There are few members in Goanet who resort to questioning English Grammar, English spellings, English usage ..when they dont have answer(s) to queries or questions! And Dr. Ferdinando proved that he belongs to the same club!!
But, alas, the words published and News of 2011 are used by Dr. Ferdinando and not by me. All that I have done is used the same words and posed questions to Dr. Ferdinando. One can verify this from the attached messages!! Anyway, now will Dr. Ferdinando, Englishman, explain his version of ENGLISH and also answer my questions! For ready reference, I attach herein below, my 1st message, followed by Dr. Ferdinandos message, my response to Dr. Ferdinando and Dr. Ferdinandos recent ENGLISH explanation! U. G. Barad MY FIRST MESSAGE: Subject: The way Tehelka works Though not directly related to the latest Tejpal incident, I thought the enclosed article relating to the first Think festival would be of interest to the members on this list. A crusader turns collector Author: Devika Sequeira Publication: Deccan Herald Date: November 12, 2011 URL: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/204473/a-crusader-turns-collector.html After several preliminaries and high-power callssome of them from Sonia Gandhis political adviser Ahmed Patel ''Tehelka'' publisher and chief operating officer Neena Tejpal met Chief Minister Digambar Kamat in Goa weeks ahead of ''Think 2011'', the magazines festival of ideas that was held here from November 4 to 6. She came with a few other people to meet me and asked us to associate with the event. Since prominent people, including central ministers were coming, we agreed to help them, Kamat told Deccan Herald on Saturday. He denied there had been pressure from Delhi for him to support the festival, which has been shadowed by a controversy, or that a deal had been struck for Tehelka to hold off an expose on illegal mining in Goa. No, no, thats not true at all, he said. Also present at the meeting with the Tehelka representatives were Chief Secretary Sanjay Srivastava, former tourism secretary D C Sahoo, Finance Secretary S Kumaraswamy, Director (tourism) Swapnil Naik and others. Neena Tejpal, sister of Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal, was business-like and downright arrogant with the Goa chief minister, leaving his aides quite stunned. If Tarun was here, he would have asked for Rs 1.5 crore. How much are you willing to give? she asked Kamat quite bluntly, a government source told Deccan Herald. The source expressed shock at Neenas tone and tenor, considering she was talking to the chief minister of a state. An embarrassed Kamat asked his aides to see which departments could be tapped for funding the fest and the chief secretary finally came up with a figure of Rs 50 lakh for the magazines event. Tehelka, which prides itself for its investigative and public interest journalism, has been accused by theatre personality Hartman De Souza of burying a report on mining in Goa by its former correspondent Raman Kirpal because of the negotiations with the Goa government on Thinkfest. Tejpal has strongly denied the charges. But a government aide said after the meeting with Neena Tejpal there was a strong buzz in the secretariat that Kamat was keen to oblige the Tehelka people because they have some explosive material on him. MY RESPONSE AND DR. FERDINANDOS REPLY: I had posted a Deccan Herald article with the following url: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/204473/a-crusader-turns-collector.html It is about Tehelka had sort of extorted Rs 50 lakhs from the then government of Goa for the first Thinfest. In response, Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falc'o wrote: QUOTE This piece of News is of Think 2011, already 2 years old. Wonder why it is published now? And how much the present CM funded for Thinkfest 2012 & Thinkfest 2013? And whether the Editor of Tehelka was so complacent with the present governance that he ventured to molest a female colleague? UNQUOTE The article was written by the Goa based representative of the publication - Devika Sequeira. Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falc'o wonders why it is brought to Goanet again that too after 2 years! Answer is simple: General publics' memories are short and therefore forgets incidences/happenings very fast. Although computers can dig archive any time, it's of no use unless one re-reads the happenings/incidences a fresh - it's called 'recalling past!' Right!! Now, will Dr. Ferdinando explain me what's wrong to republishing again and again even after ten years or more? As for how much present CM funded for Thinkfest 1012 & 2013, I think, Devika Sequeira and even you can inquire with the present CM if he had/has funded 2012 & 2013 events. It would be informative - is it not? Will you do this to highlight all Goanet members on the issue you raised? Lastly, whether the Editor planned his venture on an assumption of complacency, it is for the Editor to tell, not me! You can enquire on this issue too with the editor directly and or follow any other route you prefer to take to collect the information! In any case, it would seem that his assumption turned out to be false!! U. G. Barad On Sun, 24 Nov 2013 Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falc?o drferdina...@hotmail.com wrote: U. G. Barad dr.udaybarad at gmail.com on Fri Nov 22 20:07:07 PST 2013 wrote: ? Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falc'o wonders why it is brought to Goanet again that too after 2 years!... COMMENT: There is a vast difference in the English meaning of the word ?published? and the term ?reference to publication? There is also a great difference in the English meaning of ?News of 2011? and ?date of publication?. Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falc?o.