[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: The peopling of Goa -- cracking the code with DNA and age-old records (Bernardo de Sousa)

2011-04-30 Thread Goanet Reader
THE PEOPLING OF GOA: CRACKING THE CODE WITH DNA AND AGE-OLD RECORDS Bernardo de Sousa bedeso...@gmx.ch Aldona-born Bernardo de Sousa moved to Switzerland in 1965, but kept in touch via an annual pilgrimage. His roots have been important to him and his Swiss-born children. But this scientist's

[Goanet] 30th April is Save the Frog Day

2011-04-30 Thread Goa Desc
--- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed. --- 30th April is Save the Frog Day

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[Goanet] Informafin

2011-04-30 Thread Informafin
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[Goanet] Goa news for April 30, 2011

2011-04-30 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Buy Sesa Goa target of Rs 359 PINC Research - Moneycontrol.com inance-partner-invest-200m-in-mining-spaceHalcyon Finance, Partner Invest $200M In Mining Space

[Goanet] GOA GOVERNMENT WEBSITES OUTDATED

2011-04-30 Thread Aires Rodrigues
The Goa Government brags so much about Information technology but most of its websites are outdated and some of them redundant. E-governance is still a very distant dream. All websites should be updated on a day to day basis but unfortunately most of them are not for weeks if not months together.

[Goanet] Konkan Fruit Festival 2011

2011-04-30 Thread Goanet A-C-E!
Konkan Fruit Festival 2011 A great collection of fruits and plants of Goa and the Konkan region. Apart from Goa there were fruit stalls from Vengurla etc. On display were so many fruits including Rose apple, Lakoocha artocarpus vomt, Cocoa bean, Pidkol and nearly a hundred varies of mangoes

[Goanet] Song for the day.

2011-04-30 Thread Gabe Menezes
Gipsy Kings Marina, Marina http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH6AxhxXL3c -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Goa: May 1: Creatures of the Earth – A Paean for Water.

2011-04-30 Thread Frederick Noronha
Creatures of the Earth –  A Paean for Water. At Art Chamber, Calangute, Goa 1 May 2011, 7.30 pm punctually. 200 rupees suggested donation. Persons under eighteen are honoured guests… http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/5672114238/in/photostream FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 (after 2pm)

[Goanet] Wildtrek adventures

2011-04-30 Thread Savio Fernandes
May 7/8. Packed lunch in the dense forest, Ice bowl bath in cascading waterfall, sumptuous jungle buffet dinner, prowl d forests at Anmod, retire 2 hayroofed rooms. Wake up to the chirping of the birds stroll to the lake, do elephant/horse rides, cross d river by rope or fly across. Come lets

[Goanet] GRA-When Goans get wiser?

2011-04-30 Thread SOTER
The miserable turn out at the Goenchea Rakhondarancho Avaz rally at Lohia Maidan, Margao is nothing to be discouraged about. It is not that the people of Goa are not disturbed and unmoved by what is going on. It is only a sign of maturity of the Goan masses that they will not bite anything and

[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Kundaim

2011-04-30 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Kundaim' These are scenes from the beautiful village of Kundaim in Goa's Ponda taluka. You may view the latest post at http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2011/04/30/kundaim/ Best regards, Rajan P. Parrikar parri...@yahoo.com

[Goanet] Konkani ulloi, Konkani boroi

2011-04-30 Thread Bernado Colaco
Mala concani ieta nahin. Kahli kai baraila?   BC       It read: Konkani ulloi, Konkani boroi Ani Marathi bhaxen Chont alloi To Prof (Retd) Borges, I would say the same, only substituting Devnagri lipin for Marathi bhaxen Somzoloi re?

Re: [Goanet] Special report: The day America took leave of its senses

2011-04-30 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Gabe, The US took leave of its senses the day it felt it was a good idea to borrow money from the Chinese, cut taxes for the rich, cut services for the not so rich and go to war with both Afghanistan and Iraq. At the time, the US had a budget surplus, full employment and a great housing

[Goanet] Off topic - The future Queen of Canada gets married

2011-04-30 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Folks, For those of you who are not aware of it, Canadian journalist are paying homage to the future Queen of Canada who gets married in a few hours time. Here is one article for those who have been to memorable wedding receptions. Mervyn1650Lobo

Re: [Goanet] GRA's GAME PLAN X'POSED

2011-04-30 Thread floriano
As a GRA [Goemchea Rakhondarancho AWAZ] member, I did read Soter's tirade with great interest. Actually, the questions he poses are of very much relevance to Goa's SURVIVAL in this jungle of political cannibalism. Though I have my ears to the ground, I have not a clue that a parallel

