Thanks Miguel, Always know I can count on you to do the needful.
Patsy ________________________________ From: Miguel Braganza <[email protected]> To: Patricia Nazareth <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Mon, May 3, 2010 3:05:18 PM Subject: Re: [SALIGAONET] An obit...and a Saligao link Dear Patsy, I will convey your message to Susrut's wife, Beena, and his sadly estranged sister, Meenacshi. Susrut's daughters Esmenia [named after her grandmother] and Elizabeth are too small to know what has happened. Both are below 10 years of age. Mog asundi Miguel On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 1:34 AM, Patricia Nazareth <[email protected]> wrote: First of all.....Thanks Miguel for relaying this tragic news. > >I also know the Martins' family very well, including Sushrut, in the context >of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Movement in Goa. His sister Meenacshi was a >good friend of mine, in those good old camping days, and his dad, Dr. Martins, >(who worked very closely with my dad - Edwin Saldanha) was a well-known and >much respected figure in the Scouts and Guides circles. The news of Sushrut's >death has certainly come as a shock, and I wish his whole family my most >heartfelt sympathies, and pray for the courage and strength that they will >most certainly need to see them through this very, very sad time. I can only >try to imagine the loss and sadness his close friends like Miguel, and others, >must feel at this time. >(Is there any way this message of condolence can reach Sushrut's family? >Miguel, I'm wondering if you would be able to do the needful. Thanks.) > >Patsy > > > > > > > ________________________________ From: Frederick Noronha <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Sat, May 1, 2010 1:21:35 PM >Subject: [SALIGAONET] An obit...and a Saligao link > >There is a Saligao link here! FN > >OBIT: Sushrut Martins, homeopath, campaigner, >photography-enthusiast, President's Scout and more... > >By Miguel Braganza, Mapusa >[email protected] >[Reproduced on Goanet with permission] > >Dr. Sushrut Martins, son of freedom fighter and medical >practitioner Dr. Jose F.Martins [associated with training Boy >Scouts and Girl Guides in First Aid and St. John's Ambulance >practices], brother of Dr. Meenacshi Martins-Shukla and >husband of Beena and beloved father of two young daughters, >passed away suddenly on April 30, 2010 around midnight. >Efforts to revive him were futile as he was "dead on arrival' >according to the doctor. > >Dr. Sushrut Martins did his initial studies in DM's Dnyana >Prasarak High School, Mapusa, and then enrolled in St. Britto >High School for the last three years. He passed his SSC in >April 1977 along with the wellknown social activist of GOACAN >Roland Martins, Dr. Olavo Ribeiro Junior and NRI Dr. Selwyn >Albuquerque, besides James Paes [Journalist, Gulf News, >Dubai], Subodh Haldankar [ex-Bank of India, who died of a >tragic road accident near KTC bus stand two years ago] and >President's Scouts Americo "Ricky" Noronha [Online Solutions] >and Mahesh Kamat [ZIL]. > >My earliest memory of Sushrut is from 1974-75, when both of >us were young Boy Scouts at Salmona fountain, Saligao. His >elder sister, Meenacshi, was in my batch of Scouts and Guides >preparing to obtain the coveted President's Badge for the >first time since "Liberation" of Goa. Sushrut was a year >junior, a "Tenderfoot" Scout then, while we were making the >effort to move from "Second Class" to "First Class" a >prerequisite for the President's Badge. > >Their father, Dr. Jose Martins, used to conduct the training >and testing sessions in First Aid at Lourdes Convent, >Saligao, under the overall coordination of Mr. Edwin Saldanha >and Frederico de Ataide. > >In recent years, I have known Dr. Sushrut Martins as the >convener of "Vision India" and "Lions Club of India", two >institutions that he tried hard to nurture with a band of >loyal supporters. > > Sushrut was a regular at our unique and impromptu > debate and discussion club... and the unofficial > Press Club of Goa ... in Cafe Prakash. He was there > till late on April 29, when he had a vehicle > accident and we missed him last evening. That he > passed away of a massive heart attack comes as a > rude shock to us who enjoyed his friendly banter > and his amiable nature. From politics to language > issues; casino to medicine, and photography to > electronic gadgets, Sushrut always had something > positive to contribute. > >May his soul rest in peace and may the Lord give courage to >his family to bear this untimely loss. It is sad to see >someone lose his wicket when batting on his first fifty runs >... on a pitch that is queered by our polluticians in Goa. > >We will miss Sushrut, the second person to leave us young >after Navhind Times Senior Journalist, Umesh Mahambrey, >another childhood friend of mine. > >[FOOTNOTE: Funeral date is yet to be announced, but could be >on Sunday evening, May 2, 2010.] > > >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: RE: [BRITTOS] OBIT: Sushrut Martins, homeopath, campaigner, >photography-enthusiast, President's Scout and more... (by Miguel Braganza) >Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 18:10:53 +0100 >From: SELWYN ALBUQUERQUE <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, ><[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, ><[email protected]> > > >It is with great sadness I received the news of Sushrut Martins passing >away. I knew Sushrut from my days at Brittos and we spent many days >together in Scouting groups, camping at Salmona fountain, Saligao. I also knew >his sister who qualified through Goa Medical College. > >May his soul rest in peace and may GOD GIVE THE REST OF HIS FAMILY THE COURAGE >AND STRENGTH TO BEAR THEIR TRAGIC AND UNTIMELY LOSS. > > DR. SELWYN R.J. ALBUQUERQUE > > U.K. > >-- This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected] >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en >Please post regularly to keep the e-village active! > > -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Miguel Braganza, S-1 Gracinda Apts, Rajvaddo, Mapusa 403507 Goa Ph +91-9822982676;91-832-2255913 www.ofai.org www.pgsorganic.in Horticulture.Facilitation.Networking -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. -- This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en Please post regularly to keep the e-village active!
