[Goanet-News] Songstress incomparable (Nigel Fernando Britto, in the Times of India)

2008-07-04 Thread Goanet News
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOI&BaseHref=TOIGO/2008/07/02&PageLabel=4&EntityId=Ar00400&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T Songstress incomparable by Nigel Fernando Britto [EMAIL PROTECTED] During the early stages of her career, Patricia Rozario (O

[Goanet-News] NEWS: Dr Seuss Lives: A blogger hoax shows up our gullible media

2008-07-05 Thread Goanet News
Dr Seuss Lives A blogger hoax shows up our gullible media Anjali Puri Nazigate, penpricks says, is an attempt to "pay the media back in its own unworthy coin". -- With rising EMIs, a tanking Sensex and excruciating negotiations over the nuclear deal, we needed something to laugh about this week.

[Goanet-News] NEWS: Dr Seuss Lives: A blogger hoax shows up our gullible media

2008-07-05 Thread Goanet News
Dr Seuss Lives A blogger hoax shows up our gullible media Anjali Puri Nazigate, penpricks says, is an attempt to "pay the media back in its own unworthy coin". -- With rising EMIs, a tanking Sensex and excruciating negotiations over the nuclear deal, we needed something to laugh about this week.

[Goanet-News] Margao needs peace with freedom and justice ... the government has watched the situation unfold as if in a coma (Ranjan Solomon)

2008-07-06 Thread Goanet News
Herald, 30 June 2008 Margao needs peace with freedom and justice by Ranjan Solomon The incidents of last week involving mainly the Bajrang Dal and its members were unfortunate but should come as no surprise. It was clear for many months that the Rumdamol Housing Board was on the boil and that vi

[Goanet-News] Heavy Metal (Patricia Ann Alvares, on gold ... in See Goa)

2008-07-06 Thread Goanet News
HEAVY METAL By Patricia Ann Alvares [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fashioned by a fusion of the native and the foreign, the Goan goldsmith's art glitters, well, like gold. The archetypal Indian woman has a reverential, almost sensuous, relationship with gold. Flaunted by royalty and treasured by commoners in

[Goanet-News] NEWS: Canada's Wayne Fernandes has been dreaming about being part of the Olympic Games since the age of 10....

2008-07-08 Thread Goanet News
http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/field-hockey/story/2008/06/30/olympics-news-fieldhockey.html?ref=rss Field Hockey Canada names final roster for Olympic Games Last Updated: Monday, June 30, 2008 | 5:02 PM ET CBC Sports Canada's Wayne Fernandes has been dreaming about being part of the Olympic Games sin

[Goanet-News] Under pressure from Goa to scrap SEZs, Centre sets conditions: compensate developers, will denotify

2008-07-08 Thread Goanet News
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/332275.html Under pressure from Goa to scrap SEZs, Centre sets conditions: compensate developers, will denotify JAYANT SINGH Posted online: Monday, July 07, 2008 at 2346 hrs Print Email NEW DELHI, JULY 6: Yielding to Goa's insistence on cancelling all special ec

[Goanet-News] Colours of the rainbow : getting in petals from another world (Lisa Monteiro, in Gomantak Times)

2008-07-09 Thread Goanet News
rminate this plant and make Goa a beautiful place for future generations". Add Carol and Joaquim in unison. Contact the writer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-news-goanet.org/attachments/20080710/1126c4e9/attachment.htm>

[Goanet-News] COMMENT: The sword saga ...

2008-07-09 Thread Goanet News
Herald, Editorial, 8 July 2008 The sword saga There are several deeply disturbing aspects about the seizure of 17 swords in a truck parked at Moti Dongor on Thursday. The police did a good job to swing into action swiftly, search a large number of houses on Moti Dongor and then nab the culprits,

[Goanet-News] Youth freed after 2 years in Goa, re-arrested in Delhi [Greater Kashmir]

2008-07-12 Thread Goanet News
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[Goanet-News] Margao photojournalists fake Moti Dongor sword picture? (Rajan Narayan, Goan Observer)

2008-07-19 Thread Goanet News
Though the truth is that Narvekar successfully manipulated things to ensure that he did not spend even an hour, leave alone a night, unlike Mauvin Godinho, in the police lock-up. Feedback to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-news-goanet.org/attachments/20080720/c077376c/attachment.htm>

