Bombay geographically belongs to Konkan. Konkani-speaking people are the original inhabitants of Konkan. Marathi-speaking people later outnumbered Konkani-speaking people. Bombay was built by the British. It was capital of Bombay Presidency which stretched from North Kanara to Singh and included Aden. In English it was officially Bombay and in other languages had different names. Many…
Author: Vincent Augustine D'Souza
Vincent Augustine D'Souza is a blogger, author, novelist, and quiz master.
He writes on politics, economy, corruption, terrorism, current events, sports/games and many more topics on his blog Voice From The Rooftop (http://voicefromtherooftop.com).
He has written four novels — King, Pope, Dream and Trump.
They are available in ebook format.
His major non-fiction work is English Konkani Dictionary (https://englishkonkanidictionary.com).
He has also written Model Constitution for India and
Model Constitution for United States of America.
His quizzes appear on his quiz site Go 4 Quiz (https://go4quiz.com).
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Pet names and media
Recently I watched a news item on CNN. It showed presidential candidates calling one another by first names. Rudolf Giuliani said “Mitt”. There was a comment that Mitt Romney is Willard Milton Romney. He has dropped Willard from his name. Mitt stands for Milton. Media should avoid using pet names. Proper names like William, James,…
Moses, Jesus and Superman
The films depicting life and heroics of Superman have Biblical themes in them. Superman has something in common with Moses and Jesus. Moses is left in a basket to float on Nile. The daughter of Pharaoh finds him. She hires the mother of Moses to take care of Moses. After three months Moses grows up…
Perth Test
India won the Perth Test. Australia could not create a record of winning 17 Tests consecutively. Australia missed Matthew Hayden. India made two changes. Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh were dropped. Virender Sehwag and Irfan Pathan were in. Rahul Dravid played at no. 3 in the first innings and scored 93. In the second innings…
Bharat Ratna
Since L. K. Advani wrote to Manmohan Singh asking Bharat Ratna to Atal Behari Vajpayee many have joined demanding Bharat Ratna to various people. Names of Jyoti Basu, Kanshiram, Mohammed Rafi, Jyotiba Phule, S. B. Chavan, Biju Patnaik and others have come up. Bharat Ratna and Padma awards were abolished by Janata Government in 1977…
Is India vs Australia series fixed?
Before the 2007-2008 India — Australia Test series began one Australian player predicted that India would lose 0-4. I felt the series was fixed. When Sachin Tendulkar was the captain the team went to Australia and Milind Rege, secretary of a cricket association at that time predicted that India would lose 0-3. He was right….
Joseph D’Souza R.I.P.
My brother Joseph was born on 10/5/1962. He was fourth among brothers and sisters. He had cleft palate. Some years later he was operated upon. He studied at Adyapady and Bajpe. He got many prizes in sports. He joined Karnataka Polytechnic at Mangalore but after few months he stopped attending and discontinued the course. He…
Happy New Year 2008
I wish all Happy New Year 2008. May 2008 bring peace to all. May it end conflicts. Let everyone have peace within himself or herself. Let there be peace among couples, families, communities and nations. Let there be peace in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Burma. Let issues between India and Pakistan be…
Happy Christmas
I wish all Happy Christmas. Happy Christmas is different from Merry Christmas. Merry need not be happy and happy need not be merry. Many people have holidays because of Christmas and it is appropriate that they wish Happy Christmas. Everybody is not a Christian. I know some Christian sects do not celebrate Christmas. People who…
Jesus was born in Bethlehem
The decision to show the birth of Jesus in Nazareth in the Vatican crèche is baffling. Both gospels of Matthew and Luke mention that Jesus was born in Bethlehem. There is nothing to suggest that Jesus was born in Nazareth. Vatican officials should not play with the faith of the people and go against what…