StyleSpeak For Goa Today June 2006
By Wendell Rodricks
NEGATIVE TO POSITIVE
So all us Goans went up in arms for and against a film based on fiction,
fact and fantasy. A thriller that may have sunk at the box office, if we
were to practice restraint. Instead we have fueled the minds of the
In trivial pursuit of late night football
I would rather dye into my bed, than visit the WC
By Cecil Pinto
A good play on words, very popular these days, is with the initials WC.
The WC takes up all my time!, could mean anything from a fascination with
World Cup football, to an anal fixation
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In search of Goan politeness
Beach-belt courtesy can be just skin deep
By Cecil Pinto
I finally got hold of the controversial Reader's Digest issue that pegged
Mumbai as the world's least polite city. For those
on exactly how, this vision is
going to be established.
Cecil Pinto (CP) replies:
Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu projected himself as just that. He lost
the next election.
Parrikar was projected as an efficient CEO. He was thrown out.
It is not the labels we give our leaders, or they give
.
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Elisabeth Carvalho (EC) wrote:
The singular cry of some Goans in Goa, seems to be
that anyone in diaspora shouldn't comment on topics
relating to Goa, as all our opinions emanate from
armchairs.
Cecil Pinto
will grant me that liberty.
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Elisabeth Carvalho (EC) wrote:
Dear dear Cecil,
Down boy, down!! Et tu eh?
Cecil Pinto (CP) replies
Elisabeth my dear,
Sometime back you had referred to being bitten (or was it eaten?) by a
high-caste dog.
I hope that your salutation above
of a second-edition book
By Cecil Pinto
This week we review the 2nd Edition of Cecil Pinto's classic tome, House
Hunting in Goa. The original 1994 edition met with a tepid response at the
time. The 90s building boom was reaching its peak and nobody wanted advice
on how to buy a house. All
interviews with Goan celebrities is Seagram's Fling `Dare to Belong Show,'
on Rainbow FM (Aug 11-15) at 9.00pm to 9.30pm. Getting upclose with Wendell
Rodricks, Savio Jon, Remo Fernandes, Manohar Parrikar, Hema Sardessai,
Cecil Pinto, Malini Ramani, Ethel Da Costa, Dr Oscar Rebello, Bondo, Rahul
Elisabeth Carvalho (EC)wrote:
Historically nom de plumes were created by authors to
disguise their true identities for whatsoever reasons.
The usage of the term nom de plume is a bit of a
misnomer in the cyber-age as is the term fake id.
Cecil Pinto (CP) replies:
I quote from Wikipedia:
A pen
To shave or not to shave
Experiments with, and observations regarding, facial hair
By Cecil Pinto
Like most post-pubescent boys of the early 1980s I nurtured my first
sprouting of facial hair into a full fledged beard and moustache. When the
beard became a bit unmanageable it was shaved off
To my self description as a Borderline Psychopath...
Vidyadhar Gadgil asked:
Which side of the border?
I will sing Vidyadhar a song that will make the answer, as to my
psychological condition, self evident. There are enough elements of parting
and gays to also appease dear departed Elisabeth
Radhakrishnan Nair wrote:
Hey, what the heck is going on? Who hounded Elisabeth out of this
list? Is it you, Cecil?
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Dear Radhakrishnan,
1) I am not qualified to, or capable of, hounding out anyone from GoaNet.
Specially not someone as spunky as Elisabeth.
2) You do me a big
Just wanted to let everyone know that our very own Domnic Fernandes, who
has been regaling us with his recounting of what happened in the Goa of
yore, today completes 25 years working for Saudi Aramco.
I am sure many will join me in wishing him all the best and hoping that his
pen never runs
The politics of facial hair
What politicians' growths reveal, or conceal
By Cecil Pinto
In the course of my continuing research on facial hair, which is now reaching
the proportions and complexity of a doctorate thesis, I came across Ganpat
Haldonkar who is a practitioner of the ancient craft
I would like to state for the record that Helga do Rosario Gomes in her
post archived at
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2006-August/047398.html
was the first person in history to refer to Canadian Goans as Gonadians.
