COMMUNITY NEWS

The Goan Voice UK Annual Donation Appeal
Goan Voice UK is a Community service with worldwide support. For the payment options click here. Donations in excess of £20, received by 31 August 2007 will also be acknowledged in this newsletter. Please take time to consider the part you wish to play in sustaining and enhancing the Goan Voice UK service. For payment options and list of 2007 Donations see http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/donations/2007/ [note I have so far processed only the donations received at the UK Goan Festival. The rest will follow soon].
Donations over £20 received - £25: Carvalho, Greg; Dourado, Justin; D’Silva Lorna & Raymond; Fernandes, Bernard & Corine; Fernandes, Florie; Fernandes Ignatius & Isabel; Menezes-Rahim, Norma. £40: Pereira, Zelia. £100: Gracias, Bernie & Flavio

Canada: Paul de Silva. Feds reject Canada One 24 Jul: Playback. The CRTC has turned down Canada One, rejecting the proposal filed earlier this year by broadcaster Paul de Silva and others on the grounds that the would-be multicultural channel would not stand out from the already diverse pack of Canadian broadcasters … In an e-mail to colleagues and reporters, de Silva expressed disappointment. "Sadly, the CRTC decided not to take a bold step and missed a golden opportunity to address the inequities in the system," he wrote, adding that the channel's backers are "assessing our options in responding to the decision." 224 words. Click here. Paul de Silva was born in Calcutta. He lives in Toronto with his two daughters Zinzi and Dominique and their dog Diesel and cat Pepper. His hobbies include music, gardening and cooking. For the GVUK Paul de Silva supplement, click here.

Swindon Mela: Melba Dias-Sheffield Click to enlarge 28 July: BBC. The 5th Swindon Mela was held on 28th July 2007. Melba Dias-Sheffield [ex-Uganda] made the cake which was cut by the Mayor at the opening ceremony. The cake was made by putting 7 large cakes together consisting of 64 eggs 9lbs sugar, 9lbs margarine and 9lbs flour and around 600 people enjoyed a slice.

Leon Lobo: Head count 1 Aug. The Engineer (UK). A traffic camera that can identify and count the number of people in a vehicle using infrared imaging has been developed by Loughborough University spin-out Vehicle Occupancy (VOL) … Although the developers have not tested the device on vehicles with blackened dividers that would conceal rear-seat passengers, they have found that the IR waves will still penetrate mirrored windscreens, said Dr Leon Lobo, who worked on the technology … 646 words. Click here. Dr Leon Lobo was born in Bombay, the son of Oscar & Fatima; brother of Wendy & Tanya. The family moved to Mombasa in 1992 and he completed his PhD at Loughborough University in 2002. Leon traces his Goan links to Calangute (Dad) and Moira (Mum). His hobbies are robotics and music. Leon's parents are in Mombasa.

T-Bush makes waves in Konkani arena 3 Aug: Screen India. Goan artiste in T-Bush has directed Black Nhesop Atanchem Fashion, a new Konkani film … He mastered the art of filmmaking and TV production at London Film School … Black Nhesop Atanchem Fashion revolves around a musician who is involved in trivial assignments of traditional music … He wants to contribute in attempt of giving Goan films their rightful place on the cinema map of the world … The film’s premiere will be held in Kuwait on August 10. T-Bush has earlier directed a short film The Letter that won the Best Film at the International Short Film Festival in London recently. 303 words. Click here. For links to more about the film click here.

Jazzy Joe: Not just jazz by the way 4 Aug. Daily News & Analysis. …Joe Pereira, popularly known as Jazzy Joe, might have celebrated his 80th birthday last month, but he believes that he has still got a lot of jazz left in him … he admits that because of his age, he does very few live acts now. But whenever he does appear on stage, usually with the Jazz Junkies, the audience loves him … Joe has played jazz through all the days and nights of his life. He has come a long way since he picked up a violin in Goa in 1934 … Jazzy Joe's signature shaky movements on stage and his beret earned him the nickname, Jazzy Joe. “Whenever I go to England or Germany, people look at my cap and ask me 'Are you an artist?' and I feel good,” he says. 1081 words. Click here. For photographs of Jazzy Joe in London click here.

UK’s Annalise D'Souza crowned Bahrain’s 2007 July Rose 5 Aug: Gulf Daily News (Bahrain). Seventeen-year-old Annalise D'Souza was chosen among 18 other contestants to be crowned the 2007 July Rose … she is considering following her mother's footsteps in modelling … She is studying psychology at the Padworth International College in Reading, UK … She entered the contest since she happened to be visiting Bahrain on holiday … 569 words. Click here.

