The column below appeared in
OPinionatED - Herald, Goa
on 8th August 2008
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NGOs: Where do you get your money from?
By Sujay Gupta
The fallout of the Ahmedabad and Bangalore blasts and the upping the
ante on strengthening our defences against terrorism and terrorists,
has had
Hi Goanetters,
This is my first post to Goanet since I joined 2-3 years back. Hopefully
I should be contributing more and more now onwards.
I think Goans are highly enlightened (compared to people in other
states) when it comes to environment. We do have a lot of organizations
that are
Goan Crab Mentality
The crab mentality thing has been on for a couple of days now, people do you
have a clue to what you are talking about, I don't know who started this crab
mentality stuff but I am sure he too did not know what he was talking about. I
will disperse your doubts with just a
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--- On Tue, 8/12/08, Arwin Mesquita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can you put your Anti-Goan identity views on the Goan newspapers; lets see
what Goans in Goa have to say about it? I am sure you have the addresses.
Arwin,
I have copiously expressed my views on Goanet about our many Goan
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Santosh Helekar writes to a sensible Arwin Mesquita:
I have copiously expressed my views on Goanet about
our many Goan identities...
No kidding. What insights into the realm of the blindingly
obvious are you going to copiously reveal next?
BTW, I am still waiting for you to
I also admire our 'kazans' imensely and feel the more pain seeing them lie
fallow or, far...far
worse painful, to see them converted/canibalised for industrial, etc use.
Legend has it that they were executed by the original Dravidian inhabitants of
Goa, the Gawdis,
Kunbis.
Their planning,
--- On Wed, 8/13/08, Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm afraid you will have to wait until the unique Goan
cows come home after copiously depositing their
their 'views' at the base of electric poles.
I guess this is an admission that there is no unique singular Goan identity.
Irineu Gonsalves writes in the 'Goan Observer' (Aug 9-15, 2008) asserting
that Goa badly needs a People's Party. He questions the role of the Diocesan
Authority and therefore the Church, of not doing enough to protest evil
designs.(I had thought that I was the only person doing that, therefore
I have translated this poem for Goans, contemplating the rain in their towns
in Goa and in their hearts. Thank you Lino Durado for your advice.
Hanvem, hea kovitecho onkar kela Goeankarank thain, je vichar kortat zo paus
zhotta to Goeanche ganvani ani ap aplea kallzani. Lino Durado, tumi bud dili
Dear Arwin,
Wake up and smell the coffee ...and get your head out of the clouds!
Who among these Editors of the leading English newspapers in Goa meets YOUR
definition of a Goan?
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Dear Prasad,
Thank you for posting on Goanet. One more sane voice for protecting Goa's
environment is always welcome.
I invite you to join the Net groups of
1. GBA support group [EMAIL PROTECTED], and
2. Botanical Society of Goa group [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Cross postings welcome on both these
Dears
In Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 1008 I wrote the folowing:
Abhinav Bindra has won a gold medal at the Olympics. This is the
first medal that India has got after 28 years.
That means the last Gold medal India won was in the 1980 Moscow
Olympics where we won a Gold in the women's hockey
Gilbert Lawrence wrote:
Gilbert,
These questions should probably be answered by the GNAT President, Francis
Rodrigues(z). However, since he is very quiet, and since I am not one to weasel
out of questions, here are my responses.
Gilbert Lawrence wrote:
ML: We went ahead with our plans.
Hi Maria,
With the traditional Goan politeness, I ask you to please enlighten us on the
individual and collective achievements of Goans that were recognized in
Lisbon and Toronto? This phrase was repeated several times in your article.
If the Casa de Goa was celebrating Goan achievements,
Prime Minister to open Pravasi Bharatiya Divas on 8th January Diaspora
Convention to be held in Chennai
12:11 IST
The 7th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention will be held at the Chennai
Trade Centre, Chennai on 07-09 January 2009. It will be inaugurated by the
Prime Minister Dr
Dear Miguel,
I am afraid you have left me sort of confused with most of your post.
2 specific areas where I think I understand your views:
(1) Yes Media is influenced but still we can use it to shape opinion to some
extent.
(2) Surely we an understand the anomolies/exceptions of Goan Identity,
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By A Staff Reporter
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PANJIM: No sooner his weekly 'Goan Observer' hit the stands on Saturday,
August 9, little did Editor Rajan Narryan realise what was in store for
him. More particularly, as he cast aspersions on Fr Maverick Fernandes'
attitude in matters
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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:41:54 +0400
From: Freddy Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The crab mentality thing has been on for a couple of
days now, people do you have a clue to what you are
talking about, I don't know who started this crab
mentality stuff but I am sure he too did not know what
he was
From Lisbon to Toronto Part II
I liked and learnt from the presentations. They were informative and related to
Goan identity one way or another because they reflected the lived experiences
of people who either live and work in Goa, or people like me who have been away
from Goa for a long
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:03:53 +0400
From: Arwin Mesquita [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can you put your ANTI-GOAN IDENTITY views in the Goa's
Media; lets see what Goans in Goa have to say about
it.
Mario responds:
Arwin,
To begin with, I reject your premise, because the
simple fact is that there is no
The Goan Overseas Association (GOA), with president Oscar Furtado, took part in
the 61st anniversary celebrations of India's Independence held at Dundas Square
in Toronto.
