I have said this before and I am going to say it once again. After reading something that Wendell has written, I feel that he missed his vocation.
He should have been a journalist/writer. Mervyn >________________________________ > From: Goanet Reader <[email protected]> > > >TRAILING THE TONGUE > >By Wendell Rodricks >[email protected] > >The mango groves stretch for miles along the coast. In the >hot, humid month of May, Maharashtra sizzles on the Deccan >plateau. But here, near the sea, in Ratnagiri, a cool breeze >blows the luscious perfume of the world's best mango, the >Alphonso, through the palms and well tended orchards. > >Then suddenly, wafting on the wind, I hear it. The lilting >melodious sound of my ancestral language. Yes, it is Konkani >indeed. There are few local words that I do not understand. > >
