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An encounter with the Gagro-Naik

In this narration, Professor Eduardo de Souza, a ganvkar of Saligao of the 9th vangodd of the Comunidade de Saligao meets with ‘Gagro-Naik’, a venerable gentleman who, according to legend and lore, wears a skirt (gagro), bells around his waist and ankles; carries a staff in his hand and has webbed feet!  He is supposed . . . → Read More: An encounter with the Gagro-Naik

Reaching for the hundreds

by Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas

In the Book of Psalms one comes across verses about the transition and shortness of human life:

 For all our days pass under thy wrath

Our years come to an end like a sigh

The years of our life are threescore and ten

Or even by reason of . . . → Read More: Reaching for the hundreds

Cotula walk – IV

by Fr Nascimento Mascarenhas

My friend Salvador Mascarenhas and I were now on the last leg of our walk through the vaddo (ward) of Cotula in Saligao. Close to the former house of the Gama rose family that I wrote about earlier, is the house of Dr Raimundo da Gama and Camila Mariana Tereza da . . . → Read More: Cotula walk – IV