------------------------------------------------------- Goanet recommends, and is proud to be associated with, 'Domnic's Goa' - A nostalgic romp through a bygone era. This book is the perfect gift for any Goan, or anyone wanting to understand Goa. Distributed locally by Broadway, near Caculo Island, Panjim & internationally by OtherIndiaBookStore.Com. For trade enquiries contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:43:40 +0530 From: "Deelip Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Looks like we are going to have a woman for a President in our 60th year of independence. A woman president is a good idea. It would have been a better idea if she was not a loyalist of the Nehru-Gandhi family. Deelip Menezes www.deelipmenezes.com ..................................... Ms. Pratibha Patil aged 72 years is an Indian lady who uses her maiden name till today although she is maried to a Shekawat and has a son who was Mayor of Amravati, in her native state Maharashtra.
Born on 19 December, 1934 [27 years before Goa's liberation on the same date] in Jalgaon, Pratibha practiced as a lawyer before joining politics. She was a MLA in Maharashtra continuously between 1962 and 1985, rising to be the Leader of the Opposition in 1979. She was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1985 and served as the Deputy Chairperson of the Upper House between 1986 and 1988. She then went back to state politics to head the MPCCI till she was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991. She has never lost an election in her life...and it is unlikely that she will lose one now. She has been the first Lady Governor of Rajasthan [with a BJP CM]since 2004, after a break from active politics since 1996. That should provide her with sufficient experience to take on another Executive first at Raisina Hill in Lutyen's Delhi. It will be great to have a lady storm another male bastion in the era of equality. What is sauce for the gander is increasingly becoming sauce for the goose!! Viva India. Miguel PS Let us hope that Victoria has a victory in the race to the Ministerial berth. She is the lone lady in the house of forty. Mog asundi, MIGUEL BRAGANZA, Mhapsa Horticulturist/Editor/Columnist Botanical Society of Goa
