Tony Barros wrote: > Mervyn, you wrote about the District Commissioner, now Sir Richard Turnbull. > The last Governor of Tanganyika and its first Governor-General was also a Sir > Richard Turnbull. Was he the same person ?
For those who missed it the first time, here is what Turnbull had to say when he opened the Goan Institute in Dar es Salaam. When I re-read his message a few minutes ago, Turnbull seems to suggest that he got his training and learnt his trade from Goan District Clerks. It is a pity that during the colonial period, only the good white folks could become Governors. Here is the document: http://www.flickr.com/photos/45002663@N00/3126324489/in/set-72157611432171339 > In the other case, the father of the girl told her that if she did not give > up the > relationship with the boy whom he described as "a wretched of the earth": , > he would douse himself with petrol (fuel). To his amazement and on a wider > spectrum- shock, the girl ,who was "bent" on continuing the relationship > with > the objective of marriage, told him that she would supply him with the fuel. It is surprising what people only half a generation older than me have experienced. Thankfully, for me, my parents jettisoned caste during the last century. I do not have the slightest clue if the Goans I grew up with have castes or not. One attracted the opposite sex by using ones own talents. Those just a dozen years younger than me, the young and educated, give two hoots on what their parents think of their choice for a spouse. The parents of such people should be the happiest. After all, every parent wants his adult child to be able to make life's decisions independently. 2012012Mervyn PS. The fuel girl is my dream daughter. The only problem is that she was way ahead of her time. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
