I can remember a peculiar situation in Moshi, then Tanganyika. We had a club called the Goan Association and we were given a plot of land for a clubhouse. We first had a wooden clubhouse which came down one day and we had a new one built at the top of the property.
One fine day a Hindu Goan whose name was Molu Desai and was from Cuncolim walks into the club demanding membership. The managing committee of the club was in a tizzy. Such a situation had never happened. Most of our community laboured under a delusion that all Goans were necessarily Catholic. Molu Dessai was reluctantly granted membership. But he also joined the Hindu Gymkhana where he felt he was more welcome. Molu Dessai worked for the Tanganyika Police. -- Regards, Tony de Sa ♦Technical Editor ♦ Graphics ♦ IT Stuff ♦ DTP
