[Goanet] ETHICS IN PHOTOGRAPHY SYMPOSIUM – DELHI

[Pa Madhavan]

Ethics in Photography Symposium

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Symposium Program

9:30 – 10:00 – Registration and tea

10:00 – 10:15 – Welcome Remarks/Opening

10:15 – 11:00 – Keynote Talk: The Role and Relevance of Ethics in Contemporary 
Society – Yogendra Yadav, Political Scientist, Political Activist and Member, 
Aam Aadmi Party

11:00 – 12:30 – Panel One: Ethics in Photographic Practice
Panelists:
Sumit Dayal – Photojournalist
Devika Daulet Singh – Gallerist & Curator
James Robertson – Executive Director-India, HIV/AIDS Alliance
Moderator: Prashant Panjiar, Managing Trustee, Nazar Foundation and Co-Founder, 
Delhi Photo Festival

12:30 – 1:00 – Paper Presentations – Part I

Moderator: Rashmi Sawhney , Associate Professor, Cinema Studies, School of Arts 
and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University;

Ethics and Photography: Intersects and Interests – André J Fanthome, New Delhi;

The World of Transient Signifiers: Politics of Desire in Digital Photography – 
Bipin Balachandran, Faculty Member, Art History and Aesthetics, 
Sreesankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala

1:00 – 2:00 – Lunch

2:00 – 3:30 – Paper Presentations – Part II

Moderator: Rashmi Sawhney , Associate Professor, Cinema Studies, School of Arts 
and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University;

Moral, Ethical and Legal Issues in Photography: A Critical Analysis – Nikita 
Kothari, Masters Student, Jagran Lakecity University, Bhopal;

Critical Discourse Analysis and Semiosis of the Page 3 Girl in the Sun – 
Navodita Pande, New Delhi;

Photography – Is there any ethics still left? – Indranil Mukherjee, 
Photojournalist, Mumbai;
Selfies: The Ethics of Self Representation in the Digital Age – Adira 
Thekkuveettil, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad;

Photography in the Age of Social Media – Amulya Nagaraj, Bengaluru

3:30 – 3:45 – Tea Break

3:45 – 5:15 – Panel Two: Facilitating Photography: Ethical concerns, Pragmatic 
approaches
Panelists: Partho Bhowmick, Founder, Blind With Camera Project
Matthieu Foss, Curator and Co-Founder, Focus Festival
Nitin Goyal, President & C.E.O., Tamron India
Moderator: Shubham Roy Chowdhury, India Foundation for the Arts

5:15 – 6:00 – Concluding Talk:  Ravi Agarwal, Curator, Photographer and 
Founder, ToxicsLink

6:00 – 6:15 – Concluding remarks/Vote of thanks

6:15 onwards – High tea
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[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Ganesh Chaturthi 2014

[Rajan Parrikar]

Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Ganesh Chaturthi 2014'

Salutations to the Portly One and Festival Greetings to all!

The festival of Ganesha will be celebrated on Friday, August 29.



 


Excerpts from my introduction to the Ganesha photo gallery in The Huffington
Post, 2010:

The story is told that the elephant-headed Ganesha and his brother Kartikeya,
the god of war, were once locked in a dispute. To [...]

You may view the latest post at
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2014/08/29/ganesh-chaturthi-2014/

Best regards,
Rajan Parrikar
ra...@parrikar.com

[Goanet] Goa news for August 29, 2014

[Goanet News Service]

Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.

*** ISL: Goa football scores with launch of home team 'FC Goa' -
Firstpost
FC Goa TV which will be telecast on Videocon d2h with exclusive
and innovative programming. In addition the official Twitter
handle, Facebook page, Instagram, Youtube and Google ...
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*** Goa NGO to challenge govt move on Ghats - Calcutta Telegraph
ased NGO has decided to contest the Centre's decision to junk
the recommendations of the Madhav Gadgil Committee for
protection of the eco-sensitive Western Ghats before the
National Green tribunal. In an affidavit filed before the
NGT ...
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*** Goa makes helmets mandatory for two-wheeler riders, pillons
- The Hindu
heeler rider as well as pillion rider, from this October. Arun
L. Desai, Director, Transport, said on Thursday that this
decision has been taken after various studies conducted by
the ...
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*** Mridula Sinha to be sworn in as Goa Governor on Sunday - The
Hindu
o-be-sworn-in-as-guv-on-Sunday/articleshow/41122855.cms">Sinha
to be sworn in as guv on Sunday
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFakKFBpjSPqBJy8sMXIGMpnFTLrA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778594464840&ei=fLv_U4D0A6r_8AGWn4HAAg&url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/mridula-sinha-to-be-sworn-in-as-goa-governor-on-sunday/article6360753.ece

