Placido D'Souza is the father of Lucia and Maria who helped inspire Herman to found GoaNet. Placido's son, Francisco, is one of the youngest Indian CEOs in the USA.
9 May: Newspost Online. Art lovers in Belgium had an opportunity to see the portraits of 40 world leaders prepared by a senior Indian diplomat Placido D'Souza. Presently, residing in the United States, Placido D'Souza has four children who live in the US and Belgium . The exhibition was mounted by his daughter who runs SAPNA, the Indian Cultural Centre in Gembloux. For text, 373 words, see http://www.newspostonline.com/world-news/former-indian-diplomats-art-work-on -display-in-belgium-2-2009050953942 For a video clip of D'Souza's TV interview (in French and English) at the Belgium display, (12m. 52s; 126 MB) see http://www.filefactory.com/file/agha778/n/Chemin_de_Toile_May_2009_wmv Placido D'Souza was born in 1933 in Dar es Salaam and entered the Indian diplomatic service in 1957 serving in Kenya, Panama, New York and Hong Kong. He is married to Sushila and father of Jacinta, Lucia, Maria and Francisco. For links to some aspects of Placido D'Souza's background, see http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg03065.html For an article by Placido D'Souza, Of Ponti (Oil Lamp) And Konkani Proverbs see http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg03018.html For 3 photographs of the exhibition, see http://www.flickr.com/photos/90182...@n00/ If you have problems with the links check out the Photo Gallery at http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/ Eddie Fernandes