Re: [Goanet] Article on MOI (Tony de Sa) (Sebastian Borges)

2011-04-30 Thread Tony de Sa
To Prof (Retd) Borges, I would say the same, only substituting Devnagri lipin for Marathi bhaxen Somzoloi re? ? My comment: Tony Sir is excelling himself by the day. In his heyday he must have been crowned as the Champion tool-shaking Headmaster. The Government of Goa should institute a Lifetime

[Goanet] Canacona: Latest Darling of Drug Dealers

2011-04-30 Thread Anthony M Barreto
Canacona: Latest Darling of Drug Dealers Tony Martin Once-sleepy Canacona is rapidly waking up to a dangerous reality with disastrous results already showing glimpses of a social disaster. From a sleepy enclave on the south end of Goa known for its sanctuary of delicious oblivion for

[Goanet] Fwd: GRA demands sanitisation of electoral rolls in state

2011-04-30 Thread Arwin Mesquita
http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-news/gra-demands-sanitisation-electoral-rolls-state Published on: April 30, 2011 - 01:38 More in: - Goa News http://www.navhindtimes.in/category/stories/news/goa-news MARGAO: With a view to eliminate vote-bank politics in the state, Goemchea Rakhondarancho

[Goanet] An art craft workshop Art is all around us

2011-04-30 Thread Miriam
Hi, Can you put this in the upcoming event section for me. An art craft workshop Art is all around us will be organized from 23 May to28 May at Chinchinim by Miriam Gracias. Designed to provide instruction in the fundamental approach, techniques concept s of painting drawing. Collage,

[Goanet] Get involved

2011-04-30 Thread Chris Fernandes
The Editornbsp;nbsp;The Konkani teatr (play) entitlednbsp;“PUBLIC”nbsp;nbsp;directed by Comedian Augustine, giving a strong social message,nbsp;nbsp;evoked a good response not only fromnbsp;nbsp;Mandrem residents but also from Anjuncars which was shown on 24 April in their respective

Re: [Goanet] US body puts India under 'Watch List' on religious freedom

2011-04-30 Thread Naguesh Bhatcar
Isn't this posting on Goanet, old news that has been recycled? The report below puts the date clearly as :PTI, Aug 13, 2009, 09.01am IST Here is the latest one from today : http://www.uscirf.gov/countries/3052.html?task=view Naguesh Bhatcar sgbhat...@hotmail.com Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011

[Goanet] feast of divine mercy

2011-04-30 Thread zoya joao
the feast of divine mercy will be celebrated on 1st may 2011, so let us remember the essence of the divine mercy message  by asking for God's mercy, being merciful to others, doing acts of mercy,  completely trusting in God' s mercy.     happy feast Dr. Zoya Joao

Re: [Goanet] Article on MOI

2011-04-30 Thread Sebastian Borges
  Dear Friends, On 27 Apr 2011 10 Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falc?o     drferdina...@hotmail.com wrote: Prior to 1961 books in Concani existed, but not in Konkani.   My response: The moot issue was Wasn't Konkani sustained by the writings of Konkani writers in the Roman Script through the

[Goanet] Goans who acquired Portuguese Passports are not Goans?

2011-04-30 Thread Peter Fernandes
Ref Message-ID: 17498.21466...@web25908.mail.ukl.yahoo.com Goans who acquired Portuguese Passports are not Goans and should not be allowed to Goa anymore the one who said this is not Goan and he should be kicked out from Goa. All such activist are called by our Goverment the freedom fighters and

Re: [Goanet] US body puts India under 'Watch List' on religious freedom

2011-04-30 Thread Santosh Helekar
I noticed that the date on the story posted below is August 13, 2009. I wonder why this story was posted today after nearly 2 years. The USCIRF has just released this year's annual report. While India has been under scrutiny since the formation of USCIRF in 1998 because of religious riots that

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The peopling of Goa -- cracking the code with DNA and age-old records (Bernardo de Sousa)

2011-04-30 Thread Goanet Reader
THE PEOPLING OF GOA: CRACKING THE CODE WITH DNA AND AGE-OLD RECORDS Bernardo de Sousa bedeso...@gmx.ch Aldona-born Bernardo de Sousa moved to Switzerland in 1965, but kept in touch via an annual pilgrimage. His roots have been important to him and his Swiss-born children. But this scientist's

[Goanet] Indiscriminate Use of Cosmetics May Increase Risk of Cancer | iGoa

2011-04-30 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.navhindtimes.in/iexplore/indiscriminate-use-cosmetics-may-increase-risk-cancer

[Goanet] Vitamin D levels linked with health of blood vessels - ScienceNewsline

2011-04-30 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.sciencenewsline.com/medicine/201104041345.html

[Goanet] GRA - SANITISATION FEVER?