[Goanet-News] Goan convention at University of Toronto, Mississauga this week

2008-07-23 Thread Goanet News
Mario Miranda Festival, July 24-26, 2008 at Old GMC Building, Panjim. All welcome. Children's Day (with Bookworm) July 24 at 4.30 pm sharp. Interaction for children upto 15. Cartoons, comics and graphic novels -- Mario's medium analyzed July 25 at 5 pm. Three short films on Mario, discussion on ar

[Goanet-News] Mario Miranda Festival on 24th, 25th, 26th July

2008-07-23 Thread Goanet News
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2008 Toronto International Goan Convention Theme: Goan Identity And Networking Today. http://2008goanconvention.com/index.php Mario Miranda Festival, July 24-26, 2008 Old GMC Building http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-July/077732

[Goanet-News] Planning issues from Goa... two files for download (courtesy architect Reboni Saha)

2008-07-31 Thread Goanet News
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2008 Toronto International Goan Convention Theme: Goan Identity And Networking Today. http://2008goanconvention.com/index.php Mario Miranda Festival, July 24-26, 2008 Old GMC Building http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-July/077732

[Goanet-News] Save Goa crusader Oscar quits GBA (Gomantak Times)

2008-08-02 Thread Goanet News
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2008 Toronto International Goan Convention Theme: Goan Identity And Networking Today. http://2008goanconvention.com/index.php Mario Miranda Festival, July 24-26, 2008 Old GMC Building http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-July/077732

[Goanet-News] Diary of a Goan Catholic nun... from Burkina Faso

2008-08-04 Thread Goanet News
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[Goanet-News] Party asks Narvekar to quit

2008-08-04 Thread Goanet News
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[Goanet-News] Why did Oscar, Patricia and Ritu resign? (Herald)

2008-08-05 Thread Goanet News
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2008 Toronto International Goan Convention Theme: Goan Identity And Networking Today. http://2008goanconvention.com/index.php Mario Miranda Festival, July 24-26, 2008 Old GMC Building http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-July/077732

[Goanet-News] Oscar Rebello: I am a social activist by accident (Arti Das, in Gomantak Times)

2008-08-07 Thread Goanet News
Oscar Rebello: I am a social activist by accident 'You can remove the Goan from the GBA but you can never remove GBA from the Goan.' This was the candid statement made by former convenor of the Goa Bachao Abhiyan, Dr Oscar Rebello. In a tete-a-tete with ARTI DAS, he spoke at length about the GBA,

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

2008-08-07 Thread Goanet News
Where have the Toronto Goans gone? Goans from the US, Australia and Goa attended the Goan International Convention in Toronto. Despite the small group, there was a buzz of activities and bonds of friendships renewed VICTOR RANGEL RIBEIRO Times News Network Consider this paradox: A Goan Internation

[Goanet-News] NEWS: Parrikar sings anti-mining tune (Gomantak Times)

2008-08-08 Thread Goanet News
PARRIKAR SINGS ANTI-MINING TUNE At Colamb, Opposition Leader ensures public hearing is adjourned By A Correspondent [EMAIL PROTECTED] CHANDOR: Bharatiya Janata Party's new found love for anti-mining activism resulted in the adjournment of the public hearing on mining in Colamb village yesterday.

[Goanet-News] SPORTS: Lawrence of Indian football (Hindustan Times)

2008-08-08 Thread Goanet News
Lawrence of Indian football When Climax Lawrence's uncle named him Climax 29 years ago, he would have never thought that the kid would one day come up with something special to avoid an anti-climax. On Wednesday, the midfielder came up with his first international goal in three years to save Indi

[Goanet-News] Goa Church Cautious About Laws To Protect Old Goa

2008-08-09 Thread Goanet News
Goa Church Cautious About Laws To Protect Old Goa OLD GOA, India (UCAN) -- Church people in Goa have taken a cautious stand on a government proposal to protect Old Goa, the onetime Portuguese colonial base and center of Catholic mission in Asia. Government officials of this western Indian state d

[Goanet-News] Airport Bomb Scare (By Remo Fernandes, The Navhind Times)

2008-08-11 Thread Goanet News
Airport Bomb Scare By Remo Fernandes Lately, whenever I have travelled out of Goa on a short overnight trip, I have driven to the airport myself, parked my car at the convenient pay-park just outside the airport gate, and walked to the departure area, my trolley suitcase in tow. But on July 28, I

[Goanet-News] Some links and online resources ...

