[Goanet] Jawaharlal Nehru: November 14 1889 to May 27, 1964

2009-06-29 Thread Rajiv Desai
Jawaharlal Nehru died on May 27, 1964. That, Roland, was during the summer holiday before XI B at St Xavier's. Rajiv Desai www.rajivndesai.blogspot.com.

[Goanet] Daily Grook #451

2009-06-29 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY GROOK #451 ___ PAY DISMAY ___ by Francis Rodrigues folks in spain often go dutch, but yet complain gotta peso much! _ puns word-play of all kinds, hey...read between the lines! _

[Goanet] Re the Price of Fish

2009-06-29 Thread J. Colaco jc
Eddie Fernandes ed...@fernandes.u-net.com wrote: I must confess that I find Dr Colaco's emotive arguments about the price of fish difficult to stomach!  Is he aware that: 1. Over 90% of the catch off the coast of Goa is exported and it is this demand that is fuelling prices. 2. If foreign

[Goanet] Recession-the lighter side

2009-06-29 Thread Marshall Mendonza
I received the following jokes on recession in my inbox.Thought of sharing them with you. Enjoy!!! Regards, Marshall Ali Baba and the forty thieves are now Ali Baba thirty thieves. Ten were laid off ! Batman and Robin are now Batman and Pedro. Batman fired Robin and hired Pedro because Pedro

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 4, Issue 643

2009-06-29 Thread Manoj Raikar
Hello, Its high time we start similar classes in Goa also lessons against corruption and terrorism KV kids to get lessons against corruption 28 Jun 2009, 0446 hrs IST, Shruthi Balakrishna, TNN BANGALORE: Catch 'em young. That’s what the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) strongly believes

[Goanet] Luck? – Monday-muse (29 Jun’0 9)

2009-06-29 Thread Pravin Sabnis
  MONDAY MUSE (29 June 2009) LUCK?   Once, an old farmer’s old horse ran off into the hills. When, his neighbours sympathised with him over his bad luck, the farmer replied, 'Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?' A week later the horse returned with an imposing wild horse from the hills and this

[Goanet] Occupants in MLA's car escape villagers fury

2009-06-29 Thread Freddy Fernandes
With reference to the article on Herald Occupants in MLA's car escape villagers fury HERALD CORRESPONDENT CANACONA, JUNE 28 One can only say Bravo Nuemkars Bravo ! I do admire the courage, the resolve and the unity my villagers, and that's the right way forward. Nuem is a small hamlet on the

[Goanet] Goa's freedom fighters

2009-06-29 Thread Bernado Colaco
Doutor Jose, Before you continue on your geometric trip take a look at this extensive letter by Bruto da Costa to Nehru. It is written in English. http://www.supergoa.com/pt/read/news_recorte.asp?c_news=245 BTW Tibet is an autonomous region. Goa is occupied without any autonomy. BC   When

Re: [Goanet] Treatment of British families in Goa

2009-06-29 Thread georgejpinto
--- On Sun, 6/28/09, Eddie Fernandes ed...@fernandes.u-net.com wrote: Now, suppose you tell us your views on 2. The retrospective action of the Goa Government in suspending property transactions of foreigners and threatening to confiscate them. I would be outraged that a previously legal

Re: [Goanet] Treatment of British Families in Goa

2009-06-29 Thread Romeo Ferns
Hi Karen Young, It is unfortunate that the govt is trying to confiscate the property you legitimately purchased. If you have registered the properety and you possess all the relevant documents, , then you all should band yourselves together and seek legal counsel without delay, What has been

[Goanet] 4/6 lane

2009-06-29 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
Stop indiscriminate and senseless broadening of roads by displacing Goan habitats. Widening of roads will neither reduce traffic congestion nor reduce vehicular accidents and fatalities. On the contrary it will increase the number of accidents as vehicles will tend to over speed. And

[Goanet] Fighting the superbugs

2009-06-29 Thread Con Menezes
Are our hospitals 'super-bug' proof.? Look around when you next visit. Con http://healthrevelations.com/2009/06/25/fighting/

[Goanet] Portuguese wonder to boost tourism in Diu

2009-06-29 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
So-called freedom fighters of Goa might have a chip on their shoulder regarding the Basilica being considered as one of the Portuguese wonders of the world.  The fact remains that it was designed, architected, engineered and built using Portuguese labour - after all, weren't Goans Portuguese

