You are right; Violet was sister to Bemvinda, and the two were 1st Cousins of my wife Germana (Diniz). Their mothers were sisters (Velho family, from Caranzalem). Greeting to you, Maestro Victor Rangel-Ribeiro.
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 1:52 AM, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Dan, > Violet was Bemvinda`s sister, not her cousin, and either my classmate > or a year behind at St. Xavier`s College in Bombay in the 1940s. > Regards, > Victor. > > From: DAN DRISCOLL <[email protected]> > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 1:09 PM > Subject: Re: [Goanet] The Happy Couple that. . . Cecil Pinto---Comment by > Driscoll. > > I think now I recall the name---Arthur Koestler, and it would have been > somewhere in the 70 s, I think. > > I can see that you must have quite a story yourself. Did you ever happen to > run into a couple by name Lannoy---Richard and Violet (Dias). They spent a > good portion of the seventies in Paris, where I guess the going was > tough---both of them social and artistic 'idealists' living from hand to > mouth. Violet was first cousin to my wife (Germana Dinis) and to Bemvinda > Dias, who taught at the Portuguese Secondary School at Panjim Althino. > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 5:46 AM, Alfred de Tavares < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Dan, do you, perchance, have in mind, Andre Gorz and his wife, Dorine, > > co-suicides > > in 2007. He was 83. > > > > A life-long exponentt of Satre-vintage existentialism, he co-fpunded to > > iconic Le Nouvelle > > Observatoir, which I sold by the bundle in the Quartier Latin, dead broke > > in 1968, > > keeping moi copiously in les veres du rouge.... > > > > He was very active in the takeover of Champs Elysse, by Danny the Rouge > > and co, > > May, that year even as De Gaule was toasting Vive le Quebec livre, in > > Montreal.... > > > > He was an affable chap. Learnt a lot from him. > > > > Helped me get through to Satre, at Caffe le Fleur, with a letter of > > introduction, by > > Walfrido Antao, on a pretty soiled covering of Simla cigs. The Shettio > > bar, in Thanar, > > Cortalim, had no other scrap of usable piece of paper at their taverna. > > > > Satre, by that time nearly blind shunned visitors. Simone, also, was with > > him, > > when he accorded me a visit with him. > > > > Turned out that, both, he and Gorz, remembered Walfrido very fondly. > > > > Turned out quite an adventure which I will recount another time. > > > > Alfred de T. > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:36:30 +0530 > > > From: [email protected] > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [Goanet] The Happy Couple that. . . Cecil Pinto---Comment by > > Driscoll. > > > > > > Mr. Pinto has given a better journalistic account than might be found > in > > any > > > of the newspapers. Truly, the story must be disturbing for many of us, > > and > > > there are so many unanswered questions. But, I feel that we will be > > seeing > > > more of the same, as people begin to become accountable for their own > > lives > > > throughout. There was renowned Existentialist writer (not Sartre; not > > Camus; > > > but in their League) whose name is momentarily beyond recall, who along > > with > > > his spouse was found having taken a lethal draught of some kind. The > > report > > > from those who witnessed the discovery was that it was 'dignified'. > > > So, I guess I would only wonder why hanging and strangulation was the > > > choice. At some point the medical and pharmaceutical communities are > > going > > > to have to come up with the enabler for those who choose to end their > own > > > lives---in a dignified manner. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Protect Goa's natural beauty > > > > > > Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve > > > > > > Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Protect Goa's natural beauty > > > > Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve > > > > Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Protect Goa's natural beauty > > Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve > > Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Protect Goa's natural beauty > > Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve > > Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
