In the early 1970s while dinig at the Indian restaurant named Gaylord in Washington DC, the waiter who was serving us was named Gomes. Longing to meet fellow Goans at a time when few Goans or Indians were to be found in the USA, I asked him if he was Goan.I was shocked when he said No, he was from Bangladesh.Fast forward nearly 3 decades later........I was dining in another Indian restaurant in Washington DC and sure enough the waiter was named Gomes. I told him that I had met a waiter named Gomes three decades earlier. He told me that that Gomes was his Uncle and now owned a string of Indian restaurants in Washington DC. Quite an enterprising Gomes clan. And that is what the USA represents - from rags to riches, for those willing to take the plunge and work for it - the opportunities are boundless.
