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http://twitter.com/goanet --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meu Deus. You had to post this just the day I am spending the night in Betlant (Betul) and offered my dentures as inheritance to Goa Swaraj ! Coincidence or........... Yes indeed. I often wondered about the old buildings of Dhobitalao and looking at some of the ageing Goaikars in JerMahal, ones thoghts stayed there....but then the stench, the darkness, possibility of missing a step and taking a tumble in the darkness of JerMahal usually neutralised such fleeting notions. Seriously, there were stories of sea men but no one said much likely because it was bad luck for other seamen headed out. They usually said there were appearances at Cross Maidan (near the cross) which is a hot spot for Dhobitalao-Goans social life. There were stories of old failed romances and wishes/desires etc..........for all the years I lived there, I have never been to the cross. As for ghosts........they are there,visible only to some, audible to many. I have seen and now seem to developed the ability to sense a presence if there is one*seriously*. This is not something one seeks nor is it definitive, obviously. This abilityt is an indicator of ones refined senses, I am told. These days any occurrences happen with me as a mess anger (that I communicate a message to someone). A Goicho padre (liberal, educated and interesting chap) once told me he wanted to see such an occurrence and spent many a evenings going to places like cemeteries (mostly in central Maharastra where he was posted). Nada. Not once did he see. He thought it was a 'gift'. As for the inverted feet, true indeed. The time I have seen something, it was too dark to notice the feet. But a Parsee shippy aquaintance from Mumbai once recounted an incident from Hamburg. He had hit a beer parlour and saw this hottie in a red skirt and heels go into the men's room. Obviously, he followed. She was at the men's urinal. He took the stall next to her (obviously on a high and not realizing this to be odd) and when he looked down...saw the inverted feet.He split, terrified. That said, there are many occurrences in crowded Mumbai: the lifts at Exp*ress building at N. Point (blond girl appears in the lift which go up to the newspaper section), Marine Lines road (foot steps keeping pace with you). I often wondered returning to St.Xaviers College Dhobitalao late at night (I spent 4 years there).....walking through the corridors to get to the residence....it was eerie and with a couple of drinks in you, one felt comfortably numb.....but never saw/felt/heard a thing! On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Freddy Fernandes <ffernandes....@emaar.ae> wrote: > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > *** Follow Goanet on Twitter *** > > http://twitter.com/goanet > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:24:17 +0530 > From: Pandu Lampiao <pan...@gmail.com > <http://f5mail.rediff.com/prism/writemail?&mode=mail_to_individual&email=pandul@ > gmail.com&els=f6a10b956bce2e126129ecf89683040b> > > Subject: [Goanet] Of Coffins and death announcements..... > > > > Reading Pandu's above post reminded me of an incident that happened during the > mid seventies, while I was in college in Bombay. I lived in the Goan Society > bldg at Tadwadi, as usual we had a lots of Clubs in the building and we had > ours > on the first floor while I lived on the fifth floor and I had this habit of > always having a look in our club while I came into the building or as I was > leaving, those day we did not have a lift. > > > > If legs and hands falling out of a coffin is were enough to make Padu's mouth > go > dry wait till you read this. A dead man walking. > > >