[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: From stage, to print (FN)

2012-02-27 Thread Goanet Reader
>From stage, to print THE PRINTED WORD | Frederick Noronha After years of attempting to fit into the Konkani "mainstream", the still officially-unacknowledged Romi-script network in Goa seems to be working hard to build its

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Looking back, taking stock ... (Eduardo Faleiro)

2012-03-14 Thread Goanet Reader
Migration to the neighbouring areas in the 16th and 17th centuries; (ii) arrangements for the padyatris who come to Old Goa for the feast of St. Francis Xavier and (iii) orientation programme for the youth of Goan origin as outlined above. [ENDS] Goanet Reader is edited and compiled by Frederick

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: One humid morning in Byculla -- tiatr tales of another time (Roland Francis)

2012-03-14 Thread Goanet Reader
Roland Francis can be contacted on 416-453-3371 or via email roland.fran...@gmail.com Feeback, comments welcome. Goanet Reader is edited and compiled by Frederick Noronha f...@goa-india.org --- Protect G

[Goanet-News] To, The Director of Transport, Directorate of Transport, Govt of Goa (an open letter)...

2012-03-15 Thread Goanet Reader
To, The Director of Transport, Directorate of Transport, Govt of Goa: GOA CITIZENS CALL TO ACTION: CLEAN THE RTO February 18, 2012, has gone down in history as shameful, black mark on our fair state. A bus plunged into a river near the ferry wharf in Calvim, Aldona. Six bodies were recovered from

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Mangalore Lore (book review, Augusto Pinto)

2012-03-17 Thread Goanet Reader
the March 2012 issue of GOA TODAY.] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/6473569795/sizes/o/in/photostream/ Goanet Reader is compiled and edited by Frederick Noronha f...@goa-india.org ---

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: It's time to get serious about anthropology in Goa: Bob Newman (FN, in NT)

2012-03-25 Thread Goanet Reader
It's time to get serious about anthropology in Goa: Bob Newman -- Of Jewish origin, Dr Robert "Bob" Newman knows Hindustani fluently and is a son-in-law of North India. From the 1970s he studied Goa as an anthropologist. Some of his wri

[Goanet-News] BEHIND THE NEWS: Verdict for change... (Pamela D'Mello, Frontline)

2012-03-26 Thread Goanet Reader
COVER STORY Verdict for change PAMELA D'MELLO dmello.pam...@gmail.com in Panaji The Congress suffers a crushing defeat, its worst performance since 1980. PHOTO: CHIEF MINISTER MANOHAR Parrikar (left) with Governor K. Sankaranarayanan after the swearing-in in Panaji on March 9. AS Goa's new Bh

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: The third British Empire (Dan Hind, Al Jazeera)

2012-03-29 Thread Goanet Reader
The third British Empire Dan Hind London is considered the "capital of capitalism" allowing foreign billionaires to stash tax free income offshore. London, United Kingdom - Historians tell us that there were two quite distinct British empires - the first an Atlantic empire built on North America

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Goans Make No Matata (Book Review, Augusto Pinto)

2012-04-13 Thread Goanet Reader
Goans Make No Matata Augusto Pinto pinto...@gmail.com Goans often accuse each other of having crab mentalities. But Braz Menezes's novel Just Matata suggests that, outside Goa at least, Goans did well for themselves because they were *not* like the crabs in a *budkulo* who drag the ones escaping

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: The Goans of Karachi (Ammar Shahbazi, The News)

2012-04-16 Thread Goanet Reader
25 years. http://jang.com.pk/thenews/apr2012-weekly/nos-15-04-2012/kol.htm ------ MORE FIGURES ON GOAN MIGRATION: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/5958535672/sizes/l/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/5958535850/

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Lest we forget -- Matanhy and activism in Goa over a generation (Albertina Almeida)

2012-04-16 Thread Goanet Reader
LEST WE FORGET: MATANHY AND ACTIVISM IN GOA OVER A GENERATION Albertina Almeida albertina.alme...@gmail.com The year was 1975. It was the Year of the Emergency in India. Matanhy Saldanha was a teacher at Don Bosco High School. He had inspired some students

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: The Goan theory of relativity (Naresh Fernandes, Mint)

2012-04-19 Thread Goanet Reader
The Goan theory of relativity A quest to learn more about his late uncle Bunnu takes the writer on a discovery of Goan life and culture in Karachi Naresh Fernandes When we were children, my cousins and I could have been forgiven for thinking that our great-uncle's first name was “Poor". That, inv

