[Goanet] mulsims planned bomb blasts in goa

2008-02-02 Thread Bhandare
Thanks to the massive migration of muslims into goa from neighboring states the situation is ideal for creation of sleeper cells. The following item suggests that muslim terrorists palnned bomb blasts on goan beaches to possibly target israeli tourists. if these things dont rouse goans from their

[Goanet] CHRISTIANS synonymous with LOVE

2008-02-02 Thread Edward Desilva
John Monteiro in his post QUIET RIGHTLY said, in his topic about: White Woman's Woe ... For Indian men, nothing's fairer than white, and nothing 'mo (JOHN MONTEIRO) 1. Men CAN control themselves if they are EDUCATED to respect women. 2. All molesters are deserving of severe punishment, though I

[Goanet] Report from Cuncolim...

2008-02-02 Thread Goanet News
REPORT OF THE ONE DAY STATE LEVEL SEMINAR ON 'CNTEMPORARY GOA: ISSUES OF DEVELOMENT, TRANSITION AND CONFLICT' HELD ON 29TH JANUARY 2008 HOSTED BY CES COLLEGE OF ARTS AND COMMERCE, CUNCOLIM IN COLLABORATION WITH THE WESTERN REGION OF THE INDIAN COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH [From Sharon da

Re: [Goanet] Open letter to Rajan - re RKN and Bhandare

2008-02-02 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Bhandare/Bhandari wrote: Like yourself, I am a stickler for facts too..something that many goanetters cannot come to terms with.. Folks, On the premise that Bhandari checked and then re-checked his factual statement before he posted the above, I had to find out what stickler meant. Here is

[Goanet] Daily Haiku #2

2008-02-02 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY HAIKU #2: __ THEATRO _ entrepreneur de teatro, bonaventur de pietro. __ Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc: http://2008goanconvention.com/blog/index.php

Re: [Goanet] Vagator redux

2008-02-02 Thread Jim Fernandes
What are the odds, the events that created the rocks you see sprawling on Goan beaches, were also responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs? Undoubtedly, this is a pretty loaded question. All along, like many Goans, I assumed that the rocky beaches in Goa, were the result of millions of

Re: [Goanet] Liar Liar

2008-02-02 Thread Radhakrishnan Nair
Addressing a press conference this noon, Mr Parrikar took serious objection to the charge, stating If Mr Kamat cannot prove his allegations then he should seek an apology from the Goans for spreading false information. Great logic! Mr Kamat should seek an apology from the Goans for his statement!

[Goanet] FW: Our confused M.P.

2008-02-02 Thread Averthan D'Souza
_ From: Averthan D'Souza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 February 2008 12:49 To: Gomantak Times ([EMAIL PROTECTED]); Herald Goa; Goan Observer Subject: Our confused M.P. Dear Editor, The (dubiously) honourable M.P. from South Goa appears to be suffering from

Re: [Goanet] Makka nakka Mopa

2008-02-02 Thread Nasci Caldeira
Dear Minguel, The quicker U and me and all Goans fight against / vote against Mopa, the faster the Navy will be planning to get out of Dabolim, and go to Sea Bird, whre they 'BELONG as planned from the first planning for 'Sea Bird' Karwar. This way We do not have to wait for the Navy to get out;

[Goanet] SON'VARACHIM SUNGTTAM : Xeboi, Xeboi Mungllurkara !

2008-02-02 Thread Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com
XEBOI, XEBOI MUNGLLURKARA ! - Prof. Jose Salvador Fernandes http://sonvarchimsungttam.blogspot.com/2008/02/xeboi-xeboi-mungllurkara.html MUNGLLUR: Khub vorsamni, Janearche 26ver tisre pavtt Mongllur vochun ailom. Mungllurche Mandd Sobhann he sonvskrutik sonvsthen ghoddun haddlole

[Goanet] Paanwallah lobby threatens to riot

2008-02-02 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - I'm kidding. But that is the kind of headline you may read in another 5 years if things are allowed to run their natural course in Goa. I was spectating the Sack Jamir meeting called by the BJP in Panjim today. On the sidelines, waiting to meet Manohar Parrikar with their

