Re: [Goanet] And Parsee Beers !

[Mervyn Lobo]

Doc,
Since this has er, gravitated to the pleasant side of life, let me just mention 
this to those who are unaware. 

In the British Empire, including Zanzibar, apart from the "Europeans," the only 
other two groups who would get permits to buy booze were the Parsee's and the 
Goans.

Mervyn



>
> From: eric pinto 
>To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"  
>Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 9:46:11 PM
>Subject: [Goanet] And  Parsee Beers !
> 
>
>
>  Murree Beer, 1860, was acquired by the Parsee 
>Bhandara family in the 1960's. It was founded by Edward
>Dyer  in the Punjabi Muslim occupied NorthWest Province of Afghanistan. He 
>also ran the Dyer Meakin brewery in Simla.
>   Murree is near Rawalpindi. Their ornate office building 
>was seized by Pakistan, and continues to be the office 
>of the countrie's president.
>   You find Mari on the map in Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Iran 
>and Afghanistan. 'Murree' accomodates the Scotch burr !
>    Hail to them all.    eric.
> ps.  For our friends abroad, "daru" is booze, and "mistry" is 
>carpenter. Billmora in Gujerat is home to many Parsees: Billy cannot sell his 
>Cobra beer in that prohibitioned quarter.
>

Re: [Goanet] Parsi Surnames

[Jose Colaco]

On Mar 29, 2013, at 4:24 PM, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro  wrote:

> Dear Luis,Where did you come across the Parsi surname, 
> Sodawaterbottleopenerwallah? I believe that that surname does not exist

Dear VRR,

You may be right that the surname does not exist (present tense) but I can 
assure you that when I was a kid in Poona, it did. There was a genteel man who 
was known by that surname.

best for Easter

jc

[Goanet] And Parsee Beers !

[eric pinto]

  Murree Beer, 1860, was acquired by the Parsee 
Bhandara family in the 1960's. It was founded by Edward
Dyer  in the Punjabi Muslim occupied NorthWest Province of Afghanistan. He also 
ran the Dyer Meakin brewery in Simla.
   Murree is near Rawalpindi. Their ornate office building 
was seized by Pakistan, and continues to be the office 
of the countrie's president.
   You find Mari on the map in Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Iran 
and Afghanistan. 'Murree' accomodates the Scotch burr !
    Hail to them all.    eric.
 ps.  For our friends abroad, "daru" is booze, and "mistry" is 
carpenter. Billmora in Gujerat is home to many Parsees: Billy cannot sell his 
Cobra beer in that prohibitioned quarter.


 From: Gabe Menezes 
 
Comment: Just today I saw a Ms Tobaccowalla on CNN< I guess she must be of
Parsi origin. I think we had a Mistry build our house but he was Gujarati.
Billimoria started the Cobra beer here in England!


On 28 March 2013 12:54, Luis Vas  wrote:

> Parsi Surnames
>
> This article appeared in The Tribune,
>
> There was prohibition in Bombay those days. So to get liquor you had
> to find Mr. Dalal, who would introduce you to Mr. Daruwala, who in
> turn would get bottles delivered to your home by Mr. Batliwala who
> would be accompanied by Mr. Sodawaterbottleopenerwalla (the longest
> Parsi surname I have come across).
>
> Other surnames whose ancestors were in the beverages trade were Mr.
> Fountainwala, Mr. Ginwala, Mr Rumwala, Mr. Sodawala and Mr.
> Jhunjhunwalla

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[Goanet] Goa news for March 30, 2013

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[Goanet] Good Friday at Aldona, Moira, Pomburpa, Bastora, Olaulim, Saloi, Carona .. Pics

[JoeGoaUk]

Good Friday Services at various Churches in Goa (Bardez).
29th March 2013  (4pm - 7.30pm)
I have just been to Bastora and Socorrofor the first time.
I did not even know Bastora is so close to Mapusa. Infact, standing middle of a 
road, one can see both churches - right Mapusa and left Bastora (watch video). 
As for Socorro, I knew it was somewhere near Porvorim. Today being Good Friday, 
we also visited Mapusa, Aldona, Moira, Olaulim, Carona, Pomburpa and Saloi. 
Sadly, Britona Church we found closed at 3.55pm, we made another attempt around 
7.45pm but everything was over by that time. Gate was closed too. I just 
realised, we might have missed Ucassaim Church ?, never been there too. 
Similarly, Bastora was not on our list / plan, just happened to come across the 
Church while going to Socorro.. 
 
