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Is it a Christian value to abuse other religion on public forum such as
this? Is it a crime to worship nature?
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Dear Jeevan,
No, abusing other religions is not a Christian value, and it is not a crime
to worship nature.
Nasci Caldeira anti-Hindu views are not
Ana Maria de Souza-Goswami wrote:
During the new year weekend it looked like the whole of Delhi descended in
goa. Went for a cocktail party with a friend at someone's mansion. guess
what, I was the only Goan Only Delhities and a couple of government people.
Cecil:
And you were expecting what?
The Go Goa Push. Wet inside!
Creative planning involves pushing tourists away, in the right direction
By Cecil Pinto
This week we interview Fatima de Sa, Chairperson
of Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC),
which oversees all long and short term planning for Goa tourism.
Cecil: Tell
Selma wrote regarding lay preachers:
Their interpretations of the word of God are arbitrary, hollow,
without substantive reading or understanding of the matter.
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edward desilva [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I do not believe that a priest attending my funeral
is going to lead me to heaven any more than giving
him money to say a Mass to my dead Mother-in-law
(who prosecuted me and tortured me every minute of
her life) will take her to Heaven, frankly
Proof of Goanness
Different tests for different British folks
By Cecil Pinto
This week I interview researcher, lecturer,
writer and engineer, Jose Lourenco, who has been
appointed by the Government of Goa to design
various levels of Goanness Tests for UK citizens wishing to settle in Goa
Deck the Halls with Sticks Folli
How Stacy jump-started Christmas decorations in North Goa
By Cecil Pinto
Stacy Sequeira from Aldona, reigning Teen of the Year (Goa), received the
Sacrament of Confirmation on 10th December. Her father, my friend Heston,
decided to use the opportunity to hang
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, my personal experience
as a feni drinker of many years has made me sadly conclude that the fenis
of the past 20 years or more do not merit the name feni.
Cecil Pinto replies:
An exaggeration, but with a slight element of truth.
As Roland writes, it is true that until approximately 20 years back
in the interest of
canine sensibilities, I apologise to all the dogs in
my village for calling you gaunti. You will never
again have to endure degradation and/or verbal torture
by Selma as long as you have the renowned Goan
humourist Cecil Pinto as your patron saint and
protector.
Cecil:
I do not know
insults
By Cecil Pinto
What about you? I asked Naresh Fernandes after ordering myself a peg of
Caju Feni.
Oh! Caju Feni of course. Nothing else will do, he replied.
Truly it warmed the cockles of my heart to hear those words. Here I was
sitting with a young Goan journalist I respected very much
invitations
By Cecil Pinto
There was a time in my varied and colourful career graph when, among other
things, I used to be involved in designing and printing of wedding
invitations. It was a very short period. I learnt fast and I learnt well,
and I vowed to myself that I would rather sell wax
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Bosco D'Mello wrote:
For some unfortunate reason (possibly personal) this turned into a
Goan-expatriate vs Goan-in-Goa exchange. I think the latter should let the
former indulge himself in nostalgic recollections. That's how the human
psyche works. I find it absurd that a Goan-expatriate should be
Helga do Rosario Gomes wrote:
Thankfully this riposte is not going to task my mind:
1) Why shouldn't they rush to elevate themselves in their careers? Isn't
everyone doing that all over the world? They don't have the dole to fall
back on or free medical benefits, just opportunities and chances at
Radhakrishnan Nair wrote:
Just curious, Gabe, were you treating your future wife's kid brother
as brother-in-law before you tied the knot? Was it also part of the
courtship? After marriage, did the pain in your neck subside or
aggravate? Or shifted to some other unmentionable part?
Anyway, you
Frederick wrote:.
This is outrageous. Selma is making me sound vey young. As far as
I'm concerned, Cecil is only a kid :-)
Cecil:
And as far as I am concerned Frederick is over the hill and round the bend.
The Pilerne hill and The bend at the Saligao crossroads if coming from Panjim.
Helga do Rosario Gomes wrote to Selma:
From the time you were laid on that table in Ribandar?!!!
Now I think Helga has misunderstood what Selma originally said. She claimed
to have been delivered on this table in Ribandar, not laid. Eggs get laid,
humans get delivered. Now Santosh's query
points to my post are just codswallop (thanks
for making the word popular on Goanet, Cornel).
Cecil Pinto (CP) repiles:
I do not use words like 'hollow' and 'codswallop' while analysing your
points. Grant me the same respect.
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RF:
You have more laws and rules than Canada has. The major
Dear Fellow Cyber Goans,
Forgive my brevity.