Re: [Goanet] Salvation of non-Christians

2008-02-02 Thread Kevin Saldanha
Dear Nigel, If I have asked for proof of God's existence in the past, I humbly apologise for expecting anyone to be able to provide the impossible. The crux of the matter is the definition of the word God. This changes with time and with the revelation of information which was once considered

[Goanet] Sex and man

2008-02-02 Thread Edward Desilva
Hi Albert, What was the big idea of this topic on Goanet? Were you on the Feni again? In what way is it going to help us? I don't see the pont. Please enlighten me. ED. Albert said: Dear Goanetters, Many of you must have read in the newspaper how a man from uttar Pradesh came to Goa with his

[Goanet] Liar Liar...

2008-02-02 Thread Dr. U. G. Barad
I was trying to study what's in the message LIAR LIAR is about! Right than my son dropped in my room to ask me a query on his subject difficulty. Realizing that I am glued to reading Goanet posting .he said Pupatell your beloved net members that there is a saying called Donkey

[Goanet] Bend over, Goans. Mr Sharma wants to drill.

2008-02-02 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - Refer to my Jan 25 posting, The lowdown on the Batim farmhouse, archived at - http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-January/068366.html This morning I went for a drive around the area with my wife. And what do I see? Mr Sharma has made considerable progress

[Goanet] Goanet.....and To kill a Mocking-bird

2008-02-02 Thread anand virgincar
Dear Goanetters,My favourite book ( and according to the blurb on the edition I own , the # 2 all time bestseller after The Holy Bible )My favourite line in the book ( Atticus saying to his daughter Scout ) :If you can learn a simple trick , Scout , you'll get along better with

Re: [Goanet] Salvation of non-Christians

2008-02-02 Thread Fr. Ivo da C. Souza
Dear Dr.Santosh Helekar, Thanks for your reference to the enriching Website www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution. I really found all my views confirmed by scientists, like Francisco Ayala, Mark Noll, Arthur Peacocke and Robert Pollack. I do agree with them perfectly in whatever they have said in that

Re: [Goanet] Open letter to Rajan - re RKN and Bhandare

2008-02-02 Thread Kamalaksh Chari
From: Mervyn Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bhandare/Bhandari wrote: Like yourself, I am a stickler for facts too..something that many goanetters cannot come to terms with.. Folks, On the premise that Bhandari checked and then re-checked his factual statement before he posted the above, I had to

Re: [Goanet] Sex and man

2008-02-02 Thread JOHN MONTEIRO
I agree with you Albert, this is truly the most vile of sex crimes against another human being, especially on a child, but also to carry out this on your own child, just shows what I have said before, most of these sex crimes are committed by a male member of the family. He will deserve

[Goanet] The apolitical and political

2008-02-02 Thread anand virgincar
Dear Goanetters, To start with , allow me to pen down the definition of apolitical according to several english dictionaries my daughter has lovingly provided me with . While all of them agree that the word involved in this discussion is an adjective ( and that unpolitical is

[Goanet] Great finding about Navhind Times reporters!

2008-02-02 Thread Dr. U. G. Barad
Though I don't buy Navhind Times (NT) I do read the paper casually. I know many staff members and the reporters of NT and I can comfortably say that they all know Konkani very well and are very comfortable in translating the same to English. NT reporters have been translating Konkani to English

[Goanet] Gandhi

2008-02-02 Thread els verwimp
dear all, for quite some time now I am rather upset reading some thoughtless messages about religion and how good christianity is and how poor and barbaric and inferior all other religions (specially the hindu religion and definitely islam) are. I do know that these words are not used literaly

Re: [Goanet] Sex and man (X)

2008-02-02 Thread CORNEL DACOSTA
Hi Albert I wonder if Goanet is a bit short of weightier material to publish your story on this theme? However, I would assert your 'right' to do so. Cornel Albert Desouza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Goanetters Many of you must have read in the newspaper how a man from uttar Pradesh came

[Goanet] VOICES uploaded

2008-02-02 Thread leo
Dear Goanet readers, The February issue of VOICES, a newsletter of Holy Spirit Church, Margao, Goa has now been uploaded to the web - www.holyspiritchurchgoa.com The theme of the issue is Love. Please do read and send us your feedback and comments. God Bless you, Leo D'Mello Editor. Voices.

