Re: [Goanet] Catholic children and Catholic schools/to Gabe

2007-12-08 Thread Carvalho
--- Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our children are grown up and perhaps the cause is lost - which ever way, we brought them up. Our dear Selma is looking for guidance, so perhaps she might get enlightenment, whether she accepts it or not is another matter ! -- DEV BOREM KORUM.

[Goanet] Religions in conflict: India's state of war

2007-12-08 Thread Gabe Menezes
Religions in conflict: India's state of war It is five years since Gujarat erupted in violence between Hindus and Muslims. But next week's elections will be dominated by the fallout from the bloody events By Andrew Buncombe in Ahmedabad Published: 07 December 2007 It is called the Bombay Hotel

[Goanet] Changing people's hearts and minds on caste

2007-12-08 Thread Marie D'Souza
If we want to change people's hearts and minds on caste what we need to do at the start is change the mindset of people / members of Institutions promoting caste. I have recently come to know that Communidades in Goa - or at least definitely in Aldona have 2 Presidents and 2 groups. One is

[Goanet] Who am I?

2007-12-08 Thread Dr. U. G. Barad
Last week I attended one dinner party wherein one invitee, as we were discussing, posed us one riddle that goes like this: - I reside in a 3BKH flat. I was loyal for almost 12 - 14 years with one party. During that time, I became owner of factories which are situated out of my state. My

Re: [Goanet] Catholic children and Catholic schools/to Bosco

2007-12-08 Thread Carvalho
--- Bosco D'Mello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Response: I wonder what was jeopardized in my case...or for that matter in the case of Rico, Cecil, Miguel - who were educated in Catholic institutions in Goa. Response: Hats off to every person who has had the benefit of an excellent

[Goanet] LPG Consumers Safety Camp at Curchorem on Saturday 8th December

2007-12-08 Thread Goa Desc
Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED

Re: [Goanet] Sati tradition or greed? How about coerced dowry

2007-12-08 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 14:09:20 + From: Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] My 'opinion' on the subject was: What is already out in the open World Wide Forum; a subjective study of the Chinese situation. With female foeticide and the subsequent, imbalance and the problems thereby arising. Thus my

Re: [Goanet] Changing people's hearts and minds on caste - JOIN TOGETHER NOW...........

2007-12-08 Thread JOHN MONTEIRO
Well said Marie, and let us all hope, pray use our (GOD-given) brains to get both together so that all act as one, together you win, divided will mean one rule for one and another for the other. Casteism will never get us anywhere, it has been said on this forum ad nausium but I am a great

[Goanet] Talking Photo: With this project, there will be no Campal beach at all

2007-12-08 Thread JoeGoaUk
Talking Photo: With this project, there will be no Campal beach at all The barrier to come up along the poles line near the waves (as can be seen in the pic) will wipe out the sandy shore. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2094342930size=l see campal beach here

Re: [Goanet] Sati tradition or greed? How about coerced dowry

2007-12-08 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 08/12/2007, Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mario responds: I speculated on what the growing imbalance between men and women in India would lead to. You apparently quoted a subjective study of what some sage thinks is happening in China, a country with a different moral compass

[Goanet] Rane's Revolt Against Portuguese Regime

2007-12-08 Thread JoeGoaUk
Rane's Revolt Against Portuguese Regime This was IFFI's one day attraction (opp. Old GMC) http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2093570089size=l http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2093570315size=l One minute Video http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZrP8FhScUHM or

[Goanet] Lord Meghnad Desai on Indian Modernity

2007-12-08 Thread Cecil Pinto
Under the auspices of the D.D. Kosambi Centenary Celebration Lord Meghnad Desai ( Member of the House of Lords UK, Professor Emeritus at the Centre for the Study of Global Governance) will speak on Indian Modernity at Kala Academy's Black Box, on Monday, 10th December at 5.30pm. All are

Re: [Goanet] Bad news for NRG men

2007-12-08 Thread Radhakrishnan Nair
This is really funny, Selma! I'm worried about the company you keep in the US of A! Rgds, RKN This attitude of wanting to marry girls from back home, is so regressive and patronising to girls back home. It somehow puts them on a pedestal of expectations such as domestic diva, faithful, demur,

[Goanet] Internatioanal Human Rights Day Programme in Quepem, Goa

2007-12-08 Thread sebastian Rodrigues
Gawda, Kunbi, Velip and Dhangar Federation (GAKUVED) will observe International Human Right Day in Quepem, Goa on Monday, December 10 2007 at 3.30 pm. The details of the programme includes procession and public meeting at Quepem town. Those interested to stand up for defence of peoples'