2008-08-14 Thread Goanet News
Some new Goa-related online resources: Goanster.com http://www.goanster.com/ Go-an.com http://www.go-an.com/ Encountering Mario (de Miranda, the noted cartoonist) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3GFJap31s0 Green Goa http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GreenGoa Whazzup Goa http://groups.google.com/gr

[Goanet-News] Statement from NRI Commissioner, Eduardo Faleiro (Goa)

2008-08-15 Thread Goanet News
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[Goanet-News] Goanvoice.org.uk :: Edna Fernandes: Last Jews of Kerala (August. 14, 2008)

2008-08-15 Thread Goanet News
Newsletter. Issue 2008-33. August. 14, 2008 COMMUNITY NEWS Edna Fernandes: Last Jews of Kerala 10 Aug: Morning Star (UK). Jean Turner reviews the book. During the reign of King Solomon, merchant Jews made Cochin, Kerala, their home. A thousand years later, a second wave of Jews arrived. This set

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

2008-08-16 Thread Goanet News
Look in the Mirror Mr. Gupta By Venita Coelho [EMAIL PROTECTED] As a member of the GBA and part of the Core Committee I read with concern Sujay Gupta's column 'Oscar Rebello fell to Goa's Traitors'. He propounds a conspiracy theory led by a cabal that was 'jealous' 'sold out' and 'enraged with t

[Goanet-News] NEWS: Advalpal mine collapses; major tragedy averted

2008-08-18 Thread Goanet News
Advalpal mine collapses; major tragedy averted Courtesy: Bicholim Goa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BICHOLIM AUG 18: A portion of the Advalpal mine collapsed on Thursday posing a threat to the nearby houses even as no major disaster was reported as the water from the pit got diverted away from the houses.

[Goanet-News] GOA: Lawyer's bid to clean Augean stable

2008-08-25 Thread Goanet News
Lawyer's bid to clean Augean stable Devika Sequeira in Panaji [EMAIL PROTECTED] Deccan Herald, August 24, 2008 Sunday Features Pai Kir's complaint against the judge and the High Court's enquiry has also brought to light the shocking complicity of the judge, a group of lawyers and two ministers in

[Goanet-News] SPORTS: Even with the wind in his sails, Derek Menezes can't dream of the Olympics

2008-08-25 Thread Goanet News
EVEN WITH THE WIND IN HIS SAILS, DEREK MENEZES CAN'T DREAM OF THE OLYMPICS >From Pamela D'Mello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Asian Age At yet another Olympics, the country is asking itself why? what did we do wrong, what do we need to do right to do ourselves proud at the international games. Yet, pot

[Goanet-News] Egged on by film moguls, Goa mulls pull out of IFFI

2008-08-27 Thread Goanet News
Egged on by film moguls, Goa mulls pull out of IFFI >From Pamela D'Mello [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Asian Age, Aug 27, Newsmakers Panaji, Aug 26: India's international film festival IFFI co-hosts, the Entertainment Society of Goa is considering pulling out of the film festival, after its push for incr

[Goanet-News] From Kashmir to Orissa, the saffron camp's violent role (Comment, Amulya Ganguli)

2008-08-31 Thread Goanet News
>From Kashmir to Orissa, the saffron camp's violent role (Comment) posted 15 hrs ago | 36 Views | View Source: Amulya GanguliShareThis Just as the deaths of 'kar sevaks' (Hindu pilgrims) in an arson attack on their train led to retaliatory violence by the Hindutva brigade against Muslims in Gujara

[Goanet-News] Goans are artistic by nature: Hazel Gomes

2008-09-04 Thread Goanet News
GOANS ARE ARTISTIC BY NATURE: HAZEL GOMES For complex historical -- and perhaps unexplained -- reasons you would be hard-pressed to find a Christian goldsmith in Goa. But a lady has been doing the region proud by taking her skills across the globe, and excelling at it. Says UK-based Hazel Gomes,

[Goanet-News] ORISSA: Hindutva's Violent History by Angana Chatterji

2008-09-08 Thread Goanet News
ORISSA : Hindutva's Violent History.by Angana Chatterji From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 5, Issue 35, Dated September 13, 2008 http://www.tehelka.com Hindutva's Violent History ANGANA CHATTERJI Anthropologist HINDUTVA'S PRODUCTION of culture and nation is often marked by savagery. On 23 August 20

