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Selma,
I'm told Tony de Mello was an East Indian from Shirley Rajan village, Bandra.
Reena
Carvalho wrote:
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> --- Alfred de Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> > But dear Selma, is the man still among us. I, most
> > definitely, do
> > not believe so.
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> > Alfred.
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> Hi Alfred,
> Good to hear from you on Goanet. What a privilege it
> must have been to know Fr De Mello in person.
>
> I'm told in private that Fr Tony died peacefully in
> his sleep at Fordham University NY. Apparently there
> are groups that meet regularly to discuss his work. I
> wonder if this simple man ever knew the amount of
> people he influenced with his short stories.
>
> Marshall, that's the name of the book, "Song of the
> birds", which I couldn't remember for some reason.
> That one followed "Prayer of the Frog", which I loved.
>
> I found him on Wikipedia, but does anyone know if we
> can claim him as one of our own, a Goan that is. It
> doesn't say so on Wikipedia.
>
> selma
>
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