Video 1 - Bastora
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__pb9PbYRao
blog
http://joegoauk.blogspot.in/2013/03/good-friday-at-mapusa-aldona-bastora.html
 
Some Pics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600302629/
Mapusa
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600271559/sizes/c/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600267315/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600275029/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600277665/in/photostream/
Pomburpa
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600227879/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8601331146/in/photostream/
Olaulim
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600236073/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600644791/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8601746840/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600647811/in/photostream/
Carona
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600240259/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600245551/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8601349760/in/photostream/
Aldona
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8601353050/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600260409/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600257361/in/photostream/
Moira
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600263867/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600649025/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8601750174/in/photostream/
 
Britona
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600642187/in/photostream/
Bastora
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600280557/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600285057/in/photostream/
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8601740386/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8601741556/in/photostream/
Socorro (Porvorim)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8601410562/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8601414316/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8601417590/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8601420468/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600627919/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600630369/in/photostream/
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8601732906/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600635067/in/photostream/
Saviour of the World - Saloi
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8601724218/in/photostream
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600625531/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600626711/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8601729218/in/photostream/
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8601731694/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/8600643323/in/photostream/
Video 1 - Bastora
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__pb9PbYRao
blog
http://joegoauk.blogspot.in/2013/03/good-friday-at-mapusa-aldona-bastora.html

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Re: [Goanet] Turin Shroud mystery 'solved': Infrared tests show ancient cloth may NOT be a medieval fake after all...

[Santosh Helekar]

As usual the popular news media hyperventilate about wild claims made in a book 
rather than in a recognized peer-reviewed scientific journal. The truth is that 
the few fibers on which these tests were conducted have not been authenticated 
by the church authorities, and the tests used have never been used or validated 
by any scientist for archeological dating purposes. Here is a translated 
statement in regards to the former by Mgr. Cesare Nosiglia, the Archbishop of 
Turin and custodian of the shroud:

QUOTE
No serious value of the results can be attributed to any of the research on the 
Shroud reported in the book...Since there is no degree of safety on the 
authenticity of the materials on which these experiments were carried out to 
the Shroud cloth the owners and custodians cannot recognize any serious value 
to the results of these alleged experiments.
UNQUOTE
...Mgr. Cesare Nosiglia, the Archbishop of Turin and custodian of the 
shroud 
(Translated from the following Vatican Insider Italian website by Barrie M. 
Schwortz, President of Shroud of Turin Education and Research Association, Inc: 
http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/inchieste-ed-interviste/dettaglio-articolo/articolo/sindone-23653/)

Cheers,

Santosh


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[Goanet] FILM - LIFE OF ST. FRANCIS XAVIER - source : goanvoice.org.uk

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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:12:06 +0530











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Re: [Goanet] Parsi Surnames

[Victor Rangel-Ribeiro]

Dear Luis,    Where did you come across the Parsi surname, 
Sodawaterbottleopenerwallah? I believe that that surname does not exist. .    
Regards,    Victor

--- On Thu, 3/28/13, Luis Vas  wrote:

From: Luis Vas 
Subject: [Goanet] Parsi Surnames
To: 
Date: Thursday, March 28, 2013, 8:54 AM

Parsi Surnames

This article appeared in The Tribune,

There was prohibition in Bombay those days. So to get liquor you had
to find Mr. Dalal, who would introduce you to Mr. Daruwala, who in
turn would get bottles delivered to your home by Mr. Batliwala who
would be accompanied by Mr. Sodawaterbottleopenerwalla (the longest
Parsi surname I have come across).

Other surnames whose ancestors were in the beverages trade were Mr.
Fountainwala, Mr. Ginwala, Mr Rumwala, Mr. Sodawala and Mr.
Jhunjhunwala.

