If I remember right, age does take its toll, and memory is the first to pay;
the owners of Café Prakash in Panjim are niz Goemcars. I remember speaking
with the man at the helm, or rather the front desk, long long ago. He told me
how his family escaped to Karnataka to escape persecution and
Ahh age has indeed taken its toll. O memory of mine thou art a very leaky
sieve. It was not the Patrao of Cafe Prakash but the Supremo of Cafe Shanbag
who had told me about his ancestral Goemcar heritage.
Xanno Moidecar
Xanno Moidecar wrote: Ahh age has indeed taken its toll. O memory of
mine thou art a very leaky sieve. It was not the Patrao of Cafe
Prakash but the Supremo of Cafe Shanbag who had told me about his
ancestral Goemcar heritage.
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RANDOM THOUGHTS in response:
1: Following up on the lead of
A few days ago one lesser known writer who came from north america with guns
blazing against Portuguese presence in Goa by using all sorts of abusive
adjectives has finally taken off his blinkers by writing an article (Posted on
GN) about the city of Pangim (daily photographed by JoeUK).
Dear 'Bharati' Colaco, What have you got against Cafe Prakash? Or, are
some goenkars more goenkars than other goenkars :-) FN
PS: Given our contemporary lifestyles, egg-chops can only help
heighten cholesterol levels, nothing much else.
On 14 February 2010 11:34, Bernado Colaco
