On 26 February 2013 21:57, manuel tavares <duk...@bell.net> wrote: > Regarding to Eugene Correia's Article: > > It is a pity that Laura has ended in this state. I had the privilege to > attend her Lecture, when she came to Kenya with Prof Lucio Rodrigues. She > was elegant in her white Sari and spoke so well and passionately. Perhaps > as you say, in old age, she was overcome by maladies which affect the human > brain. It was very disheartening to learn that the Goa Freedom Fighters > Association did not issue a condolence message. Perhaps it is as > Shakespeare put it . The Evil that we do lives after us the good is oft' > interred with our bones. So let it be with Laura. For those who knew her, > her passion and devotion to the cause of Goa's Liberation cannot be > forgotten and perhaps history will be kind to her and afford her her > rightful place in Goa's Dossier. > > Manuel (Eddie) Tavares. >
COMMENT: It is not just a pity but a profound tragedy when kith and kin will not come forward to do the right thing. At lease she got a burial with all rites performed. Here is an announcement courtesy GVUK:- *Looking For: Family of Eluina Louzado (Nairobi)* 5 Mar: Goan Welfare Society, Nairobi. Mrs Eluina Louzado, aged 86 passed away recently in in Nairobi. Her Baptism name is Josephine. Her children are Gregory, William and Freda and are believed to be in the UK. Please contact by Email <gwsnew...@gmail.com> Then there is the case of an elderly Bachelor Goan who died in St. George's Hospital Tooting,( Ex Mombasa) nobody knows whether he was given a decent burial - there is talk that he was given a pauper's grave along with 12 others. The Goans of Tooting know about this man and I find it hard to believe that no one approached the Goan Welfare Service for assistance. He did not die penniless, he had two people as co signatories on his Bank accounts - I know his because he had told me so. The time has come, that one should not rely on children or family. My generation was caught with a double whammy, we had to help our parents as well as our children. The next generation are not obliged. -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.