[Goanet] Anjali Mendes, Pierre Cardin’s muse , dies

2010-06-18 Thread Frederick Noronha
Anjali Mendes passes away MARK MANUEL , Jun 19, 2010, 12.00am IST Modelling world stunned by death of first Indian supermodel and Pierre Cardin muse The modelling world in Mumbai woke up to depressing news yesterday even as the skies turned dark grey and weepy. Anjali Phyllis Mendes, the fir

[Goanet] When Sao Joao reaches Westend

2010-06-19 Thread Frederick Noronha
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126169747418790

[Goanet] Offtopic: Spy versus spy

2010-06-19 Thread Frederick Noronha
If you like spy-vs-spy stuff in real life, read this review: http://www.indiatogether.org/2007/oct/rvw-rawraman.htm -- - Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 Journalism, editing, photography http

Re: [Goanet] Warped media coverage portrays Goa as a rape capital

2010-06-19 Thread Frederick Noronha
North Indian, among others. Even Nehru thought little of Goans and referred to them as 'just cooks and butlers'. Could you give a reference for this, and in what context the comment was made? FN -- --------- Frederi

Re: [Goanet] Warped media coverage portrays Goa as a rape capital

2010-06-19 Thread Frederick Noronha
e colonialism that the Portuguese practised in Goa as an affront. J. Colaco < jc> wrote: A response to Frederick Noronha who wrote: [1] This stereotyping of Goans by Bollywood has been well documented in an essay in the Mario Cabral e Sa-edited book *Location Goa*. [2] However, a wider co

Re: [Goanet] Goans are shameless

2010-06-20 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 20 June 2010 16:12, J. Colaco < jc> wrote: > For those who are unaware, the Sir Paunch system was imposed on Goans > by the Military Govt of 1962 which summarily disbanded the traditional > Goan system of local govt. i.e. the Communidades. > > That is how Goa got its illustrious and absolutely

Re: [Goanet] Goans are shameless

2010-06-20 Thread Frederick Noronha
on slippery grounds, because, from the arguments put forth, both JC and Soter are fans of the "democratic" Comunidade system. FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490

[Goanet] Anjali Mendes... on the Wikipedia

2010-06-20 Thread Frederick Noronha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anjali_Mendes -- - Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 Journalism, editing, photography http://photosfromgoa.notlong.com -

Re: [Goanet] Goans are shameless

2010-06-20 Thread Frederick Noronha
ing out regularly these days! -- --------- Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 Journalism, editing, photography http://photosfromgoa.notlong.com -

Re: [Goanet] NEWS: Only in India: A Brahmin groom for a Catholic bride (Ashley D'Mello, TNN)

2010-06-21 Thread Frederick Noronha
Luis, Assuming what you're saying is true, do you have any better suggestions of how to get rid of a five thousand year old legacy of discrimination and unequal opportunity? FN Luis Mesquita wrote: Government of India promotes the caste system by giving specific privileges in education, jobs a

Re: [Goanet] Konkani adages...

2010-06-22 Thread Frederick Noronha
Guys, the Facebook page on Konkani adages is here: http://www.facebook.com/fredericknoronha#!/group.php?gid=34190402370&ref=ts Valmiki (Faleiro) got this ball rolling! FN Frederick Noronha -- ----- Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436

Re: [Goanet] Konkani adages...

2010-06-22 Thread Frederick Noronha
Thanks Joel for your feedback. The Facebook posts are done by verious posters, with rough spellings. You're right. FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 > Joel wrote: > Hi Fred, > If there is a chance, some changes could be > effected in the spelling of some >

[Goanet] Lusostalgia... Portuguese links, Kochi and Sri Lanka

2010-06-22 Thread Frederick Noronha
Indo-Portuguese Cultural Society, Fort Kochi http://indoportuguese.org/news.html The Portuguese Cultural Imprint on Sri Lanka http://www.lankalibrary.com/geo/portu/portu5.htm Also includes an interesting comparision of the linguistic traces left behind there: Examples of Sinhala words with Po

[Goanet] Music from Goa...