*** Goa's mining belt takes austerity path during Ganesh
festival - Oneindia
ay long Ganesh festival, the biggest religious event in Konkan,
is all to commence from Friday. With marginal footfalls and less
spending power, businessmen of ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFE1of2JlMPHRwxyjZtxEBi5mxoIA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778594148454&ei=fLv_U4D0A6r_8AGWn4HAAg&url=http://news.oneindia.in/india/goa-s-mining-belt-takes-austerity-path-during-ganesh-festival-1510880.html

*** Heavy rainfall in most parts of Goa, more in next 2 days -
Times of India
04M&authuser=0&ned=us">
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*** Goa's second wettest day of season - Times of India
mes of IndiaPANAJI: Goa witnessed its second wettest day of this
monsoon season on Thursday, with 101.4mm of rainfall recorded in
the last 24 hours. The state's wettest day, actually days, this
season, recorded 110mm of rainfall”on June 17, July 15,
July 31 and ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNGxZmqmQda8srDWbJmGrq37DQmgHQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778594413349&ei=fLv_U4D0A6r_8AGWn4HAAg&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/States-second-wettest-day-of-season/articleshow/41121575.cms

*** Goa offers Zico managerial role - Times of India
mes of IndiaPANAJI: FC Goa have lagged behind the likes of Pune,
Delhi, Kolkata, NorthEast and Kochi with marquee players and
managers. But the Goa franchise of the Indian Super League (ISL)
could knock everyone off the feet with their choice of marquee
manager.http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNGQTSomWZjsX8CVREIPk4fZr6O9Iw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=fLv_U4D0A6r_8AGWn4HAAg&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Goa/Goa-offers-Zico-managerial-role/articleshow/41121789.cms

*** Part of Old Goa jetty to be ready for exposition - Times of
India
etre jetty is being built at a cost of Rs 17 ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFRo9WjmQP1UBsbnTWL8gua1HhSYQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=fLv_U4D0A6r_8AGWn4HAAg&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Goa/Part-of-Old-Goa-jetty-to-be-ready-for-exposition/articleshow/41122338.cms

*** DyCM takes up Goa's IT issues with Centre - Times of India
ndia IT minister's conference presided over by the Union
communications and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, told TOI
that Prasad has assured them to look into Goa's ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNEN6Us60pckMXQ-V-tUY

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[Goanet] Matoli Bazar in the Rain - Raining whole day today

[JoeGoaUk]

  Video - Rains
http://youtu.be/C6flqLPH7sg


pics 
Peram, Guava
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk70/15062177692/in/photostream

Toranjam Pomelo
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Water logging


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https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk70/14875888680/in/photostream/

Bus, cars park on the Road
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Rain visible
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk70/15062550065/in/photostream/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk70/15039557316/in/photostream/

People, Bazar, Matoli items, Umbrellas, Raincoats
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk70/15059537721/in/photostream/
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk70/15062603735/in/photostream/
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Mangoes
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New item, What fruits?
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This space 5x2 cost Rs. 500 a day as sopo tax
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Parking on the road
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk70/15059588461/in/photostream/


Misc
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk70/15062265222/in/photostream/

This is inside the CCP Market 
Wet wet wet
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Video - Rains
http://youtu.be/C6flqLPH7sg
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For Goan Video Clips 
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For Hospital, Police, Fire etc  

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[Goanet] UK - Goan Cattle Market 2014 (Response to Frederick)

[Melvyn Fernandes]

Dear Frederick

The message of my article was not about a "class war" or "diversity".  

It is time for all of us to acknowledge the dropping of our Goykar standards 
here in the UK to such an extent that for the first time in 40 years our entire 
community has been put under the spotlight of statutory authorities.  In this 
particular case, the health and safety officials who were visibly present at 
the occasion to make sure everyone adhered to minimum standards in regards to 
food, hygiene and health and safety issues.   This may have occured because 
there was a demand on the National Health Service last year dealing with food 
poisioning.   Legislators in the UK legislate for the public good and laws in 
the statutory books have to be complied with.   

Goanet readers, including yourself, may be aware of a case in Goa where school 
children were fed contaminated food resulting with casualties.   Has there been 
any update on this.

There was also a high level of security at Cranford to make sure our people 
were kept safe from each other!   