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Stories, history, legends and traditions... from a village in Goa

2012-04-22 Thread Goanet Reader
Stories, history, legends and traditions... from a village in Goa Goa's heart beats in its charming villages, with their winding pathways and ancestral houses -- nested amidst coconut groves and surrounded by greenery. So says a new book on Saligao, one of Goa's many colourful and scenic villages

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: The Challenge to the Church in Goa: Revivalism or Renewal? (Fr Desmond de Sousa CSsR)

2012-04-22 Thread Goanet Reader
The Challenge to the Church in Goa: Revivalism or Renewal? Fr Desmond de Sousa CSsR desmonddeso...@hotmail.com Society in Goa is passing through an unprecedented metamorphosis akin to a caterpillar becoming a butterfly. Like other institutions in society, the Church in Goa is convulsed by the nee

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Live and Let Die: Morbid Musings (Roland Francis, Goanet)

2012-04-27 Thread Goanet Reader
s Fr Desmond in his recent Goanet Reader article calls them, solve that problem by claiming that if you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior, you know you have a place in heaven, the Bible says so. The atheists who have the least to lose in the afterlife (because for them there isn&#x

[Goanet-News] Colourful "family names", a part of the Goan reality (Goanet)

2012-05-02 Thread Goanet Reader
COLOURFUL 'FAMILY NAMES', A PART OF THE GOAN REALITY Street names might be alien in Goa, and house numbers hardly get used. But family nicknames -- literally by the dozen -- are liberally deployed in parts of the State. A new book on the Bardez village of Saligao lists six wh

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: The land and its crops... Konkani culture and rice (The Printed Word, FN, GT)

2012-05-07 Thread Goanet Reader
The land and its crops... Konkani culture and rice Frederick Noronha -- [THE PRINTED WORD] There's this big dilemma when grappling with Konkani writing today. If you're in, you're in. Otherwise, you're simply out. There are very few transl

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: In Goa, a 'binna' dream comes true ... Konkan Fruit Fest begins today...

2012-05-10 Thread Goanet Reader
In Goa, a 'binna' dream comes true ... KONKAN FRUIT FEST GETS UNDERWAY IN GOA TODAY Goanet It began with a dream of one man -- Dr. Ajit Shirodkar -- to promote the ubiquitous binna, kokum or bhirand beyond just the traditional meal-time digestive called sol-kaddi. [Garcinia indica, a plant in th

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: A Decent Dozen (Chhotebhai)

2012-05-11 Thread Goanet Reader
hai is a writer of Goan origin, based in Kanpur, who focuses on social concerns. He traces his roots to Aldona. Goanet Reader is compiled and edited by Frederick Noronha.

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: The Great Scam (Venita Coelho)

2012-05-12 Thread Goanet Reader
The Great Scam Venita Coelho venitacoe...@gmail.com SMS 9867166057 The minute that Manohar Parrikar announced that he was denotifying Regional Plan 2012 and bringing back 2001 I got several calls. I quote them because they seem to absolutely hit the nail on the head. "So Parrikar has t

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: In an antique land -- restoring tradition (Karsten Miranda, TNN)

2012-05-13 Thread Goanet Reader
RESTORING TRADITION: In an antique land Karsten Miranda | May 12, 2012 Restoration is an art that requires immense skill, patience and a historical understanding of the object being treated. In the United States, the Oliver Brothers in New York, which started out in 1850, is considered to be the

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: The tale behind the tail (Mervyn Maciel)

2012-05-19 Thread Goanet Reader
be a success story, and we continue to play our part as law-abiding citizens in our adopted homeland. -- Mervyn Maciel is the author of Bwana Karani http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bwana-Karani-Mervyn-Maciel/dp/0863032613 Goanet Reader is compiled and edited by Frederick Noronha (f...@goa-india.org). Goa

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader-Debate: There is no evidence of a Goan dream in the UK (Melvyn Fernandes)

2012-05-22 Thread Goanet Reader
There is no evidence of a Goan dream in the UK Melvyn Fernandes melvynfernan...@virginmedia.com I am unable to agree or disagree with Mervyn Maciel (Goanet digest Vol 7, Issue 470, message 3*) and respect his personal view. Having just completed my Senior Cambridge exams in Nairobi I arrived in

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Goa is interesting from the historical, artistic and sociological points of view -- Paulo Varela Gomes (FN)