2010-06-22 Thread Frederick Noronha
Music from Goa... http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=695110 Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490

Re: [Goanet] The geopolitical and geoeconomic duplicity digest-II

2010-06-22 Thread Frederick Noronha
ole lot of people rather adversely. FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 22 June 2010 16:39, Dr.Nandkumar Kamat wrote > The geopolitical and geoeconomic duplicity digest-II > Previous part contained examples of Canadian mining pollution and > suppression of data on the

[Goanet] June 23-25, 2010: Community radio workshop in Goa

2010-06-22 Thread Frederick Noronha
/cr-india The event above is being organised by COMET Media Foundation of Mumbai. FN FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490

Re: [Goanet] Conversation with Churchill Alemao (Update)

2010-06-26 Thread Frederick Noronha
Question: did you believe him, or just got floored by the fact that a ruling politician acknowledged the cyber-nuisance-potential of someone active in cyberspace? FN On 26 June 2010 23:13, Arwin Mesquita wrote: > Dear All, > > After the recent incident in Dubai over the weekend, regarding Church

Re: [Goanet] Re. Conversation with Churchill Alemao (Update)

2010-06-27 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 27 June 2010 09:44, Arwin Mesquita wrote: > Has any other NRI Goan Organisation given Critical Goan issues to any > Politicians visiting their countries(or even questioned them); besides > wining & dining them? Is the suggestion here that politicians in Goa are not aware of the state of affai

[Goanet] Two letters... between the Gulf and Goa's politicians...

2010-06-27 Thread Frederick Noronha
Arwin Mesquita requested me to circulate this via Goanet, and hence doing the needful. --FN * * * Attached are 2 Documents that I agreed to send to Churchill Alemao on his request, from our conversation yesterday. The first one particularly was the signature campaign that was done by many UAE Goa

[Goanet] Hats, earthworms, toilets and what not!

2010-06-27 Thread Frederick Noronha
Now, now... Go slow, will you, while I try to keep track of who's saying what and who's taking potshots at whom! Let me try ... in keeping the score of just a couple of hours from one evening on Goanet. Here is what I could gauge: * GL doesn't like some writers ("including historians and journalis

Re: [Goanet] Scared Heart, Parra 100 years!

2010-06-27 Thread Frederick Noronha
. Schools really have to compete hard to draw the best students. In the past, the one eyed was king in Goa. Today, we are all big fish in a tiny pond. And btw, how's the Macau pond? FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 28 June 2010 05:54, Bernado Colaco wrote: > Re

Re: [Goanet] We was robbed?

2010-06-27 Thread Frederick Noronha
Don't you think the Germans were just fighting for their "fair" share of colonies then? FN Expansionism is the doctrine of expanding the territorial base (or economic influence) of a country, usually by means of military aggression. At the time of World War II, various European powers (such as Fra

[Goanet] From a writer in Goa... Venita Coelho

2010-06-28 Thread Frederick Noronha
it though... FN -- ----- Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 Journalism, editing, photography http://photosfromgoa.notlong.com -

[Goanet] Some links online... from an alternative publishers' meet in Bangalore

2010-06-28 Thread Frederick Noronha
herbooks at post dot com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DO8nFxnGgc Regards from Goa, where the monsoons greeted me back in full force :-) FN -- -- Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 Journalism, editing, photography http://photosfromgoa.notlong.com --

Re: [Goanet] Swindon Goan Festival: Babush Monserrate to be

2010-06-28 Thread Frederick Noronha
What about Opposition MLAs and ex-ministers too? They become "ruling" in no time (depending on what wind is blowing at New Delhi) and sing the same tune if not worse. Don't they? FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 28 June 2010 11:16, Arwin Mesquita wrote

Re: [Goanet] THE SAD STATE OF INDIAN POLITICS

2010-06-28 Thread Frederick Noronha
Aires, awaiting your comment on the sad state of affairs among lawyers, campaigners (and journalists too!). FN On 28 June 2010 10:05, Aires Rodrigues wrote: > Today politics is all about convenience and opportunism. Principles, > policies and ideology have long been thrown out of the window . It’

[Goanet] Sugar One Laptop Per Child workshop in Goa 28th June - 2nd July 2010

2010-06-28 Thread Frederick Noronha
workshop. Event details: http://lab.gnowledge.org/events/sugar-olpc-workshop-in-goa -- GN - Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 Journalism, editing, photography http://photosfromgoa.notlong.com -

Re: [Goanet] The Website of Goa Su-Raj Party [GSRP] - www.goasu-raj.org

2010-06-28 Thread Frederick Noronha
floriano wrote: Dears, With much happiness GSRP would like to announce that it's 10 year old website is being hit @ almost 100 per day in the recent past. But in the last 24 hours it has recorded the maximum hits of 128. This is mainly because of our interaction with posters [ on goanet] th

Re: [Goanet] GOA SUDHAROP: Goan youth too sossegado?