I am not aware of any prejudice with our language "Konkani" between the Kenya 
Goans and new arrivals.  Konkani is our language and all of us out of Goa have 
the opportunity to embrace it through World Goa Day, tiatrs and music. The only 
difference I find is those of us from Africa who as youngsters were denied 
speaking our language can only speak it at 45 rpm whilst new arrivals from Goa 
speak at between 76 - 90 rpm.  

Whilst growing up in Kenya I was told that Goa was Bardez and Salcette.   In 
the 1980s when I edited the Goan Association UK newsletter along with a team of 
dedicated volunteers (which had a print run of well over 1,000) my research 
showed that this was not the case and Goa had over 240 districts (Word has it 
that a complete set of these handcrafted newsletters are in the archives of 
Toronto University).   Today, for tourist and government purposes and including 
definitions from new arrivals this is now referred to as North Goa and South 
Goa.   In the Wembley area each year there is a football match between North 
Goa and South Goa normally in August.   

My issue with the cattle market is that it is a type of social engineering 
where I hear a child, a Goan customer of tomorrow, has had their crisp packet 
confiscated at the gate.   What will this child and their parents feel?   Is 
this a another creative method of harvesting income forcing responsible parents 
into a queue to purchase crisps and other items for children that may not even 
be available.   

After the above event, as I said before, there was a blizzard of enquiries 
where the money was going.   Seriously every remaining member of the GOA UK 
should attend the Statutory Accountants General Meeting (AGM) and question such 
important issues.   What I am seeing is a further dismantling or non adherence 
of the constitution of a once well oiled administrative system taking all of us 
40 years back when we were not organised and if someone wanted to buy a sofa 
set, colour television or holiday they just "brought up" a dance.   Today there 
are several miscellaneous functions taking place with no accountability but 
providing a venue to meet.

You are right, times are changing but none of us should be proud of the 
numerous articles appearing in on-line papers of the way our people are 
behaving with their constant clashes with the police and other authorities 
bringing shame to our once good Goan name.   

Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom

28 August 2014

[Goanet] NO ACCHE DIN FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH

[Aires Rodrigues]

Are the dark days of the 1975 Emergency once again looming large?



In times when sadly most of the media is gagged or manipulated by the
government of the day, it is the social networking sites like Face book and
Twitter that provides you a forum to fearlessly express your thoughts and
views on any issue.



On Face book I have been a member of 120 groups some of which are Goa
related and others connected with the legal arena on which I have been
posting my views and opinions on various issues. Though my posts are not
sugar coated as many would have liked, I always post only after
ascertaining the facts. Anyone who differs is free to express his own
viewpoint and incase I may have erred I would be more than pleased to most
humbly stand corrected.



Surprisingly from last evening while posting on any of these groups I get a
message saying "You have been temporarily blocked from performing this
action”. I can suspect this to be the handiwork at the instance of two
monsters occupying high positions in Goa. It would not be proper for me to
name them till I have some concrete evidence to that effect.



So at the moment I can only post on my timeline which would only reach my
4999 friends. Have written to Face book last night and awaiting to hear
from them as to at whose instance my freedom of speech and expression has
been curtailed.



Till the situation is rectified may I request you to kindly forward to
other groups and share any of my posts you deem fit so that this
high-handed attempt to muzzle our voice is at least to some extent thwarted.



This morning it was paying the last respects to my school teacher Mrs.
Bhavana Kholkar who passed away last evening. My teacher was very brave and
outspoken. Never ever minced words in all that she had to say. In her
little way she would always stand up against injustice and all that was
wrong.


Thank you Teacher, for showing me the way.


Aires Rodrigues

Advocate High Court

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat,

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

Mobile No: 9822684372

Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012

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[Goanet] The name of Sant Sohirobanath

[Amita Kanekar]

*The Name of Sant Sohirobanath*


Amita Kanekar


 The recent renaming of the Government College of Pernem, as the Sant
Sohirobanath Ambiye College of Art and Commerce, throws up several issues.
Jason Keith Fernandes discussed some a few days ago ('Sant Sohirobanath and
the Secular Death'), including how this use of the name of a Hindu and
Saraswat religious figure for a government institution is both an attack on
secularism and a continuing of the hegemony of the Saraswat caste in public
spaces in Goa, thereby identifying the 'true' Goan as a Saraswat.

But that's not all. Who is this Sant Sohirobanath, in the first place? For
those like myself who had never heard of him, an exhaustive internet search
does not reveal much; a measly 600 'hits' when I first looked, which jumped
up to about 2000 a couple of days later. Most of these led to articles
talking about the renaming and the recent festival celebrating his 300th
anniversary. There were also two books of a non-scholarly and religious
type, one describing  Sohirobanath as a Great Yogi and a 'leading luminary'
of the Nath Panth sect, while the other just mentions him in passing as a
Sant who on being harassed threatens the harasser that he will be burnt
alive; the threat is fulfilled. One online article speaks of two books
containing his poetry. Besides this are just few mentions in blogs on
Marathi poetry.