2011-04-30 Thread SOTER
Hitler sanitised Germany of Modi sanitised Gujarat of .. Karmali's aim is to sanitise Goa of all Portuguese memories. BJP desires to sanitise Salcette of kangress. Ready to allow 25% christian decorations for elections. For how long is the question. GRA wants to sanitise

Re: [Goanet] Sai Baba: Question not a Hindu?....

2011-04-30 Thread Valmiki Faleiro
Gabe, my response to your *aside* (your last para below): No Goan Hindu, prominent or otherwise, attained that stature, as far as I know. Most everyday priests/Bhatjis and Swamijis in Goa are, in any case, imports from elsewhere. (But do remember Goa's history in the wake of 14th century Muslim

Re: [Goanet] Goans who acquired Portuguese Passports are not Goans and should not be allowed to Goa anymore

2011-04-30 Thread Santosh Helekar
Real Goan freedom fighters sacrificed their lives, including their own freedom for Goa's freedom from the Portuguese. Without their sacrifice India would not have conquered Goa. They also fought hard to prevent the merger of Goa with Maharashtra, and for the recognition of Konknni as a distinct

[Goanet] Goans who acquiredPortuguese passports are not Goans and should not be allowed in Goa anymore.

2011-04-30 Thread Ignatius Fernandes
Are people in Goa so gullible that they can believe everything the Goan freedom fighters say that they fought the Portuguese and brought freedom to Goa. If the people do not believe them. Then why do they get preferential treatment i.e. they get huge pensions and benefits from the Goan tax

[Goanet] US body puts India under 'Watch List' on religious freedom

2011-04-30 Thread Marshall Mendonza
My apologies for providing the incorrect text and weblinks. Here are the reports that appeared in India's national newspapers of 28th and 29th April 2011. *US body again hauls up India for communal riots *Washington: The US Commission for International Religious Freedom has,for the second year

[Goanet] 1. Re: GRA's GAME PLAN X'POSED (floriano)

2011-04-30 Thread Wilson Coelho
Dear FlorianoBab, Indeed very well expressed. I do admire your guts and salute you. We Goans must beware of the the Mafia which has amassed huge wealth by looting the Government coffers, corruption, all sorts of malpractices to be overnite millionaires forgetting their roots and the future

[Goanet] Dance Theatre: Creatures of the Earth

2011-04-30 Thread Goanet A-C-E!
A Dance Theatre Performance Creatures of The Earth Date: May 1, 2011 Time: 7:30 - 8:30pm Venue: Art Chamber, Calangute, Goa Director: Hartman De Souza Musician Composer: Steven Siqueira Actors: Andrea Pereira, Rowena Lobo, Stephie Madurai, Terence Jorge Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~

[Goanet] Konkani before 1961

2011-04-30 Thread Santosh Helekar
There were several Konkani books published much before 1961. The word Konkani, as opposed to Concani was in use since at least 1882 or 1883 when Fr. Maffei published a Konkani-English dictionary and a book on Konkani grammar in Mangalore. The Konkani Bhasha Mandal was founded in Bombay in 1935.

Re: [Goanet] Goans who acquired Portuguese Passports are not Goansand should not be allowed to Goa anymore

2011-04-30 Thread floriano
A'reh Jim-Bab, We are better off reminding ourselves about the priest who sermonized during the Sunday mass to his sister-in-law at home after the mass. 'Toh sermao lokak tuka nuh Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org PS: Prabhakar Sinari is no better. -

[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Gígjökull

2011-04-30 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Gígjökull' Gígjökull is a tongue of Eyjafjallajökull, the icecap in Iceland that erupted in 2010 disrupting air traffic over the Atlantic. This wondrous environment of the jagged ice dragon tumbling into a field of glacial moraine conjures

[Goanet] Food for Thought -Final Outcome

2011-04-30 Thread Wilson Wilmix
++ Mogall Mhojya Goykar Bhoinnino ani Bhavano, This is your Goykar Brother Wilmix Wilson Mazarello , once again on the same subject : “Food for Thought” (Overseas Goans can help save

Re: [Goanet] Goa... old photos

2011-04-30 Thread Francis Colaco
Great Pictures. On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Frederick Noronha f...@goa-india.org wrote: Please check out some old photos from Goa (and the diaspora) http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/sets/72157626168132960/ Kindly also consider sharing your old photos here! FN

