Goa, June 6 -- ALBERTINA ALMEIDA

Life has its coincidences, and sometimes they speak di rectly to you. One such mo ment came on a boat ride from Vanxim with the 4.59 a.m. Wakers Group. As we glided past the man groves, the boatman pointed to clusters of red, horn-shaped fruits on a small mangrove tree. I had just read a message on WhatsApp that Fr. Bolmax's health had turned critical. The mangroves are coinciden tally something that were both Fr. Bolmax's field of study for Ph.D. and his passion in activism. I recalled then about an inter view Fr. Bolmax, he once gave to Heritage Connect when he spoke about the likely etymology of the old All India Radio (AIR) Konkani programme I would return to af ter school, which was called Kan dram O...