[Goanet] THE STORY -- HOW TO GET A GOAN EDITOR INTO BED!!!

It is irritating to put this note right at the head of this post. We so wish we could just plunge headlong into the story, but we must make sure that you guys know the motive behind this small, but dishy story we've done. There i

[Goanet] PDM Entertainment to hold Sunburn Festival in Goa

PDM Entertainment to hold Sunburn Festival in Goa Percept D'Mark (PDM Entertainment) has announced the unveiling of India's first International Electronic Music festival Sunburn in association with Smirnoff, Nikhil Chinappa and the Ministry of Tourism, Goa. Sunburn Festival, Goa 2007 is a unique e

[Goanet] Goa government's official website hacked

Goa government's official website hacked Panaji, PTI: The alleged hacker, Huseyingazi, who has claimed to be a Turkish national, has connected the Goa government's Information and Publicity Department's official website to www.turkmilliyetcileri.net, which flashes slogans against America. G

[Goanet] on lights for hindu festival - commnual congress??

Dear Selma- In response to your views about communal BJP – here is my question to you – When we had no power supply on Diwali , should we give it a communal colour and say that it was done purposely by the Congress govt and that they are against Hindus?? Another thought – Or should we accep

Re: [Goanet] Selma 's sensationalism/to RKN

--- Radhakrishnan Nair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Selma has not directly commented on my post, but I > do see signs of a > change of heart. What say, Selma? > - Dear RKN, The reason I did not respond to your post directly was because I do not like to take (or rake)

Re: [Goanet] to Jose Agnelo do Rosario Pinto -- Recheck facts on Digamber Kamat

Cederico, Rajan Narayan Goan Observer? He fabricates balcao stories so he can make money from gullible goans. It is unfair that you compare "it" to the other Goa media. How can you prove that Kamat is the most unstable CM ever? I know CM's that lasted few days. Just because you do not like him, do

Re: [Goanet] Selma 's sensationalism/to RKN

Don't worry, Selma! I do understand your viewpoint. It's not as if Fred and I are too pleased with the squalor and disorderliness that we witness all around us. But my point is that it's better to deal with the problem on the ground rather than just bleating about it in cyberspace and ridiculing th

Re: [Goanet] Fox guarding the henhouse

--- "Rajan P. Parrikar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To Goanet - > > Digambar Kamat's govt is going to appoint a committee to "study" the SEZ > issue. Now read > carefully: the committee will comprise 3 or 4 ministers. The govt does not > trust any citizen > to be on the committee. In other

[Goanet] meeting held at Colomba to oppose mining activity

The villagers of Kevona, Colomba , Chudemol of Sanguem taluka are fully determined to opposes the proposed mine near St. Francis Xavier Chapel Colomba. The villagers to oppose the mine on the hill where the chapel is situated had a meeting on 14th November near the Chapel which was attended

[Goanet] WORLD GOA DAY -2007 - Goinkars Own Academy -Goans in Pakistan - report by Nascimento Santamaria in Karachi

Goemkars - everywhere ! I am Proud and Privileged to be working with a dynamic and Courageous Goan Community group in Karachi, Pakistan - the Goinkars Own Academy under the able Leadership of Deborah Santamaria, the President. I take this opportunity of Congratulating Deborah and h

Re: [Goanet] Press Release from SEZ Virodhi Manch

November 16, 2007 PRESS RELEASE Reacting to GPCC President Francisco Sardinha's public statement that the Government intends to constitute a core committee "comprising of some ministers" to review the SEZs in the state, the SEZ Virodhi Manch, in a press release here today, said that it was c

Re: [Goanet] Goodbye, Sanny Goodbye

Very well said Walter. I'll appreciate if you send the Konkani transaltion of the same for publication in Gulab. Coincidentally he sent me your email address with the following message a few days before his departure from this planet. I shall write to you later. May his soul rest in peace. Fausto M

Re: [Goanet] Selma 's sensationalism

We also have to imbibe the skills of keeping our countries as clean as Switzerland, and dump our toxic plants in the Third World, while at the same time also garnering all the ill-gotten wealth from dictators that rule the south (in numbered bank accounts) while at the same time preaching morals. W

[Goanet] Cuncolim Civic and Consumer Forum meeting on Sunday 18th November

--- Cuncolim Civic and Consumer Forum meeting on Sunday 18th November --- The Cuncolim Civic and Consumer Forum (CCCF) will have its monthly general meeti

Re: [Goanet] Fox guarding the henhouse

""P.S. Thanks to all who have written to me privately and offered support and help. Together Goans around the world are keen to save Goa. Some effort is being made and perhaps modest success may be achieved against overwhelming odds. If we lose, at least we will go down fighting."" ** That's the sp

[Goanet] question for Cedrico

question for Cedrico Fri Nov 16 18:24:52 PST 2007 Dear cedrico:i had asked wilma the same question and now i amasking you. Meaningless questions incessantly on Goanet deserves meaningless answers. Goanet does not cater for this waste of time, no matter how many times you ask them.

