Roland, I'm glad you enjoyed chatting with Teresa-she is that kind of person-very warm, resourceful and a very good guide. I always come back refreshed and a wee bit wiser, after speaking to her! I don't know if you've read her book, Urbs Prima in Indis-which I found really good. Reena
Roland Francis wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
