Rico, Thanks for passing on news as usual, though sad. Have already sent
you our condolences earlier but once again, please accept our condolences on
the demise of A.Clementine & convey the same to your family. We pray that
God grants her eternal rest & peace.
nice. My memories of her go back to the age of three or so, when she
took care of us while our parents went to work. She introduced us to
It is memories of people that sustain us at such times & the simple & good
memories help to let go for nobody can take those away. You have paid her a
fitting tribute by remembering her so well.
the life in Goa, which we encountered with a mix of awe and amazement
and surprise. In the 1960s, that meant grazing goats on the lane near
St Cajetan's Chapel. Pooling resources to collectively take the
village's cows grazing to the local hillock (not yet a concrete jungle
for industry). Tending to coconut trees. Doing all that it took to
cultivate paddy fields. Tapping the coconut tree for all its bounty,
including working on the tedious process of extracting oil from it.
Living largely off the village soil.
Yeh right! Rico, nice of you to jot down your memories of A.Clementine,
because these bring back old memories for us - when Saligao looked like the
pictures on the postcards - green paddy fields, palm trees, with the dogs,
goats, cows etched in the background, those simple village men climbing the
coconut palms either to pluck coconuts or collect the toddy. ... The entire
process of breaking the coconuts, drying it & sending it to the mill for
extraction of oil & then selling the oil. We did that at home too with the
help of those who did such work for us. All in days gone by - a pity really.
My brother Ricky and myself were fairly naughty boys.
huh! How come I remember Ricky being naughty but not you Rico! Maybe you
cheated by looking cherubic - ha ha! Perhaps I had left the school by
then....But if you were with Seby & others, then I can just about guess at
your naughtiness.
years together, she would painstakingly craft typically Goan-related
sweets to match with every season and feast of the year.
Pyramid-shaped pudde, leaf-wrapped patoiyo, sweet letri, local sanna
(both the pain-white sourish ones, and the brownish jaggery ones), the
stringy shirvoiyo and so many more.
Hey you got the best! My mouth is watering! We get the white sannas here
but not the brown jaggery ones which were my favourite. What sweet was
that?....Pyramid-shaped puddle? What's the Konkani word for it?
She was a nice lady, and the memories of the past are the best tribute
I agree entirely & have mentioned the same earlier.
Take care
Annette
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