There are a few postings that beg my attention but I am unable to respond
due to a busy schedule. Have been watching great cinema at IFFI right
through the day and will only be able to respond next week when IFFI ends,
or if I can take a break in
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1951371,00.html
More sex please, we're vicars ...
British Catholics have sidestepped the Pope's rules on celibate
priests, says Peter Stanford
Sunday November 19, 2006
The Observer
The Vatican's refusal to relax its rules on priestly celibacy last
Parcel the garbage away
Giving new meaning to the phrase 'charter trash'
By Cecil Pinto
Some ten years back a unique experiment in
garbage management was successfully implemented
in the tourist haven of Maldives. Faced with a
massive garbage problem the government of
Maldives embarked
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By Cecil Pinto
Last Friday Bhadrinath Yellapa, a freelance plumber's assistant who
lives in a rented shanty in an illegal basti in Betim, finally was
given a mobile and Lifetime-Incoming-Free connection by his boss.
Yellapa does not have a square meter of land
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As a long time supporter of the GoaNet initiative I have decided to go that
extra mile and help the GoaNet Admin Team in their task by indulging in
self censorship. Therefore I declare the thread Spiralling Untruths and
Whirling Dervishes hereby closed as it has been conclusively proved that
Is Melinda better than Gomant?
Renaming should reflect the new character of a place
By Cecil Pinto
Ask Ubaldin Aunty from Majorda when she last went
to Bangalore and she will reply, Bengalooru? In
the interrogative sense, like most South Goans,
she also refers to Delhi as Delhiuu, Colva
Selma changed the Subject of this thread to Re: Divorce in Goa and
India when it was actually Initiating, Participating and Soapboxing.
At no previous time was 'India' mentioned in Selma's original
bombastic statements. The devious attempt to insert a Re and change
the Subject Line has been
Selma wrote:
So in sum, what you are saying is :
Divorce rates in Goa are increasing and the word I
used was spiraling. Can you provide us with statistics
for Goan divorces, to prove that they are increasing
(presumably at a rate acceptable to us) and infact not
spiraling and at what point you
Selma wrote:
It's nice to use sentences that don't mean anything
but sound good nonetheless. We have a phrase for that
in Konkanni, ulloicha zaimum ulloita.
Cecil replies:
Please check
a) Your knowledge of Konkani (vocabulary, grammar and spelling)
b) Your spelling of Konkani' as Konkanni
c)
Selma wrote:
It's nice to use sentences that don't mean anything
but sound good nonetheless. We have a phrase for that
in Konkanni, ulloicha zaimum ulloita.
Cecil replies:
Please check
a) Your knowledge of Konkani (vocabulary, grammar and spelling)
b) Your spelling of Konkani' as Konkanni
c)
Selma wrote:
Well Cecil, if you think these points are worthy of
discussion why don't you start the discussion?
It's funny how you never tire telling some of us that
we shouldn't be preaching from pulpits in the US, yet
feel these points forwarded to you by someone of
Indian origin in the US are
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Lifetime Award Acceptance Speech
It's been a great journey, thanks for the feedback
By Cecil Pinto
Thank you, Goa Writers' Group. As I humbly accept this award for Lifetime
Achievement, in Goan Humour Writing, many thoughts come to mind. Why are
they giving me this lifetime award when I'm
, the perfect religion for a very special generation.
By Cecil Pinto
Big nalkasur daddar!, screamed my son Fabian
pointing to a huge green roadside Narkasur
effigy, in the popular seated position,
somewhere near the St. Inez-Taleigao
junction. Fabian had been appointed our
Narkasur-spotter while
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Antique
vast sums of money to
charity if a particular person of their choice stopped posting to GoaNet
for a period of two months.
I, Cecil Pinto, hereby would like to a beneficiary of these generous
offers. For Rs. 45,000/- (or nearest offer) I too will stop posting to
GoaNet for this period. Please
, trivia and origins
By Cecil Pinto
It's that time of the year again.
You mean the time when the beach shack owners
complain about the new fees and the Government rolls back the increase?
No! No! That time has passed. It was a technique
perfected by Parrikar and followed ever since.
Make
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And while we're on the topic...
- When a dukon crosses the Zuari does she become a solog or a loitanv?
- Is a furry caterpillar a shenkundo or a kussundo?
Cheers!
Cecil
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Swimsuits for Goan lifeguards
Compromising is the name of the game
By Cecil Pinto
A five-member delegation has been selected for a
tour of the major beaches of the world. The
purpose of the tour is to study different female
lifeguard attire in other countries and choose
and adapt one
A friend of mine asked me this question and off the top of my mind I
replied that since the Kunbis were the original inhabitants of Goa it
would seem that the Kunbi dress is Goa's traditional ethnic dress.