[Goanet] Reply to selma

2007-12-08 Thread Albert Desouza
Dear Doc,Albert does not need a peer-reviewed article, toconvince him that modern medicine is bad for you. This is the primary reason why religiousindoctrination is bad for human beings, because itruns counter to rationality. There is a verysystematic pattern to fundamental religious

[Goanet] Tandoori Chicken Chaat

2007-12-08 Thread edward lopes
*Tandoori Chicken Chaat* *Ingredients*: 3 cups tandoori chicken, shredded 2 tbsp lemon juice 1 tbsp oil 1/2 cup raw green mango, diced 1/2 cup onions, finely sliced 1/2 green capsicum, sliced 1 tomato, cut into quarters, deseeded, then sliced 2 tsp green chillies, chopped 3 tbsp coriander leaves,

[Goanet] Sad News - the passing away of Iggy Almeida

2007-12-08 Thread Tony
Dear Members and friends We are all sad to learn about the death of our member Iggy Almeida on Saturday, 8th December 2007. Please pass on the information re funeral arrangements to members and friends. Please click the Link (below) to go to the bereavement page of the GOA NSW Inc.

Re: [Goanet] The Bamon Ladder/to Roland

2007-12-08 Thread eric pinto
Selma - If only, one of the 'fair maidens' had been conferred on Piety ! He has known much sorrow over what he percieves as life's indignities, and insists on sharing the pain with us, and most of all, with a bishop. The 'B' word was rarely used by us, even in private, it was always that

Re: [Goanet] Changing people's hearts and minds on caste

2007-12-08 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Hi Gabe, What does it take to get 'class'? Can it be taught or self-learnt like so many things in life? Lack of class shows itself in several forms, which have been described with many phrases. On Goanet, it may show as, Last Wordism, a phrase coined by amcho Fred. Those who insists on

[Goanet] KAJSA: Thanks for your very kind, last minute help

2007-12-08 Thread Alfred de Tavares
Bangladeshi Dipal Barua receives 'Alternate Nobel'By Alfred de Tavares Stockholm, Dec 8 (IANS) Dipal Barua from Bangladesh and Christopher Weeramantry from Sri Lanka were among the peace and environment activists from four countries honoured with the annual Alternate Nobel prize. The

Re: [Goanet] The Bamon Ladder/to Valmiki

2007-12-08 Thread Carvalho
--- Valmiki Faleiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aguiars, generally, were bakers. Joildo and his brood, of course, were big bhatkars, M. Boyer (the stage name of this great Goan) hailed from a traditional baker family, and a female descendant of that illustrious Kshatriya family name, has been

Re: [Goanet] # 1154, post # 8: Reply to Cecil Pinto

2007-12-08 Thread Tony de Sa
Cecil, Thanks for that very supportive and encouraging post. I will try to comment on some of the issues that you have pointed out: (What I have to say mainly points out to the secondary school system i.e. up to Std X) CP: Yes indeed. One must admit that despite all their lamentations school

[Goanet] Changing people's hearts and minds on caste

2007-12-08 Thread edward desilva
Gabe Menezes wrote: I do not believe it is a problem in Goa. I do think it is a problem though in the U.K. as it was in East Africa. Gilbert Lawrence asked: If we are not clear thinking, we will not solve the problem. For my education, I ask you: Is the problem in UK

Re: [Goanet] Bad news for NRG men,

2007-12-08 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Carvalho wrote: Frankly, I'm always surprised when men who have been raised in the West want a bride from back home. What is the logic behind this? Marriage is surely meant to bind two people who have the same points of reference. selma, Life's greatest moments usually have no logic.

[Goanet] Who am I?

2007-12-08 Thread edward desilva
Who am I? Dr. U. G. Barad Ans: LALU PRASAD - Sent from Yahoo! #45; a smarter inbox.

