two of us were doing the broadcast, mr vaman sardesai and myself.e had done such a historic work together that we could not part. so we decided to marry! feelings have reached a boiling point over this last european possession. and december 15th, 1961, the indian army started marching towards goa. so we were getting all the news from the army as to how they had progressed, what had happened, and we were also communicating this to the people of goa. the indian army came fully prepared, but there was no, what you may say, resistance anywhere. on the contrary, people used to crowd in front of them to welcome them. without even any shots being fired, without any persons being killed, huh? the armyjust walked through. it was a cakewalk. the portuguese abandoned their arms, knowing they could not make any show against the 30,000 invading troops. the chief of staff very jubilantly told me, do you know, lobo, the portuguese have surrendered now, goa is free. oh, i just jumped with joy. and i said, i would like to go up in the skies now so that everybody hea