[Goanet]What FN Souza had to say...

[Frederick Noronha (FN)]

Among my treasured memories and papers collected (besides my collection of 
Goa-related books) this note below would surely be one of the most treasured. 
It was written, in his usual iconoclast style, by Francis Newton maybe a couple 
of months or so before his death and is scribbled in black pen on a cheap 
200-page school notebook which one was taking notes on. It says (punctuations 
and errors as in the original):

        In Goa, 27 January 02, Ah Goa, the land of my birth.
        Saligao next door from where I am writing this at
        the Marinha Dourada is the village I was born &
        Frederick Noronah recalls all the old friends & places,
        some dead, many still around ready to kick the bucket
        if they can find one! I'm lucky to be a Goan. When I
        get annoyed with a Goan I call him a goanese! It's
        great to be in Goa -- Francis Newton Souza
In the intervening three years, haven't been able to convince anybody about the 
need to name even a road in Goa after this amazing person. FN

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