[Goanet-News] REVIEW: Small State, big attitude (Rahul Srivastava)

2008-09-08 Thread Goanet News
Small State, big attitude RAHUL SRIVASTAVA Goa may be a backpacker's paradise. But it also has one of the most cosmopolitan and heady public spheres, thanks to an engaging acceptance of eccentrics, ideologues as well as classical minds. Photo: Paul Noronha Vibrant and colourful: No fake identit

[Goanet-News] REVIEW: Goa : Aparanta : Land Beyond End. Book Review (Hindu)

2008-09-08 Thread Goanet News
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2009/09/17/stories/2006061750030100.htm Many histories ZERIN ANKLESARIA The various strands of Goa's composite culture are all strung together here. Rich architectural heritage: The interior of a Goan home (Photo reproduced from the book). We tend to think of Goa as a

[Goanet-News] 25 years on, Appiko forest movement sees success, challenges

2008-09-10 Thread Goanet News
25 years on, Appiko forest movement sees success, challenges Wed, Sep 10 08:16 AM Ponda (Goa), Sep 10 (IANS) Twenty-five years after the Appiko eco-awareness movement swept parts of south India, its leaders say they have seen a 'lot of change' specially in the forest policy of Karnataka. 'Fellin

[Goanet-News] Leta Fernandes (ex-Mapusa, Mozambique, Portugal, Ottawa), a tribute: Out of Sight, but Never Out of Mind

2008-09-10 Thread Goanet News
http://www.research.uottawa.ca/perspectives/10084 Out of Sight, but Never Out of Mind by Susan Hickman When it comes to garbage, most of us drag our waste to the curb and never give it another thought. Not Leta Fernandes. The 1.5 kilograms of waste the average person throws out every day in this

[Goanet-News] Tuesday Tantrum: Politicos take to launching NGOs (Gomantak Times)

2008-09-16 Thread Goanet News
TUESDAY TANTRUM: FROM THE GOMANTAK TIMES Politicos take to launching NGOs Launching new NGOs is the 'in thing' in Goa now, and the 'profession' hitherto the exclusive domain of a handful of 'activists' is seemingly being taken over by mainstream politicos.

[Goanet-News] VIDEO: Goa, Goa, Gone ... 22 mins documentary. Directed by: Kurush Canteenwala

2008-09-17 Thread Goanet News
y explores the impact of mining on Goa's environment – one of the world's 12 biodiversity hotspots -- and livelihoods http://infochangeindia.org/Infochange-documentary.html -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail

[Goanet-News] Goa Football League 2008-09 draw (via Zena Costa)

2008-09-29 Thread Goanet News
VODAFONE GOA FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2008-09 DRAW Round 1 21.09.08 Churchill Bros. v/s Salgaocar SC at PJN 21.09.08 Vasco SC v/s Velsao Pale SC at TILAK 20.09.08 Raia Sporting Club v/s Sesa FA at PJN 30.09.08 Dempo SC v/s Sporting Clube de Goa at TILAK Round 2 18.09.08 Vasco SC v/s Salga

[Goanet-News] Coast stories :: The quiet storm (VM, etc in Time Out)

2008-10-03 Thread Goanet News
http://www.timeoutmumbai.net/client_coverstory/client_coverstory_summay.asp?coverstoyrcode=79 Coast stories :: The quiet storm Goa is still recovering from last year's controversies, but that shouldn't keep you away, says Vivek Menezes. The rivers still surge red at monsoon end in Goa. A mantle

[Goanet-News] Anjuna dreams: Mayabhushan Nagvenkar takes the temperature in his home village.

