Re: [Goanet] Racism, Britain, Goan expat workers....

2012-02-28 Thread Albert Peres
---fred wrote--- A couple of questions: (i) If we had a similar situation in Goa, involving migrant workers (non-Goan, in our case), what would be our stand? (ii) Could we expect any section in Goa to speak out for the underdogs? --- I don't know, but perhaps the following familiar passages

[Goanet] From the Goanet page on Facebook...

2012-02-28 Thread Frederick Noronha
Digubab, besides the airconditioned public toilet, what else have you achieved? And, by the way, did you find that mining portfolio? http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=304174186312796set=a.143053672424849.30138.11606523290type=1ref=nf I repent, just vote for me. Mhoji chuk. Maundy

Re: [Goanet] Song for the day. (Gabe Menezes)

2012-02-28 Thread Tony de Sa
Thanks Gabe. A lot of us wait for the song for the day. Glad to know you are back in action. BTW it was great meeting you and Lily at Longuinhos in Margao. -- ** Tony de Sa tonydesa at gmail dot com ** ---

Re: [Goanet] Relgious Extremism in North Easteastern States of India (Santosh Helekar Ors)

2012-02-28 Thread Santosh Helekar
Sandesh Anvekar sandeshanve...@gmail.com wrote: If chiristianity is indeed such a great religion of the world then what made Voltaire say “Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected the world”  Voltaire said it for the same reason that

[Goanet] BSNL launches Aakash tablet's rival

2012-02-28 Thread Goanet News Service
BSNL launches Aakash tablet's rival By Nilabh Jha, The Mobile Indian, New Delhi, February 24, 2012 It has also announced two more tablets. The three tablets are priced between Rs 3,250 to Rs 13,500. BSNL has launched three tablets including two 7 inch resistive screen based tabs with Android

[Goanet] THE BJP IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO CONGRESS

2012-02-28 Thread Bernardo de Sousa
Today's Goa is a democratic banana republic. Christopher Hitchens defines a banana republic as follows: . in practice, a banana republic is a country operated as a commercial enterprise for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_property private http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profit_%28economics%29

Re: [Goanet] Religious Extremism in the Northeastern States of India (Santosh Helekar Ors) ( Anvekar)

2012-02-28 Thread Santosh Helekar
Gerry, Voltaire's advice I may not agree with what you say but I shall defend unto death your right to say it is for sober rational folk, not for zealous religio-political activists. Cheers, Santosh  P.S. BTW, I have noticed that you are a proud Indian. So I am sure you do not agree with

[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day.

2012-02-28 Thread Gabe Menezes
Falling In Love With Love - The Supremeshttp://www.youtube.com/artist/The_Supremes?feature=watch_video_title http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bXQJeHMgYU -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes. --- Protect

[Goanet] Fw: Rules for NRI in India

2012-02-28 Thread Con Menezes
Rules for NRI in India -- AS RECEIVED NEW INDIAN RULES FOR TAXATION FROM APRIL/2012 An

[Goanet] Bindel *photos*

2012-02-28 Thread Edgar Silveira
Some pictures of bindel or ko-kum wax used to wax the 'kail' when making chaapitis. http://www.flickr.com/photos/projectedgar/ --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first

[Goanet] Radio Mirchi brings in the Summer Heat with VESUVIUS winners of MIRCHI SOUND CHECK 2012

2012-02-28 Thread Goanet A-C-E!
Radio Mirchi brings in the Summer Heat with VESUVIUS winners of MIRCHI SOUND CHECK 2012 Panjim, Feb 25: The second edition of Radio Mirchi Sound Check `For the Youth, By the Youth, For the Youth' in association with the American Center, Mumbai - Goa’s highly anticipated talent show was a

[Goanet] PRESS RELEASE - Event: Battle of the Bands - Simply Unplugged - 2012

2012-02-28 Thread Gasper Almeida
Don Bosco Past Pupils Association (DBPPA) Presents Battle of the Bands - Simply Unplugged - 2012. This is a high intensity competition among the music bands in Kuwait. The competition has been divided into 3 groups Sub-juniors / Juniors / Seniors. 8yrs and below - sub-juniors...2 song

[Goanet] Sale of second-hand books at Calangute...

2012-02-28 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Zarine  dgahmedzar...@yahoo.in who is a young journalist colleague shared with this note: There is a sale going on there (Nicky's Books and More) till the end of May. Prices range from Rs. 30 to Rs. 100. Genre-thrillers, non-fiction (biographies), romance etc. Address-Nicky's Books and More,

[Goanet] Another racket rears its head at GMC

2012-02-28 Thread Tony de Sa
This must be the umpteenth racket uncovered at GMC, Bambolim. The story starts thus. A lady I know is undergoing chemotherapy at GMC. At every visit, when it is time to administer the medication, she is 'advised' by the doctor to buy the medication from outside rather than use the hospital

Re: [Goanet] Religious Extremism in the Northeastern States of India (Santosh Helekar Ors) ( Anvekar)

2012-02-28 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
On 28 February 2012 04:28, Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com wrote: Voltaire's advice I may not agree with what you say but I shall defend unto death your right to say it is for sober rational folk, not for zealous religio-political activists. This seems to be a faux-quote widely

[Goanet] Let us bring back the better days for Goa.

