The Jubileecouple oyal Agnelo & his wife
Yesterday, 18th
of this month, at Dona Paula Bay 15, one of the most prominent ex Kuwait Goan Agnelo
Fernandes from Agacaim and popularly known as Royal Agnelo and his wife celeberated
their Wedding Golden Jubilee with a well organized function well attended by
his relatives, collegues, friends, acquaintances and well wishers.
It was a grand function organized with grandeur befitting the hosts.
They are seen dancing
Royal Agnelo and me we
built our contacts with each other about 40 years back during our soccer activities at Sour Grounds
in Kuwait. He was a part of their Club as president formed by the members of Agacaim. Then after a few years he
formed his own team known as ROYAL which was wholly and fully supported and
financed by him only, this team for years created a sensation in Kuwait as it
contained some of the best Goan players and it won many of the trophies and
Chamionships. In fact the soccer team
Royal then was name and fame in Kuwait.
His grand daughter addressing the gathering
Seen with his brother on Wheelchair coming from UK
He was not only a
sports in general and soccer in particular fanatic but also engaged himself in
many other activities in the promotion of Goan causes. One of the major causes
he supported was helping the poor Goans and getting the jobs and financial aids. The other major cause he supported was the
Konkani movement and the promotion of
Tiatro in Kuwait either directly bringing the troupes from Goa or by helping
others in sponsoring the Air Tickets for some of the visiting Tiatrists. In one word, he was always supportive of any
activity done from Kuwait for the cause of Goa. Very few people enjoyed his support in Kuwait
as this writer has enjoyed for the causes of Goa and Goans. He was very
generous for helping the Goan causes
since his love for Goa and Goans is extreme.
Seen with his elder son Franky
Seen above are his Kuwait friends Monsurate-his daugher-his wife and M.A.Vernic
By profession he is an
Engineer and in Kuwait he was employed
in a very lucrative organization that sent him to USA for further training. He
brought name and fame for Goans by holding the prestigious post in his organization. Besides, he also engaged himself in his
private business activities.
Seen are Jubilee couple
Goans like him were very
few in Kuwait, ispite of moving up in life he still remained a humble and
simple man. His financial power and position in the community never made him
proud as it happened to many of our
Goans who with little educational
background and coming from hoi-polloi background act as Maharajas. This is where the greatness lies of Royal
Agnelo as we called him in Kuwait.
Both the sons of Royal Agnelo seeing the Cake coming from top
Mr. Simon raising the toast
A very soft spoken kind
hearted Goan, I wish him and his loving wife choicest blessings on this
occasion which they both are very fortunate to celebrate while many others are not. May the heavenly God shower on them the choicest blessings.
A.Veronica Fernandes.
