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Goanetter Francis Rodrigues (Vasco/Toronto) unveils his book,
The Greatest Konkani Song Hits. Launch dates: Goa (Kala
Academy) on 9 Aug. 4 pm. U.K. (Staines) on 15 Aug. Canada on
20 Aug and US on 30 Aug. Details http://www.konkanisongbook.com/
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Chacha dear,
When I briefly sat (by a slip) in the chair of Margao Mayor
in 1985, I regularly received telegrams from some *Bastis*
in Uttar Pradesh. These told me I had become father for
the third time in the year, or had lost my mother for the Nth
time in the course of a few months. Of course, I had never
moved out of Goa during the period.
Didn't take me long to realise that most of Margao's then
sanitation workers were *untouchables* from those North
Indian Province *Bastis.*
Our guys had a common *Balmiki* in their name. And our
older Goan staff thought the telegrams were congratulatory
messages for me :-)
Rgds, v
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alfred de Tavares" <[email protected]>
To: "Goanet" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] G'bye Goa - Goan Emigration-3: HERALD(Goa), Aug 2, 2009
Arr Bab Valmiki,
"At that time I had a pair of a half-rat-powered goanese servants,
brought at a great expense from down country, who, the moment
hostilities broke out, presented themselves with telegrams reporting
deaths of their mother & father respectively."
Alfred de T...not to be belittled by Eric P....
