Re: [Goanet] Holland considers saree ban

2006-11-27 Thread Helga do R. Gomes
Sachin, I wear my salwaar kameez through the entire summer of New England and I have seen many women in saris and salwaars at conferences in the USA giving presentations and attending talks. As long as the weather permits we love to wear our beautiful and very comfortable clothes and my

Re: [Goanet] Fwd: Pesticides in (Indian) Bottled Water and SoftDrinks

2006-09-20 Thread Helga do R. Gomes
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Re: [Goanet] Heritage Homes

2006-09-19 Thread Helga do R. Gomes
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Re: [Goanet] Take leaf from my book, in fact take two!

2006-09-12 Thread Helga do R. Gomes
No pain no gain. CP: Ouch! That hurt! I see no logic to this - why can't I coin my own terms which have even been documented in cyberspace? You and others don't have to use them. CP: Is Roland a Canadian Goan? Only Canadian Goans can decide how they wish to be addressed. Neither you or me

Re: [Goanet] Archives, patties, matka, cleavage - and the Salcete divide

2006-09-11 Thread Helga do R. Gomes
I guess that two years ago I started the Apologetic Sausages and Incense discussion which like most of my other discussions I did not pursue tenaciously for lack of time or total loss of interest. But Cecil you have not squashed Gonadian - I have concrete prove that its around and now Roland

Re: [Goanet] Talking Photos: Mayem Lake, Arvalem Caves, Waterfall etc etc (Plus prev. Answer)

2006-09-09 Thread Helga do R. Gomes
Hi Joe, I love your photos of Goa. Could you suggest a tag that I can pass on to my US colleagues who will be visiting Goa? I am not very familiar with Flickr but I think they can view pictures of Goa with just one tag? Or there is some kind of search process? Helga Visit

Re: [Goanet] Talking Photos: Mayem Lake, Arvalem Caves, Waterfall etc etc (Plus prev. Answer)

2006-09-09 Thread Helga do R. Gomes
Hi Fred, I looked at your photos and they are great - National Geog. standard! You guys should know that Smithsonian Magazine has a competition every year with categories like People, Nature etc. In the meantime it would be great if we could come up with a common tag for your and JoeUK's

Re: [Goanet] No Advocate re fish dish/response Helga

2006-09-05 Thread Helga do R. Gomes
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Re: [Goanet] Fish Mayonaise, Sourdough Bread,etc. from Salcete

2006-09-05 Thread Helga do R. Gomes
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Re: [Goanet] No Advocate re fish dish

2006-09-04 Thread Helga do R. Gomes
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Re: [Goanet] Gonadians - one response

2006-08-29 Thread Helga do R. Gomes
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Re: [Goanet] An orphan of history

2006-08-27 Thread Helga do R. Gomes
Thanks George - for easing the deadline. I want to write something but I have to do some fact checking in Goa. I will try and give the e-book some more publicity then. Regards Helga . Give something to your Goan future. Give Supriya a chance to know you or some Goan. Send in your submission

Re: [Goanet] Gonadians

2006-08-26 Thread Helga do R. Gomes
Thank you Cecil for establishing my copyright. I had not thought of that! Let's hope that in a moment of aberation Fred enters it in Wikipedia! Then we are all set. Helga I would like to state for the record that Helga do Rosario Gomes in her post archived at

Re: [Goanet] Gonadians - one response

2006-08-26 Thread Helga do R. Gomes
Hi Ben, Would it make you feel better if I told you there are Knights of this order? Check out http://gonadianknights.com/ Seems like my post has spawned two parallel discussions - not bad for an etymologically challenged oceanographer! Now that you have commented on the major one (i.e. should