We used to have two delightful Siamese kittens in our flat and these
were gifted to my mother by her friend Mrs. Billimoria. My mother
spent hours knitting cardigans for them, with wool she bought from the
Unwala family.

My uncle ran the air force canteen in Cotton Green and his partner,
yes you guessed it, was Mr. Canteenwala. They had this fantastic cook,
Mr. Bhajiwala. Their mild and meek manager, Mr. Jeejeebhoy, nodded his
head and agreed with everything everybody said.

My grandfather built Hotel Waldorf on Arthur Bunder Road in Colaba. So
for this he naturally used the services of Mr. Contactor and Mr.
Mistry. He never went to the conservative moneylenders when short of
money, but borrowed it from his Parsi friend Mr. Readymoney.


I remember going to Dr. Doctor's sister's wedding. She married Mr.
Screwala. What he did for a living, I do not know to this day. If you
are in Mumbai maybe you can track him down in the yellow or pink
pages.

The Parsis have taught us that if you take serious interest in satire,
you can change the world!

A Goan

Re: [Goanet] Parsi Surnames

[Gabe Menezes]

Comment: Just today I saw a Ms Tobaccowalla on CNN< I guess she must be of
Parsi origin. I think we had a Mistry build our house but he was Gujarati.
Billimoria started the Cobra beer here in England!


On 28 March 2013 12:54, Luis Vas  wrote:

> Parsi Surnames
>
> This article appeared in The Tribune,
>
> There was prohibition in Bombay those days. So to get liquor you had
> to find Mr. Dalal, who would introduce you to Mr. Daruwala, who in
> turn would get bottles delivered to your home by Mr. Batliwala who
> would be accompanied by Mr. Sodawaterbottleopenerwalla (the longest
> Parsi surname I have come across).
>
> Other surnames whose ancestors were in the beverages trade were Mr.
> Fountainwala, Mr. Ginwala, Mr Rumwala, Mr. Sodawala and Mr.
> Jhunjhunwala.
>
> We used to have two delightful Siamese kittens in our flat and these
> were gifted to my mother by her friend Mrs. Billimoria. My mother
> spent hours knitting cardigans for them, with wool she bought from the
> Unwala family.
>
> My uncle ran the air force canteen in Cotton Green and his partner,
> yes you guessed it, was Mr. Canteenwala. They had this fantastic cook,
> Mr. Bhajiwala. Their mild and meek manager, Mr. Jeejeebhoy, nodded his
> head and agreed with everything everybody said.
>
> My grandfather built Hotel Waldorf on Arthur Bunder Road in Colaba. So
> for this he naturally used the services of Mr. Contactor and Mr.
> Mistry. He never went to the conservative moneylenders when short of
> money, but borrowed it from his Parsi friend Mr. Readymoney.
>
>
> I remember going to Dr. Doctor's sister's wedding. She married Mr.
> Screwala. What he did for a living, I do not know to this day. If you
> are in Mumbai maybe you can track him down in the yellow or pink
> pages.
>
> The Parsis have taught us that if you take serious interest in satire,
> you can change the world!
>
> A Goan
>



-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] loss of your identity

[Jose Colaco]

 My dear Ana Maria,

What I read from you is that you are a content person who leads a simple life 
with 'xith' ani 'koddi'  but who expects men to follow the your custom of 
wearing a suit ( and not shorts) to weddings. 

You appear to have an issue with visiting a Canadian Goan condemning Goa and 
praising Canada.  Trust me when I say this: for while Goa is 'home' and (still) 
a beautiful one and Canada has its problems, there are many things to praise 
about Canada and to complain about Goa.  

You are right about Keith Vaz. He is, indeed, a British citizen and not an 
Indian one.  But, he was born to Goan parents. Does not one get one's identity 
from one's parents?

Just for clarification, would you please advise what you mean by the terms 
'Indian' and 'Goan'? and from where Goan men inherited this "custom" of 
"wearing a suit for weddings"? or for that matter, attending Catholic Church ?

best
jc
One who may not wear shorts to church but definitely one who believes that 
suits and ties are not 'suited' for hot climes. 


