Memories awaken at Floriano's grouse against the shabby treatment meted to his wife by a Qatar Airways Vienna flight stewardess.
Our dotor J.C.'s brother-in-law (sister's husband) was while he lived, a very powerful man at Doha Airport. Nominally the airport head of Darwish Travels, in reality nothing of importance happened at Doha airport including traffic, reservations, baggage, customs and immigration, unless Felix knew of it or was consulted on it. He knew every Sheikh, every important man there was to know and most Goans of the time. If I were taking a flight, he would upgrade me even on the European and North American sectors without asking him, not that I would have ever asked for such a favor. He came to Doha when it was just a watering hole and grew with it, being on first-name terms with all its rulers. In behaviour and at heart he was just a simple Goan from Parra, minding his own business and doing good to others whenever he had an opportunity. He died prematurely while I was still there (I think) and would have been proud in his own simple way if he were able to have seen his beloved Qatar today transformed from just another small oil producing desert country to one of the richest nations on God's good earth. Roland. Sent from Samsung Mobile
