> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:07:10 +0530 > From: Frederick Noronha <[email protected]> > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] TAIP air-hostesses
> On 24 August 2010 20:29, Gabriel de Figueiredo > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> NOTE: TAIP air-hostesses were the first ones to wear saris as uniforms >> on >> international flights. > > So, what's the point? Does it imply anything? Or was it just following > the rule of unintended consquences? FN > > I do think it is remarkable for that time and in those circumstances. Funny photostream btw. There is also a pic of 3 Portuguese men (officials?) on the beach in Benaulim in 1957. They wear only swiming trunks. Yet bare male torsos were prohibited by law in Salazar's Portugal, afaik. But maybe rules were more relaxed in the 'Ultramar' ... cheers, patrizio & Diiiinooos! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Goa-launch of the well-received *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho on Aug 29, 2010 (Sunday) at 11 am at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao. Meet the author, buy a signed copy (only Rs 295 in Goa till stock lasts). http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