2012-05-23 Thread Goanet Reader
Goa is interesting from the historical, artistic and sociological points of view -- Paulo Varela Gomes -- GOA, SEEN FROM THE OUTSIDE -- Paulo Varela Gomes says he has "lived five lives". As a child, until nine, was his first life. Then his parents

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Goan writing in Portuguese gets another close look, back home

2012-05-26 Thread Goanet Reader
Goan writing in Portuguese gets another close look, back home GOA, India: Five decades after the Portuguese language suddenly lost its prominence in this society, a researcher-priest is to come out with a detailed study of the literature that influenced the minds and hearts of 19th and 20th centur

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: A Vatican II generation priest looks back... at Goa and the Church

2012-06-12 Thread Goanet Reader
to his everlasting dismay, the groundswell will explode into numerous fragments like the Soviet Union did. Pope John XXIII and his successors, to a greater or lesser extent, have taught the world this fundamental process of social transformation: release the creative forces "from below" but hold the groundswell "from above" through a credible, participative leadership. ### Goanet Reader is edited and compiled by Frederick Noronha.

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Goa -- regulatory collapse on mining (excerpts from the Human Rights Watch report)

2012-06-18 Thread Goanet Reader
Goa Case Study: Regulatory Collapse and its Consequences Background Goa is far better known for the two million vacationers who throng its beaches every year than for its iron mines. But starting just a few kilometers inland from its coastal resorts, the

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Just Matata, a review by Aamera Jiwaji (Awaaz, Nairobi)

2012-06-21 Thread Goanet Reader
Extract from April 2012 Issue. Awaaz Magazine, Nairobi, Kenya Just Matata Author: Braz Menezes Publ: Matata Books (291pp) & e-book Reviewer: Aamera Jiwaji When I was a child, I would play with a group of eight colourful barrels, each marginally smaller than the next, fitting one into the other in

[Goanet-News] Confessions of a Timeshare Marketeer (Open Magazine)

2012-06-23 Thread Goanet Reader
Confessions of a Timeshare Marketeer "If you lose your client in those 90 minutes, he will never come again. The money has to be emotionally coerced out of him" My job is to sell timeshare holidays. After our call centre zooms in on potential customers, we invite them for a short presentation. I

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Portuguese language in higher education in today's Goa (Delfim Correia da Silva)

2012-06-25 Thread Goanet Reader
PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN TODAY'S GOA Delfim Correia da Silva is Director of the Centro de Língua Portuguesa/Instituto Camões, at Agva House, on Dada Vaidya Road in Panjim, and professor at the Goa University. In this bilingual note

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Goa needs much more work in the areas of gender and sexuality – Anjali Arondekar (FN)

2012-07-05 Thread Goanet Reader
Goa needs much more work in the areas of gender and sexuality – Anjali Arondekar Anjali Arondekar's work has drawn attention in academic circles for some time now, and Goa got a chance to listen to her during the December 2011 conference at the Goa Universit

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Circulars are plenty on mining, but theh situation is untouched -- Claude Alvares

2012-07-07 Thread Goanet Reader
CIRCULARS ARE PLENTY ON MINING, BUT SITUATION IS UNTOUCHED -- CLAUDE ALVARES Much was expected from the new government on the issue of mining in Goa. HERALD spoke to long time anti-mining campaigner, Dr Claude Alvares to find out what changes have come about on the ground. Excerpts from the inter

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: The A.A. Miracle -- to hell and back is a possible journey

2012-07-08 Thread Goanet Reader
THE A.A. MIRACLE: TO HELL AND BACK IS A POSSIBLE JOURNEY by JP 'You can take a horse to the water, but you can't make him drink'. Doctors, especially, are loathe to use this phrase as they tell their cirrhosis patient that he has to stop drinking or else.

