Francis really adore your garden.
The color, foliage and lushness of the flowers and plants reflect your love and passion for the plants.
Wonderful article written from the heart.

Very nice article about balcony gardening,nice lively plants.It needs more of positive attitude and patience.Hats off to you.Well done :)

True! It’s complacency and incompetence!! Caught unprepared and kind of operations management failure having been through first wave, live example of UK s second wave of mutation version! Situation looks grim as of now and severe compared to first wave. Wonderful article! Thanks Philip for loads of insight and information.

Dear Francis...this was your passion in Bahrain also. In Bahrain at least there was some land at your house. In Mangalore flat I don t think any place for you to sleep with these many plants...!!!!!

Wow!!! What can I say? A beautiful article about your balcony and your lovely plants! This is indeed an encouragement to all of us especially at this time of the pandemic. Looking forward to reading more articles in the future! Stay safe healthy! God bless!

Francis Sir’s love for the plants is seen in the pics ... The way he has maintained his garden is praiseworthy. Plants look healthy and full of life . It’s a reflection of Francis Sir who is also full of positive energy and his words always motivate others be it sports, gardening or in general - life. He should be rightly called as Dr. for plants in the way he explains about them how to take care and make them grow healthy. Thanks Sir for the wonderful article and inspiring others ..

Amazing superb garden and greenery. You made the best use of your balcony. Multi talented.. Yes the article is the real feeling of your place.. It s a beautiful place.. Hats off to your interest enthusiasm as always. Keep it up. Stay ever green energetic always. God bless.

Awesome article, very well written. All plants look so alive, healthy, so many types of plants well arranged in balcony space. Excellent gardening.

All the plants look so fresh n lively. Really it is a great effort. It will be wonderful hobby to keep someone engaged, fit n healthy. A good way to relax too.

Wow wonderful. So healthy plants, all plants look so fresh and clean and they are smiling. Very good article about balcony gardening. God bless for your hard work.

Wow, I cant believe that you are so talented, really Francis Bhowji multi talented in writing, gardening, sports, emceeing. I have no words to express your talents in all these fields. So impressed to see your garden, the way you arranged them, took care of them, all plants look so healthy. Amazing... Amazing. you should get an award for this, you really deserve one. God Bless you.

A very well written article ..I liked the human nature the curiosity humans have in this article .We ladies will peep from the balcony to know what exactly is going on on the other side

Good to know that Francis Saldanha has continued his hobby of gardening in spite of his retirement and paucity of space in his balcony in Mangalore. It requires a lot of patience and care to set up a garden in the balcony. But Francis has shown how beautiful plants can be grown in limited space. Thanks Francis for sharing your experience and wonderful pictures.

Glad to see that former Karnataka MLC Ivan D’Souza visited Covid-19 positive patients who are on isolation at their homes, here on Friday, May 7th and helped whatever was possible and whoever was in need. God bless all who were involved. Wishing all a speedy recovery

This article gave me such a big smile! The plants and the article are both so beautiful. So happy to have read this. The plants look as lively as you always do, Uncle Francis! Thank you for this.

Welcome back, Francis, with your signature theme and photographs. Glad to note your green thumb is surviving after retiring and returning from Bahrain. What a pity you only got 15 sq.ft!

Heartfelt condolences to all family members. May her soul rest in peace.

Gardening adds years to your life and life to your years... This phrase truly suits you.. A true nature lover...

Unbelievable gardening idea Francis uncle..never seen such a lively plants before...u have used the space very well. Gardening and plants relieve your stress to a huge extent. Something positivity to take from ur article during this pandemic

Dear Elias/Lilly, Sr. Florine, Edward/Deepa, Jessy/Elias and all family members, Please accept our heartfelt condolences on the sad demise of your beloved Mom. May the departed soul Rest in Peace.

Rest in Peace Eveline Aunty.