Many years from now there will be arguments about who
on this fact.
Cecil Pinto replies:
Please note that the concept of a trans-gender or bisexual God exists in
many religions, not just Hinduism. The Norse God Odin was bisexual in
nature, in fact changing gender as per the occasion. The ancient Egyptian
God Atum was also regarded as being bisexual
Toronto based writer Ben Antao responded to me privately regarding the term
Helga has coined. I am sharing his mail below with you all with Ben's
explicit permission.
Cheers!
Cecil
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At 09:35 PM 8/22/06 +0530, you wrote:
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From: Ben Antao ben.antao
Gabe Menezes wrote:
Comment: How revealing! 'Could charm the pants off any girl in the
vicinity' !!!
Cecil Pinto responds:
What Roland Francis meant about Eric Pinto was that he could charm the
panties off any girl
Charm the pants of... does not have the same sexual connotation
out:
http://www.pseudodictionary.com/
Under the 'search for words' box put in Cecil Pinto and make sure the
'authors too' box is clicked. There are six words that I have submitted,
some of which are getting quite popular. Of course one word, 'pordexporia'
was actually coined by historian
plutoed - To be unceremoniously relegated to a much lower position without
adequate reason or explanation.
Example:
Company CEO Greg walked into office on Monday morning only to cruelly learn
that he had been plutoed by the Board to Head of Office Administration.
Submitted by:
Cecil Pinto
http://www.plutoed.com/
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planet Pluto, and make children cry?
By Cecil Pinto
'Dada!', wailed six year old Desmond as I came in from work last Thursday,
'Dada, Pluto is no longer a planet!'. 'Wht?!', I exclaimed as my wife
briefly explained, over Desmond's sobbing, what they had just seen on TV.
My younger son
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On Wednesday, 30th July, I was looking forward to seeing the second
last movie of the Tri Continental Film Festival. China Blue, a
documentary about sweatshop workers in the denim jeans industry, was
scheduled to start at 6 pm.
With time to spare earlier I decided to check out the debate on
My personal favourite for the title of Greatest Goan ever would be
Abbe Faria with D. D. Kossambi coming a close second. Was just
wondering which other Goans would really be serious contendors for the
title. Can the Admin Team ask for nominations and have a poll?
Cheers!
Cecil
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Roland Francis wrote about Baga beach:
When we returned to the Baga beach on the lower level, there were a
few young Hippie Caucasian couples in all sorts of languorous
positions, fully nude. We decided to sit and watch the fun, peeping
toms if you will. We were watching one pretty woman washing
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Breaking: Desperate Cong inducts tainted MLA Monserrate to save govt.
5 August 2008 27
By Sujay Gupta
Move could backfire, as many Cong MLA's openly revolt against Chief
Minister Digambar Kamat
Panjim: Goa's politics has reached another new low, if that was
possible.
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Where have the Toronto Goans gone?
Goans from the US, Australia and Goa attended the Goan International
Convention in Toronto. Despite the small group, there was a buzz of
activities and bonds of friendships
Selma Carvalho wrote:
My advice to Faleiro is to host the convention in Sweden. There are a
couple of advantages to this. First, Wendell won't have to fly in any
models. There are enough beautiful women in Sweden. Secondly, all that
dried, salty fish they serve tastes just like our bombil. And
Francis Rodrigues wrote:
Dr. Barad's recently discontinued thread on female names touched
a tickle spot - the nonsensical slang-rhyme of the Goan diaspora.
Fiendishly popular with Bombay Goans, it has been sought to be
classified as alliterative, when it is in fact known as a reduplicative!
Not
Oscar Rebello fell to Goa's traitors
By Sujay Gupta
11 August 2008
The history of India is pockmarked with tales of backstabbing and
backbiting. Of shallow traitors who have destroyed, what heroes
attempted to create.