2008-10-04 Thread Goanet News
http://www.timeoutmumbai.net/client_coverstory/client_coverstory_details.asp?code=560 Anjuna dreams Mayabhushan Nagvenkar takes the temperature in his home village. We moved into Anjuna in the late 1970s. We were the first Hindu household in Doxoxxir, a predominantly Catholic ward, until another

[Goanet-News] 'Romi is a script, cannot be spoken' (Kiran Budkuley, in ToI)

2008-10-05 Thread Goanet News
'Romi is a script, cannot be spoken' What Konkani needs is a battery of welltrained, competent teachers, not an additional script, writes Kiran Budkuley Of late, a lot of dust is being kicked up for an additional script for Goa's official language Konkani. Those who demand official recognition fo

[Goanet-News] TIATR: Made in Australia, Konkani-style

2008-10-08 Thread Goanet News
TIATR: Made in Australia, Konkani-style By Fatima Pais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> David Albuquerque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was a teacher at St. Anthony's High School, Majorda, Goa for fifteen years before migrating to Australia in Oct of 1999. He loved and misses his years in Majorda: great, simple, lovi

[Goanet-News] Casino ships line up along the Mandovi, as more join the race

2008-10-10 Thread Goanet News
Casino ships line up along the Mandovi, as more join the race >From Pamela D'Mello [EMAIL PROTECTED] Panaji, Oct 10: By this October end, three additional ship-based casinos could join an existing fleet of three "offshore" casinos, marking Goa's entry into a new tourism niche. Two live gaming ca

[Goanet-News] Goa archbishop to visit Oman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah

2008-10-10 Thread Goanet News
PROGRAMME OF THE GULF VISIT OF ARCHBISHOP FILIPE NERI FERRAO SULTANATE OF OMAN 1. Oct 08 (Wednesday) – Arrival in Muscat. Blesses the sick at the Church in Ruwi. Mass in English and Meeting with the Goan community at Ghala Church. 2. Oct 09 (Thursday) – Mass in English at Ruwi Church. Meets t

[Goanet-News] Breaking news, via cyberspace ... mining arrests in Quepem

2008-10-11 Thread Goanet News
N * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org Blog: http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com Tech links from South Asia: http://twitter.com/fn M: +91-9822122436 P: +91-832-2409490 -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.goanet.org/pipe

[Goanet-News] Desecration of Goa’s religious st ructures to be probed

2008-10-18 Thread Goanet News
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/desecration-of-goas-religious-structures-to-be-probed_100108884.html Desecration of Goa's religious structures to be probed October 18th, 2008 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS - Panaji, Oct 18 (IANS) A special team headed by a superintendent of police would

[Goanet-News] Priest's Murderers Acquitted In Goa (SAR News)

2008-11-19 Thread Goanet News
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a C

[Goanet-News] 1923 book on Hindus of Goa gets a reprint, translation

2008-11-22 Thread Goanet News
1923 BOOK ON HINDUS OF GOA GETS A REPRINT, TRANSLATION PANJIM, Nov 22: A 1923-published book by the Loutolim-born Goan judge, focussing on the Hindus of Goa, is to be translated and republished in Panjim this week. 'The Hindus of Goa and the Portuguese Republic' is the translation into English of

[Goanet-News] Detailed programme... Goan Peoples ’ Film Festival :: Celebrating Life and Live lihoods

2008-11-23 Thread Goanet News
Goan Peoples' Film Festival Celebrating Life and Livelihoods Festival Schedule 22nd November: 3:00 -4:00 pm: Inauguration 5:30 pm: Inaugural Film: India Untouched – Stories of a People Apart 23rd November: Assault on Tribal Livelihoods & Challenges to Mining 10:00

[Goanet-News] Indian film festival scraps documentary after protests

2008-11-25 Thread Goanet News
Indian film festival scraps documentary after protests 2 hours ago PANAJI, India (AFP) — Hardline Hindu nationalists have succeeded in getting a documentary by a controversial artist taken off the schedule at India's most prestigious film festival, organisers said Tuesday. Two right-wing groups

[Goanet-News] Ship sunk by Indian Navy was Thai fishing trawler: IMB

2008-11-26 Thread Goanet News
Ship sunk by Indian Navy was Thai fishing trawler: IMB Kuala Lumpur: A suspected pirate vessel that was destroyed by Indian Navy last week in the Gulf of Aden was in fact a Thai fishing trawler which had been hijacked, the International Maritime Bureau confirmed on Wednesday. Noel Choong, head of

[Goanet-News] Divar chef killed in Taj attack

2008-11-28 Thread Goanet News
GOANS' ENCOUNTER WITH TERROR Diwar chef killed in Taj attack HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 27 "Kevin… Kevin… Daddy… Daddy". These were the last few words of 23-year-old Boris do Rego, resident of Premier wado, Diwar to his elder brother and father Urbano before succumbing to the bullets of the terr

[Goanet-News] First Catholic University in India to be Inaugurated (SAR News)