[Goanet] Free E-Books

Dear All, Good News!! For I.T professionals and Tech Savy. Download Free computer related E-Books at: http://www.free-itebooks.com/ BTW: -Can anyone suggest where one can download Free E-books for LAW STUDY (For Pursuing LLB Course). Shashikant.

[Goanet] An article for you

Goa's Developmental Problems by Brian Antao, Ph.D. Goa is challenged by many problems that come in the way of its steady development and really being the Number One Model state in India. I am not saying that Goa should be sold to the land sharks by the way of the Regional Plan 2011 and turned

[Goanet] Goa government is giving false e-mail address

The goa government constituted a task force to prepare the regional plan 2021. A Notice to that effect was published in the local daily "sunaparant" on the front page on 9/10/2007 asking for suggestion regarding the proposed plan 2021 and the last for submitting the suggestion was mentioned as

Re: [Goanet] Raising a Stink

Sitting at the XCHR, seeing Clinton's demo. Wondering who around me could be Aniriddha Sen Gupta. As for me, I'm the scruffiest guy with an unrepentently grey beard. Nice to have all kind of interesting persons on Goanet! You write well, ASG and should consider doing a piece on your days in Corj

Re: [Goanet] Currency values

Mario Goveia wrote: > So, let me get back to safer ground by using the > official US government statistical information since > the entire financial world uses this as their primary > reference on information about the US, other than > those who confuse US government statistics with US > government

Re: [Goanet] Currency values - response to Gabe

Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:27:43 + From: "Gabe Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mario has claimed to be an MBA. Therefore I am taken aback that he had to resort to Google, to try and fathom out what is really going on w.r.t inflation gauging in the USA. > Mario asks: > Gabe says he is "taken aback

[Goanet] Past & Present History of Goa

A fleet of four ships sailed out of the Tagus, in Portugal, on the 8th July 1497. Their departure accompanied by the tears shed by the crowds, and the chant of the priests was to have a colossal effect on this remote location on the Indian subcontinent.Vasco da Gama and his band of adventurers h

[Goanet] currency values

Dear All: once again bwana mervyn is dancing around the bushes ... to recap: mervyn said the the inflation index doesnt include food and fuel.. mario responded that it does.. the FACt is there are different indices and some exclude certain items..so to be fair to mervyn and mario both are corr

[Goanet] Sanny De Quepem

SANNY DE QUEPEM, May the Almighty Give strength and guidance to the his family to Overcome this great loss Eternal rest grants to him OH Lord and let perpetual light shine on him, May his soul Rest in Peace Amen. With deep Sympathy From Reagan De Molcornem

[Goanet] GOANS CELEBRATE GOA DAY 2007

GOANS CELEBRATE GOA DAY – 2007 Goa Day 2007 was celebrated in a grand style at the Indian Community School Auditorium in Salmiya – Kuwait on November 9, 2007, after a lapse of two years and yet it was hailed as an unique event. It was largely attended and the venue was packed to capaci

[Goanet] Kerkar Art Complex: Kathak dance by Mamata Hussain

Kerkar Art Complex organizes concerts of Indian Classical Dance and Music every Tuesday from 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. during the tourist season. This is the only place in Goa where concerts of Indian Classical Dance and Music are organized on a regular basis. For the last fifteen years, Kerkar Art C

[Goanet] Music in Goa...

Goans love music. It is an integral part of their lives. Music in Goa covers a broad spectrum, from Portuguese music to Techno to Rave and the now the (in) famous Goa Trance. The local radio station AIR (All India Radio) mostly plays music in Konkani, Hindi and English. Though occasionally, we s

Re: [Goanet] question for Cedrico

Floriano's question to Bandare. Would you reject a 'baby' just because it has not grown legs that run??? floriano goasuraj - Original Message - From: Bhandare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 7:54 AM Subject: [Goanet] question for Cedrico > Dear cedrico: > >

Re: [Goanet] Konknni Talkies : the Tom & Bhembre Show

Mogall Miguel bab, Nobody would tolerate a slur on his / her credibility nor expect others to doubt his / her honesty. But they say, you reap as you sow. So, if you cast slurs on the credibility of others and doubt their honesty and that too in a harsh language, you could not possibly expect anyt

Re: [Goanet] Selma 's sensationalism/to RKN

We do agree with RKN when he says: >I'm sure the situation in Goa will improve too, if its citizens apply pressure on the civic authorities and come forward to bear the expenses> And we sympathise with dear Selma when she says: >>To me that was like a stake plunged into my heart>> But then if R

Re: [Goanet] HIV & AIDS... persistant rumours, lies & deception.