There is no link to any scholarly book or article on the man. As for
Wikipedia -- which is not a source of reliable information, but at least
reflective of popular understanding -- he is not mentioned anywhere on that
humongous site, not even on the pages about Hinduism, Goa, Sants, or the
Nath Panth.

Enquiries at the history department of Goa University and the Goa Central
Library reveal that there are no works of history which mention this
supposedly historical figure. All they have are some compilations of his
verses, some of which also briefly describe his life.

But what's wrong in being little known, one might ask; there must be
millions of deserving people unnamed on Wikipedia. True, but how many have
government institutions named after them? Governments name and rename
public institutions usually after people with some public standing, and for
a reason. Belatedly remembering Savitribai Phule, more than 60 years after
the Pune University was set up, reflects the need of the Maharashtra
government to display respect for this pioneering educationist from the
Bahujan Samaj, a woman who defied the gender and caste norms of her time as
well the idea - still current - that it is only the progressive elements
from the dominant castes and classes who found educational institutions.
That Maharashtra remains the land of Khairlanjis and other caste
atrocities, where Dalit and bahujan samaj women still have to fight for
education and dignity, shows that the gesture is only lip-service to the
cause.

What is the gesture being made by the Goa government in this renaming? Here
we have someone who, from all available sources, was a member of the
privileged Saraswat community who joined the religious sect called the Nath
Panth and wrote spiritual verses, in which he 'distilled the wisdom' of the
Vedas and the Upanishads.

Is this adequate qualification for a 21st-century educational institution
being named after one? Perhaps, when you look at some of ours. Not only do
most of our schools, colleges and universities fall far short of the touted
ideals of education, many already excel at pandering to Hindu religious
beliefs, with the organization of brahmanical Hindu festivals within the
campus, and upper caste Hindu religious icons permanently installed there.
And the less said about their predilection for quietly side-stepping
reservation quotas, therein further disadvantaging OBC and SC/ST
applicants, the better. This step is in fact an open admission of their
quasi-brahmanical tendencies.

And the problem is not only the lack of even-handedness. Would it be all
right if the Goa government were to name the next college after a Christian
or Muslim religious figure, or indeed a coast guard ship as the Ave
Maria-14, as they recently did? India is in fact the proof that overt
religiosity does not lead to anything very positive, for this home of 33
crore gods, along with unlimited godmen, shrines, pilgrimages, and rituals,
is also the site of the most wretched mass deprivation and casteist
violence. One reason for this is that brahmanical Hinduism is one with
casteism, as Dr. Ambedkar pointed out so many years ago. But even with the
other religions, public religious symbolism tends to caricature local
religio-ethnic beliefs in a reductive manner, and strengthen the
conservative and regressive sections of the community. True secularism does
not mean that the government panders to all, but that it stays away from
all public religiosity.

The government and its supporters are busy congratulating each other for
the discovery of their unknown sant. And well they might

[Goanet] Press Release: IWN Goa Chapter Launch: 27th August 2014, Panaji Goa

[Kirit Maganlal]

Dear Esteemed Members of the Media,

 

Kindly find appended below (also attached) the press release on IWN Goa
Chapter Launch held on 27th August 2014 at Hotel Mandovi, Panaji Goa. Also
attached is a photograph for your ready reference.

Photo Caption: 

In the picture (L To R) - Mr Parag Joshi, Vice Chairman CII Goa State
Council, Ms Rajkamal Vempati, Co-Chairperson, CII WR Indian Women Network,
Ms Parvish Andani Kamat, Chairperson, Indian Women Network, Goa Chapter, Mr
Kirit J Maganlal, Chairman CII Goa State Council, Council, Mr Vikas
Gaunekar, Director, Directorate of Women & Child Development, Govt. of Goa,
Ms Asha Machado, Co-Chairperson, Indian Women Network, Goa Chapter, Ms Gazal
Bhambri, State Head, CII Goa State.

