Boss, Baga?

" "Boss, Baga?" As I cycled back to Saligao on a leisurly Sunday evening, with Aren chattering in the front of my exer-cycle, I realised someone was asking me for directions. The guy was on a motorcycle. Two decades after grumbling that Goa doesn't have adequate road-signs, we are just there... with still no adequate sign-...

Missed opportunities, journalistic regrets, and Cap'n Crunch

Journalistic regrets? One thing I could always kick myself for is having run into Cap'n Crunch aka John Draper (many years back) both at a payphone booth in Goa at Calangute and at Porvorim (where Ricky's office was then located).... and not realising the role this man had played in the history of technology. The Wall Street Journal has a ...

WilliamDrums... and three MP3s

WilliamDrums aka William D'Souza is a well-rated drummer, going by what prominent fellow musicians say. He recently sent me three MP3 files. Interesting stuff! The first is called Blue Fuse and was performed on Guitar Jaggi that is broadcast from BPLRadio Indigo. It involved the work of Chennai based bassist Prakash David and Mapusa-based Wi...

WilliamDrums... and three MP3s

WilliamDrums aka William D'Souza is a well-rated drummer, going by what prominent fellow musicians say. He recently sent me three MP3 files. Interesting stuff! The first is called Blue Fuse and was performed on Guitar Jaggi that is broadcast from BPLRadio Indigo. It involved the work of Chennai based bassist Prakash David and Mapusa-based Wi...

Oh, rats!

Tom and Jerry (MGM) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Riza (8) was narrating this little funny to us all, about her brother Aren (3). I suspect she's feeling shy to write about it in her blog ... and she does think twice about the impact of any potentially-embarassing information "leaked out". She does let things slip sometimes, ...

Looking at Goa’s heritage… in its various shapes

One of my favourite Goa-related journals was released the other day. Parmal. It's latest issue has on its cover this photo showing traditionally-attired Goan Hindu young women at a festive celebration. Parmal is published by the Goa Heritage Action Group, and calls itself "an annual publication brought to you by the GHAG, an NGO (non-gove...

Heje mainchem cazar... (untranslatable Konkani humour)

Arnold Noronha copied this mail to Goanet and me, saying "the source of this yarn is unknown". Our friend from Moira, Juze Bostiaum, appeared on Kaun Banega Crorepati, the famous 'Amitabh Bachchan' hosted show. Juze had miraculously reached the end of all the rounds by saying all his Rosaries & Novenas and finishing all his feni. ...

Herman Carneiro... that's who

Herman Carneiro... Originally uploaded by fredericknoronha. This guy looks familiar... I thought to myself. After a short while, the context made it clear. It's Herman Carneiro, who set up Goanet in 1994 (when 17 years old) and with whom I've been working for the last 12 years almost. Cyber-collaboration means we've met on just 4-5 o...

Nurses, Goa and migration

Talking about migration by nurses, here's one link. Wonder how Goa is taking to this field... if at all. This is from Trends In International Nurse Migration by Linda H. Aiken, James Buchan, Julie Sochalski, Barbara Nichols and Mary Powell. Its abstract reads: Predicted shortages and recruitment targets for nurses in developed countries threate...

The Pravasi Bharatiya , a publication produced by IANS for the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (also overseasindian.in) is now in Volume 1 Issue No 6. An article caught my eye: it said the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram (in Kerala) is to undertake a study of Indian international migration, supported by the MOIA. Rs 14.7 mil...

No rave party, drug trade will be tolerated in Goa: Minister

With the tourist season knocking at the door, Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik today made it clear that the state will not tolerate rave parties or drug dealing. “We will not allow the drug trade or rave parties to be held this year,” Ravi Naik said. Naik was briefing the media after a high-level meeting of the police and claimed that the ...

A grand opening in Goa

Goa doesn’t need reason to celebrate. Recently, a 39-room hotel at Baga was sparkling with fairy lights, ready for its grand opening. The party held at it’s swimming pool had the who’s who of the hospitality industry hob nobbing over wine and finger food like baby corn wraps and chilly paneer. The Man Machine music band played a medley of songs w...

Goa plays party pooper, no bashes after 10 pm

There’s bad news for tourists planning a rocking holiday in Goa. In an effort to minimise noise pollution, the state government has ordered India’s tourist hotspot to cut down on partying. Implementing a High court directive, the government has ruled that there will be no music or partying post-10 pm, on beaches or elsewhere.  So loud music a...

Goa: Drug dealers use minors as ‘mules’

The first charter flight will fly into Goa in the first week of October effectively kick- starting the tourist season. The small state in Western India, a former hippie paradise in the late 60’s and 70’s, welcomed some 3.5 million foreign tourists last season. And with the advent of the new season a host of challenges and ills lay in wa...