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Clothing up Goa beyond nationalist, Orientalist, racist frameworks (Jason Keith Fernandes)

2012-07-18 Thread Goanet Reader
Clothing up Goa beyond nationalist, Orientalist, racist frameworks A story of how the choice of style makes a difference Jason Keith Fernandes jason.k.fernan...@gmail.com Released early this year, Wendell Rodricks' book *Moda Goa: History and Style*, a work that presents

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Panjim... working towards a likeable capital (Tallulah D'Silva)

2012-07-20 Thread Goanet Reader
Panjim... working towards a likeable capital Tallulah D'Silva tallulahdsi...@gmail.com The third edition on NoMoZo (Non-Motorized-Zone) was a huge success with young enthusiasts -- school and college students -- landing up at the venue rather early as the Traffic Police, Corporation of the City o

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Affordable housing: no easy way out over a vexing problem (Eduardo Faleiro)

2012-07-22 Thread Goanet Reader
Affordable housing: no easy way out over a vexing problem Eduardo Faleiro lokseva...@gmail.com There is a genuine concern in Goa about the non-availability of land to the sons of the soil, particularly those belonging to the lower and middle income groups. In Panjim and some other areas, the cos

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Rule of One (Devika Sequeira, in Herald Review)

2012-07-22 Thread Goanet Reader
Cover story: Rule of One Devika Sequeira devikaseque...@gmail.com An intriguing story has been doing the buzz in media circles here. An ambitious new BJP minister from South Goa who accepted a gift for an official favour received a visit from a party functionary. Acting on instructions from the

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: To the Lighthouse (Suresh Kanekar, book excerpt)

2012-07-28 Thread Goanet Reader
To the Lighthouse BOOK EXCERPT: GOA, LIBERATION AND THEREAFTER Suresh Kanekar, a professor in the US, reminisces of his life and times in colonial Goa, including as a prisoner of conscience for half a decade.

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: If you care for Konknni, go by the ground reality... (Pratap Naik, SJ)

2012-08-05 Thread Goanet Reader
If you care for Konknni, go by the ground reality... By Pratap Naik, S.J. pratapnai...@gmail.com When the Sahitya Akademi of New Delhi gave recognition to Konknni there was no mention of the script it was to use, in the minutes. On 21 November 1981, the Advisory Board for Konknni, which consiste

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Stepping beyond Indian soil: rewind to 1970 (Brenda Rodrigues)

2012-08-07 Thread Goanet Reader
Stepping beyond Indian soil: rewind to 1970 "Yeh patloon Englishtani ... Phir bhi dil hai Hindustan" - These trousers are English ... But even so, my heart is Indian. By Brenda Rodrigues brendarodr...@gmail.com Bandra, Mu

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Clearing the Hurdles... (Pamela D'Mello, Herald Review)

2012-08-24 Thread Goanet Reader
Clearing the Hurdles The new mining policy and the selective action against only the small operators sends out the signals that the Manohar Parrikar government is clearing the field for the big players in the industry, reports Pamela D'Mello dmello.pam...@gmail.com (in Herald Review, Goa) Quote:

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Understanding Portuguese writing from the Goa of another century (Eufemiano Miranda)

2012-08-30 Thread Goanet Reader
Understanding Portuguese writing from the Goa of another century Priest-scholar Dr Eufemiano Miranda, from Cortalim and now in the parish at Chicalim, explains how his recently- published book in Portuguese charts out the contours of Goan writing in that language. BOOK EXTRACT: By Eufemiano Miran

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: A Mapusa that grew out of Gaunsavaddo (Domnic PF Fernandes)

2012-10-02 Thread Goanet Reader
A Mapusa that grew out of Gaunsavaddo -- BOOK EXTRACT: By Domnic P.F. Fernandes Mapusa was a small sleepy town in Bardêz that grew from the settlement by the river known as Gaunsavaddo, and Angodd, but which is now set aro

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Matata Times Three (a review by Peter Nazareth)

2012-12-29 Thread Goanet Reader
story of Kenya, as seen through "eyes that are neither black nor white." -- Peter Nazareth (born April 27, 1940) is a Ugandan-born critic and writer of fiction and drama. His novel set in East Africa amidst the Goan community is called 'The General is Up'. He also edi

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: A Tribute at Eighty-Eight (Fernando do Rego, Panjim)

2013-01-07 Thread Goanet Reader
143, Fontainhas, Panjim 403001 Goa. Ph +91-832-2226353 An earlier recording of Fr Rego and his work on Konkani Konkani audio: http://archive.org/details/FrVascoRego Goanet Reader is edited by Frederick Noronha f...@goa-india.org

[Goanet-News] NEWS: 140 delegates for int'l Indo-Portuguese History Seminar in New Delhi from Monday

2013-02-07 Thread Goanet Reader
INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON INDO-PORTUGUESE HISTORY-XIV, NEW DELHI FEB 11-13, 2013 Prof. Pius Malekandathil shares the concept note for the latest seminar in the ISIPH series, to begin in New Delhi in the coming week. It will be attended by some 140 delegates from across the globe. Emaail: pius.mal

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: 'I can teach a plumber to cook... but...' (Remy Dias, interview with Chef Jerry Dias)

2013-02-20 Thread Goanet Reader
thing on these days. Typically, I'll spend the mornings reading, then maybe grab lunch with a friend or my family or go for a bike ride if the weather is nice. All in all, though, I keep it pretty low-key and try to use the day to rest and prepare for the upcoming week. Send your feedback and comments to the writer AND to goa...@goanet.org Goanet Reader is edited and compiled by Frederick Noronha.