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 9

2008-02-02 Thread francis braz
Margao 1st February 2008 A graceful audience with many a mando enthusiasts returning home on account of non-availability of passes. This was how the Mando fever caught up at the All Goa Mando Festival organised by Tourism Airline Management Education TAME, Goa in association with Department of

[Goanet] Terrorist threats - prevent Anjediv feast - says Navy

2008-02-02 Thread godfrey gonsalves
Whilst Goans ushered in the Sabado Gordo Caranaval festivities in the capital Panaji with the Brazilians lending a different touch to the festivities for the first time since Liberation of Goa --for the fourth year in succession the authorities at the Naval Base INS Kadamba did not permit

[Goanet] Panaji Carnival 2008 - Pics

2008-02-02 Thread JoeGoaUk
Panaji Carnival 2008 02.02.2008 It seems this year’s carnival is most expensive (but least organized). There were police all over the 2kms parade stretch/street but they were not of much help to keep the crowd off the parade street which disappointed many gathered crowed/tourists. Too many

[Goanet] Goa news for February 3, 2008

2008-02-02 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** CM mulls PPP to boost health, education sectors - Herald Publications [20 hours ago] Speaking at a seminar Visioning Goa over the next decade: Work in Progress organised by the

[Goanet] Hello gilbert

2008-02-02 Thread iam koolrohit
Hi, I want to thank you first for apprecaiting my article. Yes there are many temple ruins in goa and ma trying to track them all down. The temple od Shri Saptkoteshwar Narve was rebuilt by shivaji after it was pulled down by the Portuguese somehwere in 1627AD. If you wnat

Re: [Goanet] Salvation of non-Christians

2008-02-02 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Is this a food example of the eyes sees and reads what the mind knows? Kind Regards, GL - Fr. Ivo da C. Souza the enriching Website www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution. I really found all my views confirmed by scientists, like Francisco Ayala, Mark Noll, Arthur Peacocke and Robert

[Goanet] Religious conversions in Goa

2008-02-02 Thread anand virgincar
Dear Goanetters, Please read the letter to the Herald editor by Dr Manoj Solanki , convener of the Hindu Janajagriti Samiti , Goa . http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=7999cid=13 I take particular objection to the statement :incidences of religious conversions are going on

[Goanet] Goa needs a second Liberation!

2008-02-02 Thread anesimo56
Dear Goanet readers. I have been a keen follower of not just Goanet, but the happenings in Goa over the years (especially the social and political scene). I have decided to write on Goanet after much soul searching. Although born and having  undergone my graduate and postgraduate education in

Re: [Goanet] Lino Leitao's funeral details

2008-02-02 Thread Alfred de Tavares
Dear Olga and all your loving family Please accept my sincere condolences on your great loss; and, no less loss to our beloved Konkni Mae-bhas. Tomorrow's Sunday prayers I will dedicate to this great friend. Alfred de Tavares, Stockholm, Sweden.

[Goanet] Goa's chaotic traffic-2: HERALD(Goa), Feb 3, 2008

2008-02-02 Thread Valmiki Faleiro
GOA’S CHAOTIC TRAFFIC-2 By Valmiki Faleiro What I’m going to write this Sunday is, to many, common knowledge. Only, it has no legal proof. I gathered the info from entirely dependable friends. They cannot be named, for reasons soon to be obvious. And, because this writing will not stand the

Re: [Goanet] Goanet.....and To kill a Mocking-bird

2008-02-02 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोंया
On 02/02/2008, anand virgincar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marshall-bab made a very valid point when he said that I should look at the Goan political scene from the Catholic point of view in order to comprehend better as to why the BJP is not a savoury political option for most Catholics