Typical Christian Wedding in Goa

By Jenny Coutinho, Goa The author is a writer, columnist and French teacher by profession For many Indians, weddings are a celebration — an occasion to remember and cherish throughout their lives. And they will put all the money they have into one. The cost of a wedding for the rich starts at 5,00,000 rupees (approx. US$12,000) while fo...

Strengthening Cong base in Goa is my priority, says Sardinha

The newly installed president of the state unit of the Congress party, has said that his priority would be to strengthen the base of the party in every nook and corner of the state and take government and parties policies to the people so that they get benefit of them. Addressing his maiden press conference after taking over the presidentship fro...

Overstaying Foreigner Tourists in Goa Involved in Drug Trade?

Goa police are trying to crackdown on the drug cartel in the state by pinning down foreigners overstaying in Goa, officials confirmed.”Foreigners  don’t overstay without the reason. Why do you stay back unless there is lot of benefits? Drug paddling is one of the major reason for them to stay back,” deputy inspector general Ujjwal...

No tolerance attitude towards rave parties:Goa Govt.

The Goa Government today said it will adopt a “no tolerance attitude” towards rave parties in the state. “You just wait and watch…There will be no rave parties this year. Curbing the trade in narcotics in the state is top among our priorities,” Home Minister Ravi Naik told reporters here. The government, he said, w...

Goa court awards death penalty for murdering a doctor

A local court here today awarded death penalty to Ryan Fernandes, who was convicted for murdering his father-in-law and prominent physician of Vasco, Dr. Shrikant Verenkar.  The court also awarded life imprisonment to Ryan’s three other accomplice- Francis D’Sa, Sachin Parab and Rajan Singh.The fifth person accused in the case Pratam Gadgakar ...

World’s most expensive DJ : DJ Oakenfold

He may be known world wide for his deeply euphoric electronic sounds as well as music scores for Hollywood, but event organisers and the Guinness book of world records quotes him as the world’s most expensive DJ at Rs 21 lakh rupees for a two and a half hour performance. SOUND MACHINE: DJ Oakenfold rocked Delhi on Friday night with his euphor...

咲き誇る平成の車たち229

TOYOTA WiLL Vi WiLLブランド第1弾として2000年1月に登場。 プラットフォームはヴィッツのものを元にしていて、 カボチャの馬車をイメージしたスタイリングを持った4ドアセダンで、 特にリヤウインドウはクリフカットと呼ばれる切り落とされた形となっている。 インパネはフランスパンのイメージである。 内装も丸みを持ち、かつ温かみのある色調が特徴であった。 外板（鉄板）むき出しの内装が社内基準を満たすことが出来なかったため、 衝突安全ボディ「GOA」の名称は使用されなかった。 販売期間はおよそ2年と短かったが、WiLLブランド第1弾として、 季節ごとに限定色を用意したりなどの斬新な販売策がとられた。 日本の異業種による合同プロジェクト名である「WiLL」を名乗...

Indo inicia su expansión a la India

Indo inicia su expansión a la India Publicado por marta - 10/10/08 a las 11:10:46 pm Indo, multinacional óptica, ha formalizado esta mañana la firma del acuerdo con la empresa india GKB Opthalmics Limited para la creación de una joint venture. La nueva sociedad distribuirá en el país asiático los equipos de óptica y oftalmología producidos por ...

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hi I m Rajeev from GOA currently doing my final year MBA in marketing

Stargate / SG1 / Atlantis / Best characters evah!

When the movie Stargate came out I loved it. I was about 17, so perhaps I was easily impressed at the time but having recently rewatched it, I still think it stands up. When the TV show spin-off first aired I was very disappointed and abandoned it after only a few episodes. This turned out to be a mistake… or was it? I’m actually glad I waited unti...

Second Amendment News Roundup for 10/10/08

Focusing on guns, politics, and news of interest, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup: Explosive! Obama campaign meets with supporters of Hamas and Hezbollah, the 2 Middle Eastern terrorist organization, to firm up their support! Gateway Pundit has the story. Gateway also says that Sarah Palin is hammering Obama on his statements ...

EDC: Att låta tiden gå

EDC: Att låta tiden gå Skrivet av Caligula Svensson 10 oktober 2008, klockan 21:45 En sak C3 och C1 har gemensamt är att vi emellanåt kan sätta oss vid datorn och låta en kväll försvinna på att bara spela en massa musik och spela trummor i luften, gärna i sällskap av en flaska vin. Ikväll är en sådan kväll för mig, dock utan vin. Jag tänker sit...

Be Careful What You Wish For

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But Can He Ride Sidesaddle In A Sari?

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I Brake For Beehives

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Do U Uni?

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