[Goanet-News] When do-gooders are made into villains (Goa Newsletter)

2013-03-04 Thread Goanet Reader
When do-gooders are made into villains (Goa Newsletter) Goa,Politics, Sun, 03 Mar 2013 IANS Panaji, March 3 (IANS) After duping the state treasury of billions of rupees, one would think illegal mining would be villain No. 1 for the Goa government and rapacious mining companies the faces of th

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: The Pope of Surprises (Fr. J. Loiola Pereira)

2013-03-28 Thread Goanet Reader
The Pope of Surprises Fr. J. Loiola Pereira loiol...@gmail.com Pope Francis has surprised us all... and this is only the beginning! The first non-European, the first Jesuit, the first to choose the name of Francis And here's another list of firsts (or suprises), which I compiled, as they ca

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Conversions and convulsions -- 21st century thoughts (Radharao Gracias)

2013-03-28 Thread Goanet Reader
CONVERSIONS AND CONVULSIONS: 21ST CENTURY THOUGHTS Adv. Radharao F.Gracias graciasradha...@gmail.com The Portuguese conquered Goa beginning from 1510. The first decree that Afonso de Albuquerque passed after the conquest was to ban Sati, the practice of cremating widows, on the funeral pyres of t

[Goanet-News] REVIEW: Goa, The Army, and migration.... (FN in Gomantak Times)

2013-04-08 Thread Goanet Reader
Goa, The Army, and migration -- Bash on Regardless Lt. Gen. WAG Pinto, PVSM (Retd) Pune, March 2011. Rs 300. Pp 146. March 2011. -- Review by Frederick Noronha f...@goa-india.org This book comes from a prominent retired Army-man, "one of our Army's foremost battlefield commanders", and a sol

[Goanet-News] TODAY-450th YEARS LATER: Remembering Colóquios dos simples e drogas da India (Miguel Braganza)

2013-04-10 Thread Goanet Reader
Miguel Braganza miguelbraga...@yahoo.co.in The Goa University's Departments of Portuguese and Botany bring to you an interesting session on Garcia da Orta's book with a long title that begins thus: "Coloquios de simples e drogas " at the Central Library Hall, 1st floor, Sanskruti Bhavan, Patto

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: My Dad Eustace (Tribute, Lalitha D'Souza)

2013-04-24 Thread Goanet Reader
e family friend wrote a touching letter to us ending with 'He had the same care and respect for the Pope or the peon. That is always the mark of a truly great man.' ### Goanet Reader is compiled and edited by Frederick Noronha.

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: How Much Gold Does a Goan Need? (Fatima M Noronha)

2013-05-05 Thread Goanet Reader
BOOK EXTRACT How Much Gold Does a Goan Need? By FATIMA M NORONHA fatimamnoro...@gmail.com THE GUN, if that is what it was, was held to my third thoracic vertebra. I did not have the curiosity to look round into the gunman's face. He may have noticed my h

[Goanet-News] TonyCA -- Of Oxford, the village panchayat... and finding heaven

2013-05-08 Thread Goanet Reader
kind, ever-loving, Pa. Messages, comments, feedback to: priya...@yahoo.com and lalit...@yahoo.com -- [Benaulim-based Tony Correia-Afonso was one of Goanet's earliest members in Goa (circa 1995), and Goanet pays tribute to this kind man.] Goanet Reader is compiled and edited by Frederick Noronha.