2010-06-28 Thread Frederick Noronha
soter wrote: Are not Goan youth sossegado because their parents are sossegado? And their parents were sossegado because their grandparents were? This circular form of argumentation is confusing me! Sorry to say, our Goan families are corrupted. Could you spell out what "corrupted" mean, a

Re: [Goanet] Dignity of labour

2010-06-29 Thread Frederick Noronha
soter wrote: Some of my friends have been kind enough to personally point out that one of my postings on goanet gave the impression that I held certain type of jobs in contempt... It is in that context that I > expressed that I am proud to be struggling in my homeland Goa and not cleaning the

Re: [Goanet] Goan Tolerance (Letter in Goan Daily OHeraldo)

2010-06-29 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 29 June 2010 08:20, J. Colaco < jc> wrote: > BTW: The last day to legally prevent uninhibited migration into Goa > was Dec 19, 1961 Was there no large-scale migration into Goa before Dec 19, 1961? Where did all the "Goans" come from then? And were all our rulers before then "Goan" too? FN P

Re: [Goanet] The Website of Goa Su-Raj Party [GSRP] -www.goasu-raj.org

2010-06-29 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 29 June 2010 11:11, floriano wrote: > Rico, > Thanks for capping our happiness. > You would probably have the know-how how to cook the website 'hit -counter'. > Kindly share it with us. Maybe it would help to give people some reason to visit your site regularly. What would attract them there?

[Goanet] Anyone out there in Brussels?

2010-06-29 Thread Frederick Noronha
of art of Mongolia in the exhibition. In addition, Mongolian President Ts.Elbegdorj will visit this exhibition during his participation in the ASEM to run in October 4-5, 2010. The Exhibition is available for public viewing until October 10, 2010. Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490

Re: [Goanet] The Website of Goa Su-Raj Party [GSRP]-www.goasu-raj.org

2010-06-29 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 29 June 2010 19:02, floriano wrote: > it. As a matter of fact today's hits total around 180, crossing the 128 mark > of yesterday. Good going. Controversy is good for business too! FN

Re: [Goanet] Goan Tolerance (Letter in Goan Daily OHeraldo)

2010-06-29 Thread Frederick Noronha
Arwin, Are you suggesting that the borders of other states are closed to Goans going and settling there? We already have what you call a "jolly good cocktail"... and Goans have been benefitting from this for some generations now. FN On 29 June 2010 17:33, Arwin Mesquita wrote: > Lets put ur logic

Re: [Goanet] tarvoteachim bondolam

2010-06-29 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 29 June 2010 21:50, Camillo Fernandes wrote: > It is only in India that many people look down on low > paid  jobs by calling them    bhungis, jaddoo walla, > metrani etc. Does the low payment come about due to the names called? Are the low-status jobs the only ones which draw low payment? Or,

[Goanet] Any Goanetters out there in Edison, NJ?

2010-06-29 Thread Frederick Noronha
I guess *we* must be seen as the *bhaile* out there, who get consistently run-down on Goanet by Mesquita, Parrikar et al: My Own Private India http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1999416,00.html

[Goanet] Medicos

2010-06-29 Thread Frederick Noronha
Might be of interest to medicos on this list... http://www.medknow.com/ -- - Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 Journalism, editing, photography http://photosfromgoa.notlong.com -

[Goanet] Author, with a Varca link

2010-06-29 Thread Frederick Noronha
http://pothi.com/pothi/book/nitin-shankar-mein-leben-memoir -- - Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 Journalism, editing, photography http://photosfromgoa.notlong.com -

Re: [Goanet] India, the hype and the reality... (Radharao Gracias)