[Goanet] Carnaval Pic... one more

2008-02-02 Thread JoeGoaUk
I think Goanetters missed on this one.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk13/2236834921/sizes/l/ Thanks. [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa or

[Goanet] Sex and man

2008-02-02 Thread Albert Desouza
Dear Mr.Edward Silva You always read goanet in the night time and think every one is having feni just because you do not get it. I do not seem to understand the logic of your posting. A man rapes his daughter which is not a human act and I bring it to the notice of all the members of the

Re: [Goanet] Liar Liar... Donkey's tails

2008-02-02 Thread JOHN MONTEIRO
A donkey is thought to be a rather stupid animal (not true by the way), but with its long ears flapping about, its not the prettiest four-legged thing on the planet, but in EuroAsian culture, this ungainly creature is a subject of fun. Keeping that thought, I think your son was saying he

[Goanet] Gandhi

2008-02-02 Thread Bhandare
Dear Martin: Sixy years after his assasinaton, what we need is a critical analysis of the mans politics and principles and actions rather tha merely hoisting him on a pedestal and worshipping him. We Indians have a tendency to hero worship and gandhi is the ultimate hero. While it is true that

[Goanet] Questions to Fr.Ivo

2008-02-02 Thread Paul Mascarenhas
Dear Fr.Ivo I have read that Catholicism has come down as a continuation of Egyptian old religion. Those days before Jesus Christ came down on earth the Egyptians believed in sun god Re. These followers had many dieties in their religion and one of them was ISIS a lady with a small child whose

Re: [Goanet] Sex and man

2008-02-02 Thread JOHN MONTEIRO
We need you too Edward, there is a point in Albert's post, he was following a thread which I also replied to his post but has not yet appeared, or maybe disappeared in cyber-space, or rejected, which is probably the truth, or it may have gone in everyone else's inbox but mine. Whatever,

Re: [Goanet] Liar Liar...

2008-02-02 Thread Alfred de Tavares
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 13:15:14 +0530 Subject: [Goanet] Liar Liar... I was trying to study what's in the message LIAR LIAR is about! Right than my son dropped in my room to ask me a query on his subject difficulty. Realizing that I am

[Goanet] Hindu janajagruti meet at madkai a grand success

2008-02-02 Thread Bhandare
The Hindu janajagruti dharma sabha at madkai was a grand success. the full report can be found here: http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=7974cid=2 or here http://www.hindujagruti.org/news/3961.html regards B

[Goanet] muslim terror camps in neighboring dharwad

2008-02-02 Thread Bhandare
Another alarming news item: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Terror_camps_Pak_flags_in_Karnataka_jungles/articleshow/2749729.cms after next door dharwad, it is only a matter of time before such cells are unearthed in moti dongor, fukat nagar chimbel and other places.. already there are enough

Re: [Goanet] Open letter to Rajan - re RKN and Bhandare

2008-02-02 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Kamalaksh Chari wrote: Stickler means Someone who insists on something: Example: a stickler for promptness Also I would like to bring to your notice that wikipedia has got meanings not for everything. I guess you searched stickler on wikipedia and could not find it but instead found

Re: [Goanet] The apolitical and political

2008-02-02 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोंया
There is some confusion over the words and labels being used here. People's movements tend to often be non-party political formations. On the other hand, some of the people's movements that have sprouted in Goa in recent times are barely-disguised fronts of various political parties or

Re: [Goanet] Goanet.....and To kill a Mocking-bird

2008-02-02 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Subject: [Goanet] Goanet.and To kill a Mocking-bird From: anand virgincar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vice versa , the staunch Congress / Catholic supporters on this forum would do well to climb into my skin and try to fathom why mild /moderate persons like me are so strongly in favour of