Anyone got ideas on this?
Cheers!
Cecil
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Dear Mr. Lobo,
Thanks for enquiring about our custom motorcycle/van tours. Your queries
have been answered below:
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Mervyn Lobo asked:
1) Is the motorcycle hot or is it all legal?
2) Does the pillion rider wear a helmet or bandanna?
Cecil Pinto replies:
1) The motorcycle is a 125 cc
, my paunch on fire!
By Cecil Pinto
'Girl, I wanna make you sweat,
Sweat till you can't sweat no more.
Then I'll put off the fan,
And you will sweat some more!'
- Outer Circle
Last Saturday my wife Beatrice gifted me a Super Sauna Slimming Belt. Ok!
Ok! Stop chuckling. A bit of background first
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Nasci Caldeira
There U are! Cecil has now a claim on being a 'POET,
truly in competition with Dom Moraes?
Before this, he has shown he can be Wise whilst being
Witty; meaningful and yet comic like the court
jesters!
Keep it up, Cecil! Reading you makes my day!
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Dear Nasci,
Thanks
Mervyn Lobo wrote:
Whats this I hear? Where do you find a beehive? Go to
the hill tops of Colvale or Siolim at night and follow
your nose to the stone pit where they crushed cashews
for urak. Remove the corrugated iron sheet. Start
running.
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Dear Mervyn,
I sent my convent
Selma writes:
Let's start with the ads that appear on newspapers.
Why not instigate a campaign to boycott newspapers
that run these ads?
Mario observes:
Wouldn't you be boycotting every Goan newspaper ever
published, not to mention impeding free speech?
Cecil thinks:
It's easy to blame
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Selma Carvalho (SC) wrote:
As scintillating as Goanet is, reading 12 years of
archives will render me almost blind.
Cecil Pinto (CP)replies:
The honourable doctors on this forum will vouch for me that an hour a day,
for a few weeks, spent browsing through the archives will not render you
blind
There I was semi-retired from GoaNet, quite happy to post an occasional
column of barb, when last week they dropped the bomb shell. I was quite
happy uploading family photographs on Flickr when the phone rang.
We have to talk. We have kidnapped your wife and kids. If you don't meet
us we will
Helga do R. Gomes (HG) wrote:
I guess that two years ago I started the Apologetic Sausages and Incense
discussion which like most of my other discussions I did not pursue
tenaciously for lack of time or total loss of interest.
Cecil Pinto (CP)replies:
Let the record reflect the Subject
Joseph Fernandes wrote to Santosh Helekar:
Prior to Mario Goveia joining Goanet, you used to lord over
goanet and even hound members out (Alfred Tavares will
attest to it)
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I do not want to get involved in the religious or USA politics debates, nor
do I want to take sides.
Before Selma's call for a North Goa-South Goa divide explodes into a full
fledged war all interested warriors are asked to first go through the
archives before re-inventing the wheel.
The correct spelling and syntax of 'pattis' has already been covered.
Check:
Apologetic Sausages and Incense
Alfred Tavares (AT) wrote to Diana in his usual poetic language which I
can't always comprehend as I'm not very cultured. Here is what I
understood. If not Alfred maybe Selma, who seems to understand and
appreciate poetry, could give a proper interpretation if mine is wrong.
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By Cecil Pinto
'Dada!', wailed six year old Desmond as I came in from work last Thursday,
'Dada, Pluto is no longer a planet!'. 'Wht?!', I exclaimed as my wife
briefly explained, over Desmond's sobbing, what they had just seen on TV.
My younger son
plutoed - To be unceremoniously relegated to a much lower position without
adequate reason or explanation.
Example:
Company CEO Greg walked into office on Monday morning only to cruelly learn
that he had been plutoed by the Board to Head of Office Administration.
Submitted by:
Cecil Pinto
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out:
http://www.pseudodictionary.com/
Under the 'search for words' box put in Cecil Pinto and make sure the
'authors too' box is clicked. There are six words that I have submitted,
some of which are getting quite popular. Of course one word, 'pordexporia'
was actually coined by historian
Gabe Menezes wrote:
Comment: How revealing! 'Could charm the pants off any girl in the
vicinity' !!!
Cecil Pinto responds:
What Roland Francis meant about Eric Pinto was that he could charm the
panties off any girl
Charm the pants of... does not have the same sexual connotation
Toronto based writer Ben Antao responded to me privately regarding the term
Helga has coined. I am sharing his mail below with you all with Ben's
explicit permission.
