Doing business with India is a win-win proposition this was the message
conveyed by Indian participants at a largely attended panel discussion
on Attractiveness of India as an Investment Destination as part of a day-
long Seminar on Doing Business in India, which was organized by the
Down to Earth with Jazz at Ana Fonte
Ana Fonte Garden came alive with art, environment and some cool blue jazz for
three days at the Down to Earth Jazz Fest 2006, giving Margao a reason to come
together.
When musicians and art lovers combine in a heady mix, there is an unusual and
totally new
Bil, Bil, Bilam
Fantoddeachea sopnant, kolejichea kanteenant konn
eke cholie sangata chav pievn bil farik korchea
vellaruch rumantlea fonachi bell vazli. Boreaxea
sopnant ghuspololo astana fonan nhid zagoili mhunn,
Lapittachea toklek birbiri marli.
Vaztolo fon
Hi Alex, I recall reading of some Jesuits in Afghanistan, in the Society's
Indian journal called JIVAN. Not sure if it was a lone member of the Society or
some wider presence. Could you check with some member of the Jesuits? I'm sure
they would have some directory (or year-book) listing all
Dear Paulo,
I am sorry to blow a hole in your theory but I have
infact always been and still am an NRI in the truest
sense of the word. I may reside in the USA but I am an
Indian citizen who pays my taxes every year and will
return to India in the near future. There has never
been any question
Goa fest kickstarts
Saturday, April 29, 2006 09:56:14 pm AGENCIES
PANAJI: Union civil aviation minister Praful Patel has emphasised the
need to explore various avenues to make Goa a hub of tourism in the
country.
Goa has potential to be a tourist hub, Patel said, speaking as a chief
guest after
The countrys greatest Goan chef, Urbano do Rego of the Taj Holiday Village in
Goa...
Dont go to Goa for the summer. The countrys greatest Goan chef, Urbano do
Rego of the Taj Holiday Village in Goa, is here at the Shamiana in Mumbai,
offering signature culinary creations from his kitchen.
OVERDRIVE: Petrol or diesel?
By Ketan Maganlal
Last month we dwelt on the points to look out for when buying a new car. The
next priority should be the engine of the vehicle. Today, most manufacturers
offer a choice of engines running on either of the two fuels available (i.e.
petrol or
My English teacher was also Mr.R. C. Metha - he taught in Karimjee
Secondary School _ Tanga.
Are you by any chance related or do you have his contact
Welcome to Goanet!!!
Wish you a pleasant day
Lawrence (Ex Tanga)
- Original Message -
From: Praful Mehta [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sunday,
CITIZENS' INITIATIVES FOR COMMUNAL HARMONY c/o Ramesh Gauns, Pajwada,
Bicholim, Goa (mob.no.9226443139)
28th April, 2006: A delegation of Citizens' Initiatives for Communal
Harmony comprising of Ramesh Gauns, Albertina Almeida, Samir Khan,
Niraj Naik, Bethoven Fonseca and Arunendra Pandey today
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** Goa fest kickstarts (The Times of India)
PANAJI: Union civil aviation minister Praful Patel has emphasised the need to
explore various avenues to make Goa a hub of tourism in the
Dear Frederick,
Currently I am based in Pune, India. I am in the process of considering taking
up an assignment in Kabul.
Are there any Jesuits / Churches in Kabul / Afghanistan. If so, appreciate if
you could give details.
Regards,
Alex D'souza
Cell No.+91 9890530658
United club of Utorda in association with Kala
Academy, Panjim and Kala Niketan, Utorda are
organizing a 10-day theatre workshop in Konkani and
English for the residents of Utorda at Utorda Parish
Centre from April 27 to May 9, beginning at 3:00 pm to
6 pm.
The workshop would be mainly conducted
Mario done!
I'll buy you a glass of feni at Georgie's bar if you
promise to buy me a kilo of dukra mass at the tinto.
:)
Elisabeth
--- Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- Elisabeth Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Edna wrote a book, which Pratap
Seems Town Planning have woken up a wee bit late, hats off to the NGO's and
the Public for pressuring them to take the step of freezing land conversions
upto 2011. Builders could now apply for Portuguez passports.
Yours sincerely
Preetam Raikar
Marcel
Mario might want to check again with the Indian authorities.
He and Elizabeth might think they are NRIs but in reality they are not.
Those who are not Indian Citizens cannot be NRIs. At the most they are PIOs.
Nasci Caldeira already posted an excellent contribution that explains this
in detail
On Sat Apr 29 00:30:27 PDT 2006, Cecil Pinto wrote:
For the past three days I have been absolutely freaking out with
Google Earth.
The Campal swimming pools, Miramar Circle, Azad Maidan, both the Patto
and Mandovi bridges... every possible landmark - close up! In fact if
you check out
On Sat Apr 29 02:27:41 PDT 2006, Elisabeth Carvalho wrote:
Dear Nasci,
I think you are mixing the issue of absentee voting ballots
and that of NRI voting rights. Or perhaps I am getting it
wrong? Maybe someone in India/Goa can illuminate us.