On Mar 28, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Ana Maria Fernandes  
wrote:

when a person takes citizenship of another country he is no more a goan or an 
Indian. He is a british, canadian, australian, etc. Keith vaz is no more a goan 
or an Indian. why boast about his achievement ? if he comes to Goa he comes 
like any britisher. Like wise others too. We goans are not beggars. Once at a 
wedding a goanese canadian came in short pant and tea shirt and as he knew us 
sat at our table. He was condemming goa right and left and praising his country 
canada . I had come for a wedding to enjoy and my husband who is a boli bala 
was listening to his gianns. I told him straight away. We are goans born and 
bred in Goa and know how to keep ourselve alive. We do not need you or your 
help. we have fields which will give us enough xhit koddi and sea where we will 
get our fish. When you do not come there will be peace. If you want to come 
enjoy our Goa as it is. My husband has come for a wedding wearing a suit and 
you have come with a short pant. You do not know to respect our customs 
   

Re: [Goanet] do you know this ?

[Alfred de Tavares]

Those early popes were presumably the Catacomb Popes, dear Maria
Alfred de Tavares

> From: amferns_n...@hotmail.com
> To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:07:20 +
> Subject: [Goanet] do you know this ?
> 
> Jesus Christ was a rejected jew. The jews had their own beliefs. After Jesus 
> died and went to heaven his followers were just 11. But they had to swim 
> against the current. They called themselves believers. Till 64 AD when Nero 
> was the emperor he persecuted the christian community. He even set fire . 
> Christians were put to death. There was no christianity in Rome. Nero wanted 
> that people should adore him and burn incenses before him. Polycarp was one 
> of them who was put to death. Many told him to save his life by burning 
> incessence before Nero. Till 312 AD the christians lived a very hopless life. 
> Then one day Constantine King had a vision and show Christ and he won the war 
> and from 312 AD christianity was supported by him. So actually Christianity 
> in Rome was born in 312 AD and I do not think Simon Peter would have lived 
> that long to become the first pope. 
  

[Goanet] loss of your identity

[Ana Maria Fernandes]

when a person takes citizenship of another country he is no more a goan or an 
Indian. He is a british, canadian, australian, etc. Keith vaz is no more a goan 
or an Indian. why boast about his achievement ? if he comes to Goa he comes 
like any britisher. Like wise others too. We goans are not beggars. Once at a 
wedding a goanese canadian came in short pant and tea shirt and as he knew us 
sat at our table. He was condemming goa right and left and praising his country 
canada . I had come for a wedding to enjoy and my husband who is a boli bala 
was listening to his gianns. I told him straight away. We are goans born and 
bred in Goa and know how to keep ourselve alive. We do not need you or your 
help. we have fields which will give us enough xhit koddi and sea where we will 
get our fish. When you do not come there will be peace. If you want to come 
enjoy our Goa as it is. My husband has come for a wedding wearing a suit and 
you have come with a short pant. You do not know to respect our customs 
 

[Goanet] IPRS, PPL agencies harassing small business men in Goa: SpeakGoa

[SpeakGoa Media Connect]

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*IPRS, PPL agencies harassing small business men in Goa: SpeakGoa*


Representatives or agents and associates claiming to represent the Indian
Performing Rights Society (IPRS) and other private agencies supposedly
affiliated to various music companies who claim to award licenses for
performing rights also known as PPL or public performance license for
events, live shows, bands and all other functions where both recorded and
live music is played are harassing and intimidating small businesses,
wedding planners, restaurant owners and the like in Goa in a criminal and
organized manner, social forum SpeakGoa has claimed. “Earlier it was just
the IPRS which would approach restaurants or event organizers, now several
different agencies owing allegiance to some or the other music company have
started demanding their ‘pound of flesh’ for every event or party organized
in the state.


SpeakGoa has called upon the government of Goa and the Tourism Ministry to
clarify its stand on the IPRS and PPL issue. If any royalties have to be
paid, it should only be clearly linked to business generated or
profit-oriented and not as a flat fee irrespective of the business scenario
in the state. Also there should be only one agency authorized to collect
such fees and the rate structure should be clearly laid out depending on
the location, business or annual profit generated and not merely by
considering the business generated in one or two months.


