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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). Amazon Page: https://amazon.com/author/vincentdsouza Gumroad Page: https://gumroad.com/vincentdsouza

Thoughts on 10/10/2005

Posted on October 10, 2005 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

(The series Names and Surnames is skipped this week.) Supreme Court has held the dissolution of Bihar Assembly as unconstitutional and yet has not ordered the restoration of the Assembly. It should have ordered the restoration. Even now it can do so. Election process for Bihar Assembly is going on but no polling has taken…

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Names and Surnames – IV

Posted on October 1, 2005 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

The surname Young got repeated in the second list. I regret the error. Third list Male Names 1)                  Eric 2)                  Harold 3)                  James 4)                  Kenneth 5)                  Neville 6)                  Roger 7)                  Valerian Female names 1)                  Adela 2)                  Amy 3)                  Agatha 4)                  Karen Surnames 1)                  Atherton 2)                  Ashe 3)                  Bond 4)                  Boon 5)                  Brown 6)                  Bligh 7)                 …

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Names and Surnames – III

Posted on September 24, 2005 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

Surnames derived by adding s or son to names are not included in the list e.g., Roberts, Robertson. Second List Male Names 1) Adolf 2) Arthur 3) Albert 4) Alfred 5) Bruce 6) Bernard 7) Benedict 8) Charles 9) David 10) Edmund 11) Frederick 12) Joseph 13) Patrick 14) Ronald 15) Raymond 16) Titus 17)…

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Names and Surnames – II

Posted on September 18, 2005 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

First list Male Names 1)                  Augustine 2)                  Bonaventure 3)                  Christopher 4)                  Denis 5)                  Edward 6)                  Francis 7)                  Gregory 8)                  Joaquim 9)                  Kevin 10)              Lancelot 11)              Maxim 12)              Peter 13)              Robert 14)              Stephen 15)              Vincent 16)              Walter Female Names 1)                  Agnes 2)                  Blesilla 3)                  Clara 4)                  Diana 5)                  Flavia 6)                  Grace 7)                  Hilda 8)                  Ivy 9)                 …

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Names and Surnames – I

Posted on September 18, 2005 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

Names play an important role in our lives. Most of the people have surnames though many communities do not have surnames. I want to prepare a list of male names, female names and surnames. Males shall not have female names and vice versa. Surnames shall not be kept as names. Names of countries such as…

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Elections, judges etc.

Posted on September 6, 2005 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

Elections in India should be held on a single day. Bihar elections are held in four phases. First polling is on 18/10/2005 and last polling is on 19/11/2005. Paramilitary forces could have been used for maintenance of law and order. Election Commissioners want to extend their importance and do unjustified things. Reasons given for such…

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No to reservations

Posted on August 27, 2005 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

There shall be no reservations in legislatures. To argue that women are 50% of the population and are underrepresented in Parliament and Legislative Assemblies is wrong. Women are free to contest 100% seats and win. If they do not do so it is their wish. Many political parties have opposed reservation for women on various…

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Thoughts on 20/8/2005

Posted on August 20, 2005 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

Today (20/8/2005) is Parsi New Year. Some years ago Indian Express had almanac section. In that it used to give dates according to three Parsi calendars. I suppose today is New Year according to the calendar followed by largest number of Parsis. I wish Parsis a Happy New Year. Judge Laxmi Rao who allowed rapists…

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Petroleum

Posted on August 14, 2005 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

Petroleum prices have reached $67 per barrel. Government is worried about price hike. Let it increase the value of Rupee and make it Rs.40/- or less per dollar. We have 142 billion dollar reserves.

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Church

Posted on August 14, 2005 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

Church is a place for mass, prayers, preaching and sacraments. It is not a place for clapping, singing happy birthdays and happy feast days. It is not a place for people who want to talk. Some keep talking nonstop throughout the mass.

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