Reena, much appreciate your assistance and direction to getting Teresa Albuquerque's books. Spoke to her in Bombay a few minutes ago and asked for her to send all her 10 books. She mentioned that she has written 10 so far, 2 under publishing.
She seems like a Goan no-nonsense Susan B Anthony, but much kinder. We spoke about several things and she mentioned that you had once interviewed her. Her main interest is Goan migration and has written books about Goans in Kenya, Bombay and elsewhere. She is writing a sequel to her Vasai (Bassein) book. She mentioned she was from Anjuna and has written a book about the history of the Anjuna Church with photos of the artifacts in it. That's really odd, as my late uncle was the pastor (parish priest) in that church for many years (he is a Lotlekar like our Alfred Tavares) and I have memories of his showing me with great reverence the souvenirs (is that the word I am looking for?) of Blessed Pe Agnel Vaz who was from Anjuna. It has great pictures she said, which I immediately thought of as grist for the Goan Cyber Museum. Wonder of wonders, she is neither a historian nor of any other profession, only (sorry that's not the right word) a housewife (and she says that proudly) with 6 or 7 children some of them in this part of the world. I look forward to reading her books, thanks again to you. _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