When Muhammed bin Qasim attacked Dahir of Sindh, it was Dahir's
astrologers
The column below appeared in
OPinionatED - Herald, Goa
on 8th August 2008
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NGOs: Where do you get your money from?
By Sujay Gupta
The fallout of the Ahmedabad and Bangalore blasts and the upping the
ante on strengthening our defences against terrorism and terrorists,
has had
The Toronto Convention website
http://www.2008goanconvention.com/
has this text scrolling across the screen
NEXT TORONTO INTERNATIONAL GOAN CONVENTION: 28th - 31st JULY, 2010.
EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION CLOSES 31st DECEMBER, 2009. TODAY IS 13th
AUGUST, 2008 - THERE ARE 714 DAYS LEFT FOR THE
I notice the debates regarding the Toronto Convention taking a strange twist.
The GNAT President himself, Francis Rodrigues, continues to post his
haikus/grooks but is totally silent regarding the Convention in
contrast to all the publicity he used to do earlier. Whereas all the
other organisers
StyleSpeak-Goa Today
By Wendell Rodricks
MOTHER EARTH
It is not the best weather in Toronto. And the air conditioning is
chilly in our workshop classroom. But a special Goan vibe has warmed
the University of Toronto. Venue for the Goan Convention 2008, I
overhear local students at summer study
Settlers, settlers and more settlers
Who decides who is good for Goa?
By Cecil Pinto
I bumped into Mukesh Mehta after a long time. A decent sort of chap. I
had first encountered Mukesh some nine years back when he purchased a
row house in Dona Paula and was setting up a branch of his family's
Source:
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Some Britons Too Unruly for Resorts in Europe
By SARAH LYALL
Published: August 23, 2008
MALIA, Greece — Even in a sea of tourists, it is easy to spot the
Britons
Every time a religious festival is celebrated we find members of other
religions making public statements greeting their 'brethren'. For
example at Ganesh Chaturti time you will find prominent Christians
publicly greeting their 'Hindu brethren' or for Eid you will find
Hindus wishing their Muslim
Kindling Young Minds
By Lisa Monteiro
Nestled in the backyard of a 200-year-old house in Carmona, is a
preprimary school that breaks away from the norms. Dr Savia Viegas,
writer, social activist and the brain behind a new age nursery school
talks to Lisa Monteiro about the importance of
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Augusto Pinto wrote:
When addressing large audiences in letters to newspapers or Internet
mailing-lists, what should the salutation be? Should it be 'Dear
Messieurs and Mesdames' or 'Dear Ladies and Gentlemen' or 'Dear
Readers? I find these too archaic and stilted.
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Maybe:
Brethren
Relatives, measures and relative measurements
Of ice cruts, cycles and Bey Blades
By Cecil Pinto
My eight year old son Desmond likes to quantify everything.
Dada how many more days for my birthday? Which I can correctly
answer, and from then on, with a little help from the inbuilt
calculator
For StyleSpeak – GOA TODAY
By Wendell Rodricks
A Walk in Clouds
Last Sunday, I get on SMS from Clinton Vaz (to listen to his favorite
play list on Indigo FM). It was 9 am. I dialled back and got a
whispering Clinton at the other end. I can't talk now. Trekking in
ROCK ON
By Patricia Ann Alvares
Immersed in a myriad cultures and traditions, India is a land that
reverberates to the sound of its festivals. Every month and
particularly every season the vibrant tapestry of the Indian landscape
plays host to a variety of fairs, fetes and feasts. In Goa it's no
It's raining 'men'!
My Goan heart bleeds for Calcutta
By Cecil Pinto
Columnist Sudeep Chakravarti interviews journalist turned author Cecil
Pinto on his latest book Once Upon A Time In Kalikata.
Sudeep: The blurb on your book says that you evoke the essence of a
city on the verge of losing its
Arundhati Roy's essay on the Sardar Sarovar dam, The Greater Common
Good, was published by Outlook and Frontline magazines in May 1999.
http://www.narmada.org/gcg/gcg.html
In November 2000, environmental historian Ramachandra Guha wrote a
critique of Arundhati Roy's writing and her brand of
TRI Continental Film Festival - Dona Paula, Goa, Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2007
http://www.moviesgoa.org/tricontinental/tricon.htm
For public viewing. Registration at The International Centre Goa. (Ph:
+91-832-2452805 to 10)
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Go for it Valanka!
