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PEREIRAS, LIVING IT UP WITH GOAN SOCCER
Our Sports Reporter/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DUBAI: Finding a couple for a sporting event on a regular basis is as
difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.
First and foremost, both have to take
Tehelka is a fairly thought-provoking paper (like the Outlook
magazine), and together with the 'Indian Express' and the 'Hindu',
these are some of my favourite papers/magazines. Just this morning,
while on the inter-state bus, I was reading this story:
Trapped between Naxals and Salva Judum
http:/
I would like to thank Vidyadhar for posting this interesting article on
Goanet. I would like to offer some personal comments on the subject.
A blanket ban on the burqa is something that is extreme. There are, however,
some security issues that need to be considered in terms of public good. For
Talking Photos: Goan Delicacies (some more added)
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=213413960&size=l
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/307445126/
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for Goa & NRI related info...
http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/
Konkani Songs, Goan Photos,
Strange... has anyone seen this stamp of a "19th century Goanese
couple" released in 1983?
http://www.indianpost.com/viewstamp.php/19TH%20CENTURY%20GOANESE%20COUPLE
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FLOSS, geeks, blogs: [http://planet.foss.in/]
What Roland writes is unfortunately the real Goa. We love and miss our
home town, it is beautiful but a disaster. How can we help the
politicians that they get less corrupt? How can we change the false
taboos of the past that we had to go through?. I guess we will die,
while live, lives so sh
Dear Mr. Marcos Gomes-Catao,
Congratulations for such a great list of Great Men of Goa.
I could not agree with you more.
Excellent. Keep it up. A few of these have actually been knited by the
Portuguese Monarchy and Republic.
Estado da India had a Tribunal da Relacao (High Court) with jurisdictio
London: Fr. Agnelo's Day; 79th Commemoration Mass, Sunday 26th November 2006.
I went to Church on Saturday evening, came back smug and thought: 'I
can have a nice Sunday Lunch ( courtesy of Chef Extradonaire, Lily )
and then start watching the Sunday Premiership football games on Sky
Sports.'
A
On 27/11/06, JoeGoaUk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Thanks Gabe,
> I now know I am 25.5 (BMI), which sadly falls within 'overweight' limits.
> I must do something about it now as I have gained 4kgs in just 3 months time.
> Partly beacuse toomuch eating of Bebinca, Gons,pinagr, Bolina, Ponnsa sat
http://ask.yahoo.com/20001115.html
What is the Pope's salary?
Josh
El Paso, Texas
Dear Josh:
A search on "Pope salary" lead us to a thread from a message board,
where someone had posed just that question. According to one reply,
the Pope's compensation consists of, "a place to stay and something to
Hi,
Rommel -if it is the same one - is originally from Saipem, my next door
neighbour. I have already contacted one of his close friends, another good
neighbour of mine, who has promised to pass on the message to him tomorrow.
Rommel, I understand is in the States at the moment.
Richard.
- Orig
Hello,
I'm sorry and I beg to differ with some of the points you have been trying
to make.
I happened to travel to Mysore a month back by Kadamba Transport Corporation
bus. It was a most harrowing experience. There were no other buses plying so
one was forced to take KTC.
Since it was a semi-luxury
Goanet-Careers is a list that's attempting to build awareness about
career options among youth in Goa and the diaspora. It was started by
our own overworked Bosco, and we do need volunteers to keep it going
(if nobody else is there, I'll just stick my foot in the door!).
You can help by subscribin
Gabe--
Thanks for the information and your concern.
I am wondering how significant the BMI calculations are.
Here are some statistics for famous athletes:
Mike Tyson 5'11" - 235#
Lennox Lewis 6' 5"245#
Michael Moore
Roland Francis wrote:
If I had not to follow goings-on in Goa ever since I came on Goanet
which in turn led me to glance daily at the Goa e-newspapers, I would
have been totally oblivious to the mess that is Goa. Once every couple
of years I do go to Goa, but not for more than a fortnight at a time
The Elderly in Goa
"Many times we take our elderly and even our old parents for granted and
consider them to be a liability, when we could have obtained great
assistance from them in different ways and made their life meaningful"- said
Mr. Oscar Gonsalves, Chief Guest for the Valedictory Sessi
We hear and read complaints, almost everyday, of benign neglect on the
part of MLA's in Goa. Of nepotism and graft, untold wealth and power
garnered over the years. One MLA even boasts that he is the State's
biggest tax payer.
Election time comes and once again the same familiar faces are the
winn
Please join us at our annual informal meeting of Goanetters on Thursday,
December 21, 2006, at 4:00 p.m. at the Foodland Restaurant, within the
Miramar Residency complex, in Miramar, Panjim, Goa.
