The private gate is for the nuns to slip in and out, without notice *wink wink*...gate of h****** if you will. Is it my imagination?
What about your church...strange location ya.........one can glide by the side door from Ms.Jaitleys casa....and if the sermon gets boring....and the local Moira lovelies (how entertaining they are) are too hung over after Saturday night of consumption at a certain b^r in Nachinola & skip the Sunday service....one can slip out the other door and chase after cows in the fields below....lovely (as in scenic) view BTW. Seriously, very likely some baatkar compounded the land and so people would not pass through the property. The usual excuse is the neighbours goats keep eating their lovely croutons! There was a similar situation in a certain village in Salcette....where to get to the local St.Sebastian chapel, the locals used the traditional pathway....which cut across a certain eccentric baatkars land. One sunny Sunday morning, the congregation found the passage was blocked with a brick wall and the way around took another 15 minutes. As in all village disputes, there was the usual threats and someone broke the wall and the baatkar re-built it and finally gave up. Strange ending, the baatkar suffered some misfortunes. Some would say, "deau-an haaas laili..." I wonder if its their imagination? ========== Pandu re Pandu, When will your lampiao light up like a tube light? For the Jaitley woman to come gliding past our beautiful church, she would have to come on a hover craft or a helo. She could of course always ask for technical support from one Kanadian denizen - M Gouvyo who is an expert on Goa's and by implicaton Moira's economy. However you hit the nail on the ruddy head when you say our church is situated in beautiful surroundings. Yes it is located in a valley with fields on one side and the rivulet and river passing through the fields. On the other bank of the river is Tivim. You can also catch a glimpse of the water tank at Acoi. There is a sluice gate (manos) there if you want to angle, though sad to say as in most of the rivers in Goa, the rivers are fished out. If you do pay a visit to Moira, please drop in so that we can then move on to Nachinola and have a goodish sip of the cup that cheers. Cheers, -- "Tony de Sa" < tonydesa at gmail dot com>