[Goanet] The Bamon Ladder

2007-12-08 Thread edward desilva
Hi All, This Bamon ladder does not just exist among the Bamons of Goa. There was a program shown recently on Channel 4 in UK about Private Schools in Mumbai. One of the workers who sweeps the classroom floor happened to be of the shedule caste or Dalits in Mumbai, her husband had died

Re: [Goanet] Catholic children and Catholic schools

2007-12-08 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dears, The disconnect between percept and practice does not end with the Sunday sermon many of us forget the sermon but do as the priests do [irrespective of the religion]. Most RSS fanatics are atheists as were quite a few of the Portuguese administrators who got our forefathers baptised as

Re: [Goanet] Catholic children and Catholic schools

2007-12-08 Thread Kevin Saldanha
I will use my one free posting to GoaNet for this week to answer Gabe's question (which I thought I had done in the past). First of all... COMPROMISE is the only way to hold the domestic peace ;-) I have learned and continue to learn this over 25 years of marital bliss. Having said that, the

[Goanet] Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Sukhantlem Vorun Dukhant Ghalum Naye - POILO BHAG

2007-12-08 Thread lino dourado
   Sukhantlem Vorun Dukhant Ghalum Naye - I   Donparchem jevonn ghetlea uprant Srimati Esparança Verdes, bolkavant bosun Vavraddeancho Ixtt  vachunk bosleli. Moddle panar asleli khobor vachtam-vachtam tiche dolle motte zait gele ani soglich akhantli. Porot ekdam tinnem nodor marli ani

[Goanet] Milagros Saibinn (Does anybody remember these hymns/)

2007-12-08 Thread domnic fernandes
Dear Joe, Here are the lyrics of the hymn “Milagrosa Saibinnim” as I sang it over half a century ago: Milagrosa, Saibinnim, xeratinim, soletinim Tujea paieam lagim loku lakhanim Ami bhurgim, lhannponnim, bhorteleanv tuka fulanim Toxench dhumpaiteleanv dhonui hatanim Medal Milagros, turo

[Goanet] Govt plays Nero's fiddle... but people shall stamp out the SEZ fire

2007-12-08 Thread Pravin Sabnis
Goa's CM is best doing what he can... talking bull! His CLAIMS of WORK BEING STOPPED in SEZs in Verna is blatant FALSEHOOD. Verna and Sancaole will have to follow the Keri example. The work in the fradulent SEZ in Keri was STOPPED BY THE DETERMINED SOLIDARITY OF THE VILLAGERS. On Saturday, the

[Goanet] Goa news for December 9, 2007

2007-12-08 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Dutt on a Goa sojourn - Times Now.tv [9 hours ago] Goa, one of the most preferred tourist destination, has beckonedSanjay Dutt and his lady love Manyata, who were in Goa for three days

[Goanet] Konkani singers keep up your good work

2007-12-08 Thread REAGAN Q8
Konkani singers and dramatists, who have become household names, include three kings, Prince Jacob, Alfred Rose, Tony King, Kid Boxer, Souza Boy, M.Boyer, H Briton, Young Chico, J. B. Rod and lots new upcoming as well. A lot of the music churned out today is from 'Tiatre' (Konkani theatre),

[Goanet] India swings to jazz

2007-12-08 Thread Jazz Goa
Some time back we spoke about the new sounds that India is listening to. One of the sounds that seem to have resurrected, at least on Indian shores, is that of Jazz. Why resurrected, you may ask? After all, for the average Indian music lover Jazz is apparently a new phenomenon, or so it seems.

[Goanet] OECD report on India

2007-12-08 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
For Your Interest Kind Regards, GL India world's third largest economy: OECD Reuters Posted online: Thursday , December 06, 2007 at 1558 hrs Paris, December Economic growth is losing steam in the industrialized world after a strong run and the US economy is slowing hard but not sliding into

Re: [Goanet] Changing people's hearts and minds on caste

2007-12-08 Thread Seb dc
Hi, Posting on a public forum, there are chances u will get a reply. This is precisely what goanet is. So if anybody doesn't need a reply other than to whom it is intended, why not post to him directly Just my views Seb From: edward desilva [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Eddie or Alfred, Are

Re: [Goanet] nonsense written on goanet

2007-12-08 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
--- Albert Desouza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Goanetters What I have written is absolute the right thing. People who have left Goa and have settled in the west are feeling homesick. The whites do not want to mix up with the blacks. They do not even want to sit and have a beer with the

[Goanet] Goa Radio Live now -Listen to Konkani sons live on line

2007-12-08 Thread edward lopes
Konkani Lovers . Thanks for the wonderful messages of support and appreciation that are being to sent to RADIOGOA -Dubai - from Goans and Mangalorians from all the four corners of the world You too can view them at http://radiogoa.net/shout_archive.shtml