[Goanet] THE CHILDREN WALKING TALL - GOA : celebrate ........... WORLD GOA DAY - IN GOA

WORLD GOA DAY will be celebrated by : THE CHILDREN WALKING TALL - GOA : http://www.childrenwalkingtall.com/ From: Children Walking Tall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: renebarreto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [Goanet] Origin of word Tarvotti - help

Hi Selma, The word 'tarvotti' mean seamam or sailer. In Konknni, "Tarum' means 'ship', and the person who works on the tarum 'ship' is 'tarvotti.' The word 'tarvotti' has nothing do with the words of any othe language. With luv, Salvador On 8/15/08, Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can som

[Goanet] Dev Borem Korun

A ''thank you ''is expressed at the end of a favour done and it vaguely expresses further the idea that a recipient of a favour somehow owes something in future. On the other hand a ''Dev Borem Konun'' means 'let God bless you'' for a favour done but there is no hint of a quid pro quo in it. I

Re: [Goanet] Take a look...

Santosh wrote: Leaving the anger management issue aside, it is really amazing that Rajan knows so much about so many things in which he has never been interrogated by a committee of experts - zooming his camera in and out on the identities of insiders and outsiders, etc. And all this without readi

[Goanet] Daily Grook #191

DAILY GROOK #191 BURY WARY by Francis Rodrigues funeral processions - an undertaker's curse, extra burials means no time to re-hearse! _ puns & word-play of all kinds, if you read between the lines! _ _

Re: [Goanet] Goan selling houses

Hello Albert, I have been following this debate for a long time, what you said is 100% right, there are people who preach. In todays date to repair an old house is really hard, you just try to even repair the roof, firstly you cannot find people, if you find the people the cash is the problem.

[Goanet] Where have the Toronto Goans gone? (Victor Rangel-Ribeiro in Times of India, Panjim)

Tell this guy that the goans new that there is no gossiping in there so they were not interested. its common goans always have more then 80% no show any were. if they were invited by non goans then you should see the crowd for support. Tell this guy not to take heart feelings Thanks

Re: [Goanet] Airport Bomb Scare (By Remo Fernandes, The Navhind Times)

Hi All Goans I fully agree with remo and i so feel the same when passing by the goan airport. No goan police,Nobody speaking Konkani etc In kerala or other states if you dont speak the local language you cannot work etc why in Goa all this happens.WE ALL KNOW WHO TO BLAME,I will always support and

Re: [Goanet] COMMENT: Look in the Mirror, Mr Gupta (by Venita Coelho)

Hi Venita, Very good analysis of Mr.Gupta's column. I regularly receive and read goanet articles. Keep up your good work. Cheers from distant NZ. Edwin Pereira adidas NZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Impossible is Nothing"

[Goanet] Goan friend earn A-levels

Hi Cornel, With a ghanti passport our Goan friends would still be at Heathrow airport trying to get an entry into the UK. Therefore with Portuguese citzenship not only for these Goans (A-levels), but all the strata, from bramanekas, to mars and chamar to sudrekas has been a boon. Your claim to

[Goanet] TODAY IS THE DAY WHERE ALL ROADS LEAD TO MAPUSA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL - CAMARA AT 4.00 P.M.

ITS TODAY, 18TH AUGUST, 2008 AT 4.00 P.M. WHEN MAPUSA NAGRIKANCHO EKVOTT { CITZENS' [OF GOA] INITIATIVE -III } WILL HAND-OVER THE 'CITIZEN'S CHARTER OF DEMANDS' - SIGNED BY THOUSANDS OF CONCERNED CITIZENS OF MAPUSA AND SURROUNDING AREAS - OVER THE LACK OF UP-KEEP OF MAPUSA TOWN AND THE MAPUSA

Re: [Goanet] Lourdes Miracles

From: "Santosh Helekar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- On Fri, 8/15/08, Fr. Ivo C da Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: **In the case of Eucharistic miracle of Lanciano, how can you perform this "scientific procedure"? So after all this talk about using a scientific procedure to certify miracles, we h

[Goanet] Bleeding airlines cut Goa flight

Rajan said: Anything and everything to keep Indians away from Goa should be encouraged. --- No point in keeping the high flying Indians away from Goa. It is the walking poor who come by Trains and Coaches without ticket and sleep and shit on the streets, who are the headache. How to keep them

Re: [Goanet] Why did Oscar, Patricia and Ritu resign? (Herald)

Let's not question why, how , for what, when, but, if's , we now need to have the fight move on and come up with a strategy on which way to go from here.

