Dear Tony,
Thanks for the compliment.
If it is Monday, then Rui Ferreira is as much a part of CP as the coconut-
and-sugar prasad in the evening. In the corner it was Alito Sequeira's brother,
Ralino, who is the usual target of Rui's "Matanhy-isms". Glenn da Costa, Chris
and Manoj Joshi completed the picture.
I do not know if the CP is a break from journalism. quite a bit of what is
discussed there appears in Editorials in newspapers the next day ...or the day
after that!
The Chai [the latest fad is to say " Arre! Tu ek chai mar!" in jest]is nothing
great ...but the place has a great journalistic ambience. This Chaturthi week
is the mandatory annual CP detox. It is shut down for a week ...but it is not
uncommon to see a journo hang around the passage outside CP with a wan hope
that it may be opened. Khul ja sim sim!
Mog asundi.
Miguel
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 00:02:29 +0530
From: "Tony de Sa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] How Goa Journos take breaks from work.
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Hi,
I paid one of my now-a-days rare visits to Panjim today. It was sixish when
I was coming home. Near Ferry Wharf, I suddenly remembered that the creme de la
creme of Goa's Journos hangs around the unofficial Press Club - Cafe
Prashant.
There was Rico and Soter, and Ashley do Rosario and Mayabushan Nagvenkar and
Miguel Braganza and a few other guys whose names I didn't quite
get. The din around the place could have done a whole flock of banshees
proud. In spite of this, the guys seemed to be relaxed and having a
whale of a time, joined in from time to time by the benign proprietor.
The quarter of an hour or so that I spent with the journos was very
interesting and enjoyable and an education to boot. Wish you guys power to
your pens and may they prick those who matter. Hope to see you again in
person the next time I pass CP
Tony
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