>From Goaclips: A corner of a foreign field in Goa Dona Paula is known for many things... but there's something else in Dona Paula, not too well known, but which brings to mind, Rupert Brooke's poem "The Soldier". The poem comes to mind in Goa, because there is in Dona Paula a corner of a field, foreign to the British, that has a graveyard, where nobody has been buried for over a century and is very simple and popularly known as the British cemetery. It's there because for a brief while, during the Napoleonic wars between 1799 and 1813, there was a British garrison of about 10,000 soldiers stationed in Goa, defending the Portuguese enclave from any possible French attack. [Alexandre Moniz Barbosa, TOI] ________ I had the oppotunity to visit this cemetry earlier this year. This plot is good for a couple of slim high rise buildings. Our ministers should seriously think of getting in on the action. More fukot. Chamchas please convey this information. But perhaps, its already been carved up.
venantius j pinto
