[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Upper-caste Catholics and the dream of the Hindu Right

2008-03-05 Thread Goanet Reader
Upper-caste Catholics and the dream of the Hindu Right By Jason Keith Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the flush following the Festival of Ideas, the moderator of an egroup of research scholars on Goa was inspired to cry out Why don't we dedicate the group to Abbé Faria and D.D. Kosambi, we could

[Goanet-News] BOOKS: NYT Review of Tony D'Souza's The Konkans

2008-03-05 Thread Goanet News
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/books/review/Nicholson-t.html?scp=2sq=Geoff+Nicholsonst=nyt THE KONKANS By Tony D'Souza. 308 pp. Harcourt. $25. March 2, 2008 American Hybrid By GEOFF NICHOLSON When the Portuguese conquered parts of the western coast of India in the 16th century, Jesuits

[Goanet-News] PROFILE-Digambar Kamat: The survivor (Backstage, in Business Standard)

2008-03-05 Thread Goanet News
http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=5autono=315532 The survivor BACKSTAGE Makarand Gadgil / Mumbai March 03, 2008 Goa's 15th chief minister, Digambar Kamat, is known for following a strict fitness regime. He plays a daily game or two of badminton and also swims

[Goanet-News] The 'maharaja' Of Casinos Opens In Goa Next Month!

2008-03-05 Thread Goanet News
The 'maharaja' Of Casinos Opens In Goa Next Month! Tuesday 04th of March 2008 An offshore casino with 'no-limits' tables, touted as the biggest in South Asia, will open in Goa next month. Aboard a specially commissioned 70-metre long Panamanian vessel, costing $25 million, it will be operated by

[Goanet-News] Goa news for March 6, 2008

2008-03-05 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** British girl\'s death blows lid off drug, sex scandal in Goa - Times of India [3 hours ago] PANJIM: Teenager Scarlette Keeling's death under mysterious circumstances at Anjuna beach in