Viva Adolfo! See you back in Quepem. Roland Francis 416-453-3371
> On Jan 24, 2021, at 6:31 AM, Adolfo Mascarenhas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Goa Netter's, I promised a second Part about Diaspora based In Message: > 6 Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2021 12:50:40 -0500 > From: Roland Francis <[email protected]> > raises on the Subject: Re:in Goanet] [Newsletters] Why The Emigration? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Let me Go back slightly and discuss the PANDEMIC and perhaps that harmful > fellow who vacated WHITE HOUSE. The Pandemic we are experiencing is not the > first. At the end of World War 1 you had gthe Spanish flu it killed more > people than the two World Wars including the two A-Bombs dropped over Japan. > ::: > > Why do I bring this up ;;;There was this great American President Woodrow > Wilson who felt that US should participate in World War I (!914-18) Everybody > suffered so the notion of the League of Nations came up. Wilson sailed to > Europe but towards the end apparently lost his senses. His wife returned with > him and White House was ruled for several months by a Petticoat President > :::: > > What is the relevance ;;;World War II (1939-45) and creation of the UNITED > NATIONS. Bowman, was a not a mere Geographer and author ... he held other > Portfolios among others Isaiah Bowman was President of the Johns Hopkins > University; former Director of the American Geographical Society; and above > all in our context he was > the adviser to the United States Delegation at the San Francisco Conference. > Remember he understood the role of Japanese Pioneers in Peru ...Professor > was a very sensible fellow....He realized that there are deep psychological > changes wanting the good things of their former homelands and appreciation of > their new Homelands (Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda or Zanzibar or Mozambique) ... > Politicians signing treaties do not realize this ....Human beings called > Goans also bring a whole lot of personal feelings and group sentiments. So > some lie Fitz, or Braz or Nazareth add their own dimension .... of interest > and opportunities be it Ngorongoro and suddenly realize that the very people > close to them are silent in their graves now part of the African soil > :::.....Occasionally it hits one hard...Like at the time when I was caught in > the Lockdown In in Quepem .....black and white photos ..10 x 8 of my Father > and his two friends in Uganda about 1926, Mr Pereira who opened a garage in > TABORA and who was the third suited guy with my father ....I do not know his > name only think he was one of the three fellows who ventured with my Dad and > Pereira .and got involved with purchasing Cotton in Uganda ....It failed, > because the British suddenly realized that the India Rupee was becoming the > currency of trade (I found a cowrie shell in the garden in my Garden in > Makongo Juu ...DSM > > Will what we write for whatever reasons become part of national literature > reflecting all the real changing moods of a crazy fellow called Iddi Amin who > had a dream ......and we saw related madness a few days ago in the White > House ...Back to the normal .. > > My normal is that I am hungry ....this late afternoon. .....Have a Good Goan > Sunday (I hope somebody in Goa does not ask FN..what is a Goan Sunday !! > Grandolfo > > > > It is title to sentiments like these, and not merely to so-and-so many square > miles of land, that is transferred when > This article is part of our premium archives. > To continue reading and get full access to our entire archive, you must > subscribe. > Subscribe > > ยท
