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Arrre maaache rao re Wendell. I have been patiently eyeing the Aunty
in the picture; I believe I am first in line!
That is the Mupca Baazar aunty who occupied the prime spot on the
Friday morning Mupca-bound carret right by the door?
Talking of auntys, the fun aspects of the ride were when two or more
'cream-of-Goan-village society' aunties got on board; it was usually
theatrics, milicious gossip and a heady blast of assorted perfume!
Ofcourse, the true assessment of the 'aunty' was on the return trip:
if she came back empty-handed, the gossip machine worked on the full
steam!
That said the early morning carret was the mode of transport for
stolen coconuts from Salcette. Ofcourse, this was not always possible
as Asis, the driver sometimes overslept and carting 'stolen coconuts'
in daylight was not always good optics!! The other mode was on a
bicycle but as Goans from the villagers increasingly got jobs that
required getting out of the house at dawn, this became uncomfortable.
And there was the slim possibility of running into poder Asis (another
Asis doing the early-morning rounds with hot-hot cacon, crusty pao,
baakri and Bol on Friday) who operated from Betalbatim to the edge of
Arrosim.
With the Kadhamba's early morning service (begins at 5:30 now), its a
lot convenient to transport ones overnight loot to market!!! They
never ask questions on what is in the saac!!!
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 3:24 AM, Wendell Rodricks
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Fred how can I get a copy of that?? And who is the aunty in the dress.
Love
the photo.
And can you put me in touch with someone so I can use it my book
Wendell