2012-02-28 Thread We Goans
While we have the chance, let us be part of the turning point that will bring back the better days for Goa. A simple judgement on our part on the day of elections will make it happen. The performance of the present govt in Goa is for all to see. It will be interesting to refresh our memory and

[Goanet] THE BJP IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO CONGRESS

2012-02-28 Thread Bernardo de Sousa
A question to Aires or any Aldoncar or anyone else who could enlighten me: With regard to the five candidates for Aldona constituency: 54,10, Aldona, DAYANAND G. NARVEKAR, Indian National Congress, Male, 55,10, Aldona, JULIUS PEREIRA, Goa Su-raj Party, Male, 56,10, Aldona, RAVINDRA VASUDEV

Re: [Goanet] Racism, Britain, Goan expat workers....

2012-02-28 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Do you mean that Goans create slums in Britain? That they spit/defecate/sleep on park-benches/demolish old structures to build concrete jungles? From: Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا fredericknoron...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere

[Goanet] Sunday's Herald report on the Calvim Tragedy

2012-02-28 Thread Cecil Pinto
Copied from the O Heraldo website http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=2391boxid=41717328uid=dat=02/26/2012 --- The election fever has well and truly diverted attention from a tragedy that was completely avoidable. The bus which fell in to the river at Calvim claiming six lives,

Re: [Goanet] Let us bring back the better days for Goa.

2012-02-28 Thread J. Colaco jc
We Goans wego...@gmail.com wrote: While we have the chance, let us be part of the turning point that will bring back the better days for Goa. A simple judgement on our part on the day of elections will make it happen. The performance of the present govt in Goa is for all to see. It will be

Re: [Goanet] Racism, Britain, Goan expat workers....

2012-02-28 Thread Eddie Fernandes
The video clip was produced by Union News, the main national news sources of the UK trade union movement.. The editor, Tim Lezzard, appears in the video clip and he drew my attention to it because when he was researching the story he came across Goan Voice UK coverage of the dispute. We spoke

Re: [Goanet] THE BJP IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO CONGRESS

2012-02-28 Thread floriano
w.r.t. Julius Pereira [GRA-GSRP], Bernardo De Souza is informed thus:- 1. Record is that Julius Pereira was at the site of the accident and did not like what happened. 2. What help or assistance is expected from a candidate? Money?, Hugs?, Stay with them to console them and be a burden? All

[Goanet] Well Done People Of Velim

2012-02-28 Thread Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
Well Done People Of Velim Only a fool would light fire around a gunpowder keg and later on try to retrieve it. Foolish it may sound but that’s exactly what the security services did at Velim on Sunday night. The IT raid on the Velim Parish Priest was condemned by one and all and people were

Re: [Goanet] THE BJP IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO CONGRESS

2012-02-28 Thread Nascy Caldeira
Bernado, U should know, that a Bridge is not really the answer to avoid such tragedies. It is the overall effeciency and lack of experties with various agencies and trades and the RTO Goa etc. that tragedies like this take place. They look backwards to primitive times rather than looking forward

Re: [Goanet] Why I thought of Ponnje when I was in New Orleans, recently

2012-02-28 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - JC wrote: After the final session, Ema and I walked from the hotel to the older sections of the city (we walked about 6 miles through the city). What was striking was HOW the city and its people continue to protect the old colonial French (Spanish) architecture, culture and heritage.

[Goanet] THE BJP IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO CONGRESS

2012-02-28 Thread SOTER
Dear Bernardo, To fall into this trap of limiting the electoral debate in Aldona to the Calvim tragedy is disastrous. We should be interested to know if the candidates know the ideologies and history of their political party in the first place. Is Ticlo a Catholic or a communist? If Ticlo is a

Re: [Goanet] Somehow I missed the Goa links of Sandra on first reading this story...

2012-02-28 Thread Eddie Fernandes
From: Frederick FN Noronha Subject: [Goanet] Somehow I missed the Goa links of Sandra on first reading this story... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Samuel == FN, You obviously need to check Goan Voice UK: 1. Goan Voice UK: Newsletter. Mon 25

[Goanet] THE BJP IS NOT AN ALTERNATIVE TO CONGRESS @ Floriano

2012-02-28 Thread Bernardo de Sousa
Such a defensive / aggressive answer from Floriano to my simple questions shows insecurity and is a sign of weakness. Additionally, it is a sign of weakness that the candidate does not answer himself but prefers to hold on to Floriano's coattails. I wish the candidate good luck!

[Goanet] Racism, Britain, Goan expat workers

2012-02-28 Thread Carvalho
Frederick wrote A couple of questions: (i) If we had a similar situation in Goa, involving migrant workers (non-Goan, in our case), what would be our stand? (ii) Could we expect any section in Goa to speak out for the underdogs? FN   Frederick, it

Re: [Goanet] Racism, Britain, Goan expat workers

2012-02-28 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
On 29 February 2012 00:53, Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com wrote: Frederick, it may surprise you to know that when the Vasco fire occured it was not the Orissa goverment or the Karnataka government or even the Goa government that sent aid. It was Goan churches, schools and convents that

[Goanet] Bollywood programe with Com Ambe, Com Seby..

2012-02-28 Thread JoeGoaUk
Panjim Market Traders Association Satyanarayan Laxmi Puja http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk49/6939348787/sizes/l/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk49/6793234698/sizes/l/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk49/6939351521/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Bollywood

[Goanet] Ayurveda medicinal herb - Shatavari

2012-02-28 Thread Con Menezes
Ever heard of Shatavari?? http://ayurveda-foryou.com/ayurveda_herb/shatavari.html --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at:

Re: [Goanet] Cop's night investigation at Velim Church

2012-02-28 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
PIDE seems to live on, fifty years after the event ... From: Tony de Sa tonyde...@gmail.com To: Goa's Premiere Mailing List, Estd 1994 goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, 28 February 2012 2:23 AM Subject: [Goanet] Cop's night investigation at Velim Church