[Goanet] Times Of India Group Goes For A Mag on Christians

2009-06-29 Thread Goanet News
Times Of India Group Goes For A Christian Magazine FN It’s like an Examiner or The New Leader packed with glossy adverts and printed in full colour. It has articles from pockets of Christian India. And it has some prominent names of journalists of a Christian background splattered across its

[Goanet] EPA May Have Suppressed Report Skeptical Of Global Warming

2009-06-29 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
I don't know if this has value in changing world opinion.  However, man-made climate change or not, I would welcome a change in our methods of energy production, be it small-scale (power units for propulsion) or large-scale (for industrial and general domestic usage), without forcing extreme

[Goanet] Lily Amelia Fernandes; Heir Hunters: Looking for relatives of............

2009-06-29 Thread Gabe Menezes
On BBC I today, the Heir Hunters programme showed investigators looking for the heirs/relatives of Lily Amelia Fernandez ( Fernandes ?) born in Quilon, Southern India. She died aged 72, a retired mid wife, who lived in Sidcup kent. She left a tidy nest egg, the house itself would be worth in the

[Goanet] Medicine in Goa--a former Portuguese territory.

2009-06-29 Thread Frederick FN Noronha
Title:  Medicine in Goa--a former Portuguese territory. Author: Pandya S Abstract: Journal:        Journal of Postgraduate Medicine Issn:   00223859 EIssn:  09722823 Year:   1982 Volume: 28 Issue:  3 pages/rec.No:   123-48 Key words       Education ; Medical ; history ; History of Medicine ; 15th

[Goanet] 'I will do as my father did': On Portuguese and other European views of Mughal succession crises (Jorge Flores)

2009-06-29 Thread Frederick FN Noronha
A good example of Open Access. --FN Title:  'I will do as my father did': On Portuguese and other European views of Mughal succession crises Author: Jorge Flores Abstract:       The Mughal succession crises occurring between the political downfall of Akbar (c. 1600) and Aurangzeb’s death (1707)

Re: [Goanet] Lily Amelia Fernandes; Heir Hunters: Looking for relatives of............

2009-06-29 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक न ोरोन्या
Quilon is now Kollamb in Kerala. Because of the Luso influence in the area, you had a lot of South Indians with names like Fernandez or Gonsalves, but that doesn't mean they necessarily have a Goan link. My uncle studied in the Infant Jesus Boys School in the 1930s, which, I believe also had a

[Goanet] Treatment of British families in Goa.

2009-06-29 Thread jane gillian rodrigues
iggy.fernan...@hotmail.co.uk Treatment of British families in Goa. Dear Goankars, For my own personal information, could someone on Goanet, please let me know:- (1) What legal documents, are required for foreigners to buy property in Goa? (2)In which state of India, or, country around the

[Goanet] Freedom Fighters

2009-06-29 Thread ignatius fernandes
My poor Father always thought it was divine intervention that killed Nehru for invading the sacred soil of Goa. Regards Ignatius Fernandes. _ Get the best of MSN on your mobile http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/147991039/direct/01/

[Goanet] Indians moving from Dubai to Oman, Qatar

2009-06-29 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.navhindtimes.in/news/goa-news/132-indians-moving-from-dubai-to-oman-qatar Indians moving from Dubai to Oman, Qatarhttp://www.navhindtimes.in/news/goa-news/132-indians-moving-from-dubai-to-oman-qatar Written by NT Network Sunday, 28 June 2009 20:37 [image: smaller text tool

Re: [Goanet] Goa's freedom fighters

2009-06-29 Thread J. Colaco jc
2009/6/29 Bernado Colaco wrote: Before you continue on your geometric trip take a look at this extensive letter by Bruto da Costa to Nehru. It is written in English. http://www.supergoa.com/pt/read/news_recorte.asp?c_news=245 BTW Tibet is an autonomous region. Goa is occupied without any

Re: [Goanet] Treatment of British families in Goa

2009-06-29 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Folks, Today the Economic Times of India carries a highly relevant update on the question of foreign owned property in Goa. The paper reports that the Goa Government has been denied the power to declare legitimate past purchases illegal and are proposing to take a different route! To my

Re: [Goanet] Lily Amelia Fernandes; Heir Hunters: Looking for relatives of............

