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

[vrangelrib]

We could get working on it, Fred. But if we could identify the exact 
house near the crossroads where he lived as a child, why not put a 
plaque on that house first? He lived at the crossroads of what was once 
the main road of the village, where it intersected the road that went 
from Mapusa to Betim.  We lived in the second house across the 
intersection, facing the fields; it was known as "Filpa Tio's."
    Regards,
    Victor Rangel-Ribeiro, Porvorim and New York

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From: Frederick Noronha (FN) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: goanet@goanet.org
Sent: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:07:19 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [Goanet]What FN Souza had to say...
  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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