[Goanet-News] Konkan Fruit Fest begins today (Friday) in Margao... (Miguel Braganza, BSG)

2013-05-09 Thread Goanet Reader
Fruit punch: Spiraling costs keep common man away TNN | May 10, 2013, 02.34 AM IST Mango Mela today PANAJI: It is not only the seasonal mango whose prices have sky-rocketed, but the rising costs of fruits are forcing the common man to cut them out of his diet. Goa is heavily dependent on other s

[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: With the pastoralists of Kenya's northern desert once more... (Mervyn Maciel)

2013-05-11 Thread Goanet Reader
y is going to be the last in this series, you will see how much I got to love the peoples of the Northern Frontier of Kenya. Some may be a warlike tribe, but on the whole, they turned out to be great friends. -- Mervyn Maciel is author of Bwana Karani http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bwana-Karani-Mervyn-Ma

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: Goa, Goans and art -- plenty fruit, little appreciation

2006-06-29 Thread Goanet Reader
say is from PARMAL, the annual journal of the Goa Heritage Action Group. To join this group's cybernetwork, see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goaheritage or email its editor Prava Rai who is currently working on the next edition [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from it

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: A poet and his work, an event and a review...

2006-07-07 Thread Goanet Reader
A POET AND HIS WORK; AN EVENT AND A REVIEW Brian "Last Bus To Vasco" Mendonca to read poetry at Calangute, July 22: Coastal North Goa's Calangute will host the poetry of Goan traveller-poet Brian Mendonca on Saturday July 22, 2006 at 5 pm. Delhi-based Brian will read from his debut volume

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: India's Indestructible Heart (Naresh Fernandes)

2006-07-12 Thread Goanet Reader
has fallen over Mumbai, but when the city eventually sleeps it will do so secure in the knowledge that its spirit is unbroken, that it is, exactly like the myth has it, indomitable and undying. -- Naresh Fernandes is the editor of Time Out Mumbai. --

[Goanet-news] Who's picking your pocket? An official report gives you facts and figures

2006-07-12 Thread Goanet Reader
our feedback, give in inputs for a further report, or get access to the contents of this report contact her at Aduit Bhavan, Alto Porvorim Goa 403521 on phone 2415655 (or P D Mahale on 2416112) and via email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Frederick

[Goanet-news] Rain, blood and sirens (Dilip D'Souza)

2006-07-13 Thread Goanet Reader
in the corridor. Man in shorts and blood on a stretcher, wheeled swiftly into the ICU by plastic-aproned nurses. Outside as I walk home, the rain eases. -- Dilip D'Souza is an engineer-turned-journalist, based in the city of Mumbai, formerly Bombay. He has done pioneering w

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: Roman script does not diminish patriotism... (Eduardo Faleiro)

2006-07-14 Thread Goanet Reader
e Government of Goa. Incidentally, Mr Faleiro is organising a conference entitled "NRIs and Family Values" on July 22, 2006 from 9 am to 5 pm at the International Centre, Dona Paula. Interested expats are may get in touch.] --------

[Goanet-news] DOCUMENT: CAG's comments on Goa's Cyberage Scheme

2006-07-14 Thread Goanet Reader
DOCUMENT: Comptroller and Auditor General's comments on the Cyberage Student Scheme --- EDUCATION DEPARTMENT: CYBERAGE STUDENTS SCHEME 3.3.1 INTRODUCTION: The State Government had introduced the "Computer Literacy Programme (CLP)" in all the

[Goanet-news] OBIT: Sandford DeSales... effective striker, died 7/11 in Mumbai [MidDay

2006-07-14 Thread Goanet Reader
http://ww3.mid-day.com/sports/local/2006/july/140471.htm Couldn't dribble death! By: Ashwin Ferro July 13, 2006 Sandford Desales As a formidable midfielder, who often doubled up as an effective striker, Sandford Desales dribbled past many on the hockey field. And as a reliable football goa

[Goanet-news] GoanetReader: Virtue in vice -- opium money in the making of Panjim

2006-07-16 Thread Goanet Reader
ese India. This article is reprinted from PARMAL-2005, the annual journal of the Goa Heritage Action Group that was edited by Prava Rai. Goanet Reader acknowledges the useful role played by this journal in helping us understand our past, and encourages its readers to buy a copy (priced at Rs 100

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: Goastalgia ... Friday fairs in the 'fifties that fulfilled a function...