2009-06-29 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Thank you Gabe. The programme had been featured in the forthcoming section of Goan Voice last week. A photograph of Lily is at http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/ UK residents can record a repeat of the programme to be shown at 03:30 on 30 Jun on BBC one and can also see it online, till 5 July, at

[Goanet] Treatment of British Families in Goa

2009-06-29 Thread Cajetan Alvares
Hi Romeo Ferns, Easily said than done. When the East Africans/ Kenyans in particular applied to come to India. India refused them entry saying that you have a British Passport - Go to Britain. Alternatively, give up your BP. Feeling sorry for the British now is not fair, just because they are

[Goanet] My friend Annie Lobo - a woman of susbstance

2009-06-29 Thread Cecil Pinto
Below is an e-mail sent by Lira Pinto, Aldona, to her sister Arecia Paul in Toronto. An edited (by me - her son Cecil) version of this mail appeared in the Herald newspaper dated 27th June, thanks to the good offices of our fellow Aldonkar Vidyadhar Ghadgil. --- Dear Arecia, My

[Goanet] [JudeSundayReflections] 14th Sunday of the Year

2009-06-29 Thread Jude Botelho
28-Jun-2009 Dear Friend, Every one of us has prejudices, whether we admit or deny it. We are impressed with out- ward show and appearances. We are awed by strength and power and we despise weakness. We are attracted to the bold and beautiful. We are easily taken in by people’s oratory and

Re: [Goanet] Lily Amelia Fernandes; Heir Hunters: Looking for relatives of............

2009-06-29 Thread rcabral
I know at least three Goan families who were in Calicut (Perhaps they were there in other placs too). There is an interesting story how Goans landed in this part of India. Many of them were called tamonnkar and ran small trading businesses selling copper utensils etc. Richard Cabral

[Goanet] Treatment of British families in Goa

2009-06-29 Thread Mervyn Elsie Maciel
Pardon me if my thinking on this issue is a bit 'clouded';I had all along assumed that the discussion was not so much about foreigners pushing up the price of property(or fish for that matter!), to the detriment of the indigenous Goans, but rather, the sad plight of those British expatriates who,

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Traditional Sangodd at Candolim.

2009-06-29 Thread JoeGoaUk
  Feast of  patron saints of Fishermen St. Peter and St. Paul Orda, Candolim  Check this out http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk19/3671933866/sizes/l/   http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk19/3671933000/sizes/l/   With Anil-Olga singing onboard

[Goanet] Treatment of British families in Goa/need based buying

2009-06-29 Thread marlon menezes
Fred, What exactly is need based buying? Who determines who needs and who does not need? Furthermore, are you really sure you are really reflecting the views of the local side? What about the locals who wants to sell their property at the highest price possible? Why do you wish to restrict

[Goanet] Grandpa had company !

2009-06-29 Thread eric pinto
When fed US AID wheat, in 1965, our chickens went to laying thirty eggs a month, from ten.  My grandmother was very puzzeled, given that her attachment to rice was 'divine',  but not for long: she had the perfect solution. Poisoned by the vermillion- blood red grain, the hens had weakened,

[Goanet] Staying in Bombay

2009-06-29 Thread Cajetan Alvares
Hi, Came across this post while browsing. Unless it is an emergency I would not advise any one to go there. Why? Besides the rates they showed, they charged me Rs 600/- per day and that was in 2006. I don't know how much additional charges are for today. What, why, etc. Well! I did not have the

[Goanet] FW: CONTACT SEARCH!

2009-06-29 Thread Hillen, Pauline
Added: he was born on : 13 October 1983 in Caranzalem Van: Hillen, Pauline Verzonden: maandag 29 juni 2009 21:05 Aan: 'Goanet@lists.goanet.org' Onderwerp: CONTACT SEARCH! Dear reader, I am looking urgently for a man called Savio dias, who placed in 2006 a

[Goanet] All system of medicine should work together Dr. Jindal Dean GMC, Bambolim

2009-06-29 Thread SHRIKANT BARVE
Press Release Systems of Medicine should work together to provide better healthcare to the society: Dr. Jindal and Dr. Kothe The International Centre, Goa and Taleigao Chess Academy organized a half-day interactive session on “Different Systems of Medicine Our Health” on Sunday 28th

