From: George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<Zubin Metha was born Zerome Mendes and grew up in Salcette. As a young
boy, while playing at
Colva beach, he got the idea to become a conductor and took the stage name
Zubin Metha. It is not well known that his first job was a bus conductor on
the Vasco-Panjim route which inspired him to Philharmonic conducting. In
fact, a bus conductor job inspires most to anything except bus
conducting.>
Dear George Pinto,
Have you joined Faux Nooj or what?
What Faux (mis) inphormation are you posting here.
Zubin Metha was born in Aldona and named Zuze bin Mathias (not Zerome Mendes
as you very fauxly state). For reasons not known even to the Ponnje
Maha-Informatoria, he left Bardez and decided to grow up in Salcete.
Many sensible people do that (:-) - for one, the food is tastier in Salcete.
As a young boy, while playing at Betul Beach ( not Colva beach as you
wrongly point out), he got the idea to become a conductor and took the name
Zubin Metha.
His first job was that of a bus conductor but NOT on the Vasco-Panjim route
(as you wrongly state) but on the Betul to Margao route.
What you failed to record is what really it is about the Goa Bus Service
that inspired him to Philharmonic conducting. It is the confusao, bus horns
and window rattles which are sine qua non of bus travel in Goa.
It is on one of those sweaty, smelly days as a conductor cum killinder
while he was 'squeezing' past (yeah right) the young ladies standing in the
hyper-crowded 8:30pm Margao-Betul bus that Zuze bin Mathias decided: "Hey
out of all this bobatt ani confusao, I can make Mujik"!
Now .....write it down before you forget (:-)
jc
That 8:30pm Margao to Betul bus is know to stop service a few miles short of
Betul - at a place called Assolna. From there .... you have two choices ....
walk to your destination OR (sorry) no other choice
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