2006-07-21 Thread Goanet Reader
the dust. And so came to a close another eventful Friday fair (pun intentional). -- This article was posted to Goanet, a mailing-list where Goans and people interested in Goa share views, ideas and observations on a daily basis. To find out more or check the archives online, visit http://lists.go

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: Guns in the hands of angry people

2006-07-22 Thread Goanet Reader
ave a new rage to resolve without using a gun. - George Menezes is one of, if not the, best known names among Goans writing in Mumbai. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share qual

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: Let me be honest, I am mortally scared (George Menezes)

2006-07-24 Thread Goanet Reader
r discussion. Goanet thrives on controversies, which is good and can be productive. However some controversies (leave) hurt and stay unresolved." To track many Goa-related postings, visit http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/ GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its reader

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: Of lemons, bricks and melons: don't write off anyone as mediocre

2006-07-25 Thread Goanet Reader
ilou in Mapusa, he was among those shortlisted for the Infocomm Technology Award of Singapore's Specialist of the Year 2005. This essay is one penned for a forthcoming book planned by 'old boys' of St Britto's at Mapusa, via http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brittos GOANET-REA

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: What do SEZs really mean for India?

2006-07-26 Thread Goanet Reader
goanet-goanet.org/2006-July/045869.html or follow Goanet discussions at http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/ where detailed month-by-month discussions are tracked. - GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by wa

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: Triumph over adversity... and you thought Goans lacked the vision!

2006-07-28 Thread Goanet Reader
n spite of all odds and his life is an inspiration to us all. ----- GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong reade

[Goanet-news] DOCUMENT: Right to Information Act gets going in Goa (an official statement)

2006-07-28 Thread Goanet Reader
Goanetters visiting Viva Goa 2006 in Toronto, Canada on July 29, can use the BMX booth as a meeting point. Please list your name on the message board that will be provided, courtesy of BMX. http://bm

[Goanet-news] DOCUMENT: Goa government's position on promoting IT in the state... (the official viewpoint)

2006-07-29 Thread Goanet Reader
Happy Birthday: St Britto's, which is 60 years old. Celebrations at St Jerome's Church Mapusa 11 am on July 30, 2006. Football match Loyola's vs. Britto's 11 am on July 31, 2006 at the school grounds.

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: Troubled Global Village: Nervousness On Both Sides Of The Divide

2006-08-04 Thread Goanet Reader
llusory, they swept past each other without touching, and went on dancing alone. --------- Vivek Menezes is a long-time Goanetter, who was inspired -- in part by Goanet -- to return to Goa with his family while in his thirties. He has survived th

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: Goa's own cyber-balcao ... (VM de Malar)

2006-08-08 Thread Goanet Reader
is currently based in Goa, where he writes for the local and outstation media, mostly contributing think-pieces and well-written features. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the thousands-str

[Goanet-news] GOANET READER: Flashback, 1987 ... and language issues then

2006-08-13 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: To Vengurla, via Karwar... with a 'xendri' in hand (Tino Nazare)

2006-08-14 Thread Goanet Reader
alf years), Europe, the USA and other Latin American countries including Argentina and Brazil, where I got 'hitched'. It is nice to go down memory lane. --------- [Constantino 'Tino' de Nazare is a radio officer who t

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader -- The Xenophobia Distraction: Can Goa Afford It?

2006-08-16 Thread Goanet Reader
--------- VM de Malar, a long-time Goanetter, lives and write from Goa, to which place he resettled with his family. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing a

[Goanet-news] When transparency comes to town: officials gear up to face RTI

2006-08-16 Thread Goanet Reader
reed that it was the rural areas which really needed some help to cope with accessing official information. Another citizen suggested that the August 15 upcoming gram sabha meetings could be used as an occasion to conscientise citizens about their powers under

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader -- The Creeping Malaise: When Youth Consume Themselves, Meaninglessly (VMdeMalar)

2006-08-18 Thread Goanet Reader
in and again, as our youth consume themselves in the terrible, meaningless manner that we were compelled to witness this week. - VMdeMalar is a long-time Goanetter, who opted to move from New York back to Goa a year back, where he focuses on writing on a wide range of local themes for cyberspace, for t

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: Of Forked Tongues and the Mother Tongue -- Language in Goan Politics (FN)

2006-08-21 Thread Goanet Reader
ory hands, waiters and drivers, for example ... some of the so-called freedom struggles of the past were really attempts by (the) powerful landlord class to exploit their erstwhile 'subjects' without Portuguese interference." Not incidentally, it was sections from these very groups who have played a determining role in

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: From the young beacons of hope -- Dvorak, Paganini, Beethoven...

