Lady : Is this my train?
Station Master : No, it belongs to the Railway Company.
Lady : Don't try to be funny. I mean to ask if I can take this train to New
Delhi.
Station Master : No Madam, I'm afraid it's too heavy.
~~
Customer :Waiter, do you serve crabs?
Waiter :Please sit down sir, we
Dear Goanetters,
In some postings of this Forum
it was said that Albert Einstein was an atheist.
There were rejoinders to them. I would like to quote his own words,
wherein he says that he is neither an atheist nor a pantheist.
***Albert Einstein wrote: In view of such harmony in the cosmos
Dears,
My friend, former class mate and a seasoned activist, Soter D'Souza, worked
very hard to make Goa People's Assembly a representative forum for persons of
all shades of opinion and political leanings. No one should ever doubt his
intentions and his dedication to the cause of Goa.
In
50% Disc on Umbrellas -- Here's to Alexyz
WE had a good laugh reading Alexyz's cartoon
today50% discount on umbrellas
Alexyz-- ur the best laugh master...with no haik-ups!
Peter said to me, Ï thought the BJP in Goa was
distributing free umbrellas this monsoon...
Paul Quipped: no not
Dears,
There is an old saying that reads thus:
The best place to find a HELPING HAND is at the end of one's own ARM.
Empower yourself.I have posted some information prepared by GoaCAN that
remained canned for almost a year ... amidst discussions.
Who says red tape affects only the
A popular Goan finally learnt english from England and came back to Goa,
where he was asked to translate few common sentences in Konkani to English.
~Tujem ghor kuim poddta ?
: Where is your house falling ?
~ anik anik zaem ?
: and and want ?
~ Arrre tho Pedro khal bhair poddlo.
: Hey,
Dear Goanetters
A Lion Roars
Please visit this blog of Mr Lionel Messias. An eye-opener indeed!
www.freebirdingoa.blogspot.com
John Monteiro
Regards
John Monteiro
--- On Tue, 6/17/08, Miguel Braganza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My friend, former class mate and a seasoned activist, Soter
D'Souza, worked very hard to make Goa People's
Assembly a representative forum for persons of all
shades of opinion and political leanings. No one should
ever doubt his
Is this new Bollywood actress a Goan? SOmebody sent me a link to her photos
http://www.funandfunonly.in/2008/05/cute-and-spicy-stills-of-genelia-dsouza.html
Eugene
*The Religious* *Husband*
*A HUSBAND COMES HOME FROM CHURCH;*
*HE GREETS HIS WIFE AND LIFTS HER UP. HE THEN CARRIED HER AROUND THE HOUSE.*
*THE WIFE WAS SO SURPRISED AND SHE ASKED*
*'DID THE BISHOP PREACH ABOUT BEING ROMANTIC'?*
**
*THE HUSBAND SAID, 'NO, HE SAID WE MUST CARRY OUR BURDENS AND
* A 3 minutes movie, very uplifting.*
http://www.blessyoumovie.com/
--
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Join me on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/edwardlopes7
Dears,
Mining below the water table by endlessly pumping our the water from the pits
... and deep bore wells in industrial estates ... are inextricably linked to
the sudden drying up of village wells, ponds, tanks and even the bathing ghats
at the temple of the Earth Goddess Lairaiee at
STOP ILLEGAL DEVELOPMENT
Be a part of the CHANGE you want to see. Starting with Goa Rebvolution Day, 18
June, 2008, be an alert and participative citizen for proper development of Goa.
1. ILLEGAL ACTIVITY
Hill Cutting
Hi Rui
You and Edward keep trying to be clever when
cleverness does not really suit you both. Let me just
give you one example interspersed below:
--- rui nuvo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hei Mario,
Edward suggests that if you do not understand your
own caste to which you
belong then it is
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:14:09 +0100
From: rui nuvo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I noticed a spelling error in the line I wrote to you
earlier. I feel better getting it right. It should
read:
Is it possible that you are the victim of your own
petard ? .
Mario responds:
Spellings are the least of our
MUMBAI: Two sevaks (followers) of Sanatan Sanstha, a religious group run by the
revivalist Hindu Janjagruti Samiti, were arrested on Monday morning by the
anti-terrorism squad (ATS) for their alleged role in planting bombs at theatres
in Thane and Vashi. Seven persons were injured when a bomb
Nice one Selma...
hold your horses...the back door will open soon...if
the experiment is successful the politicians will
flock by...remember how they did with the GBA at the
panjim and margao rallies...
what is happening in Goa is good..it will open all the
eyes that were long dozing...
wait
GOA PEOPLES ASSEMBLY IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS HAPPENNING FOR GOANS AND THANKS
TO ALL THOSE WHO MADE THIS HAPPEN .
OUR SINCERE BEST WISHES AND THANKS TO ONE AND ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN GPA...PLS
CONTINUE. WE SUPPORT YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
MARIO ANDREW RODRIGUES
DUBAI
Message: 5 Date: Mon, 16 Jun
Goa has been commemorating June 18 as the Revolution Day since its Liberation.
