Very interesting. Didn't realise he was Goan. Always wondered about the possibility, but the Tamil-sounding aiy-yai-yoh did put me off! I'm sure there are many others whom we don't even know might be Goan. FN
PS: Talking about Sri Lanka (this song is from the SLBC), I doubt many of us in Goa have even heard of this man from Assagao ... QUOTE Armand de Souza (1874-1921) Journalist of Goan origin who took a strong nationalist stance as editor of the *Ceylon Morning Leader*, campaigning for democratic reforms of the Legislative Council to make it more representative of the people. After the communal riots of 1915, he wrote *Hundred Days in Ceylon under Martial Law*, a trenchant criticism of the colonial government's actions. His editorials so incensed the authorities that he was once sentenced to a month in jail but soon released after public protests. He encouraged support for indigenous arts and culture at a time English language newspapers snootily ignored them. Born in Goa and orphaned at a young age, he was brought up in Colombo by an uncle, Dr Lisboa Pinto, a Catholic of radical views. He studied at Royal College, and after a short period as a clerk on the railways, started in journalism reading proofs on the *Ceylon Observer*. He later became an Assistant Editor on the *Times of Ceylon*, and edited the *Morning Leader* from 1907 until he died in 1921. One of his two sons, Tori, become editor of the *Times of Ceylon*. CLOSEQUOTE Source: Encyclopedia of Sri Lanka By Charles A. Gunawardena PS: His son Doric de Souza played an even more unusual role in the history of Sri Lanka. Just google.... Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490 > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eddie Fernandes" > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> > Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 12:13 PM > Subject: [Goanet] You Tube: Ernest Ignatius: I Married A Female Wrestler