2010-06-29 Thread Frederick Noronha
comparisons (with Japan, Turkey) might not be apt, because our history has been so different, he does through up an interesting challenge to think about. FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 30 June 2010 02:34, Santosh Helekar wrote: I am always amazed why people counter hyperbol

Re: [Goanet] Subject: Re: Goan Tolerance (Letter in Goan Daily OHeraldo) Message-ID:

2010-06-30 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 30 June 2010 01:01, J. Colaco < jc> wrote: > Bernice is making the same valid point that Rajan > Parrikar has been making. > i.e. With the existing laws .. > [1] Prosecute those who squat on property not theirs > [2] Prosecute those who filthy up the place I was returning with a Goanetter

Re: [Goanet] Barking wogs

2010-06-30 Thread Frederick Noronha
5040-1-IDRC_ADM_INFO.html FN PS: Hope Nandu won't see only the "foreign hand" in IDRC's in the last. Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 30 June 2010 06:52, manuel tavares wrote: Bernado Colaco seems to have no concept regarding the economic value of Touri

[Goanet] British internment/concentration camps in India

2010-06-30 Thread Frederick Noronha
shipped to Hamburg were sent to the former Neuengamme concentration camp for de-Nazification.[8][38] Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490

Re: [Goanet] Re. Goan Tolerance

2010-06-30 Thread Frederick Noronha
nto Goa in much less ideal circumstances. In either case, of course, I'm not referring to those who can take care of themselves in any situation and go for greener pastures -- I mean people like you or me. FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 30 June 2010 11:08, Arwin Mesqu

Re: [Goanet] News: Outsider arrested for accepting too low a bribe

2010-07-01 Thread Frederick Noronha
You guys would do yourselves and Goa a big favour if you focussed on corruption, instead of ethnicity! FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 1 July 2010 14:05, soter wrote: > Following the arrest of the migrant Registrar of Cooperatives for > corruption > we have repo

Re: [Goanet] Awarding contract for the removal of the beached ship River Princess

2010-07-01 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 1 July 2010 07:51, manuel tavares wrote: > Isn't it normal for the insurance company which insured the ship to bear > the cost of salvage? I thought that this was the norm in the shipping > industry or am I mistaken? Please enlighten me. > > Thanks. > Manuel (Eddie) Tavares > See the below te

Re: [Goanet] Subject: Re: Goan Tolerance (Letter in Goan Daily OHeraldo)

2010-07-01 Thread Frederick Noronha
> "Thank goodness JoeGoaUk or Rajan Parrikar isn't around," the > Goanetter said, as he re-zipped his fly! Goodness gracious, how wrong could we (the unnamed Goanetter and me) be! Rajan Parrikar *is* very much around in Goa currently, and he even showed up searching for Soter last evening at Cafe

[Goanet] Sugar OLPC Workshop in Goa

2010-07-02 Thread Frederick Noronha
download a poster from here. Please spread the word among the people in Goa. The poster contains the email and phone number to confirm your participation. http://lab.gnowledge.org/events/sugar-olpc-workshop-in-goa -- - Frederick Noronha

[Goanet] Raining...

2010-07-02 Thread Frederick Noronha
science here believes that it makes more sense to conduct agricultural operations during the 'omas' and 'punov' periods (full and new moon, or vice versa). I may have not understood it adequately, unfortunately there's little written text describing this, afaik. FN Frederi

Re: [Goanet] Goa in the gutter (ADDENDUM)

2010-07-02 Thread Frederick Noronha
and NGO status specially when it can have political implications, as we've seen in the recent Mickky case too! The stakes are high, but that doesn't mean those who struggled for long years are not heroes in their own right. FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490

Re: [Goanet] Goanet: Goan Tolerance

2010-07-02 Thread Frederick Noronha
ean-enough to sleep it. But I think it cost Rs 5 instead of the usual lower rate. FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 2 July 2010 23:39, JoeGoaUk wrote: > FN, > I wont be wrong If I say that  the re-zipping  Goanetter was FN himself :-) > What you do or did under the c

Re: [Goanet] India, the hype and the reality... (Radharao Gracias)

2010-07-03 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 30 June 2010 02:34, Santosh Helekar wrote: > But I am sure most readers of the article have > more sense than to believe any aspect of the > cartoonish picture sketched by it. Contributions to human > civilization involve much more than military > prowess and scoring goals - indeed, much more