2008-11-28 Thread Goanet News
First Catholic University in India to be Inaugurated By SAR NEWS GUWAHATI, Assam (SAR NEWS) -- Don Bosco University (DBU) Guwahati, Assam, the first Catholic university set up under the new government legislation, will be inaugurated on December 6, 2008. The earlier inaugural programme scheduled

[Goanet-News] Mumbai: city of dreams and extreme poverty (Sadie Gray, The Guardian)

2008-11-28 Thread Goanet News
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/27/india-mumbai-terror-attacks Mumbai: city of dreams and extreme poverty Mumbai is India's largest city and also its most diverse, cosmopolitan and westernised With a population of 13 million, Mumbai is India's largest city and its most diverse, cosmopoli

[Goanet-News] Goanet highlights: 1961, Capt Norbert Rebello's book, IFFI, colonial India pics...

2008-11-29 Thread Goanet News
Goanet highlights A topic that dominated Goanet this week was, 25 November Real liberation day of Goa. Debate was at times heated on this subject it did elicit interesting nuggets of Goan history. Paulo Colaco Dias: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-November/084283.html Fr

[Goanet-News] Pale poll: A BJP plot that backfired (Herald)

2008-12-01 Thread Goanet News
http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=13390&cid=2 Pale poll: A BJP plot that backfired HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 30 Pale by-poll result has turned out to be a major setback for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the State even as the party is likely to do introspection over the functioning of the p

[Goanet-News] Goanet highlights: Mumbai terror, an open letter, IFFI and more

2008-12-06 Thread Goanet News
Goanet highlights By Selma Cardoso [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rajan Parrikar strikes a strident note on the Mumbai Massacre and asks the question, Who speaks for us Hindus? http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-November/084493.html Perhaps Frederick Noronha has the answer: http://lists.

[Goanet-News] Young NRIs trace their roots in Goa

2008-12-08 Thread Goanet News
http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-57804.html Young NRIs trace their roots in Goa Panaji, Dec 8: As a group of 12 young people of Goan origin (POGOs) return to their homes abroad after a familiaristion tour of Goa, they will take with them memories of silvery mackerel braised in tradition

[Goanet-News] Why Goa is on high alert (Rediff.com)

2008-12-08 Thread Goanet News
http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/08mumterror-why-goa-is-on-alert.htm Why Goa is on high alert Vicky Nanjappa in Mumbai Immediately after the Mumbai attack, Goa [Images], a hot tourist destination especially for foreigners, was put on high alert. While it is convention to put certain c

[Goanet-News] Goanet highlights: 12 NRI Goans set off on a trip to trace their roots in Goa.

2008-12-12 Thread Goanet News
Goanet highlights 12 NRI Goans set off on a trip to trace their roots in Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/084954.html Tony D'Sa tells us why he objects to the Goan tax payer funding NRIs who want to trace their roots in Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/

[Goanet-News] Showcasing History For Posterity (Paul Fernandes on Victor Hugo Gomes' upcoming museum in Benaulim)

2008-12-14 Thread Goanet News
Showcasing History For Posterity Museums filled with antiques are a dime a dozen, but a walk through Victor Hugo Gomes' out-of-the-box ethnography museum at Benaulim is like turning the pages of Goa's rich eco-cultural and agrarian history, finds Paul Fernandes in THE TIMES OF INDIA (Goa edition,

[Goanet-News] Deshprabhu’s son dies in accident (Herald)

2008-12-15 Thread Goanet News
http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=14040&cid=2 Deshprabhu's son dies in accident HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, DEC 14 Kunal Jitendra Deshprabhu (25), son of former Pernem legislator, died while the other occupant was injured when the car in which they were traveling rammed into a wall near

[Goanet-News] French woman found dead in Goa

2008-12-22 Thread Goanet News
French woman found dead in Goa Indo-Asian News Service A French woman was found dead in a trailer parked near Vagator beach in Goa, while a man believed to be her companion was lying unconscious next to her, police said on Monday. The trailer, equipped with modern amenities including a

[Goanet-News] Saraswats, looking at their past and present ...