Cheers!
Cecil
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At 09:35 PM 8/22/06 +0530, you wrote:
-- Forwarded message --
From: Ben Antao ben.antao
on this fact.
Cecil Pinto replies:
Please note that the concept of a trans-gender or bisexual God exists in
many religions, not just Hinduism. The Norse God Odin was bisexual in
nature, in fact changing gender as per the occasion. The ancient Egyptian
God Atum was also regarded as being bisexual
I would like to state for the record that Helga do Rosario Gomes in her
post archived at
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2006-August/047398.html
was the first person in history to refer to Canadian Goans as Gonadians.
Many years from now there will be arguments about who
Radhakrishnan Nair wrote:
Hey, what the heck is going on? Who hounded Elisabeth out of this
list? Is it you, Cecil?
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Dear Radhakrishnan,
1) I am not qualified to, or capable of, hounding out anyone from GoaNet.
Specially not someone as spunky as Elisabeth.
2) You do me a big
Just wanted to let everyone know that our very own Domnic Fernandes, who
has been regaling us with his recounting of what happened in the Goa of
yore, today completes 25 years working for Saudi Aramco.
I am sure many will join me in wishing him all the best and hoping that his
pen never runs
The politics of facial hair
What politicians' growths reveal, or conceal
By Cecil Pinto
In the course of my continuing research on facial hair, which is now reaching
the proportions and complexity of a doctorate thesis, I came across Ganpat
Haldonkar who is a practitioner of the ancient craft
To my self description as a Borderline Psychopath...
Vidyadhar Gadgil asked:
Which side of the border?
I will sing Vidyadhar a song that will make the answer, as to my
psychological condition, self evident. There are enough elements of parting
and gays to also appease dear departed Elisabeth
To shave or not to shave
Experiments with, and observations regarding, facial hair
By Cecil Pinto
Like most post-pubescent boys of the early 1980s I nurtured my first
sprouting of facial hair into a full fledged beard and moustache. When the
beard became a bit unmanageable it was shaved off
Elisabeth Carvalho (EC)wrote:
Historically nom de plumes were created by authors to
disguise their true identities for whatsoever reasons.
The usage of the term nom de plume is a bit of a
misnomer in the cyber-age as is the term fake id.
Cecil Pinto (CP) replies:
I quote from Wikipedia:
A pen
interviews with Goan celebrities is Seagram's Fling `Dare to Belong Show,'
on Rainbow FM (Aug 11-15) at 9.00pm to 9.30pm. Getting upclose with Wendell
Rodricks, Savio Jon, Remo Fernandes, Manohar Parrikar, Hema Sardessai,
Cecil Pinto, Malini Ramani, Ethel Da Costa, Dr Oscar Rebello, Bondo, Rahul
of a second-edition book
By Cecil Pinto
This week we review the 2nd Edition of Cecil Pinto's classic tome, House
Hunting in Goa. The original 1994 edition met with a tepid response at the
time. The 90s building boom was reaching its peak and nobody wanted advice
on how to buy a house. All
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Elisabeth Carvalho (EC) wrote:
The singular cry of some Goans in Goa, seems to be
that anyone in diaspora shouldn't comment on topics
relating to Goa, as all our opinions emanate from
armchairs.
Cecil Pinto
will grant me that liberty.
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Elisabeth Carvalho (EC) wrote:
Dear dear Cecil,
Down boy, down!! Et tu eh?
Cecil Pinto (CP) replies
Elisabeth my dear,
Sometime back you had referred to being bitten (or was it eaten?) by a
high-caste dog.
I hope that your salutation above
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In search of Goan politeness
Beach-belt courtesy can be just skin deep
By Cecil Pinto
I finally got hold of the controversial Reader's Digest issue that pegged
Mumbai as the world's least polite city. For those
on exactly how, this vision is
going to be established.
Cecil Pinto (CP) replies:
Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu projected himself as just that. He lost
the next election.
Parrikar was projected as an efficient CEO. He was thrown out.
It is not the labels we give our leaders, or they give
In trivial pursuit of late night football
I would rather dye into my bed, than visit the WC
By Cecil Pinto
A good play on words, very popular these days, is with the initials WC.
The WC takes up all my time!, could mean anything from a fascination with
World Cup football, to an anal fixation
StyleSpeak For Goa Today June 2006
By Wendell Rodricks
NEGATIVE TO POSITIVE
So all us Goans went up in arms for and against a film based on fiction,
fact and fantasy. A thriller that may have sunk at the box office, if we
were to practice restraint. Instead we have fueled the minds of the
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