Goa's MP should symbolize our state's natural beauty
By Cecil Pinto
Our roving reporter Ganpat Tivimkar (GT) catches up with Cecil Pinto
(CP) who has
with Ganpati Bappa
Morya mhunnat, Morya! Morya mhunnat, Morya!
Cecil Pinto
The time is almost upon us. Local newspapers will have photos of
recently found papayas, eggplants, potatoes, cucumbers and
what-have-you, all seemingly shaped like a Ganesha. The miracle is in
how a vaguely misshapen
festivals
Planned, efficient organization with limited resources
By Cecil Pinto
In the last few days I have seen some impressive movies at the five
day Tri Continental Film Festival on Human Rights organized by Moving
Images at the International. Centre Goa. But one thing bothers me.
In a horizontal
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Can someone explain why we here in India use the metric system (grams,
metres) for most calculations of weight, distance etc but still use the
feet/inches system to measure human height?
What is the standard practice in other countries?
Cheers!
Cecil
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Jason DaSilva: Watch his short film for free and rate it
From Mon 15 Oct to Sun 21 Oct. Jason DaSilva s short film Olivia's Puzzle
(http://www.oliviaspuzzle.com) will be showing online as part of Radio
Canada International's (RCI's) Digital Diversity Competition.
Olivia's Puzzle is a
More on Surviving Wedding Receptions
A first-person book review by the author
By Cecil Pinto
We continue our review of Cecil Pinto's bestselling book, Surviving
Goan Catholic Wedding Receptions: A must-have Manual and Guide. In
keeping with established convention I will take a back seat and just
Posted on behalf of Jason Fernandes
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 07:07:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bhandare [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Goanet] exhibition of hate -response to
santosh
Dear Santosh :
Let me highlight a few parts of the article by Jason
with my comments below,to
http://www.goanarchitecture.blogspot.com/
Extract:
Goa is a little state on the west coast of India. It is popular as a
tourist destination for its sandy beaches and whitewashed churches and
colourful temples. In this blog we will journey through the nooks and
corners of this 3702 sqkm state
My interest in human anatomy
Your heart may be in the right spot but is your Grafenberg?
By Cecil Pinto
Some seven years back my wife had to have a gall bladder operation.
The doctor explained to us what the problem was and what the surgery
involved. Being the ever curious cat I went
GoaNet Admin wrote:
Annual Goanetters Meet - 2007
Date: December 27, 2007
Time: 4:30pm
Venue: Foodland Restaurant Bar
Miramar Residency
Panaji - Goa
Phone: +91 (832) 3292803, 2462326
For those not familiar with the location, the Foodland Restaurant is located
within the premises of the Miramar
Sit Right Backside Arrangements
Where you are seated, and who you are sitting with
By Cecil Pinto
Many moons back I had written about my entrepreneur friend Michael
D'Costa whose latest unconventional business, at the time, was Mood
Guests on Call, which basically consisted of sending specific
Dear All
The common refrain nowadays is that Goa and Goanness is going to the
dogs and that Goans and their rich traditions will become a minority
in their own homeland. Most of us tend to agree with clucking sounds
and do nothing about it.
Well one gentleman from Aldona - Francis Dias believes
Dear Patron/ Member/ Well Wisher,
The Aldona Institute celebrates forty years on 17th November 2007 with a
Musical Nite and Dinner. The unique and versatile Emiliano da Cruz and his
trio will be in attendance to mark this event.
We are re-laying the outdoor dance floor (i.e. patio) with Kota
THEATRE MATTERS:
a Theatre Workshop by Sanjoy Ganguly,West Bengal.
The Mustard Seed Art Company, Goa, is organizing a short theatre workshop
on 11th, 12th 13th November 2007 in Panjim.