2008-12-23 Thread Goanet News
SARASWATS, LOOKING AT THEIR PAST AND PRESENT ... PANJIM, Goa: The origins of Goa's most influential caste grouping, the Saraswats, is enveloped in historical obscurity, says a new book focussing exclusively on this community. "Scholars have put forth a number of theories based on their study of (

[Goanet-News] Mumbai photographer: I wish I'd had a gun, not a camera. Armed police would not fire back

2008-12-23 Thread Goanet News
Mumbai photographer: I wish I'd had a gun, not a camera. Armed police would not fire back Jerome Taylor talks to the photographer whose picture went around the world Saturday, 29 November 2008 Sebastian D'Souza A gunman walks at the Chatrapathi Sivaji Terminal railway station in Mumbai, India,

[Goanet-News] Goanet highlights: Religious beliefs, new Xmas carols, Goan music...

2008-12-30 Thread Goanet News
Goanet highlights By Selma Cardoso lescarval...@yahoo.com The debate this week on Goanet centered around the Right to convert and tolerance of religious beliefs. The star post of this week was that of Sandeep Heble, who argued why tolerance of religious beliefs should also extend to tolerance tow

[Goanet-News] GOA POLITICS 2008... toppling bid, gaol for politician, and siblings in scams (by Nisser Dias)

2008-12-30 Thread Goanet News
Year 2008 and Politicos By Nisser Dias nisserd...@gmail.com Year 2008 unlike other years has been quite historical not only for the common-man, but for underpaid journalists too, but more importantly it exposed the chameleon attitude of Goa's politicos and the levels they would stoop to cling to

[Goanet-News] GOANET OBITUARIES: Marie (Simoes Mendonca, former Olympian

2009-01-09 Thread Goanet News
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[Goanet-News] Goanet highlights: Roland Francis' st ar letter "Canadiana – Toronto’s Goan fabric"

2009-01-11 Thread Goanet News
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[Goanet-News] Saligao Serenade goes live on the Internet (via Val Souza)

2009-01-11 Thread Goanet News
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[Goanet-News] NEWS: First Konkani animation film focuses on Goa environment

2009-01-13 Thread Goanet News
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[Goanet-News] Cops allow tourists’ homicide tra il to go cold (Deccan Herald)

2009-01-16 Thread Goanet News
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[Goanet-News] Homes back finally? ... Promises to NRGs from upcoming legislation in Goa (V Heged, in GT)

2009-01-22 Thread Goanet News
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[Goanet-News] Goanet highlights: Strip mining is not farming, Mr Timblo (by Selma Cardoso)

2009-01-26 Thread Goanet News
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[Goanet-News] It’s Moscow! No, it’s Morj im! (Reena Martins, in The Telegraph)

2009-01-30 Thread Goanet News
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[Goanet-News] Ancient Goan Catholic Institution Under Threat

2009-01-31 Thread Goanet News
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[Goanet-News] Criticism of Pope's Rehabilitation of Holocaust Denier Grows (dw-word.de)

2009-02-01 Thread Goanet News
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[Goanet-News] GOAWAY FLIGHT: Commodore son's flight of fury (Ananya Sengupta, The Telegraph Kolkata)

2009-02-03 Thread Goanet News
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[Goanet-News] Goanet highlights... a poem to Jonathan Marques (by Selma Cardozo)

2009-02-03 Thread Goanet News
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[Goanet-News] Mother sobs inconsolably as Jonathan is laid to rest

2009-02-07 Thread Goanet News
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[Goanet-News] Goanet highlights: Keni's story, wasting taxpayer's money, rethinking migration to Canada... (by Selma Cardozo)

2009-02-09 Thread Goanet News
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[Goanet-News] ‘Pink Chaddi’ and ‘Pub B haro’ campaigns against moral policing gather mo mentum

2009-02-11 Thread Goanet News
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[Goanet-News] Peaceful Pink Panties to Tame Right-Wing Goons

2009-02-13 Thread Goanet News
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[Goanet-News] Goanet highlights: accidental activist, EA Goans, badminton.... (by Selma Carvalho)

2009-02-16 Thread Goanet News
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[Goanet-News] Goanet summaries: religion, free speech, politicians... and more

2009-02-23 Thread Goanet News
Goanet highlights by Selma Carvalho The star post this week was by journalist Vidyadhar Gadgil, in a essay entitled "Is Religion above criticism?". He bemoans the loss of free speech in a country where "religious protectionism" has become an everyday event. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet

[Goanet-News] SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE: reactions, abroad, among the diaspora, back home... (Wikipedia)