Raindrops kept falling throughout the time of the parade and also during the
showcase of dances by different groups, some
Dear Mapxemkars and patronizers of The City of Mapusa; The Mapusa Municipal
Market,
The Mapusa Nagrikancho Ekvott, a newly formed body of the Citizens of Mapusa
and the surrounding areas, including the 'Merchant Community' of Mapusa
will be submitting its 'Charter of Demands' (suggestive of
I wanted to write this fourth and final part before I left Toronto for an
outing, but time did not permit me to do so. I reserved the best part for the
last. I have read that some netters have pointed out that I have only written
about the negatives. Read my previous post and I have said that
To Goanet -
Santosh Helekar wrote:
I guess this is an admission that there is no unique singular
Goan identity.
You are still guessing about this? Reminds me of what
Einstein once said of a scientist: The man can calculate
but he can't think.
So when he zooms the camera on Arwin's
The Toronto Convention website
http://www.2008goanconvention.com/
has this text scrolling across the screen
NEXT TORONTO INTERNATIONAL GOAN CONVENTION: 28th - 31st JULY, 2010.
EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION CLOSES 31st DECEMBER, 2009. TODAY IS 13th
AUGUST, 2008 - THERE ARE 714 DAYS LEFT FOR THE
By its very nature, tolerance is only possible as individual act that you or
I can bestow.
You cannot force tolerance upon others to accept as a way of life, even for
one second, those who prefer not to accept this rule are not necessary
intolerant either.
Tolerance can be
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:41:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.parrikar.org/misc/Insiders-Outsiders.pdf
The following are excerpts from Insiders and Outsiders
By Rajan P. Parrikar
Published on Goanet on Friday, Dec 21, 2007
Consider the Goan Identity as a
I write this to all those who attended the Toronto Convention and left
enriched. There have been many positive notes and phone calls from those who
came with open minds and left with greater possibilities to question and
enrich their worlds.
Thank you for your kind words and support.
We believe
Hi Gilbert,
Let me try to reply to your questions
Without going into too much detail because you can always read more about it in
our site www.casadegoa.org, our aims for the Lisbon Convention were to
celebrate the Goan Diaspora and the individual and collective contributions to
the
August 10, 2008 was one more historical day in the life of Benaulim village.
Our dictatorial Sarpanch Carmelin Fernanades called for the meeting to discuss
the pending problems with builder wanting to promote mega projects in our
village. She circulated invitation to public to come for the
Bear with me if I turn out to be the last crab creeping in on the scene. In
compliance with the Code of Susegad Traffic, I hobble sideways. That way, I am
not in conflict with those driven to forge ahead using GPS and CET (Caste
Evading Technology).
The crab mentality is distinctly
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[Aug 11, 2008] NEW DELHI : The Centre, which has not taken any
step till now to denotify the SEZs as demanded by the state, may
Dear Augusto,
Sometime mistakes are good to tell the truth. You rightly pointed out about
state of affairs in most of Goa's sports Associations.
Please also take correctives steps within your means.
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By A Staff Reporter
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PANJIM: No sooner his weekly 'Goan Observer' hit the stands on
Saturday, August 9, little did Editor Rajan Narryan realise what was
in store for him. More particularly, as he cast aspersions on Fr
Maverick Fernandes' attitude in matters
This is in reply to Message:6,dated Tue, 12 Aug 2008 under title - CRZ V/s
CMZ AND Message: 6, dated Wed, 13 Aug 2008 under title - A New People's
Party Needed - Irineu Gonsalves in Goan Observer ( Aug 9-15, 2008)
Floriano appears to be getting smarter and to the point after Citizens
Message: 9
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:47:54 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goan Tolerance
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To Goanet -
Rajan: Well put below..Mario Goviea fall into the same
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HI All,
Precisely: I too don't know what YOU are ON about.
The chap who started it has a personal grudge against one person
(unfortunately) and he wants to vent his anger via Goanet and call all Goans,
crabs (not the crabs you are talking about, running fast backwards and
sidesways and of
--- On Wed, 8/13/08, Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So while he rambles on about how there is no unique Goan Identity,
he simultaneously seeks comfort here in the embrace and warmth of the very
Identity he professes doesn't exist uniquely, namely the Goan Identity.
Ignoring the
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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008
From: Cecil Pinto
Subject: [Goanet] NGOs: Where do you get your money from?
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The column below appeared in
OPinionatED - Herald, Goa
on 8th August 2008
NGOs: Where do you get
This post is in response to
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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:40:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goan Crab Mentality
Freddy, Freddy, Freddy,
Calm down, man:-)) I really think you need to loosen your kashtie, just a
little bit:-)) We
I wonder how long can this tamasha go on!!! It is the same story in each
and every village in Goa. What is the use of calling such meetings if
the sarpanch does not have answers to any of the questions? People no
longer have any faith in their representatives, who hardly care as of
now, since it
Its time again for some Goan tango!
Goans in Melbourne are set to celebrate their sixth annual World Goa Day
with family and friends on Saturday 23 August 2008.
In order to accomodate the larger numbers attending this year, the gala
event will be held at the Springvale City Hall in
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