Re: [Goanet] Goa in the gutter (ADDENDUM)

2010-07-04 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 4 July 2010 08:19, soter wrote: > It will help us to see whether we have 'activists' or > 'social entrepreneurs' like Frederick. A nice definition, thanks! In my books, a "social entrepreneur" is not a bad guy anyway... QUOTE Social entrepreneurship is the work of a social entrepreneur. A s

Re: [Goanet] I am looking for Father Lourdinho Perriera

2010-07-04 Thread Frederick Noronha
church: Talaulim (Santana): St Anne (1695) Santana, Talaulim, Goa 403107 T: +91-832-2219151 It is possible however that the priest might have shifted post the transfers that happen around March-April-May each year, I think. FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 4 July 2010 09

Re: [Goanet] (no subject)....was Swindon Goan Festival

2010-07-05 Thread Frederick Noronha
>From Valmiki Faleiro's collection of Konkani sayings: Xennt kad ani ambear mar, poddlear ambo poddl'lo, ghelear xennt gelem ... Pluck a 'xentt' and toss it at the mango tree. You may get a mango, or lose only one pubic hair. (Or it costs little to take a shot in the dark.) FN On 5 July 2010 17:

Re: [Goanet] Two years on

2010-07-06 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 5 July 2010 11:57, Rajan P. Parrikar wrote: > In Dec 2006, it was the Church that mobilized people to turn up > in large numbers at the Azad Maidan GBA rally and the one subsequently There were other interests involved in getting the "large numbers" for the "Azad Maidan GBA rally". That they

Re: [Goanet] Two years on

2010-07-06 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 6 July 2010 16:39, Rajan P. Parrikar wrote: > Saving Salcette villages will make me lots of money personally and > bring BJP back into power, in Admin Noronha's mental world. As our common friend Soter was pointing out recently, quite rightly in my view, the BJP's key to returning to power is

Re: [Goanet] Two years on

2010-07-06 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 6 July 2010 17:29, Rajan P. Parrikar wrote: > To Goanet - > What is not stunning, however, is YOUR silence. We all know > why. I am not deaf, sir! I am studiously ignoring what you say (as also all attempts to thwart the discussion). FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490

Re: [Goanet] chauvanism versus patriotism

2010-07-06 Thread Frederick Noronha
Firstly, shouldn't the spelling be chauvinist and chauvinism? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauvanism Secondly, on a more substantial note, the fact that diaspora Indians get Nobels (but hardly any Indians back home), could well be because their work is better known in the centres of power that ta

Re: [Goanet] Fwd: Goa in the gutter ( addendum) In defense of Admin Noronha

2010-07-07 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 6 July 2010 17:47, anil desai wrote: > What a magnificient article by a hugely succeful goan politician. I think it > was Miguel who informed us that the last time Floriano Lobo contested > assembly elections, he got around 217 votes. It is therefore not surprising, > is it, that BJP will appr

Re: [Goanet] ON MICKY'S CONDUCT

2010-07-07 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 7 July 2010 05:32, Aires Rodrigues wrote: > The overall conduct of Benaulim MLA  Mr. Mickky Pacheco over the last decade > leaves much to be desired. A legislator being a law maker should be the last > person to mock the rule of law. Come on Aires, do you really believe (and expect us to belie

Re: [Goanet] Fwd: Goa in the gutter ( addendum) In defense of AdminNoronha

2010-07-07 Thread Frederick Noronha
This is a very interesting debate -- and definitely worth every bit of it, even if tinged with some amount of allegation and innuendo. For the first time, the backroom wheeling and dealing of the political world is coming out into the open (and becoming part of the public record, as it were). Unli

Re: [Goanet] Time mag apologizes for article on Indian-Americans

2010-07-07 Thread Frederick Noronha
lism and ethnicity rather than class. And the list continues Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 7 July 2010 23:23, Eugene Correia wrote: > Time magazine apologises for article on Indian-Americans > By Arun Kumar > Washington, July 7 (IANS) Time magazine has > apologi

Re: [Goanet] chauvanism versus patriotism

2010-07-08 Thread Frederick Noronha
Could we call it a "skin deep diagnosis" then :-) FN On 8 July 2010 11:10, Santosh Helekar wrote: > Adv. Gracias' diagnosis of the reasons for a > country achieving greatness on the scientific > front are also totally wrong-headed from > my standpoint.

