Re: [Goanet] Great Men Of Goa

2006-12-14 Thread Frederick \FN\ Noronha
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Re: [Goanet] Great Men Of Goa

2006-12-13 Thread Cornel DaCosta
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 12:37 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Great Men Of Goa A bit late in the No great women in Goa debate' or is it over? If there are, I would be very happy if someone could bring the names to my attention because one has always to be learning, and if there are, and fall

Re: [Goanet] Great Men Of Goa

2006-12-12 Thread Helga do Rosario Gomes
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Re: [Goanet] Great Men Of Goa

2006-12-05 Thread Frederick \FN\ Noronha
An old article (at the risk of repetition) ... based on the book by Dr Clement Vaz. --FN http://www.geocities.com/athens/forum/1503/eminent-goans.html GOANS ARE ALL OVER THE WORLD, DOING ALL KINDS OF THINGS By Frederick Noronha Some helped build the steel frame of British colonialism. Others

Re: [Goanet] GREAT MEN OF GOA

2006-12-05 Thread Frederick \FN\ Noronha
Check this too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Goa FN On 05/12/06, Alfred de Tavares [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Marcos, Paulo, Could you pls provide me the full list that has been, todate, compiled. Alfred -- FN 9822122436 +91-832-240-9490 (phone calls after 1 pm please)

[Goanet] Great Men Of Goa

2006-12-04 Thread Jean Marcos Catao
Following the many responses received, I would like to clarify: a) It was mentioned in the write-up that, in view of the extremely large number of eminent Goans, which could not be encompassed within the compressed space of GOANET, I had set an arbitrary cut-off line of 1950, only in

Re: [Goanet] GREAT MEN OF GOA

2006-12-04 Thread Alfred de Tavares
Dear Marcos, Paulo, Could you pls provide me the full list that has been, todate, compiled. Alfred Goanet supports BMX, the alumni network of Britto's, St Mary's and Xavier's -- three prominent institutions in Mapusa, Goa.

Re: [Goanet] GREAT MEN OF GOA

2006-11-30 Thread Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha
Dear Paulo, 1. As regards your no. 19 +19. Prof. Dr. Narana Coisoro. Politician, leader of a Portuguese main Political Party, Vice-President of the Portuguese National Assembly;, please note that rof. Coissoro is no longer a member of the Portuguese Parliament. Incidentally, the correct name

Re: [Goanet] Great Men of Goa

2006-11-29 Thread Mervyn Maciel
Congrats. to Marcos Catao for producing such an interesting and exhaustive list of Great Men of Goa. As a Senior Goan, I am ashamed to admit that, with a few exceptions, I wasn't aware of the great contribution our Goans have made in a variety of fields. Well done Marcos! Best wishes

Re: [Goanet] GREAT MEN OF GOA

2006-11-29 Thread Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha
Dear Marcos, Your piece on the Great Men of Goa made indeed a very pleasant and enlightening reading. As I said in another e-mail, I concur entirely with Paulo Colaco Dias and with Tony Correia Afonso, and have made some observations of my own. Now kindly permit me to correct a small mistake

[Goanet] Great Men of Goa

2006-11-28 Thread tonyca
Dear Marcos, I would like to join Paulo in congratulating you for producing the truly excellent list of Great Men of Goa. Given the situation prevailing under Portuguese rule, it was perhaps inevitable that a majority of them would belong to our own community. Perhaps to right the balance

Re: [Goanet] GREAT MEN OF GOA

2006-11-28 Thread Aureo Mendes Da Piedade
Señor Marcos Catao. It´s great to be goan.I really admired to know of our goans story.I´m from time of Noel Flores and class mate as well in D.Bosco,Panjim. Keep doing your good job. Áureo Mendes Goanet supports BMX, the

Re: [Goanet] GREAT MEN OF GOA

2006-11-27 Thread Paulo Colaco Dias
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Marcos Catao Sent: 27 November 2006 03:48 To: goanet@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] GREAT MEN OF GOA GREAT MEN OF GOA MARCOS GOMES-CATAO The genesis of this article lies in an observation in a not too distant post in GOANET to the effect

[Goanet] GREAT MEN OF GOA

2006-11-26 Thread Jean Marcos Catao
GREAT MEN OF GOA MARCOS GOMES-CATAO The genesis of this article lies in an observation in a not too distant post in GOANET to the effect that DIASPORA GOANS now comprise 30% of all GOANS, many of them second and third generation ones, some of whom barely know GOA, others who have never