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Domnic Fernandes continues (Part II) his reminiscence of
Mapusa of the 1950s
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Mario,
I, Nasci have every right to give advice, as best as I can, in the interest
of Goa and of India, to the governments and to the' Naval Air' stationed in
Goa. Why not.
When I was resident in Goa, in the Seventies and Eighties; (before that I
was resident in Bombay's Bandra) one of my beautiful sister in laws met and
married one of the Naval Flying Cadre, stationed at Dabolim. These two used
to come on their 300cc Royal Enfield , every weekend without fail and give
us good company in my ancestral home in Cavelossim, the house that I
modernised and lived it up, in. Then on accasions we used to visit the Navy
area, and come to know a lot of the Navy guys and the Navy functions. My sis
in law played golf and used to win every time, over the other Naval ladies/
girls.
It was also around this time that 'Sea Bird' in Karwar was thought off, and
the budget alloted and construction commissioned. Hence my advice to the
Navy to get packing to where they belong, namely 'Sea Bird'. The very name
suggests that, that is where the Navy is meant to FLY from. OK??
This momentuous decision was taken, because the Defence people knew that
Dabolim was a Civilian area and had to be alloted back for sole civilian
use. Perhaps Gilbert Menezes knows about this and my sis in law too. But
that is another matter.
Is it that you are incapable of giving any 'good' advice; that you are
wasting our time and bandwith on just criticising what others are writing.
Why do you not take up a topic and start writing something original? One is
free to give advice to wherever one thinks advice is required. What is wrong
with that? Yes, because I am living in an advanced country, I have the duty
to give advice; so that one day, our Goa and India will be advanced to the
advantage of all its residents.
Please do nor equate me with Bernado. We are two different individuals, with
opposing views on India and the World and the USA.
With regards!
Nascimento Caldeira
Melbourne
Down Under
Mario wrote:
Isn't Goanet great? Here we have Bernardo, a die-hard
Portophile who lives in distant, China-dominated
Macau, dreaming of the good old days, and Nasci, who
lives in equally distant Australia, providing advice
on what's appropriate for Goa to those who live there,
including advice on what the Indian Navy should do to
an ex-Indian Navyman.
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