Re: [Goanet] chauvanism versus patriotism

2010-07-08 Thread Frederick Noronha
Before we get caught up in personalities and details here, the wider point Radha was making is that we could/should be more critical of our failings and faults. I think this is true both for Goa, the rest of India... and probably also for many of the adopted homes of Goans worldwide. FN Frederick

Re: [Goanet] Fw: Re: Goa urbanization

2010-07-08 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 8 July 2010 13:28, soter wrote: > > comment: > This should have happened many many years ago. The faster Goa gets negative > publicity the better will it be for its survival. Negative publicity for Goa > could be taken as sustainable development. Goa has been exploited > sufficiently and outsi

Re: [Goanet] Goa in the gutter (addendum) and chauvanism versus patriotism debate on Goanet

2010-07-08 Thread Frederick Noronha
Haha, Agnelo, good one! But I think you're underestimating the potential of the Goanet reader to understand what lies behind some debates :-) FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 8 July 2010 22:24, pinheiro wrote: > > Two observation on these debates: >

[Goanet] For those around Delhi... an exhibi tion at the IIC (Paintings by José Pereira)

2010-07-08 Thread Frederick Noronha
. Contact: eximirom at yahoo.com Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490

Re: [Goanet] On Goan Hindus temples

2010-07-09 Thread Frederick Noronha
Any comment on the politicians behind this temple re-building/building spree, in their attempt to build a votebank? Or is the suggestion that only "ghantis" and minorities who build votebanks? Hint: such politicians are not only from the Kangress. In a village like Saligao, I know it doesn't exclu

Re: [Goanet] Cross Pollination

2010-07-09 Thread Frederick Noronha
I think the point is not about quoting from a  public archive, but rather *harvesting* email IDs from a public mailing list and then *spamming* people out of their mind... Even when there are repeated requests from them to be taken off the cc "list" they didn't ask to be on, in the first place. As

Re: [Goanet] Noise ratio on Goanet too much. Time to unsubscribe?

2010-07-10 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 10 July 2010 07:05, Clinton Vaz wrote: > Admins, please moderate such comments from known trolls. I, as many others > probably, have even considered un-subscribing from Goanet, as the noise > ratio has gone up so much that it makes searching for normal emails just too > much of an effort. Cli

Re: [Goanet] Cross Pollination

2010-07-10 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 10 July 2010 12:30, Santosh Helekar wrote: > Noronha is manufacturing bogus controversies. > He is corrupting the meaning of the words > "harvesting" and "spamming" to smear people E-mail harvesting is the process of obtaining lists of e-mail addresses using various methods for use in bulk

Re: [Goanet] Cross Pollination

2010-07-10 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 11 July 2010 03:17, Gilbert Lawrence wrote: > So in honesty, our prayers should go for these 6-9 bloviators. Hope they > receive > their karmic rewards they have earned as quickly as possible. But very likely > they will only get those karmic rewards when they get our names off their spam >

Re: [Goanet] Noise ratio on Goanet too much. Time to unsubscribe?

2010-07-11 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 10 July 2010 18:16, Gilbert Lawrence wrote: > As usual, Fred has written his piece / peace with a writer's and counselor's > flair. Goanet serves the well stated useful purposes. They also include but > not > restricted to: > 1. Making some goanetters addicted to their key board instead of a (

Re: [Goanet] Goodbye

2010-07-14 Thread Frederick Noronha
Nice knowing you too Clinton :-) Keep up your good work. FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 11 July 2010 16:33, Clinton Vaz wrote: > Goodbye Goanet. It was nice knowing most on the group. > > Clinton.. > +91 9890936828 >

Re: [Goanet] Correction: Goanet June Sats, Top 25 posters make about 90% of the total (+ Part II, TOP 27)

2010-07-14 Thread Frederick Noronha
others already involved in running the list, for obvious reasons) who would select a post-of-the-week. This could push quality upwards, instead of things ending up in a shouting match, as it sometimes does. Just a thought, my personal views. Any suggestions? FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490