[Goanet] Goa Sudharop: Easter Sunday function, March 23, 2008

2008-02-02 Thread George Pinto
Experience Goa in California. Goa Sudharop is holding this fun-filled event on March 23, 2008 (Easter Sunday) for the whole family from 11am-4pm in the San Francisco Bay Area. Net proceeds from the event to benefit educational issues in Goa. No membership required to attend. Goans and non-Goans

Re: [Goanet] Open letter to Rajan - nothing to do with the Subject, to Bhandare

2008-02-02 Thread Seb dc
Dear Bhandare, I would like you to pinpoint who exactly you mean in your below post. Firing blanks won't help anyone on Goanet. Be specific Its how things should be need to be !! hAVE a nICE dAY Seb PS: I have seen this stint of yours on a number of earlier occasions too. So its time to put

[Goanet] Pamphlet Circulated for Hindu Dharmajagruti Sabha

2008-02-02 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
[A pamphlet was used for mobilisation of people for the recent Hindu Dharmajagruti Sabha (organised by the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti) which was held at Marcaim on 1st February 2008. The meeting was proposed to be held in at Farmagudi Government Engineering College Grounds, but permission was

[Goanet] Publishing a konkani book

2008-02-02 Thread Albert Desouza
Dear Friends. I am thinking of publishing konkani tiatrs of mine but lack resources. In 1984 for the first time my drama somzikai was awarded the best prize for script ( first prize) and drama got the second prize. I was not able to continue as I could not get suitable actors. Now after so

[Goanet] Oh Herald ....art thou fact or fiction ?

2008-02-02 Thread anand virgincar
Dear Goanetters, On Friday 1 February 2008 , Herald reported : Incidentally , Parrikar during the first phase of the South Goa parliamentary by-poll campaign , had too favoured two SEZ's for Goa . He changed his stand when the anti-SEZ movement gained

Re: [Goanet] Sex and man (X)

2008-02-02 Thread JOHN MONTEIRO
I am not sure if we ought to be fully discussing these matters if the majority will rule against this. On this forum, we have turned our attention to more detailed, political agendas from the Catholics others, by the Top 6 of our Goanet posters. I feel ALL SUBJECTS are fair to be aired,

[Goanet] The gender of the nation: allegoric feminity and women's status in Bengal and Goa

2008-02-02 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोंया
THE GENDER OF THE NATION: ALLEGORIC FEMININITY AND WOMEN'S STATUS IN BENGAL AND GOA This joint paper is the outcome of collaborative efforts through joint teaching and joint publication. Our central aim is to compare the nationalist period in India – when gender was endorsed both as an ideal and

[Goanet] Highlight on Waste pickers.

2008-02-02 Thread Blessy Thomas
Life in the clean lane: Blessy Thomas ** As per a definition released by SWACHH: (Alliance of Waste pickers in India), the term 'Waste pickers' are those workers whose livelihood depends on informal collection, segregation and sale of scrap. It does not include poor workers such as domestic

[Goanet] Sex Man

2008-02-02 Thread Dr. U. G. Barad
Dear Goanetters, I second Albert's view points about a man from Uttar Pradesh. In the first place such news should have not appeared in the Goanet at all. If such news are given entry than one will find not less than 3 - 4 molestation news in the net on every day basis. And if such news are

[Goanet] Daily Haiku #3

2008-02-02 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY HAIKU #3: __ HEARTFELT _ kalliz and feliz happy are they, feliz broke hiz kalliz yesterday. __ Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc: http://2008goanconvention.com/blog/index.php

Re: [Goanet] Gandhi

2008-02-02 Thread George Pinto
--- Bhandare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: His [GANDHI'S] assasin, nathuram Godse, too was not a criminal. I would classify him as a misguided patriot. Wow! All the murderers, including suicide bombers, of this world will be pleased to know they are misguided and not criminal. I am sure victims

Re: [Goanet] Salvation of non-Christians (My final post)

2008-02-02 Thread Santosh Helekar
Those who just happen to read posts in this and related threads might be wondering why this discussion is relevant here. Why am I responding to these posts by religious folk expressing their private personal beliefs in a secular public forum? The reason is two-fold: 1. A proper elementary