 

May I request you to kindly carry the same in your esteemed Media

 

With Warm Regards,

 

Kirit Maganlal

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Kirit J Maganlal

Chairman - CII Goa State Council
Confederation of Indian Industry
502, Unitech City Center,
M. G. Road, Panaji, Goa 403 001
Tel: 0832 - 2422790 / 2422796

E-mail: cii@cii.in / kirit.magan...@cii.in

Website: www.cii.in  

CII Press Release

 

CII Indian Women Network (IWN): 'I Am The Change'- Goa Chapter Launch

 

27 August 2014: Convention Hall, Hotel Mandovi, Panaji - Goa

 

CII Western Region launched a special initiative for women in the corporate
and business arena across the Western States. Coined as Indian Women Network
(IWN),it is a network of women, for women and by women. The idea behind IWN
is to create a network of women across thespectrum including working women,
entrepreneurs, students and second career women and help themachieve their
fullest potential. For this we have adopted a 360 degree approach where we
have programs toenable, engage & empower women through various tangible
initiatives, use strategic partners to scaleprograms to reach out to many
more & work with companies to identify best practices and create abetter
work place. 

 

Central to IWN is also the idea of women being facilitators of change in
creating an environmentconducive for broad participation and advancement of
women in the communities that we operate in.

The theme for the Network 'I Am The Change' is entwined on three pillars of
Engage - to support women throughout their careers by providing
opportunities to hone leadership skills through coaching, mentoring and
training activities etc. Empower - to support women by providing guidance
regarding health, financial, second career opportunities, security aspects
etc. Enable - to provide opportunities for women professionals/ students to
grow personally and professionally through entrepreneurship opportunities,
active involvement in community services, etc.

 

Speaking at the IWN- Goa Chapter Launch in Panjim, Mr Kirit J Maganlal,
Chairman, CII Goa State Council and Director & Chief Executive, Magsons
Network Pvt. Ltd. highlighted the importance of  this new forum of CII is a
step towards bringing about gender equality and greater opportunities for
women in the corporate world. "CII feels the need for a focused and an
all-inclusive approach to create gender parity for women in Indian industry
and civil society. With deliberations and discussions held in many large
forums of CII through conferences and seminars, we have come to an
understanding that women require a very structured platform for expanding
their professional network. We hope that IWN could be their circle of trust,
wherein they share their experiences and overcome challenges at work, family
and society.

Delivering the Address at the IWN Goa Chapter Launch Ms. Rajkamal
Vempati,Co-Chairperson, CII WR Indian Women Network and Head- Human
Resource, ICICI Lombard GIC Ltd. emphasized on the need for women to be
passionate enough with need to achieve their dreams, by being sure about
their role in the society. 

 

At IWN Goa Chapter Launch Ms Parvish Andani Kamat, Chairperson Indian Women
Network Goa Chapter spoke about the CALENDER. Calender at IWN Goa will
reflect our ethos: she requested Institutions, Colleges, Goa University and
Corporate's to partner with IWN Goa chapter contribute via time, via
knowledge and Increase awareness of best policies to engage and retain women
in the workplace and facilitate the adoption of these best practices to help
to create women friendly workplaces. Further she spoke that IWN Goa chapter
will be connecting successful women to students and women looking at
entering the workforce through mentoring programs, organizing with CII
member companies and corporate India to create an ideal working environment
for women by highlighting best practices to increase participation and
retention across levels and In early 2015 to creating  a workshop to Access
to Second Career women: Enable women get back into the workforce and help
equip them for the same 

During the launch of the Goa Chapter, CII IWN also unveiled an ambitious
program '100 Hours of Change' 

[Goanet] SMILE.................................... IT'S WEEKEND (28/08/2014)

[CAJETAN DE]

SHE IS………

Three guys (ALSU, BOSTU & CARLU) were childhood friends, as they grew up, ALSU 
got  a job in Bahrain, BOSTU went to London and CARLU was doing his small 
business in Goa.
 
The three friends met after long time, when ALSU & BOSTU came down to Goa for 
holidays.

One fine noon, they were sitting at Wild West Bar n Restaurant in 
Curchorem-Goa, and were sipping ‘100 Pipers’ whiskey on rocks:-

ALSU: Do you’ll know something? When my wife was pregnant, she was reading a 
book; A Tale of Two Cities and she gave birth to twins. 

BOSTU: That’s nothing, my wife was reading The Three Musketeers and she gave 
birth to triplets. 

CARLU dropped his whiskey glass and started running home. 

ALSU: What happened? 

BOSTU: Where you are running?

ALSU & BOSTU got to CARLU’s house, they saw him burning a book:

ALSU: What you are doing?

BOSTU: Why you are burning that book?

CARLU: My wife was reading Ali Baba and The Forty Thieves and she is 
pregnant……!!! 

Cajetan de Sanvordem
Kuwait.