The day was the turning point in Goa's freedom struggle. Whenever I pass the
now-named Lohia Maidan in Margao, I stand and imagine what may have been the
scene that fateful day when Ram Manohar Lohia was arrested
From: DIRECTOR INFORMATION PUBLICITY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NEWS BULLETIN
GOA ALL SET TO CELEBRATE REVOLUTION DAY ON JUNE 18, 2008
Panaji, June 16, 2008
The Governor Shri S.C Jamir will lead the State in paying tributes to
the freedom fighters, honor 41 personalites some of them posthumous
and
For favour of publication. Kindly acknowledge receipt. Best wishes.
Averthanus
_
RAVAGING INDIA'S COASTLINE.
Averthanus L. D'Souza.
While the entire world is celebrating World Environment Day as
recommended by the United Nations, the Ministry of Environment and
Otthra June
by Manoharrai Sardesai
Udok legit zal'lem rogot
Ani rogot zal'lem hun
Bhava tuka iad asa
Otthra Jun?
Bondkhonniche dukhest chire
Nove axen dhodd'dhoddle
Finrgealem mostem bonder
Thorthorot somzolem
Vavzhoddint vetlem
Rs.20,000
As my friend wanted to build a new house/bungalow same place where his parents
lives now near NH17, Goa.
Many people do/did this type of things by applying for house repairs licencse
from the local panchayats (after paying all concened unofficially)
But he decided to go thru proper
Please check following link
===
http://www.britishcouncil.org/india-scholarship-de-souza-trust-goa-scholarship.htm
===
British Council invites applications from Goan students for
I often wonder what did Freedom Fighters like Lohia, Loyola and Furtado
really want.
I hear they wanted freedom. But did they really get that freedom?
Did Goans get freedom of choice to decide their future democratically
through a plebiscite?
The answer is obvious.
I also hear they wanted
I have not received the contents of AMITAV GHOSH IN CONVERSATION WITH MARIA
AURORA COUTO. Do e-mail me the same.
Thanks,
Diogo Fernandes
--- On Sat, 6/14/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; wrote:
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt;
Subject: [Goanet-News] SEA OF POPPIES BY
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 3:05 PM, edwardingoa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
*The Religious* *Husband*
*A HUSBAND COMES HOME FROM CHURCH;*
*HE GREETS HIS WIFE AND LIFTS HER UP. HE THEN CARRIED HER AROUND THE
HOUSE.*
*THE WIFE WAS SO SURPRISED AND SHE ASKED*
*'DID THE BISHOP PREACH ABOUT BEING
JoeGoaUK's anecdote about the Rs. 20,000 bribe suggests an interesting idea for
exposing corrupt officials on Goanet. Citizens should be encouraged to report
their personal encounters with corrupt officials in Goa. They should be allowed
to do this anonymously if they want. The purpose is to
2008/6/17 CORNEL DACOSTA [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
CORNEL: Mario is definitely middle class in the
America to which he belongs as a national of the
country with a middle class education, outlook,
lifestyle, income and social acceptance among his
middle class peers and aquaintances---among many
Eugene Correia wrote:
1: Whenever I pass the now-named Lohia Maidan in Margao, I stand and
imagine what may have been the scene that fateful day when Ram Manohar
Lohia was arrested along with his comrade friend Dr. Loyola
2: Goa has come a long way from the days of Alvares. Today, it stands
at
Quote: Goa: a sort of racy and mildly unrespectable seaside playground best
kept in a cultural isolation ward. The temptation to draw parallels between
Goa and Macau in China is strong,
Source: IGWB: International Gaming Wagering Business, May 2008 at
Dr. Colaco is right. I wrote Dr. Furtado instead of Dr. Menezes. I did not
check the details as I wrote in office from memory. Got the names wrong. Lohia
was arrested and, yes, I remember now that he was guest of Dr. Menezes.
I have also forgotten about the June 18 as I do not have any reference
Godfrey bab who has written report of GPA is the real, simple, honest Goan. He
is doing good job, always giving us valuable information of various meetings.
But simple Goans sometimes do not notice hidden politics. I was like that till
the one and only r told me to learn to read.
So I am not
I read some of the writers expressing their anger in formation of GPA.
To me as mentioned earlier, I would welcome any organization in any shape,
form size as long as they work to save Goa (again not like Save Goa
Party). Taking this thinking logic further, I would like to answer all the
Dear Goans
Ref the below article in the economic times. Well Done Thanks Rajan. Will
the rest of us learn from his example. Even ONE can make a difference. It
is easy to sit back and criticise Goans working hard for Goa. I challenge
these negative ANTI- GOAN critics to start acting
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:41:50 +0100
From: rui nuvo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It would appear that Gabe, Edward and I are in
agreement about you.
Mario responds:
What excellent company you keep:-))
While flocking with birds of a feather like Gabe and
Edward, it would appear from your fatuous posts,
This piece of news that appeared on the “Economic Times” is definitely good
news for all civilized Goans. I wonder why our Goan English dailies didn’t even
make a mention of it, leave aside bringing in the news as headlines. Hats off
to Rajan!! Will some one please start this South and East?
