We do sing the Ladainha here for the senior citizens, but without feni and ukoddlele chonnem . There is a Goan Village Soccer tournament running every Summer. Toronto has at least five to eight Goan bands. In the early seventies, for the G.O.A. functions, the band never struck Konkani numbers, though Swahili songs were belted out. We have the best of both the worlds.
Life is good here.
Life offers the best social life for Goans outside of India and West of Suez. But we still miss something. Our parties don t come anywhere close to the ones in Goa or Bombay. People are not too jolly. They have been burdened by stress.