Dear Sachin,
Have we really lost our sense of humour ? Or would you insist on a ;-) to qualify a humourous statement on goanet as the Vatican insists on two miracles to declare a person a saint.?? Or are we just dumb...and take everything at face value? Thank you Halur [or whoever],Cecil,Chimbelcho cheddo and others who still know to laugh. Others may please take the next elephant taxi home. They still have these taxi animals in Mumbai,Delhi and Kolkata. ;-) Viva Goa. Miguel > From: "Sachin Phadte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Goanet]Playing with FIRE > Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 17:04:15 +0530 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I am very surprised to read this: > > > Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 07:50:26 -0800 (PST) > From: halur rasho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet]Playing with FIRE > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Another one Alphonso, They create Sati; jumping into the FIRE after her > husbands death! But is it a practice still??? > > - Seb > Yes this is a common practice in India. In fact it is a crime not to commit > sati under the indian penal code, and a widow can be sentenced to 10 years > RI for not doing so. > > > I have relatives who have become widows and have not been sentenced to even > a second of rigorous imprisonment. Maybe the law enforcement machinery > where my relatives live is incomptent. Does anyone have any statistics on > how many widows have followed the law and committed sati? > > Sachin Phadte > > ___________________ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.530 / Virus Database: 325 - Release Date: 10/22/2003 ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