2006-08-27 Thread Goanet Reader
or reminding us that hope is alive. Good luck as you go on to conquer new horizons. Goa is really proud of you. --------- VM de Malar, a Goanetter since 1995, now lives in Goa. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share q

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: An Africander in the Mapusa of the 'seventies (Benedict Faria, London)

2006-08-28 Thread Goanet Reader
that night, usually on Thursdays, with 'chops' for dinner. --- Benedict Faria (Class of 1977) is now engagement architect, for client solutions (communications and media) at Sun Microsystems Computers at it's Regis House office on London's King William Street. He wrote this chapter f

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: In defence of the lawyer... and the law (Jos Peter D'Souza)

2006-08-31 Thread Goanet Reader
rough his character in King Henry VI: "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." Some may still want it this way. If so, this will be the day that Civilization, as we know it, will have vanished. And, soon thereafter, humanity will. --------

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: Dog-earned not just shabby, time-worn but also marketable...

2006-09-15 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: Goa's Tennis Champion: Amcho Leander, flourishing at 33

2006-09-16 Thread Goanet Reader
d in the US and France, and now resettled in Goa, where he photographs life and comments on this tiny region and its global links. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-s

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: Looking ahead... on why Goa needs its Sepia Mutiny... and other thoughts

2006-09-19 Thread Goanet Reader
e counting on your support and good wishes. ----- GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the

[Goanet-news] Kator re Bhaji: Sequeira Signs Off (Brian Mendonca)

2006-09-22 Thread Goanet Reader
ndu.com/2006/09/08/stories/2006090822140300.htm He has been described as a "noted academician and former director of the Indo-American Centre for International Studies at Osmania University". GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and thi

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: Gambling: Causing more harm than good

2006-09-26 Thread Goanet Reader
Senior Research Fellow and Centre Co-ordinator for the Asian and Migrant Health Research Centre in the National Institute for Public Health & Mental Health Research at Auckland University of Technology. Souza can be contacted via email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or at her website: http://www.wairua.com

[Goanet-news] Catholics Respect Islam (Chhotebhai Noronha)

2006-09-26 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet-news] GoanetReader: Goenchem Prochar Madheom (The Media in Goa) Translated by Isidore Dantas

2006-09-27 Thread Goanet Reader
Bhailim Natim: * O Heraldo/Herald, Goa * Goan Observer * Journalism in Goa blog * Directory of journalists in Goa * Journalist Mayabhushan Nagvenkar's blog * Journalist Reuven Proenca's blog See full English translation at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_i

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: Trail of the aroma... whiff of many influences on Goa's exotic food

2006-10-06 Thread Goanet Reader
multi-culturalism and how various regions of the world has left their mark on this cuisine. - Dr Fatima da Silva Gracias is a Goa-based historian, who completed her studies and PhD in Goa. She lectures at Dhempe College in Panjim, and this

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: Papal Reflections (Rudolf C Heredia)

2006-10-07 Thread Goanet Reader
;Polish, very Polish". We might say of Benedict XVI that he is "German, very German"! [EPW] - This article was published in the Economic and Political Weekly September 23, 2006 4013-4016. Dr Rudolf 'Rudi' He

[Goanet-news] Goanet Cybermatrimonials: From Mumbai, Kuwait, Australia ... the Merchant Navy, Portugal ... and beyond

2006-10-11 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: Animal welfare, seen from within Goa, isn't such a pretty picture (Lynn de Souza)

2006-10-13 Thread Goanet Reader
a profile at http://www.indiantelevision.com/special/y2k6/ms_media/lynn.htm This article was earlier published in the Herald, Goa (Oct 11, 2006) and is reproduced from the blog of the writer, with permission. It was originally titled 'What ails the animal welfare movement of Goa?' GO

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: Student hopes to boost green house building in India

2006-10-14 Thread Goanet Reader
n institute in India. Thanks to Goanvoice.org.uk for pointing to this link. ----- GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among t

[Goanet-news] Opportunity To Serve God, Country, Says Archbishop Gracias Of Bombay]

2006-10-15 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: Highway across the Mandovi -- ferry tales from another day

2006-10-17 Thread Goanet Reader
nd has to pay? - Joe Monteiro is Mumbai-based and writes: "I lived in Khorjuem, Aldona for the first 17 years of my life and am very attached to Goa in general and Khorjuem in particular." Thanks to Cecilia Castelino <[EMAIL P

[Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: Britto's ... through the eyes of a "Guirim boy"

2006-10-18 Thread Goanet Reader
miniscence. Thanks for asking me to write the article." - This article was written in connection with the year-end BMX reunion in Goa, networking students of Britto's, St Mary's and St Xavier's. GOANET-READE

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