2009-02-23 Thread Goanet News
Reactions from the Western world Slumdog Millionaire has been critically acclaimed in the Western world. As of 21 February 2009, Rotten Tomatoes has given the film a 94% rating with a 186 fresh and twelve rotten reviews. The average score is 8.2/10.[50] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized ra

[Goanet-News] Danny Boyle has brought me international recognition: choreographer Longinus Fernandes

2009-02-23 Thread Goanet News
Danny Boyle has brought me international recognition: choreographer New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Longinus Fernandes would have been just another Indian choreographer striving to make it big if Danny Boyle hadn't signed him on for 'Slumdog Millionaire' and mentioned his name in his Oscar acceptance spe

[Goanet-News] They aren't Dogs, in those Slums (Juan Cole, Global Americana Institute)

2009-02-23 Thread Goanet News
They aren't Dogs, in those Slums By Julian Cole The following comments may contain spoilers. Directors Danny Boyle's and Loveleen Tandan's "Slumdog Millionaire" swept the Oscars this year, in a remarkable sign of globalization. The creative team behind the film was largely British (Tandan began

[Goanet-News] Lotuses in the mud (Reena Martins, in The Telegraph, Kolkata)

2009-02-25 Thread Goanet News
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090222/jsp/7days/story_10572965.jsp Lotuses in the mud After the glitz fades, slum children who hit fame in movies often lead chequered lives. None of the 27 in Salaam Mumbai went to school; most took to petty crime. Will Slumdog Millionaire’s children go the same r

[Goanet-News] Goa feels pinch of recession, terror and death (AFP)

2009-03-01 Thread Goanet News
Goa feels pinch of recession, terror and death Feb 17, 2009 ANJUNA, India (AFP) — A double-whammy of the global economic turmoil and Mumbai terror attacks has hit the usually bustling Indian resort of Goa hard as a disappointing winter tourist season draws to a quiet close. Others point to the d

[Goanet-News] Daily Mail on the Scarlett case: bitter rows, under-age sex, violence, drinking binges, drugs parties and hungry children ...

2009-03-02 Thread Goanet News
Inhaling deeply from a hash pipe: Scarlett Keeling's mother just days before Goa murderer struck By Nick Constable Last updated at 9:20 AM on 01st March 2009 She sits in a bar sucking what appears to be a hashish pipe. This is the unseen side of Fiona MacKeown, mother of the murdered schoolgirl S

[Goanet-News] NEWS: Goa polls head for five-star controversy

2009-03-08 Thread Goanet News
Goa polls head for five-star controversy Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi March 7, 2009, 0:10 IST If there is one state where environmental issues spill over into active politics and can rewrite the destiny of political parties, it is Goa. And history threatens to repeat itself in the 2009 Lok Sabha el

[Goanet-News] Goanet highlights... NRGs, video on musicians, boycott call, etc

2009-03-09 Thread Goanet News
Goanet highlights by Selma Carvalho se...@goanet.org An NRG delegation lead by Goanetter, Arwin Mesquite, met with the CM on December 23. Arwin posts his follow-up letter. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/174596.html JoeGoaUK posts a video tribute to C Alvares, Bab P

[Goanet-News] More sects in politics

2009-03-09 Thread Goanet News
More sects in politics 7 Mar 2009, 0446 hrs IST, TNN NEW DELHI: The church and state have assiduously been kept apart in India, but a similar firewall between religion and politics has been repeatedly breached to the point where using the religion card is now accepted as part of the desi system o

[Goanet-News] Trail in the printed word: Goans wrote in 14 different languages (tribute to Aleixo Manuel da Costa)

2009-03-15 Thread Goanet News
TRAIL IN THE PRINTED WORD: GOANS HAVE WRITTEN IN 14 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES 11,000 publications, 2000 Goan writers ... Costa collected the details Goanet Features He would have been a hundred this month, but though he died a decade short, this avid collector of names, titles and bibliographic details

[Goanet-News] Goanet highlights: Gadgil's star post looks at how capitalism works for corruption, cronyism in Goa

2009-03-16 Thread Goanet News
Goanet highlights by Selma Carvalho The star post this week comes from Vidyadhar Gadgil entitled, “Robber Barons and Crony Capitalism in Goa” which takes a look at how capitalism operates at the behest of corruption and cronyism in this small state. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.

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