01-14 Thread Santosh Helekar
If one reads Goan history one will find out that Floriano Lobo is most likely not a Goan based on the same tortuous historical logic that he and a few other non-Goans use in this forum. But he and they are Indian by lineage and tradition. Floriano is fighting for the independence of today's Goa

Re: [Goanet] Goans forced to be bharatis

2013-01-13 Thread Santosh Helekar
I know that there are a few individuals in this forum who have trouble understanding what is written in plain English. Josebab is not one of them. But I submit that Josebab makes the mistake here of confusing my acceptance of the  reality of historical facts and actions with my approval of those

Re: [Goanet] Goans forced to be bharatis

2013-01-12 Thread Santosh Helekar
- Original Message - From: Jose Colaco cola...@gmail.com Am I correct in understanding that (say in 1962) a: Goans already had Portuguese nationality b: They have been 'decreed' to be Indian citizens c: They are now given the choice ie Accept it OR Get Lost from your Home (like

Re: [Goanet] Goans forced to be bharatis

2013-01-08 Thread Santosh Helekar
Original Message - From: Jose Colaco cola...@gmail.com For that matter .. HOW does anyone KNOW what the majority of Goans wanted in 1962?   One can know that the majority of Goans residing in Goa did not want to renounce their decreed Indian citizenship, and register

Re: [Goanet] Goans forced to be bharatis

2013-01-07 Thread Santosh Helekar
- Original Message - From: Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão drferdina...@hotmail.com Therefore I reiterate that Goans are neither Bharatis nor Indians as both these entities did not exist prior to 1947. What about Bengalis and Maharashtrians? Are they Indian? Cheers, Santosh

Re: [Goanet] GOA LIBERATION RETROSPECT Adv. Antonio Lobo

2013-01-06 Thread Santosh Helekar
Those who were loyal to Portugal and the Portuguese government claimed that rapes were being committed by Indians even before the invasion of 1961 - indeed, as early as 1958, according to one loyalist writer. On the other hand, apologists for the actions of the Indian government and

Re: [Goanet] Goans forced to be bharatis

2013-01-06 Thread Santosh Helekar
Colaco, Are you now against invasion and conversion? When did you change your mind? BTW, most of us Goans were always Bharatiya. Please read your history. Cheers, Santosh - Original Message - From: Bernado Colaco ole_...@yahoo.co.uk Maybe persons like Helekar wanted to be bharats,

Re: [Goanet] GOA LIBERATION RETROSPECT Adv. Antonio Lobo

2013-01-06 Thread Santosh Helekar
Gabriel wrote: So what is your point Santosh? Gabriel, The answer to this question should have been obvious to you since you yourself have confirmed my point in what you have written below. My point is that loyalists and apologists on either side have written about the atrocities committed

Re: [Goanet] GOA'S LIBERATION IN RETROSPECT

2013-01-04 Thread Santosh Helekar
People ought to get their information from reliable and reputed historical and news sources, not just from any crappy blog or website that they find in a Google search.  Here is a United Nations report indicating that Bashar al-Assad's atrocities in Syria have resulted in 60,000 deaths so far:

Re: [Goanet] GOA'S LIBERATION IN RETROSPECT By: Adv. Antonio Lobo

2013-01-03 Thread Santosh Helekar
To find out how many peaceful freedom fighters were killed by Salazar's police please read the following book published in 1955: Inside Goa by Homer A. Jack To find out about executions of peaceful freedom fighters and atrocities by the Portuguese in Goa during Salazar rule please read: Faces

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