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‘Goa is a perfect place for writers’

fredericknoro...@gmail.com (Frederick Noronha) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:05:06 UT

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‘Goa is a perfect place for writers’
Published on: March 18, 2010 - 00:59
By ARTI DAS
José Luís Peixoto can be easily mistaken for a college student but
strike up a conversation with him and you will change your opinion. He
is rooted, thoughtful, both of which are well reflected in his

IN THE NEWS: Dr. Vikram Patel, aims to do for mental health what HIV/AIDS activists did for sufferers of that affliction ...

news.goa...@gmail.com (Goanet News) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:58:47 UT

Despite Watters’ bleak conclusions, there has been some pushback to
these forces. The nascent global mental health movement, led by such
luminaries as Dr. Vikram Patel, aims to do for mental health what
HIV/AIDS activists did for sufferers of that affliction through
advocating for local, low cost solutions to addressing depression and

Goanet Highlights: Personhood, purcaos ... and planning proposals

news.goa...@gmail.com (Goanet News) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:40:59 UT

Goanet highlights by Selma Carvalho
The topic of conception, beginning of life and personhood
continued on Goanet. Dr. Santosh Helekar gave a rebuttal to
Averthanus D'Souza's anti-abortion views.
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Some more views expressed on the issue:

NEWS: Padma Shri for two Goans :: Maria Couto awarded for literature, Fr Romualdo for education (Herald)

news.goa...@gmail.com (Goanet News) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:42:28 UT

Padma Shri for two Goans
HERALD REPORTER
Maria Couto awarded for literature, Fr Romualdo for education
PANJIM, JAN 25
Noted literary personality Dr Maria Aurora Couto and renowned
academician Fr Romualdo de Souza have been named by Government of
India in a list of 81 selected for the Padma Shri awards.

Goanet Reader: Keeping track of time (Frederick Noronha)

goanetrea...@gmail.com (Goanet Reader) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:43:10 UT

THE PRINTED WORD/Frederick Noronha
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KEEPING TRACK OF TIME
When we talk of the "printed word", we usually assume that it
has to necessarily be related to the world of books. Though
we're already well into January, it is perhaps still timely
to focus on another form of the printed word in Goa that

NEWS: Novel, two books on Goan literature to be launched on Jan 30

news.goa...@gmail.com (Goanet News) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:42:00 UT

Novel, two books on Goan literature to be launched on Jan 30
Panji, Jan 25 : About a century after Goans started producing their
literature in English, how vibrant and relevant is this field today?
This issue will come up for debate at the Clube Vasco da Gama this
weekend, at a function to coincide with the release of a new novel on

Interview: Coming soon -- a novel that delves into Goa's history

goanetrea...@gmail.com (Goanet Reader) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:41:34 UT

COMING SOON: A NOVEL THAT DELVES INTO GOA'S HISTORY
Antonio (J. Anthony) Gomes is a
Professor of Medicine
(Cardiology) at the Mount Sinai
School of Medicine of New York
University. In between
diagnosing and healing hearts,
he spent long hours crafting a
novel set in the 1960s in a Goa
caught in the throes of transition.

PORTUGAL: Carnival moves millions

news.goa...@gmail.com (Goanet News) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:35:36 UT

Carnival moves millions
13/2/2010
Besides being a long-standing popular celebration that blends religion
with the tradition of mask-wearing and in which, next week, millions
of people across the country will participate, Carnival is now also
firmly cemented as a yearly multi-million euro event that heftily

Short Story: The House at Assagao (Assagaonkar, in Peter Nazareth's anthology of Goan writing)

goanetrea...@gmail.com (Goanet Reader) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:37:20 UT

SHORT STORY: THE HOUSE AT ASSAGÂO
This extract is from Peter Nazareth's anthology
recently published in Goa: "Pivoting on the Point
of Return: Modern Goan Literature". Nazareth writes
of this story: "The attempt to return home from the
West is tackled more intensively in a story, 'The

Goa govt's computers, welfare and journalists-in-distress schemes...

fredericknoro...@gmail.com (Frederick Noronha) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:31:59 UT

What do you think of these? Send in your views... FN
Empowering the fourth estate
By Menino Peres
A free and vibrant media is an essential element of a
democratic system, the reason why, both democracy and media
have flourished side by side in this country, since
independence. Both have also been victims of ferocious

Goanet Reader: To konna'lo? By Lucio Rodrigues ('Pivoting on the Point of Return -- Modern Goan Literature', Peter Nazareth, ed.)

goanetrea...@gmail.com (Goanet Reader) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:38:16 UT

To konna'lo? By Lucio Rodrigues
Konkani has its own unique expressions -- words,
phrases, idioms, proverbs, and other folksy
linguistic miracles which defy translation into any
other language. To konna'lo? is one such, with its
several inflexions according to gender and number:

NEWS: Pope meets Irish bishops over abuse report

news.goa...@gmail.com (Goanet News) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:35:08 UT

Pope meets Irish bishops over abuse report
February 15, 2010 -- Updated 1237 GMT (2037 HKT)
The pope has already discussed the report with senior Irish clergy.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
* Meeting follows November report into "widespread" cover-up of child abuse
* Irish bishop has admitted church in Ireland has been "seriously

NEWS: Freedom fighters' welfare committee re-constituted... Shivaji Jayanti at the taluka level

news.goa...@gmail.com (Goanet News) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:34:32 UT

FREEDOM FIGHTERS WELFARE COMMITTEE RE-CONSTITUTED
Panaji, February 9, 2010
The Government has re-constituted the Freedom Fighters Welfare
Committee for freedom fighters under Chairmanship of Chief Minister,
Shri Digambar Kamat.
The Official members are the Chief Secretary, the Finance Secretary.
The Special Secretary Home/Under Secretary Home is the Member

Goa's Monte Music Festival 2010 (Nigel Britto, in TOI)

news.goa...@gmail.com (Goanet News) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:36:03 UT

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Goa's Monte Music Festival 2010
Nigel Britto, TOI Crest, 6 February 2010, 01:38pm IST
It's that time of the year again when people make their way to a
forgotten chapel on a hill for an annual pilgrimage they eagerly look

OBITUARY: Dr GJS Abraham, ex-Dean of Goa Medical College, expires

news.goa...@gmail.com (Goanet News) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:38:50 UT

DR.G.J.S. ABRAHAM, EX. DEAN OF GMC EXPIRES
Panaji, February 2, 2010
Dr. G. J. S. Abraham, Ex-Dean, who served the Goa Medical College as
the Dean for the longest period expired today in the early morning
hours at Bangalore. He had undergone Bypass surgery five days back in
a reputed hospital in Bangalore. Born on 2nd July 1931, he joined Goa