João Barros is an actual person. As Son of Salcette as you can get. Probably from Velsão.
Ex East Africa, once resident in New Jersey and then on teaching assignment in Japan followed by retirement in Goa, he writes poems on Goanet probably in the Haiku style he may have come across in Japan. That is my take. Perhaps João himself may correct me. Roland. Toronto. > On May 16, 2020, at 4:27 PM, E DeSousa <[email protected]> wrote: > > With so many posters on Goanet posting under assumed names it would be good > to understand why this is happening. Those writing under assumed names could > volunteer to explain their personal reasons for doing so? > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > "Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 14:12:40 +0000 > From: Eddie D'Sa <[email protected]> > To: GoaNet <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Goanet] Who is this Joao? > Message-ID: > > <mn2pr18mb25579df84ed5ce343900621fc8...@mn2pr18mb2557.namprd18.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Who on earth is this Prakash fellow (sounds Hindu) posting unintelligible > messages posing as Joao Barros? > And why does he prefer an unreadable format? To annoy readers? What?s his > game?? > Eddie"