We hope that Herman Carneiro, Goanet's founder, who is currently in Goa,
will be there. Join you
On Sun Nov 26 08:58:08 PST 2006, Mario Goveia mgoveia wrote:
Mario responds:
>
> Thanks for taking the time to describe "codswallop" as "nonsense". You
> have previously
> allowed other posters to use the word "balderdash" but asked me to eschew
> this word in
> response.
RESPONSE: Its quite l
To answer Alfred's question if ILI was "segregated", I
don't think that casteism prevailed there. However,
many members of this institute were well-to-do Goans.
One of the most popular activities here was playing
pool, not my favourite sport.
I did not interested in becoming its member for the
sole
On Sun, 2006-11-26 at 21:09 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Bleeding labour dry/to Mario - CLARIFICATION
> fromGoanet Admin
> Just to clarify the height of your "balderdash", what
> Cornel described as "codswallop" was my opinion that
> it is no one else's busin
els & Casinos and the money bags
> associated with making Goa
> the permanent venue for IFFI.
>
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my opinion that it is no one else's business what a
worker who needs a job accepts from an employer in
terms of wages and benefits.
> >
> Perhaps you, Cornel or Selma can explain your
> objections to this opinion in a more intelligent way
> than simply
Dears,
THIS IS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WILL BE IN GOA ON 02 DECEMBER, 2006.
The alumni association of St.Britto HS, Mapusa, known simply as the
Britto's OBA, is organising a Dine & Dance that is open to public but will
provide an opportunity for Britto Old Boys to come together. The live band
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** Hustle, Bustle and Paradise ; TRAIL OF THE UNEXPECTED OFF
THE BEATEN TRACK IN GOA (RedNova)
By DAVID TAYLOR Seasoned travellers have the tendency to be
somewhat snooty about Goa, dismiss
Could someone please provide pictures of upside down crucifictions -- I
would specially like those frothing 'n foaming from the mouth...
- Original Message -
>
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 5:00 AM
Subject: [Goanet] St Thomas Crucified Up
>
>
>
Zaite pavtt ragan uloilelem utor chukichem zanvk pavta
(Many times a word spoken in anger turns out to be faulty.)
Moi-mogan,
Domnic Fernandes
Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA
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Headache during sex? Ask Dr. Prakash & Rachna
http://content.msn
Folks,
This is for those of you who:
1) Love Goa
2) Have something to be thankful for this year.
3) Would like to help make a difference.
The folks at Goa Sudharop sacrifice their time
throughout the year trying to help the less fortunate.
Here is your chance to join with them and raise funds
Goan
Dear Roland,
Sometime ago Selma expressed a similar sentiment to yours by saying she
was happy not to be born and brought up in Goa, which got me quite
bewildered as to how a person who is happy not to have been born,
brought up and lived in Goa could proudly claim to be a Goan.
A fellow Goa
Mario
I chose to refer very succinctly to your position on wage payment in the USA
as "codswallop" and "reactionary" ONLY AFTER two reasoned explanatory
posts from me, and I think two from Selma, on the weakness of your argument
against the idea of a minimum wage, and on your absurd view that
I fully support Goacan's call for a review of the International Film Festival
of India (IFFI). Two
years ago I did a quick SWOT analysis which I have updated below.
STRENGTHS:
Goa's tourism image
WEAKNESSES:
Goa's tourism image
Excessive cost & subsidies at Goan taxpayer's expense
Economic benef
Dear fellow Goans and well-wishers,
My 7-part series on SOIRIKEN KAZAR (Arranged marriage) that began on Oct 14
ended this past weekend on Nov 25, 2006. Over the past 6 weeks, I have
received several messages privately and publicly appreciating this latest
series.
I am grateful to all those wh
News Report on the U.N. Child Rights Day Celebrations
The Child Labour Eradication Cell of St. Xavier's College of Arts, Science
and Commerce, Mapusa, celebrated the United Nations Child Rights Day on
November 25th, 2006. Competitions were organized for students of Classes
VIII to X from diffe
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 colleagu
Goa must give a standing ovation to Kundaim'kars. These ordinary rural folks
have shown the grit for self-preservation that Goans have long forgotten.
The times gone by of prudent policy making, all of it from under the
banyan trees, puts in shade modern day policy making processes conducted
fr
Hi Roland
Further to your post, I want to say that, I have reflected a lot, with mixed
feelings and sometimes with pain in my heart, as to why so many of us Goans
have opted to live permanently in Western countries rather than in
Goa/India. I concluded a while ago that, what makes us quite at ho
Although it was quite a hectic trip -- what mattered most it went very well.
All my dental work is now complete and I told the dentist, Dr. Hubert
Gomes -- of course, jokingly -- I hope not to see him and his staff ever
again! Not that they a bad bunch. They, on the contrary, were so friendly
a
Negotiations between India and Kuwait for an agreement
on labour related issues have reached their final
phase, said E Ahmed, the Indian Minister of State for
External Affairs yesterday. Addressing a meeting of
Indian Community representatives at India House at the
Indian Embassy, the minister said
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