Well researched and written article. There has been non-fulfilment in maintaining the social distancing rules by the citizens of the country as well as on the part of the government. The Indian government should invest more on health care facilities and infrastructure so as to avoid such mishaps in the future.

Dear Innab, Sr. Hilda and family members, please accept our Heartfelt Condolences. May her soul rest in eternal peace.

Heartfelt condolences to all family members. May his soul rest in peace.

Dear family members please accept our Heartfelt condolences. May his soul rest in peace.

In my opinion it s clearly indicate that the indian society is not grown up to the level of implimenting the crony capitalist policies as of now.Actually Modi is in a dilemma to keep his image as the apostle of capitalism in india.Its clearly seen in the pricing of covid vaccines.He dont want to loose the image of indian market by regulating the drugs patent law in this issue.Thus he is teying to please the i ternational business community and sent the message that India is not like earlier where Bayer corp lost huge market with a case against Natco pharma.Here the queation is what is imporatant..image or the right and life of citizen....I think stiĺl a mix of socialistic and capitalistic policies are good...we need a sustainable development not a bubble.Here i can say that Kejeriwal model of development is also a failure but to some extent kerala model of development is surviving some what.Its the time establish an ecosystem and infrasturcture which can handle a devastating pandemic like this in future because the present war is not face to face but hiden...

I read somewhere that Modis advisors told him that we were exceptional geneticslly, the reasson why we did not have high mortality and cases in the first wave. I guess he took it seriously.

Heartfelt condolences to all family members. May her soul rest in peace.

Mr. Philip, it is an excellent article. Analyzed very well with facts and figures.It is a food for thought for our community to ponder and act appropriately. Thank you so much for taking the time to write. Keep it up! 4

Heartfelt condolences to the entire Lobo family members on the sad demise of dear Catherine Mousi.Our hearts are saddened by your loss and our thoughts prayers are with you all. May the departed soul rest in peace.

Heartfelt condolences to the family members. May her soul rest in eternal peace.

Condolences to the family members. May her soul rest in peace.

Heartfelt condolences to all family members. May her soul rest in peace.

Heartfelt condolences to Inna and all the family on the death of Ellibai. May she Rest In Peace.

Appreciable article upon the achievements of our friend
Ronald.He is the pride of family and native.I have lost his contact number and hence wishing here. Perhaps a year back he telephoned me.Regards to Sri Eugenieji ,@bellevision for efforts like this

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This is good opportunity for student.This is improve the all the knowledge and its helpful for me.

Thanks for giving this opportunity.
And this is helpfull for student. And good knowledge.

Congrats, our ever-young traveler! To me, it seems the tour operators has packed just too much seeing" as it turns out. One aspect missing in the report is local cuisine; food is integral to culture as song, dance, music and artefacts are. The NE cuisine is great; am saying it because here in Mumbai s back-lanes, I get to enjoy a variety. Divine, for me brought up on many til based sweets.

Congratulations Dr. Ronilad Sabi D souza

Congratulations Dr. Sabi, I am so proud of you and this great milestone achievement. Wishing you many more successes. Mog Asondhi.... Benny

Congratulations Dr. Ronald Sabi. We are proud of your achievements. You are an inspiration to all of us. God Bless you !!!

Great Job, congrats Saby

Congratulations Dear Ronald Sabi for your achievement. Keep going....

Congratulations Dr Ronald Sabi. Really proud of your achievements. Your hard work and perseverance has paid off.

Congratulations Sabi on your Doctorate! May your great perseverance inspire many to showcase their talent and attain their mission to Glorify God. God bless you in your mission!

Congrats!! Ronnie, so proud of your hard work and success. God bless you and the family always.
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Congratulations to Dr Ronald. Great indeed is your achievement. Your persistent efforts are always worth emulating. Proud to be your classmate.Keep rocking.

Congratulations Sabi. Proud of your achievement. You are a role model and inspiration to many of us. God bless in your future endeavors.

Congratulations dear Ronald Sabi for being awarded Ph. D. degree for your research work. We are proud of your achievement.