Re: [Goanet] Airport Bomb Scare (By Remo Fernandes, The Navhind Times)

Hi Remo! that was really good, we are Goans. angela

Re: [Goanet] Do you know who I am?

All my hats...topiis...or, what ever my scalp boasts, off to you! Had you told that poor sore pestered de Das e Gouda cheese that you were the most famous laugh-maker he might have floored you with his inimitable, Saar, are you Art Buchwald...? Chacha, bursting from cruelly inflicted laughter.

[Goanet] WORLD GOA DAY 2008 MESSAGE FROM AUSTRALIA.

WORLD GOA DAY 2008 MESSAGE FROM AUSTRALIA. We, the Goans of Australia, send a message of solidarity and friendship to all our fellow Goans all over the world as we celebrate World Goa Day during July and August 2008 in the various major cities of Australia . This year our twin theme is the "

[Goanet] Xavier's News and Features, E-Service (XNFES): JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOW AT XAVIER'S

XAVIER'S NEWS & FEATURES E-SERVICE (XNFES) JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOW AT XAVIER'S The Department of Chemistry, St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, requires "Junior Research Fellow" to work for the project entitled, "Synthesis and Characterisation of Nanostructured Titanium Dioxide Materials and study i

Re: [Goanet] COMMENT: Look in the Mirror, Mr Gupta (by Venita Coelho)

Just a line to say how much I appreciate Goanet News I am kept in touch with the more important happenings in Goa my fatherland that I love dearly George Menezes

[Goanet] Goan in Forbes list of top-earning young CEOs!

The following appeared in yesterday’s Herald newspaper. On behalf of Anjunkars, I congratulate Francisco on making it to the Forbes list. Our congratulations also go to his parents, Placido & Sushila and the whole family. Francisco, we are proud of you! Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Gaumvadd

[Goanet] Goa news for August 18, 2008

Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa to Have Tourist Guides Soon - Daijiworld.com [11 hours ago] Panaji, Aug 17: Next time, when you visit goa, you will have ample well informed tourist guides who will give you accurate i

[Goanet] REVIEW: There's Something About Mario (by E P Unny)

E P Unny Posted online: Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 1500 hrs Mario de Miranda Compiled by gerard da cunha Architecture Autonomous, Rs 2,700 Mario Miranda's carnival of comedy has travelled to every nook and naughty corner of the world This book makes you do the unthinkable: thank Vasco da Gama f

Re: [Goanet] A participatory process called elections

I am terribly happy to note what Samir has to say in this post, not so much for saluting me but for defining the 'participatory process'. A minor correction though. The year is 2007, not 2005. I have always taken the stand that those who call themselves 'apolitical' are cowards of the first

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 1030 - How not to organize a Goan convention

> Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:24:32 -0400 > From: "Roland Francis" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] How Not To Organize a Goan Convention Roland writes: > > Get some attendees to pretend it was a huge success so that > the same mistakes are repeated. Roland, Spare us your j

[Goanet] NYTimes.com: Exploring India's Prosperity Through the Eyes of the Invisible Men

This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shameful how domestic help is paid and treated. Modern day slavery spins me out each time every time. Shouldn't these employers do better? rubygoes INTERNATIONAL / ASIA PACIFIC | August 15, 2008 Memo From Mumbai: Exploring India's Prosperity Throu

Re: [Goanet] notes from goan convention

Hi Lisette,   At the outset let me thank you and the other committee members for the yeomen task of holding the recent Goan convention in Toronto. I think you should be proud of yourselves for being part of the effort. Two decades from now, as one reviews the Goan history in Canada, your names w

Re: [Goanet] The rot that threatens Religion I & II- OPinionatED - By: Nazar Da Silva - H - 6/7- Aug- 2008- Comments

Those who have gone through these two pieces must be rather confused to understand what the writer wanted to say. Yes, he has made his point, but by taking a very long route. I want to simplify those two pieces in a few lines. 1. Religious or no religious, when people pay the voters Rs. 500 note

Re: [Goanet] How Not To Organize a Goan Convention

Bosco D'Mello wrote: > You have expressed your unhappiness a number of times (here on Goanet) re > the fact that 8 people were able to organize the 2008 International Goan > Convention. These 8 people delivered what WE agreed to do notwithstanding > the perpetual naysayers that are always found

[Goanet] Local Goan Dailies

Our local Goan Dailies are Business Entities. One is “a chained dog”, (as one of the netters described); the other is with the “tail between the legs”. And by the way, ‘how can you expect to find ivory in a dog’s mouth?’ That’s what a Chinese Proverb says. Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.