On 16/11/2007, JOHN MONTEIRO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I received this email today, and I re-send it to Goanet as I feel this > subject has been mistreated by a poster & some Gonetters are being misled on > the subject. > > Please take some time to read the reply I received from a reputabl

[Goanet] Facts and the Future: The art of the possible?

Dears, What will it be to be in Panaji between 21 and 23 November, 2007? Mog asundi. Miguel Willy demands SEZ freeze PANJIM, Nov 16: While demanding a freeze on all Special Economic Zones-related work, Nationalist Congress Party chief Dr Wilfred de Souza on Friday welcomed the government's d

Re: [Goanet] Go peacefully...... (a small correction needed)

Mogall Sebastiao-bab, If, perhaps, by the word "confrere" you refer to Fr. Pratap Naik sj who, like Fr. Antonio Pereira sj, once believed that the future of Konkani was in Devanagri, then the word "pliable" is NOT used by him to describe Fr. Antonio Pereira or Fr. Moreno de Souza sj. He believes t

[Goanet] months mind

MONTHS MIND IN EVERLOVING MEMORY OF FR.SEBASTIAO. J .FERNANDES (OPP st.Thomas Boys High School-Aldona-goa) Born to the earth = 22nd April 1919 Return to his Father = 15th Oct 2007 AFTER SERVING IN THE FOLLOWING CHURCHES /CHAPELS COLVA,CHIPLEM,DULER,CANSA,BAMBOLIM, MORJIM,

Re: [Goanet] DUBAI CHARITY CUP 2008

And now the scam moves to Goa!! Goans beware. Wouldnt the money be better utilized by the Tivim Care home? instead of big prize money ??? Maybe the organizers team is destined to win On Nov 15, 2007 8:35 AM, BONNIE FERNANDES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DUBAI CHARITY CUP 2008 > (Invitational

[Goanet] : Burps by adults in public places are not considered civilised.

: There is no problem in our dear Rajan Narayan, enjoying the largesse of Digambar-bab and others closely associated with him, or his gratitude to them for their pecuniary him and them. There is no problem in him painting a snowy picture of Secular Shridhar at the CM's official residence earli

Re: [Goanet] Go peacefully...... (a small correction needed)

Mogall Miguel bab, Fr. Antonio Pereira was a prolific writer in Konkani (both scripts, but much more in Romi) as well as English. Among his works are two biographies of Msgr Dalgado in Konkani (Romi) and in English. The English one was published by the Sahitya Akademi. It is the same Msgr Dalgad

[Goanet] Answer for Floriano

Dear floriano: my question was directed to those people who claim that the BJP ideology is flawed because it has been rejected by goans..thay argue that if parrikar is so good why doesnt he get a majority? wilma cedric and some others even claim that parrikar, who incidentally has won 4 times in a

Re: [Goanet] Konknni Talkies : the Tom & Bhembre Sho

On Nov 17, 2007 8:52 PM, Sebastian Borges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mogall Miguel bab, > All said and done, the two of us seem to share a few > characteristics. I too do not want awards ( as if I > were eligible for any!). I have never taken any > subsidies, nor do I need any. I do not like p

[Goanet] Hunting for interior Goan land

To Goanet - I was in the talukas of Canacona and Sanguem today. We stopped at a small hotel for lunch in the village of Netravali (Neturlim) in Sanguem taluka. The owner told us that packs of bhaile are on the prowl for land in the area, that they have been on scouting trips alongwith their (G

[Goanet] to Jose Agnelo do Rosario Pinto -- Recheck facts on Diggu

Jose Agnelo do Rosario Pinto -- Recheck facts on Digamber Kamat J..i think you are very wrong in your judgements on Rajan Narayan and his Goan Observer...they have recently celebrated four years and have stood much strangulation by the BJP regime then and your so called Bamon leader of opposi