Hi Gabe
I note what you say. However, in response to Edward
and Rui who clearly celebrate caste, by objective
sociological criteria, Mario would be deemed middle
class. OK, mixed messages have come from him mainly in
non Goanet posts re the comparative prosperity in the
USA and in Britain and to
KUWAIT: NAVELIM YOUTH CENTRE will present their famous dance and musical
social NITE OROSES in Kuwait at the Crowne Plaza, Farwaniya on 2nd
October 2008.
New Delhis famous band Seby and the Wings will be flown in for the event,
confirmed Navelim President Mario Carneiro (Katty de
We will all die one day
Yes, we know that we will all die one day.
What we don’t know is when?
It could be tonight, tomorrow, next week, next month, next year or 5, 10, 20,
40 or 50 years later.
But this young woman knows she will die soon.
It could be tonight, tomorrow, next week, next month
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** ESMA invoked; Goa strike called off - Hindu Business Line
[16 hours ago] PANAJI: The week-long indefinite strike by
government employees in Goa was called off after the Chief
Minister Mr
Dear Fellow-netters:
It appears my forwards to the chief are being blocked.
I would urge every goanetter who is concerned about the corruption and
concretization of Goa to forward pertinent emails that are published on
Goanet to him for his edification. So far I have probably forwarded
Re: Watch this Film Trailer for the last time
Thank you for your support.
The pic and the viewing of clip/trailer has now been disabled.
I was very happy to receive your support, some of you even wrote to the
producer directly which I come to know when he replied to them by cc to me.
I did
Goa is absolutely the right location for offshore casinos. Some 65
flightscome in every day including 30 charter flights full of tourists
duringseason and all of them look for some form of entertainment in addition
tothe beaches, Jaydev Mody, direct of Highstreet Cruises, told Mint,
anIndia-based
Hei Mario and Cornel,
Mario I accept that your humour sometimes percolates through. And I honestly
have no doubt, that what you say is not meant maliciously. It has been fun
and while the last post may have been close to the knuckle I hope that you
are not too offended.
I would have liked to
The Goa government has repeatedly been saying that it is for two airports in
the state. Dabolim would continue and Mopa would be built up. This has been
endorsed by ICAO albeit on social and political rather than solely economic
grounds. Goa government only has to communicate this formally to the
WHO WAS VICTOR MENEZES?
For an answer, click on the link below!
- Original Message -
From: Chris Vaz
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:16 PM
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121364296305878247.html?mod=todays us money and
investing
GOANS DOWN UNDER
It is encouraging to see that Goans down under,
Are not, as often happens abroad, riven asunder.
They've recently held a May Queen Ball,
Where probably many if not all
Their fellow Goans avoided that kind of blunder.
It would be nice if in days to come,
They more
An update -
Group D teams to quarterfinals to be decided tomorrow.
Croatia, Holland, Spain still undefeated.
Good luck to the remaining players:
SpainAidan Pinto
Greece Mervyn Lobo
Portugal Chris Vaz
Croatia Chris Vaz
Holland Paulo Colaco Dias
ItalyChris
Hi Rui
I hope the Goanet moderator permits me this one
opportunity to POLITELY but FIRMLY respond, as in
conventional academic style, and as impersonally as
possible, to your two main posts on the Brahmins even
though I am at a loss to understand how the issues of
Brahmins and the Goan
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Re:JoeGoaUK's anecdote about the Rs. 20,000 bribe suggests an
interesting idea for exposing corrupt officials on Goanet. Citizens
should be encouraged to report their personal encounters with corrupt
officials in Goa. They should be allowed to do this anonymously if
they want. The purpose is to
To Goanet -
I would like to thank each and everyone of you who
supported the Goa People's Assembly by your presence,
physical or otherwise. There were many who could
not be present in person but who sent us their wishes.
A couple of malcontents tried to derail the event, but
they did not
Eugene Correia wrote:
Dr. Colaco is right. I wrote Dr. Furtado instead of Dr. Menezes. I did
not check the details as I wrote in office from memory.
As for other points raised by Colaco, they are best left unanswered.
To each his own
==
jc's response:
Physicians are expected to check the
Dear Satyawan,
I am always interested in what you write, and am open to hearing your take.
You seem to be either or all of an intuit, very perceptive, an
insider, or simply well informed.
BTW, since I love words here is something I find interesting. The word soter
which comes into Latin via Greek
Navhind Times, 18 June 2008
Sanatan Sanstha under Goa police scanner
By GLENN COSTA
NT NETWORK
PANAJI: The Goa police on Tuesday decided to inquire into the
activities of the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti and Sanatan Sanstha
after the arrests of some persons on the suspicion of planting
explosives
Dears,
Obviously, Remo Fernandes does not read what the GT publishes as my
Friday column. On Friday, the 13th June 2008 I wrote for the column
of the same title that Matanhy Saldanha [still the angry man but,
alas, no longer young!] LOST his job as the Minister of Tourism when
the M.Parrikar
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Education: India's Achilles Heel
Caught between Elitism and Crassness
On a recent flight from Goa to Delhi, I was seated across the aisle from
three loutish young men. Clearly newly rich, they bristled with flashy
phones and watches. They did not turn off their cell
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