I am so glad that Tony has received yet another award, one more to add to the so many laurels he has received during his glorious career. A cardiologist of great caliber, he is a researcher par excellence, and has written umpteen path-breaking papers and done pioneering research in the field of Cardiology, cardiac electrophysiology in particular. He is rightly rated among the best cardiologists of the world. His biography runs into several pages. Many may not know that besides being a scientist, Tony is also a writer, a poet, has a beautiful baritone voice and plays the guitar with verve and aplomb. Tony is also a humanist, a great lover of Goa, the place of his birth. I consider it as my privilege to be counted among his many admirers and friends. He could have given up on life after the death of his beautiful wife Marina, who passed away prematurely and whom he adored so much. She was the source of his inspiration ? he rightly acknowledges. But, against heavy odds, Tony showed us lesser mortals what it takes to overcome. Rising from the throes of depression, he seems to have gathered the pieces beneath the rubble of shattered dreams, to continue to scale to greater and greater heights. Even to this day Tony gives of his best to all and everywhere, and is sure to carry on in this way until the day when the Reaper with the Scythe will come with a call ? and a beautiful reward too!
Congratulations to Tony and thanks my friend for continuing to be the source of inspiration that you have always been to me. A pale shadow of what you are, I confess that in a small way, I try to emulate the shining example that you have set before us all. Francisco (Dr. Francisco Colaço, MD. Largo da Igraja do Espírito Santo, Margao. Goa. INDIA.) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs