Indian town and city address descriptions never fail to amuse: The following address makes for comedy lite. We are told it is on Rua Bernardo da Costa which location apparently is not known enough so for further description Rua BdC is pinned down to "off Rua Abade Faria."
Now come further descriptives: 'near', 'next to' and 'close to'. And just in case you have missed being told that Abade Faria is in Margao (the third line), Margao is mentioned again as the last word of the para. The whole thing could have gone up the "funny" scale with the following; The venue is off Rua Abade Faria, near Hospicio, in proximity to Clube Harmonia, not too far away from Caculo's petrol pump. If you reach BPS Club you have gone too far, but if you pass Cine Metropole you are on the right track. Address is Ground Floor, Adolfo Mansion, abutting the lift but three flats from the staircase. Next to Asian Paints (Close to Menezes Nursing Home), below Chandu Mithaiwala, opposite to Damu's Matka Business, but above the underground parking garage. If you are before scheduled time, you will see a few East African repatriates, in Goa since 1975, talking about how wonderful life was in Kenya. But if those gentlemen all are inside, you will see a crowd of last minute punters making it for the Kalyan close which is at 6, so you know you are late. And if you are lost despite all the above mentioned painstaking details, you can phone FN on his mobile so he can get a modgaoncar to direct you since he himself is a denizen of Saligao, Mapusa and Panjim. Quote December 15, 2016 (Thursday) 5 pm. The venue is off Rua Abade Faria in Margao, near Hospicio Address: Ground Floor, Adolfo Mansion, Rua Bernardo da Costa, Next to Asian Paints Store (Close to Menezes Nursing Home), Margao Unquote. Roland Francis Toronto.