RESPONSE: While the subject thread is about
dear brothers and sisters
thanx for the support we have succeeded in bringing a
stay on the ongoing demolition of the heritage and
historic mallikarjun temple at sristhal-canacona -goa
by filing a writ in the court against the govt -state
archaeology dept and temple committee. the writ was
filed
As India's economic growth is about to take off exponentially and the
obsession with wealth and power becomes our reason for existence it is
occassionally good to pause and reflect on one's priorities and to ask
ourselves what really matters.
Books, Creative Icons of Human Culture
by Nandkumar Kamat
Navhind Times on the Web: Opinions
Monday, April 24, 2006
IT is very rare to come across institutions, which keep track of the
important international days. So I was pleased to receive an invitation
from Margao's premier cultural and
Hi,
I am not sure if I am writting to correct mail ID.
Hope you will include in the digest.
This is Prafull Mehta and my wife is from Saligao Anna
Marcie Mehta Cordeiro.
We have two children, Amar a lawyer in Mombasa-Kenya
and a daughter studying at McGill in Montreal.
We live in
Hi Santosh,
You mean books, and other material were incinerated
for that smelly market and to think I thought such
things never happen in Goa !
Have you been to Hampi, that is total destruction but
there was some wonderful restoration going on but some
groups stopped it, they felt the
Goa's road carnage, more views...
By Valmiki Faleiro
We sampled some views from Goans worldwide, on Goa's grave road scene, last
week. Let's check out some more today, before moving on to other aspects of
the complex problem from next week ... night driving, two-wheelers, driving
schools,
Eklean boil marlear dusrean gai marchi nhoi...Konkani Proverb
If one has killed a bull, it does not mean that another should kill a cow.
Because one has done a wrong, another need not retaliate.
Edward Verdes
Chinchinim/Mumbai/Jeddah
PS: ADC. = Aichea Dissak Chintop'
The following link contains the official definition of
an NRI:
www.incometaxmumbai.nic.in/taxpayer/nri/nri1.htm
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Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
FESTA DE NOSSA SENHORA DE MILAGRES
The Parish Church of Mapuca celebrates the feast of Nossa Senhora de Milagres,
on Monday, the 1st May'06. The church has an exquisite Baroque façade, three
altars, and the main one is dedicated to Our Lady of Miracles and is richly
carved,
--- Paulo Colaco Dias [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The term NRI might be sometimes informally used to
represent non-Indian nationals, but everyone knows
that in order to be a true NRI one needs to be
an Indian National.
Mario adds:
Paulo,
Everyone does not know that. I am not an Indian
Gilbert,
Instead of all this endless circular lafda over
reviews that is leading nowhere, why don't you just
buy a copy of the book and read it? If you like it,
keep it. If you don't, give it away. Case closed.
If you feel moved to do so, write your own review.
You have already spent more
COPY CORNER SPORTING OUTPLAY DRAGON ALL STARZ
ALMOE SHOCK SFX OLD GOA - Indian Football League in Dubai
Copy Corner Sporting led by Rasheed outplayed Dragon All Starz 6-1 in the
third week of the First UAE Indian Expat Football league organized by Gulf
International Promotions Dubai. The
Dear Sir,
The Government of Goa has issued a Notification (No. 22/13/2006-RD) under the
Land Acquisition Act for the aquisition of land at Tivim for the construction
of an International Cricket Stadium.
This is one more indication of the irrational functioning of the Goa
Government.
By the way,I marrried one of my passengers.(without harressing him)
Melinda
Good for you, Melinda!
By name, may I guess that Mr Powell hails from the Emerald Isle?
And did you woo him with an extra GUINESS?
Please repeat that Valentine Day story, Melinda! Our geriatric Goanetters love
to
if you check out Dabolim (which fortunately is within the same rectangle)
you can see not just the runway but the parked planes too!
Great! But tell me, does it look like it can throw a $16 billion military
punch across the Arabian Sea if needed? Do you suppose a handful of such
bases would meet
Hi Avelino,
I empathize with you. I am in the same boat as you.
I am defending the criticism of a Goan author's writings;
Because Mehta's review is hitting on Edna Fernandes' work.
And all that Goans - D'Souza, Colaco, Pinto, Goveia and Ribeiro did is hit-up
on me ... another Goan.
And some
The recentreverse brain drainNRI is also used as 'Newly Returned
Indian':)
Edward Verdes
Jeddah
From: Nasci Caldeira
NRI is a Non Resident Indian, that is a person holding an Indian Passport
and Citizenship, residing outside India.
_
Dear Nasci,
I think you are mixing the issue of absentee voting
ballots and that of NRI voting rights. Or perhaps I am
getting it wrong? Maybe someone in India/Goa can
illuminate us.