Re: [Goanet] Erosion update

2010-07-14 Thread Frederick Noronha
sandy portion at Vasco. http://goaenvis.nic.in/sanddistrbution.htm Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 15 July 2010 08:24, Bernado Colaco wrote: > More than 40 years ago there were Caju plantations along Campal,Miramar and > Carazalem coast line. These plantations had a p

Re: [Goanet] Never Say 'Good Bye'

2010-07-14 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 15 July 2010 07:30, JoeGoaUk wrote: > Most groups or mailing lists are free. > One can join and quit as his or her wishes > One can join and re-join as per his wishes > One can join and leave then rejoin and leave and rejoin… The word "free" is ambiguous in the English language. What does "fr

Re: [Goanet] Thanks

2010-07-15 Thread Frederick Noronha
it's not possible to guarantee to everyone (on any list!) will agree with/like what a poster says. But to say that "everyone was making fun" when a handful might have disagreed or questioned your posts is surely an exaggeration. Let's be neighbours again :-) FN Frederick Noron

Re: [Goanet] Talking Photos: Panjim Tour

2010-07-15 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 16 July 2010 03:17, JoeGoaUk wrote: > Talking Photos: A tour around Panjim > > Besides Goans, Migrants etc Check who else onboard > http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk26/4796435175/sizes/l/ > Looks like this passenger is from Betim > http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk26/4797059484/sizes/l/

Re: [Goanet] Conspicuous consumption?

2010-07-15 Thread Frederick Noronha
Not conspicuous... this is sinful. FN On 15 July 2010 21:13, Tony de Sa wrote: > I was having a pizza at one of the chain pizza stores in Calangute when > three foreigners, possibly of European or American ethnicity ordered three > large (12 inch) pizzas there. They each just ate one slice and le

Re: [Goanet] Thanks

2010-07-16 Thread Frederick Noronha
private correspondence with Albert. FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 16 July 2010 09:42, Venantius J Pinto wrote: > Dear Admins, > If he has been blocked, please unblock him. If people complain, ten they do > not know what they are doing. I also have a few words below for Albert.

Re: [Goanet] The "permissions" tiatr

2010-07-16 Thread Frederick Noronha
Isn't this subjectline something of an insult to the tiatr, a century-old theatre form which is very vibrant and still extremely economically viable in today's Goa (even if disowned by many)? We need to read what a 'bhailo' like Dr Pramod Kale (whose father staged Ibsen in Marathi in Pune around t

Re: [Goanet] Talking photos: Panjim Tour

2010-07-16 Thread Frederick Noronha
d-to-turn-Microsoft-into-Konkani (doing the round for over a decade now... !) Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 16 July 2010 15:46, JoeGoaUk wrote: > Thanks FN, > > The ferryboat name ‘Durbhat’  is not plying to panjim-Durbhat route > But the there are now two ferry serv

Re: [Goanet] Expenses of Eduardo Faleiro

2010-07-16 Thread Frederick Noronha
,  how do we justify such > wasteful expenditure? How are these issues related? It is like saying India is an overwhelmingly poor country, so Aires should avoid throwing a lavish feast for a few hundred people on his 50th birthday! FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 16 Ju

Re: [Goanet] Conspicious consumption ? Regarding Tony D'Sa's observation

2010-07-16 Thread Frederick Noronha
opulation and immigration) are crucial issues, even if we in the middle class are reluctant to admit this. Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 16 July 2010 07:41, Vivian A. DSouza wrote: > The behavior of those "foreigners" wasting Pizza at a restaurant in Calangute &

Re: [Goanet] Conspicuous consumption?

2010-07-16 Thread Frederick Noronha
How patronising :-) FN On 16 July 2010 18:28, Nascy Caldeira wrote: > > Hello Goanetters,. > > This is not a case of wasting,Tony; Everytime I visit India I get the 'Runs' > at at least one time. I feel it is a case of not trying/ eating taking a > chance on health at badly prepared and tastele

Re: [Goanet] The Burka

2010-07-16 Thread Frederick Noronha
aying down rules for someone else. Why not let everyone decide what they are comfortable in? It is also interesting to see us define what is acceptable by presuming that our own standards are the norm and normal! FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 16 July 2010 18:47, Nascy Calde