Elaborating on the problems, SpeakGoa has listed out a ten pointers on the
subject as to how restaurant owners and business men are harassed and
intimated by IPRS agents.



1.   Several different agencies or agents owing allegiance to various
leading music companies’ demand, extort and intimidate event organizers and
restaurant owners.

2.   Yash Raj Music has its own agency to enforce PPL royalties,
similarly T-Series and other leading music companies in India like Venus,
Tips etc have started their own individual agencies or entities for PPL.
Hence IPRS is not the sole representative of the Indian Music Industry and
in no way can claim to have the interests of Indian musicians and music
companies in mind as the music companies have themselves broken away from
IPRS and started their own enforcement agencies.

3.   Foreign companies and music labels too have started appointing
agents in India particularly in Goa – given the fact that a lot of western
music is played in beach-side shacks, etc.

4.   In addition to the other music companies, the IPRS or the Indian
Performing Right Society also charges an annual royalty or fee for
permission to play music at the venue.

5.   Since most of the shacks and restaurants in the beach belts of Goa
are seasonal and work only for about 6-8 months, it becomes very difficult
to pay for an annual license.

6.   There are no fixed or permanent rates. The charges are always
negotiated by the agents who very often do not give official receipts. Part
payment is made official and part is demanded unofficially without receipts
for a sort of “settlement”.

7.   A restaurant owner or businessman does not keep track of which
song or which music track is played how many times at his restaurant. Very
often music belonging to a particular label or music company may not be
played at all for months – for eg songs or tracks from the Tips music
company label may not be suitable or may not work at a particular venue –
yet the owner is forced to pay for the monthly or half-yearly or quarterly
license from TIPS even if the label songs may be played a few times only.

8.   Agents use below the belt techniques and unethical strategies to
force a business to pay up. For eg if a restaurant has a guest DJ or disc
jockey and he suddenly plays a track from a particular music label company
for which prior PPL has not been obtained by the venue owners or event
company, the agents immediately rush in to penalize and scare the venue
owner, claiming that he can be prosecuted or monetarily penalized for
playing a song for which he did not have a license. In this way the owner
is forced to pay up using unethical business practices.

9.   Police officials are hand-in-glove with the PPL enforcing agents.
Some police men will go out of their way to threaten restaurant owners
including using coercion and walking into restaurants or event venues in
uniform to “scare or embarrass” owners and event organizers.

10.   Business in Goan restaurants varies greatly during the months. A
restaurant may do very good business in November and December but could
have very poor business in February, March and April. The PPL is based or
calculated on the size of the restaurant, the number of guests or visitors
and other factors. The agents visit the restaurant when it is fully packed
in the peak season months of November or December and charge the owners
based on the numbers present during that period. However a month later the
number of gu

[Goanet] Press Note - Remo Fernandes to present TAG’s Konkani Song & Music Awards 2012

[Tiatr Academy Goa]

*Press Note*

*For Favour of publication*



*Remo Fernandes to present TAG’s Konkani Song & Music Awards 2012*



International Goan pop sensation Remo Fernandes will be the Chief Guest and
present the awards to the winners of Tiatr Academy’s Konkani Song & Music
Awards 2012 in the presence of Shri. Prince Jacob, President of TAG at an
impressive awards presentation ceremony which will be held on Monday,
1stApril 2013 at 7:00 pm at Institue Menezes Braganza auditorium,
Panaji.



Every year in order to encourage production of Konkani audio albums since
the last three years have been presenting Konkani Song & Music awards. This
year altogether 27 audio albums produced from 1st January 2012 to
31stDecember 2012 participated in this competition. TAG presents these
awards
in the following categories:-



Male singer of the year (Solo), Female singer of the year (Solo), Child
Male Singer of the year (Solo), Child Female Singer of the year (Solo),
Duet of the year (Nature of lyrics should be interactive), Duo of the year
(Nature of lyrics should be interactive,  Trio of the year (Nature of
lyrics should be interactive), Quartet of the year (Nature of lyrics should
be interactive), Choral Song of the year, Lyricist of the year, Music
composer of the year and Best Konkani audio album of the year.



