Xanno Moidecar wrote: Ahh age has indeed taken its toll. O memory of mine thou art a very leaky sieve. It was not the Patrao of Cafe Prakash but the Supremo of Cafe Shanbag who had told me about his ancestral Goemcar heritage.
== RANDOM THOUGHTS in response: 1: Following up on the lead of Rajesh Desai's post wrt 'Goa Freedom Fighters' (vide infra), please verify the accuracy of that story......or a story that I might float i.e. that the Portuguese-built (in 1970) Mandovi bridge ....collapsed because of faulty and sossegado Portuguese engineering. 2: The owners of Xannea's restaurant (if I am correct) also owned another restaurant next door. I used to call it 'Kalimar' because of the 'padding'. Fortunately, I was the only one in the group (of circa 12) GMC chaps dining not so infrequently at Kalimar ....who did not imbibe the 'amrut'. And .... I kept a count of the orders of these beverages being consumed at the table. After the first unsuccessful attempt at padding ....did not happen again with us. Some other group of 'bakras' probably got hit. 3: One lesson I learned at Kalimar ...... Someone who can keep a record and count .....please stay sober throughout that evening. We had an occasion, a few years ago, to eat out at an Indian restaurant in Croydon (London). Two snippets: (Q1): I thought the order was for Jumbo prawns? ANS: They are jumbo prawns. We cut them into small pieces for better taste. (Q2): You billed us for 3 Kingfisher beers ....but we have not had any alcohol to drink on this table. ANS : I will check with duty manager. A few minutes later. ANS: So-rrri Sir. Manager said assistant made mistake. He is off-duty now. 4: Now ..... If I were 'in charge', I would have sent the Kalimar chap and the chap from Croydon ...to the same place i.e. North Kanara. 5: But, I am not 'in charge'. So I will settle for Bangaluru. There, I am advised, a little bit of ghuspott and bakshish is said to be quite OK. jc BTW Rajesh, please remember .....it is possible (based on his post) that Tony's relations were incarcerated by the Portuguese at Aguada in 1962. You were out by then ....were you not? Rajesh Desai wrote thus: Today I read a post by Tony De Sa about his relations being freedom fighters imprisoned at the Aguada Jail. Can Tony please tell me the names of his relatives who were in the jail at that time? I would like to know and catch up with my fellow inmates if they are still around.