[Goanet] Old photos of Mapusa

2010-07-16 Thread Frederick Noronha
Anyone has old photos of Mapusa which you could share with me? Do get in touch off-list... particularly looking for pictures that give a sense of the town in the 1950s or thereabouts. FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490

[Goanet] Goa, migration... figures

2010-07-17 Thread Frederick Noronha
This is what a friend of mine wrote to me recently.Would the others agree with the figures? QUOTE I was reading your [article] on the web. Very interesting. I have been trying to find numbers of Goans round the world over the years. If you are interested I can hep you with some numbers... The Go

Re: [Goanet] Expenses of Eduardo Faleiro

2010-07-17 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 17 July 2010 08:48, Mervyn Lobo wrote: > If you have the time, can you give us your opinion on the questions you > ask above? > As for me, I think that the current Goan NRI commissioner is a colossal > waste. He is not elected and will probably remain in that position for life. Hi Mervyn, I a

Re: [Goanet] Campal distillery

2010-07-17 Thread Frederick Noronha
u manage to write so concisely? Who taught you the subject of precis writing in school? A great job... FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 17 July 2010 10:40, Bernado Colaco wrote: > More than 4 decades ago the Campal to Caranzalem coastline was dotted with > caju > pla

Re: [Goanet] Sarees_Goa

2010-07-17 Thread Frederick Noronha
Dear Venantius, Weaving is almost completely dead in Goa. But an Italian Gandhian lady has been working on the field. Below are some links that might interest you... FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 *** *** *** *** *** WEAVERS WHEEL ethical textile constructive programme

Re: [Goanet] Making mango jam

2010-07-17 Thread Frederick Noronha
e-cream, pudding, jam and a chewing-block (sath) of mango, and also a mango-cashew delight! A book worth stocking at every home, both in one's personal library and near the kitchen. Title: A Treasure Trove of Goan Mango Dishes. By Nilima M Kamat. Price: Rs 60 Publisher: Rajhauns, Panjim.1998. Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490

Re: [Goanet] Sonia Torrado....

2010-07-18 Thread Frederick Noronha
murders/suicides are equal, but some are obviously more equal. The media is reporting the issue in an "entertaining" manner, almost as if this were some five-day cricket match. For the sensationalism-driven, specially visual media, this is a good hook to catch audiences and build careers, I

Re: [Goanet] Expenses of Eduardo Faleiro

2010-07-18 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 18 July 2010 10:24, Mervyn Lobo wrote: > The second issue, that of the current incumbent, is one that is really > debatable. > Every person I talk too tells me that Faleiro is arrogant. I got the same > impression too when I met him. Hi Mervyn, Are you sure this doesn't have something to do w

[Goanet] Query: Making Mango Jam

2010-07-18 Thread Frederick Noronha
Someone sent this to me... so don't "shoot me down" for sharing it. Any tips and suggestions would be much appreciated! I'm no expert, not even a novice... (but very good at eating mango jam, or anything else well cooked for the matter... ) -- Forwarded message -- Dear Fred, I do

[Goanet] From Bits-Goa ... Rupee font in open format

2010-07-18 Thread Frederick Noronha
Dear all, An interesting initiative which I heard of from BITS-Goa campus (in Mormugao). FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 -- Forwarded message -- From: Aveek Sen Date: 18 July 2010 15:58 Subject: [lug-bitsgoa] Rupee font in open format Hi, Today in The

[Goanet] Goa has a lot to learn from Switzerland Was: Re: Indian boors in Switzerland

2010-07-18 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 18 July 2010 20:46, Rajan P. Parrikar wrote: > To Goanet - > Well, now I guess the Swiss have had enough of desis.  The Swiss > like your cash, of course, but they like their 'Swiss clean' even more, > and they won't let you ghatify their magnificent country.  They are > realizing that desis a

Re: [Goanet] Burqa-ban legislation sounds like Inquisition

2010-07-18 Thread Frederick Noronha
Two very interesting articles on the Burqa politics in Europe: Why France’s Burqa Ban is a Terrible Idea http://thefastertimes.com/immigration/2009/07/11/sarkozy-feigns-feminism-for-anti-immigrant-burqa-ban/ Burqa Politics in France http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=burqa_politics_in_fr

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