It appears Dr Ashok Varadkar came from India, close to the Goan border in Malvan.
Here is the link: https://www.thegoan.net/doc-with-malvan-roots-tipped-as-next-irish-pm/33239.html So he is an almost- Goan!! On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 9:15 PM Mel de Quadros <ymirconsult...@gmail.com> wrote: > Checking on Dr Ashok Varadkar, the father of the former PM of Ireland Dr > Leo Varadkar, see the following, and I wonder if he’s a Goan? > > Two of my brothers were decorated as freedom fighters, and my sisters took > part in the liberation of Goa,” says Dr Ashok Varadkar. > > Here’s the full article. > https://www.magzter.com/stories/News/India-Today/An-Indian-Party-in-Ireland > > Be interesting to know. > Mel > > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 7:08 PM Eddie Fernandes <eddie.fernan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hello Anita, >> >> >> >> I was prompted by the subject line of the post to forward news about the >> impending elections in Portugal and hope we can all join hands to pray for >> Antonio Costa’s success. Would you not agree? >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> >> >> Eddie Fernandes >> >> On Fri, 14 Jan 2022 at 21:04, Anita Dias <dias_an...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> That's good to hear Eddie. I have heard and know about him but >>> immaterial *if* he - Rishi Sunak was present at the BYOB party. >>> *His integrity will come into play if he was at it.* >>> That is what I am focusing on. >>> If he is in the line-up for being the next PM; it is an important aspect. >>> >>> A shameful incident that took place in May 2020 is only now being >>> revealed!! >>> Therefore--Would it not be better to know now then later? >>> WHO was at it??? >>> >>> We know his dad ( an MD) is from Kenya...AND his mum Usha ( a >>> pharmacist) is from Tanzania ie Dar; that she went to Shaaban Roberts Sec >>> School. >>> Parents with integrity! >>> >>> Goans - whether in Portugal or India or anywhere in the world were >>> literally falling over themselves/drooling when Antonio Costa was elected. >>> After all you too had many clippings on him on Goan Voice-didn't you? >>> >>> I have no idea why you are bringing Costa into this conversation. >>> He has no bearing on it. On Brit politics! >>> >>> I think there is a change developing ---where integrity is the name of >>> the game in politics. >>> As sooner or later the true colours show. >>> >>> A >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* tgo...@googlegroups.com <tgo...@googlegroups.com> on behalf of >>> Eddie Fernandes <eddie.fernan...@gmail.com> >>> *Sent:* January 14, 2022 2:41 PM >>> *To:* tgo...@googlegroups.com <tgo...@googlegroups.com>; Goa's premiere >>> mailing list, estb. 1994! <goanet@lists.goanet.org> >>> *Subject:* Re: Odds In Favour Of Indian-Origin Chancellor Rishi Sunak >>> As Pressure Mounts On British Prime Minister Boris Johnson To Resign >>> >>> Yes, we are proud of Rishi Sunak, but what about Antonio Costa? >>> >>> “Donkey Babush” António Costa, seeks re-election as Prime Minister of >>> Portugal >>> 13 Jan: SIC Notícias (Portugal). Aged 60, a socialist since he was 12, >>> António Costa seeks to be re-elected prime minister, a position he has held >>> since 2015. “Babush” to the family – which means boy in Konkani dialect, >>> from Goa – António Costa has been Prime Minister since 2015 and seeks to be >>> re-elected on 30 January 2022… “A race between a donkey and a Ferrari” was >>> used to describe his entry into politics in 1993 … António Costa was born >>> in Lisbon on July 17, 1961. Son of publicist, writer and Communist >>> Party activist Orlando da Costa and Maria Antónia Palla a journalist … he >>> is a descendant of families converted to Catholicism from the highest caste >>> in India… 1616 words. >>> >>> https://postal-pt.translate.goog/politica/antonio-costa-socialista-ha-mais-de-40-anos-irrequieto-e-um-habil-negociador/?_x_tr_sl=pt&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB&_x_tr_pto=wapp >>> >>> 14 Jan: Jornal I (Portugal). Skin color, “never limited me” he said in >>> 2014: “I, personally, never felt it. I may have heard them call me 'monkey' >>> once or twice, but it's episodic”… 1837 words. >>> >>> https://ionline-sapo-pt.translate.goog/759318?_x_tr_sl=pt&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB&_x_tr_pto=wapp >>> >>> Video: 18 Jan. 2017. Herald TV. Portugal PM visits his ancestral house >>> in Goa … 3m. 36s. >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAQGERuIH5Y >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 14 Jan 2022 at 19:16, Anita Dias <dias_an...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Not only in British EA Mel, but also in British India which then became >>> British Raj (a total of 400 years of ????) and in every country of the >>> so-called 'Commonwealth'. A misnomer if ever there was one. As all the >>> wealth only went to one country! >>> The Indigenous also suffered in Oz, NZ and Canada. >>> >>> The 'work event'. A new term for a BYOB party but it would be better if >>> the Brits knew who was present @ it. >>> If there were any Ministers of the crown. >>> It seems highly unlikely that the top Ministers were absent- which >>> possibly means Dishy Rishi was there! >>> Doubts will persist until the facts are known. >>> >>> I am just saying! As still a Brit citizen! I would like to know... >>> A >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* tgo...@googlegroups.com <tgo...@googlegroups.com> on behalf of >>> ymirconsult...@gmail.com <ymirconsult...@gmail.com> >>> *Sent:* January 14, 2022 9:20 AM >>> *To:* Goanet <goa...@goanet.org>; Goans <tgo...@googlegroups.com>; >>> Tanzanite 2020 <tgoans2...@gmail.com> >>> *Subject:* Odds In Favour Of Indian-Origin Chancellor Rishi Sunak As >>> Pressure Mounts On British Prime Minister Boris Johnson To Resign >>> >>> What a reversal of roles!! I’m old enough to remember the numerous >>> humiliation meted to us Indians in the former British East Africa. 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