[Goanet] Goa Suraj May Outshine the Saffron Lotus

Goa Suraj May Outshine the Saffron Lotus Bandare, Going by the way the fortunes of your pet-party the BJP and its leaders in Goa are going... it is only time before it will be an extinct species in Goa's political history...the way its cousin -- the MGP is heading. I kid you not, like the stor

Re: [Goanet] Selma 's sensationalism/to RKN

On 17/11/2007, Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Perhaps I'm one of those people who is unduly > perturbed by issues of hygiene, sewage, sanitation, > changing tables at airport restrooms etc. I cannot > stand people defecating in public. Hmmm... it does sound very unusual and rare! Coming t

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goa's vanishing landscape; where is conservation on Goa's agenda? (Bonny Fernandes)

GOA'S VANISHING LANDSCAPE: WHERE IS CONSERVATION ON GOA'S AGENDA? By Bonny Fernandes Former Chief Planner, Goverment of India Characterised as the "Queen of the East", Goa, under 450 years of Portuguese rule remained a relatively laid-back colony of 6,00,000 inhabitants, who lived a "susegado" li

[Goanet] Societal carelessness in our homeland

Radhakrishnan Nair rknair15 at gmail.com Wed Nov 14 22:42:25 PST 2007 wrote: > >From a post titled [Goanet] Selma's sensationalism > <> > Don't be so diffident, Fred. Since when have the Westerners become so conscious of hygiene? In the 18th and 19th centuries American farms were malodorous pigstie

[Goanet] Goa news for November 18, 2007

Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** IFFI not to be shifted outside Goa: Film fest directorate - Hindu [10 hours ago] "Every state wants to have IFFI in their place but there is no proposal to shift it from Goa," Director of

Re: [Goanet] Selma 's sensationalism (RKN)

On 16/11/2007, Radhakrishnan Nair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dr JC as usual,. can never engage in a converstion with me, either public or private, without raking up some "Nair history" and assorted humbug. jc's response: 1: Thank you GMail for storing the MANY episodes of conversation betwe

[Goanet] Save Goa, CM-ji: HERALD(Goa), Nov 18, 2007

SAVE GOA, CM-ji By Valmiki Faleiro Goa ails from an aching heart. Goa’s heart – geographic, spiritual and cultural – is Antruz, today’s Ponda taluka. Ponda is in peril. But, before that, a bit on why I describe Ponda so. Ponda is the repository of our ancient deities. It is Goa’s foremost te

[Goanet] This day, last year… Goa learnt to s hed fear

Last year, on 18th November, 2006, the Corporation of the City of Panaji and their workers began mowing down three old tress, under the guise of road widening and beautification near Madhuban Complex in Tambdi Mati, St Inez. The same CCP had resolved that “no tress would be cut without taking NG

[Goanet] Beware the snakes in your midst

Shridhar Kamat's behavior the other day during the GBA group's meeting with Digu was perplexing. The colour of his nose had acquired a brownish sheen presumably from all the hard work he had been doing at Digu's official pad since the morning to save Goa. I wouldn't trust the fellow and hope the

[Goanet] J Colacos suggestions and Bhandare's response --

Barad, isnt it time we quit calling sonia gandhi an italian doll...guess she is an indian citizen and a daughter in law of india...an accepted bahu as per the indian parampara... If you cant accpet sonia's citizenship, then will you call all Goans born during portuguese era...what? \ how many

[Goanet] Joe Melo- Bhandare.

She had introduced herself as Suneela Muzzafar, a Dubai based news reporter. Then, as now, she utilized an uncommon style of witty prose, to inform as well as to make a point, and one read into the probing mind of a young go-getter. Alas, she would disappear, only to emerge again as an angry 'H

[Goanet] The creeping urbanisation of Goa

Reading various posts on the subject it is evident that land prices are being driven beyond the reach of the Goan. The occassional guilt laden "patriotic" Goan developer claims he prefers selling only to Goans, usually non resident. However what is the guarantee that the non resident Goan will n

[Goanet] Sands of time

Sands of time EXPRESS FEATURES SERVICE Posted online: Friday , November 16, 2007 at 12:00:00 Updated: Friday , November 16, 2007 at 02:22:37 Print Email To Editor Post Comments After holidaying in Goa over 30 times, I would think the excitement it elicits would be in moderation by now.

Re: [Goanet] Macacas! And comparative health care systems

Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:43:50 -0800 (PST) From: Mervyn Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mario, This is the first time I have seen anyone use an exclamation mark with Macacas. And that too at the beginning of a sentence. In your never humble opinion, is the word "Macacas" a derogatory term in the US or