The workshop is being conducted by Sanjoy Ganguly of Jana Sanskriti, West
Bengal. Sanjoy Ganguly is a
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Miffed at 'prefixes', Dang to return Padma Bhushan
Varinder Walia
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, March 11
Irked at the prefixing of awards like 'Padma Shri, 'Padma Bhushan' to
their names, in gross violation of the rules, by
Interviews, Lies and Name Plates
Two years of column writing surely deserves a shawl and memento
By Cecil Pinto
To commemorate two years of writing this column every Thursday without
a break I decided to do another round of Sign Spotting in my favourite
city – Panjim. At the Souza Towers building
Since the issue of renting houses to Foreigners Only is being
discussed we have to also look at other signs of the times. Today's
(11/11/2007) Navhind Times has the following advert in the Matrimonial
classifieds section. I quote verbatim:
Wanted Foreigner as a
Lifemate for RC Girl 1968
Born,
A rose with any prefix still smells the same
Ramblings on titles, arrogance, humility and religion
By Cecil Pinto
Hello, I'm Doctor Sanjay, is how a young man introduced himself to
me at a party many moons back. If that wasn't weird enough I later
learnt that he was an Ayurvedic doctor to boot
Thanks Rajan, for posting the link to that recording of Channeachya raati.
The words are truly poetic and a far cry from the juvenile rhymes that
masquerade as lyrics in contemporary Konkani songs.
Perhaps someone could transcribe and even translate the lyrics for
everyone to appreciate?
I also
Selma wrote:
Lastly, not only does your BJP party take cruel and
unstatesmanlike potshots at Sonia but they go further
and try to discredit, Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi as
well. This as an Indian is untenable. I have yet to
come across an American who will openly speak ill of J
F Kennedy or
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Aie Aef Aef Aie, phonetics and timing
Does the sound of a cause's acronym affect its popularity?
By Cecil Pinto
In May of 2004, when the very first Goa IFFI was being hotly debated,
I had composed a song to add colour to the controversial project. This
song could
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IFFI for Dummies
Tips and tricks for first-time delegates, from a veteran
By Cecil Pinto
Making a Pass:
Fill in all details online at the IFFI
A sight for sore eyes
My recent experience as a plague stricken outcast
By Cecil Pinto
They say the Good Lord giveth and the Good Lord taketh away. Just last
week I was celebrating that IFFI was in town. I had seen several good
movies over the first three days and then, just as I was making my
Under the auspices of the D.D. Kosambi Centenary Celebration Lord Meghnad
Desai ( Member of the House of Lords UK, Professor Emeritus at the Centre
for the Study of Global Governance) will speak on Indian Modernity at Kala
Academy's Black Box, on Monday, 10th December at 5.30pm.
All are
) Rochelle Pinto. A PhD holding Aldonkar who has studied the matter
2) Alito Sequeira, professor from Goa University Socilogy Department. An
expert on Goan caste matters.
I have c.c.ed them both. Perhaps they can throw light on this matter.
Cheers!
Cecil Pinto
(Aldonkar)
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Village schooling in the Seventies
Corporal punishment might suck, but we grew up better muscled
By Cecil Pinto
Jerry Pinto is forty years old. He is fat and brown and is losing
hair. So it says on Page 122 of Favourite Stories for Boys, a lovely
book from Puffin/Penguin. There's a fabulously
Was quite overwhelmed by the response to my attempt at school
nostalgia. Many wrote in with their similar experiences. Below is one
from a young friend of mine Alisha Colaco who is a recent graduate in
Fine Arts. I have reproduced and posted her spontaneous responses
verbatim with her permission.
About Edson
Written by Anjali D'souza
Monday, 14 January 2008 10:54
Edson has been passionate about photography since he can remember. A
quiet child, he was often lost in a world of images and fantasy. As an
adult he often took to wandering by himself for days on end, his
camera capturing
Enrichment from Art
Changing the world through fables fairytales
By Cecil Pinto
It's rambling time again. Time for some patting of backs, drum beating
and cheerleading. Speaking of which there were newspaper photos of
sexy cheerleaders from UK scoring with amateur Goan footballers. After
seeing
Not something to sneeze at
Reasons, Customs, Etiquette – and he who sneezed first
By Cecil Pinto
Cecil: Can you tell us the science behind a sneeze?