[Goanet] Goa's freedom fighters

2009-06-29 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:19:20 + (GMT) From: Bernado Colaco ole_...@yahoo.co.uk Goa is occupied without any autonomy. Mario observes: It looks like the news is not getting through to wherever Bernardo lives:-))

[Goanet] Goan Identity Movement - Meeting In Dubai Postponed

2009-06-29 Thread Arwin Mesquita
Dear All, Please note that the Goan Identity Movement: Meeting in Dubai; originally set for Friday 3rd July, has been postponed until further notice. I will revert with the revised date for the same. Regards, Arwin -- Please post your comments on my Blog: http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/

[Goanet] Goa news for June 30, 2009

2009-06-29 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** SAFF fest concludes in Goa - Hindu o-distinction-between-creative-commercial-films/articleshow/4717917.cmsusg=AFQjCNFL3ar6zWCbJYxGNqLO4bi1nV2FFQ'Make no distinction between creative,

[Goanet] looking for a goan girl

2009-06-29 Thread Gerald Fernandes
hi my name is gerald fernandes i am 35 yrs old i am looking for a goan girl to get married well she may be from mumbai or goa me working for a cruiseliner in uk and presently on holiday in mumbai got house in mumbai and a two bedroom apartment in goa if any one is interested

Re: [Goanet] My friend Annie Lobo - a woman of susbstance

2009-06-29 Thread Roland Francis
I met Annie Lobo only once when her husband Seby insisted we visit them when in Goa. That must have been more than 18 years ago. Spent a whole day (almost) with them and got a chance to know Annie within what time there was. She was everything that Cecil's mum says she was and everything Seby

[Goanet] Taking Photos: 2 Seasonal flowers

2009-06-29 Thread JoeGoaUk
Taking Photos: 2 Seasonal flowers   WE call it Sant Anton, probably because it blooms around St. Anthony Feast i.e. 13th June http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk3/3672850629/sizes/l/   This one looks like hibiscus flowers but they are not

[Goanet] Candolim SANGODD 2009 - A video clip

2009-06-29 Thread JoeGoaUk
Candolim SANGODD 2009 - A video clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENFyFoiBLyo     Another duo in favour of Parrikar   Part II- Kids special coming up soon   joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (30Jun09)

2009-06-29 Thread alexyz fernandes
*** Michael Jackson the King of Pop is Dead *** ...Long Live the Princes Michael Jrs. The Pop Kings Sons.. To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

Re: [Goanet] FW: CONTACT SEARCH!

2009-06-29 Thread Roland Francis
Readers must beware of requests from unknown persons asking for the whereabouts of people known to Goanetters. If anyone knows the Savio Dias Pauline is looking for, then it may be more prudent to advise Savio of the request than inform Pauline of his coordinates. Pauline Van Hillen may be

Re: [Goanet] Re the Price of Fish

2009-06-29 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Hi Jose, My responses prefaced with *** -Original Message- From: J. Colaco Eddie Fernandes may be right. Over 90% of the catch off the coast of Goa is exported. BUT, are they or were they chaps ever the suppliers of fish to the local market? *** some are others are in part or not at

[Goanet] Goa's freedom fighters

2009-06-29 Thread Bernado Colaco
Hi Jose,   What is not pure waste of time for you? Tentative maratization of Goa!. Tibet is an autonomous region of China. The Dalai Lama wants more autonomy. Please discuss Goa issues on Goa net. Don't go geometric.   BC     Dear Bernado, I have read the Bruto da Costa letter. I have a copy

Re: [Goanet] Goa's freedom fighters

2009-06-29 Thread Roland Francis
Mario, blame it on the Bamboo Curtain. However, the curtain is of no concern to Bernado who has his Portuguese passport just in case China decides to do a Tianmen on the peaceable card-playing population of Macau. Roland. On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Mario Goveiamgov...@sbcglobal.net

[Goanet-News] Times Of India Group Goes For A Mag on Christians

2009-06-29 Thread Goanet News
Times Of India Group Goes For A Christian Magazine FN It’s like an Examiner or The New Leader packed with glossy adverts and printed in full colour. It has articles from pockets of Christian India. And it has some prominent names of journalists of a Christian background splattered across its