From what I understand of the situation, what the
government wants to do is to bring into the electoral
fold, all
Dear George,
Than you for appreciating the posts I forward. I know people do get
confused sometimes, but Gilbert seems perennially confused. Moreover,
Gilbert, who has co-authored a fiction story, seems to know little or
nothing about reviews.
He is irked by Mehta's review of a Goan author;
--- Elisabeth Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Edna wrote a book, which Pratap reviewed. Pratap has
every right to do that, just as we have every right
to question the legitimacy of his review. And the
fact that instead of doing this, we Goans are
fighting amongst ourselves about airline
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For the past three days I have been absolutely freaking out with Google Earth.
Log on to:
http://earth.google.com/
Download the free version (11.2 Mb). Install the Software. Enjoy!
Keep in mind you need quite a fast system to really enjoy the experience.
The area around Panjim (Ilhas/Tiswadi)
Life Leisure
A painter's roots
Kishore Singh / New Delhi April 29, 2006
Laxman Pai's oeuvre evolved from the pop art of the 1960s, though his
themes are more varied.
Paris defines Laxman Pai in more ways than one. The French beard, the
flowing mane of thinning, white hair, even the thin vest
Indian art dhoom in Dubai
DNA
Friday, April 28, 2006 19:08 IST
Christie's to have its first sale of contemporary art next month.
Art buyers will pour into Dubai from across the globe when Christie's
auction house has its first sale of modern and contemporary Western,
Indian and Middle Eastern art
Flight training centers on cloud nine
(Ecomonic Times, The (India) (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Apr.
26--One could say that Frankfinn is used to turbulence-the brand got
into difficulties when trying to register itself as a company, as
officials were suspicious about its foreign-sounding
Blessed Joseph Vaz's biography released
April 28, 2006
Panaji (ICNS) -- Archbishop of Goa Filipe Neri Ferrao released a
biography of Blessed Joseph Vaz urging people to be inspired by the
trying conditions under which the Blessed evangelized Sri Lanka.
The biography in Portuguese is titled De
--- Alfred de Tavares [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Please make up your mind, oh learned savant: Is the
bright Prajal a lad or a lass
Chacha Alfred
Masculine issue, Dear Venerable Alfredchacha.
Cheers,
Santosh
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--- sonia gomes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My question is how do we stop this vandalism which
goes by the name of modernisation. It really broke
my heart to see those altars torn down, shiny tiles
instead of wood and pieces of altars sold,together
with Statues, chalices, vestements. Frankly I
The Board of Directors of Goa Sudharop wish to thank the following donors: Mike
Flo de Souza;
Lance de Souza; Stephen Neesha da Silva; Guido, Siklinda, Cora and Iona da
Costa-Pereira; Mark,
Heather and Andrew Pereira; Bismark Antonetta da Costa; for their generous
contribution to the
For the second time this month I have heard the Navy top brass in Goa
propagating the point (myth?) that Rs 70,000 crores (~$ 16 billion) have
been sunk into Dabolim. As mentioned by me on the previous occasion, this
figure was stated to be about Rs 25,000 crores just 18 months ago on goanet.
For
Mario, (Elisabeth and all others),
I do know, what is right here! An NRI is an Indian who is residing abroad
and stiil holds on to his/her Indian Passport and Indian Citizenship, and
not interested in changing their Staus Quo, and may or may not be liable for
taxation in India. (this taxation
Melinda Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
dear Alfred,
Mr Powell does not hail from the Emerald Isle
,neither is he Welsh.
I didnt have to woo him with GUINESS or Stout,
sheer chemistry and mental compatibility did the
trick.
Melinda,
I was convinced that my wife used some powerful black
Oh Elections!
Every five years or less, we exercise our most sacred
fundamental right to elect a new government to rule
us. This Govt. as per definition of our constitution
is supposed to be, By the people, Of the people, For
the people. But, I would like to amend it by
Hi Elisabeth,
The term NRI might be sometimes informally used to represent non-Indian
nationals, but everyone knows that in order to be a true NRI one needs to be
an Indian National. Please check with the Indian authorities. I remember I
have checked this last year and it was very clear to me
Plots for Sale:
At Velsao near Panchayat/Church 350/400/450/500sqmtrs. Rs.1,800/sqmtr.
At Navelim, Praca Francisco Rebello, Dramapur near Manu or Nanu's house.
Fully Developed Rs.2,500/sqmtr
On Nuvem-Majorda Road, 500mts from Nuvem Church and 150mts from the proposed 4
line
Road/bypass Road.
Salcettes toddy bear keeps Goas feni spirit tapping Feni Fransicso is the maker and preserver of Goas best known ambassador of goodwill and friendship-feni. At sixty-five, the Tarzan from Salcette swings from palm to palm to pluck coconuts and tap toddy to make feni. This is a first of a
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