Inspiring story propelling us forward to achieve the impossible. Barely twelve years old, making a journey into the unknown, overcoming all adversity with that singular goal in mind, the sheer perseverance, fortitude and bravery will remain a shining beacon. There are great parallels to be drawn in this narrative. And the wheel had turned full circle. Admiral Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda determinedly worked up his way up by working at Karachi docks.
Abhar, Voznadik Vojem ----------------------- My late father, Vincent Xavier Verodiano Martin, whose academic credentials were “segundgrao” -- left home at age 12, worked as a coolie at the Bombay docks, slept thereon, later enlisted in the Royal Indian Navy and rose to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. Dom Martin