Re: [Goanet] Thursday, Apr 28, 2011, at 5 pm ... Damodar Ghanekar

2011-04-30 Thread chef fernando
tks this is one dictionary all of us in Goa should own... --- On Thu, 28/4/11, Frederick Noronha wrote: From: Frederick Noronha Date: Thursday, 28 April, 2011, 1:33 PM At the Goa Book Club later today, Damodar Ghanekar will speak on his monumental dictionary that he recently produced. As

[Goanet] Cybermatrimonials: Teacher, seeks well-settled bachelors

2011-04-30 Thread Goanet Cybermatrimonials
RC Goan spinster 39 yrs 5ft 3inches,teacher by profession seeks well settled bachelors from India or abroad.Write will full details to sweetgirl201...@hotmail.com

[Goanet] All set for Doha Goans May Ball dance on May 5

2011-04-30 Thread Doha Goans Sports Club
All set for Doha Goans May Ball dance on May 5 Overwhelming response for May ball dance of Doha Goans Photos: http://bit.ly/DohaGoansMayBall2011 Doha: Goa is one party destination where the sun never sets down, come rain or sun, the party atmosphere continues 365 days of the year. Goans

[Goanet] Dev Anand in Goa

2011-04-30 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
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[Goanet] Goa news for May 1, 2011

2011-04-30 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Sesa Goa does not want more buys after Cairn India - SteelGuru 1, India's largest private sector iron ore miner Sesa Goa said that it does not have the appetite for more acquisitions in

[Goanet] Fwd: The MLA has not stopped drugs, prostitution: Joseph Sequeira

2011-04-30 Thread Arwin Mesquita
http://www.oheraldo.in/news/Local%20News/The-MLA-has-not-stopped-drugs-prostitution-Joseph-Sequeira/47828.html The MLA has not stopped drugs, prostitution: Joseph Sequeira You have been the sarpanch of Calangute for years and now a panch what have you done to check the prostitution trade in

Re: [Goanet] US body puts India under 'Watch List' on religious freedom

2011-04-30 Thread J. Colaco jc
Santosh Helekar wrote: I noticed that the date on the story posted below is August 13, 2009. I wonder why this story was posted today after nearly 2 years.  Possible REASON: Ferry Boat became late. (:-) jc

Re: [Goanet] Medium of Confusion

2011-04-30 Thread floriano
- Original Message - From: icso...@bsnl.in To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 8:57 PM Subject: [Goanet] Medium of Confusion From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org On Behalf Of floriano I applaud Adv. Rada for his analysis of the Church in Goa. He has rightly

Re: [Goanet] Goans who acquired Portuguese Passports are not Goansand should not be allowed to Goa anymore

2011-04-30 Thread Jim Fernandes
Thanks Floriano-bab for reminding us of the Konkani Mhun'ni. This is a very apt Konkani saying for this situation. Jim F New York. --- On Sat, 4/30/11, floriano floriano.l...@gmail.com wrote: From: floriano floriano.l...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goans who acquired Portuguese Passports

[Goanet] Fwd: Locals, mine truckers now on warpath

2011-04-30 Thread Arwin Mesquita
http://www.oheraldo.in/news/Main%20Page%20News/Locals-mine-truckers-now-on-warpath/47838.html Locals, mine truckers now on warpath SHWETA KAMAT *In the past week, acute tensions between the people of Cavrem village and the administration reached a flashpoint. It was the old enemy again —

[Goanet] YOUTH FORCE IN GOA

2011-04-30 Thread Aires Rodrigues
There is a great potential in young people. They are like dynamite. Dynamite can do great good when used in the right way. In the wrong hands, though, it can be used to take life. Young people have the same potential for good or bad. Youth power is a spark which can either brighten or burn the

[Goanet] Konkan Fruit Fest 2011 -Video and Pics

2011-04-30 Thread JoeGoaUk
  Video http://youtu.be/-lFtYrZfA2w?hd=1  (HD) or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lFtYrZfA2w   Pics Watermelons from Goa, Canacona. Rs.10/kg or av.Rs.45 each Selling like hot cakes http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk40/5674159379/sizes/l/ This way to Konkan fruit fest (more sign/direction

Re: [Goanet] Konkani before 1961

2011-04-30 Thread Frederick Noronha
Konkani is another spelling for Concani or more accurately Concanim (the former probably used more in English usage, and the latter more in Portugese). If one is referring to different dialects and different scripts, then that would need to be specified. Even the Konknni-Konkani-Concani descriptor

[Goanet] All set for Doha Goans May Ball dance on May 5

2011-04-30 Thread Doha Goans Sports Club
All set for Doha Goans May Ball dance on May 5 http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=180690255313771