The awards consists of a memento, a certificate and cash of Rs. 20,000/-
for the Best audio album besides Rs. 1/- for other categories except
the child categories are awarded a cash prize of Rs. 5000/-



Also a musical programme of song and music will be presented on this
occasion by Boney Alex and troupe.



All Konkani song and music lovers are invited to be present for this awards
presentation ceremony in large numbers.





*Victor de Sa*

Member Secretary

[Goanet] Malcurada mangoes... in Margao

[Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا]

cheryl colaco 
11:23 (4 hours ago)

 to goagardeners
>From the GoaGardeners mailing list on Yahoogroups
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goagardeners

QUOTE Just to let you know that I have  home grown "Malcurada" mangoes for
sale, in three sizes, which are priced at Rs. 400/- and Rs.300/- and Rs.
200/- per dozen respectively. I live Behind Holy Spirit School, Margao,
Call 9011049871, or landline  2731750. The mangoes can be collected anytime
today (up to 4.30pm) and tomorrow, 30th March. ENDOFQUOTE

[Goanet] Parsi Surnames

[Luis Vas]

Parsi Surnames

This article appeared in The Tribune,

There was prohibition in Bombay those days. So to get liquor you had
to find Mr. Dalal, who would introduce you to Mr. Daruwala, who in
turn would get bottles delivered to your home by Mr. Batliwala who
would be accompanied by Mr. Sodawaterbottleopenerwalla (the longest
Parsi surname I have come across).

Other surnames whose ancestors were in the beverages trade were Mr.
Fountainwala, Mr. Ginwala, Mr Rumwala, Mr. Sodawala and Mr.
Jhunjhunwala.

We used to have two delightful Siamese kittens in our flat and these
were gifted to my mother by her friend Mrs. Billimoria. My mother
spent hours knitting cardigans for them, with wool she bought from the
Unwala family.

My uncle ran the air force canteen in Cotton Green and his partner,
yes you guessed it, was Mr. Canteenwala. They had this fantastic cook,
Mr. Bhajiwala. Their mild and meek manager, Mr. Jeejeebhoy, nodded his
head and agreed with everything everybody said.

My grandfather built Hotel Waldorf on Arthur Bunder Road in Colaba. So
for this he naturally used the services of Mr. Contactor and Mr.
Mistry. He never went to the conservative moneylenders when short of
money, but borrowed it from his Parsi friend Mr. Readymoney.


I remember going to Dr. Doctor's sister's wedding. She married Mr.
Screwala. What he did for a living, I do not know to this day. If you
are in Mumbai maybe you can track him down in the yellow or pink
pages.

The Parsis have taught us that if you take serious interest in satire,
you can change the world!

A Goan

[Goanet] The cross in my pocket

[Nelson Lopes]

By Vera MaeThomas
The cross in my pocket
I carry a cross in my pocket
A simple reminder to me
That I am a christian,
 No matter where I may be,
This little cross is`nt magic,
Nor is it a good luck charm,
It is`nt meant to protect me,
>From every physical harm ,
It is not for identification,
For all the world to ,see.
It is simply a understanding,Between my saviour and me,
When I put my hand in my pocket,
to bring out a coin or key,
The cross is there to remind me,
Of price he paid for me,
It reminds me too, to be thankful,
For my blessings every day,
And to strive to see him better,
In all I do or say,
 And to strive to serve him better
,In all I do or say,
It is also a daily reminder, Of the peace and comfort I Share,
 With all who know my master,
 And give themselves to His care,
So, I carry a cross in my pocket,
Reminding none but me,
That Jesus Christ is Lord of my life,
If only i let Him be
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[Goanet] Turin Shroud mystery 'solved': Infrared tests show ancient cloth may NOT be a medieval fake after all...

[Gabe Menezes]

Turin Shroud mystery 'solved': Infrared tests show ancient cloth may NOT be
a medieval fake after all... and could have been used to wrap Christ's body

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