Dr. Colaco: A sneeze, also known as a sternutation, is a
semi-autonomous convulsive expulsion of air from the lungs through the
nose and mouth
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Deadlier than the Seven Sins
What's new in penances and punishments?
By Cecil Pinto
Going to confession was a most dreaded activity for us as teenage Goan
Catholics. To stand in line and then kneel down and reveal
SCARLETTE, MANNION ME
By Adv. Jos. Peter D'Souza
When shall we three meet again,
In thunder, lightening or in rain;
When the hurly burlies done,
When the battle's lost and won,
Then shall we three meet again.
Yes, the opening portents of the three witches in King Lear.
Shakespeare was a genius
Park-ing in and around Panjim
Even innocent people don't want the police coming
By Cecil Pinto
Most weekday evenings my paternal duties consist of taking my two
young brats for a ride to one of their favourite 'spots', all within a
three kilometer radius of our Miramar residence. During this time
as
pure feni in Goa today, no matter who tells you how he personally
knows the distiller and where he got it from. Words of wisdom which I
took seriously enough to follow.
Cecil Pinto replies:
1) I presume we are talking about Caju Feni. Palm Feni is another
topic altogether.
2) An unnamed Carmona
The measure of a man
Still my 'causo' of Caju Feni overflows
By Cecil Pinto
Extracts from Chapter 12 of the bestselling book, Elixir of the Gods:
The definitive guide to purchasing, storage and consumption of Caju
Feni, by Cecil Pinto.
In the last chapter we saw the difference and relationship
International Centre Goa and Moving Images have come together with the
support of Breakthrough New Delhi to launch an initiative that will
make available educational and human rights films from the Tri
Continental Film Festival for use in Goa.
On April 18th, 2008, with the support of
Three little pigs
Contemporary Goan Fairy Tales
By Cecil Pinto
Once upon a time there lived on a farm a widow pig named Solloga, who
technically was a sow but was in a ward reserved for women and hence
fancied herself a pig. Solloga had three piglets named Dukullo, Dukona
and Barranv.
Dukullo
A linguistic approach to un-Goans
New nomenclature to reflect modern migratory patterns
By Cecil Pinto
Dr. Oscar Rebello's bombastic statements during the NDTV, We The
People, episode have drawn much flack. The TV feature examining the
issues surrounding the ghastly Scarlett Keeling death
Grave matters: Done to death
A guide to dealing with more than just grief
By Cecil Pinto
Recently the father of a friend of mine expired. My wife Beatrice and
I dropped in for a pre-funeral condolence visit. The situation in the
house was quite hectic with people dropping in to condole
For an article I am writing I need to watch the movie Konkani movie
Boglant. Can someone tell me where I can buy/rent a copy on VCD/DVD?
The original songs are legally available along with the songs from
Sukhachem Sopon (RPG-Sare Gama - Rs. 199/-). One person tells me
that the 'rights' to the
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Excerpt from:
Risque Goan Jokes (pp 170, Rs. 290/- softcover)
Compiled and translated by Cecil Pinto
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The Velim Colacos from all over the world had gathered for the grand
family reunion
Where are Goans headed?
Directionless at the mukhar crossroads
By Cecil Pinto
Sossegado is a word that non-Goans will never truly comprehend or
appreciate. Simlarly there is a Konkani word 'mukhar', used largely in
South Goa, the nuances of which North Goans have difficulty in fully
fathoming
Eugene Correia wrote:
Wasn't Nehru obliquely called an Englishman before he came joined
the Indian freedom struggle and donned the cap (now called the Nehru
cap) and the vest (now called the Nehru vest).
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As an amateur but keen student of fashion your statement above
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