[Goanet] Greatest party in the world comes to India (Goa) this Oktober

Germans are supposed to be quite good at their beer. It would be interesting to see where this beer festival gets organized in Goa. I have heard a lot about Erdinger beer and would be worth trying if available. This is a picture of a Oktoberfest in action - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c

[Goanet] Pravasi divas 2009

CHENNAI IS THE VENUE FOR PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIVAS 2009 Parvasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is the annual flagship event of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) which aims to connect more 25 Million Indians with India's Economic and Social development. The Ministry is organizing Seventh

[Goanet] Goanet ... on Facebook

Check it out: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2417909530&ref=ts -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org 784 Nr Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India Ph +91-832-2409490 M: +91-9970157402 Software for Kids Blog: http://softwareforkids.wordpress.com

[Goanet] TBA condemns sabotage of Gram Sabha

*TBA condemns sabotage of Gram Sabha of Taleigao Village* The Taleigao Bachao Abhiyan on behalf of the citizens of Taleigao expresses its shock and moral outrage at the manner in which the Sarpanch of the Village Panchayat of Taleigao made a mockery of the Gram Sabha of Taleigao and did not allow

Re: [Goanet] Origin of word Tarvotti - help

Thanks everybody for the origin of the word. Fascinating stuff absolutely. I am correctly researching an article on Goan tarvottis. thanks, selma --- On Thu, 8/14/08, Rajan P. Parrikar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Rajan P. Parrikar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Origin of wo

[Goanet] BUDGET SESSION - ACID TEST FOR KAMAT'S SURVIVAL

For Shri Digamber V Kamat 54, a Saraswat Brahman, native of Assolna domiciled in Margao, a realtor, the "consensus" Chief Minister of Goa, heading the INC+NCP+MGP+Ind+unattached combine ruling the State since 8th June, 2007 the fifth session of the 5th Goa Legislative Assembly commencing tommorr

Re: [Goanet] The Political Party of My Dreams - Lambert Mascarenhas - NT Panorama - August 17, 2008

I got many phone calls on the Sunday morning asking me if I have read the NT -Panorama. "Not yet" - I said. "What's the big deal?" "Lambert Mascarenhas has re-invented the almost 9 years old wheel - read it" they told me. So I read. And yes, it was the re-inventing of the wheel that was invent

[Goanet] WORLD GOA DAY CELEBRATIONS - 2oth of AUGUST -2008

Goemkars ! WORLD GOA DAY- 20.8.2008 - WORLD KONKANI DAY = On August 20, 1992, India's Parliament unanimously appr

Re: [Goanet] Freedom

--- On Sat, 16/8/08, Albert Desouza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whether > you buy a TV, micro wave one does not know what is the > actual price for the dealer looks at you and your needs and > also goan mentality and fires a price which normally is four > times more that the price sold in Delhi.

[Goanet] Local Goan Press

When Times Of India (TOI) was starting operations in Goa,our local Press scared the readers with negative publicity like TOI would pursue the agenda of builders, news for sale etc.Now we find TOI giving more balanced and better copy on local issues. The local dailies are trying to copy format with

[Goanet] Daily Grook #190

DAILY GROOK #190 GRAB STAB by Francis Rodrigues flying into dabolim a goan gets the jabs, the first to bite him are the taxi crabs! _ puns & word-play of all kinds, if you read between the lines! _ ___

[Goanet] Anjuna 'Rebello Mansion'

Yes Rajan, that's the one. Isn't it majestic? Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Gaumvaddy, Anjuna http://www.goanet.org/post.php?name=News&list=goanet&info=2008-August&post_id=079015 _ Searching for the best deals on travel? Visit MSN

[Goanet] Amarnath and Mopa: What is the connection?

In today's HERALD. the column by Tomcat briefly heaped scorn on the link made by Churchill Alemao between the Amarnath imbroglio in J&K and the Mopa airport project here in Goa. Alemao of course (well, off and on) wants Mopa to be a nonstarter. So what is Amarnath all about? Here is a primer of sor

[Goanet] OBITUARY: Sylvia Linda D'Mello - Mumbai / Kuwait

OBITUARY:     Sylvia Linda D'Mello (nee Rodrigues) (42), Mumbai /Kuwait     Sylvia D'Mello (nee Rodrigues) (42), wife of Lester D'Mello (Kuwait), mother of Leander & Lavender. Daughter of Elizabeth & the late Charles Rodrigues.  Sister of Janet/Lancy Vas (Saudi Arabia), Jacinta/Prem Meneze