Anthony Baretto: Goan Footballers in the UK. Click to enlarge 7 Aug: Mangalorean.com. By Armstrong Vaz … Navelim-born former Sesa Goa footballer Anthony Baretto married an English girl, moved to the UK and now has a job at Newcastle United as a steward. “Accommodation in the north of England costs around £70 a week … in London its very easy to get accommodation but jobs are hard to find," he says… Footballers Hercules Gomes from Navelim, midfielder Arnold Alfonso from Betalbatim, goalkeeper Anthony Cardozo, striker Praveen Fernandes and defender Edmundo Fernandes are now based in England after acquiring Portuguese passports. “Rough estimates figure out that around 150,000 Portuguese Goans are now based in England itself” … [the article also looks at Goan footballers settled in Dubai, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Cayman Islands, Bermuda, etc. [Armstrong Vaz works as a sub-editor for the Peninsula – largest circulated English daily in Doha Qatar] 1332 words. Click here.

Dr. Leo DeSouza (ex-Uganda): Hip, hip, hooray! 7 Aug: Star Tribune. (Minneapolis, MN, USA). Rev. Samuel Mwaka, 47, a Catholic priest ministering in Uganda needed hip-replacement surgery after a botched job in Uganda … Dr. Leo DeSouza, a semi-retired surgeon who narrowly escaped death in 1971 at the hands of the late Uganda tyrant Idi Amin, said that Mwaka had flown to Minneapolis for medical care. The second operation was successful. Text, 818 words at click here. Dr. Leo de Souza was born in Tanga, Tanzania and was at St. Joseph’s High School Arpora, St. Xavier’s College Bombay and Grant Medical College, Bombay. He trained as a surgeon in Britain, took his FRCS in Edinburgh and was a Senior Consultant Surgeon at the Mulago Hospital Kampala when forced to flee Uganda in 1971. He retrained in Toronto, and took his FRCS (Canada) in Orthopaedic Surgery, following which he relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is currently close to finishing his memoirs. His wife Dolly de Souza is a physician. His brother, the late Santos de Souza was well known in the sporting circles. For his profile click here.

Australia: Liesel D'Souza: Working holiday 8 Aug: Moorabbin Glen Eira/Kingston Leader (Melbourne, NSW). Combing a holiday and volunteer work looks like a perfect match for Dingley resident Liesel D'Souza. Ms D'Souza will fly to Kenya next week to work with orphanages and schools, educating students about HIV/AIDS … Liesel will be working five days a week and will be provided with simple living arrangements … 165 words.

DEATHS

1 Aug: Wimbledon, UK. CLAUDINA (COLETTE) D’SA (aged 95; born in Goa & lived for 30 years in Nairobi). Passed away peacefully at Kingston Hospital, Surrey. Wife of late Napoleon. Mother of Eddie (Wimbledon), Hector (Australia), late Alfred & late Cynthia. She had 8 grand children and 4 great grandchildren. Funeral mass at St Winefride’s Church, 2 Latimer Road, Wimbledon SW19 1EP on Fri, 10 August at 10 am. Flowers to Ashtons (funeral directors), 140 Alexandra Road, Wimbledon. Messages of condolence to gdigest@btinternet.com

HOLIDAY INFORMATION

GOA REAL ESTATE:

Home Finder
2 Aug: Belfast Telegraph. It's not exactly a dash to the shops, but there are bargains to be had in the 'second home sales'. Jane Hardy reports… India might be worth a punt or rupee for something really different. Invest in the sub-continent for under £25,000, with a guaranteed 7% rental incomefor 10 years … what about a Goan seaside apartment. This is part of India with a European feel, as a former Portuguese colony, and it's fairly hippyish. It is also popular with people from the UK as a winter holiday destination - about 5% of the people where I used to live jetted off there each January, so renting out shouldn't be hard.

Discussion: Moral Dilemma when 'offloading' your Goan home?
6 Aug: British Expat.com. Indiapurple writes: We have a lovely house in Goa ... in a fantastic spot, fabulous views, thousand times nicer and bigger than my home in the UK. [In selling it] I know for a fact it will attract FN's [Foreign Nationals], my neighbours who are there now say people of all nationalities ask to buy it on a regular basis. Here lies our dilemma. We want to 'sell' only to those who qualify. But what if a FN really insists even after we have pointed out all the drawbacks or whatif our developer doesn’t allow us to discriminate? … Text, 253 words and discussion at click here.

PRIZE COMPETITION:

GOA NEWS HEADLINES

British Council UK Scholarship Winners for 2007
2 Aug: Gomantak Times. The British Council has announced the winners of the De Souza Trust Goa Scholarship, 2007. Elvina Crasto, Karl D'Souza and Sonia Misquitta will be leaving for the UK: Elvina will be doing her Master's in Architecture at Edinburgh College of Art; Karl D'Souza MSc Information Systems, Organisation and Management at Manchester Business School and Sonia Misquitta MSc in the History of International Relations at the London School of Economics.
For details of the Scholarship and to apply for 2008 click here.

International Film Festival of India faces boycott
3 Aug: Indiantelevision.com. Faced with a possible boycott of the International Film Festival of India commencing in Goa on 23 November, Information and Broadcasting ministry secretary Asha Swarup has assured the Indian film industry that she will personally examine the complaints regarding the Festival. The Film Federation of India had clamoured for shifting the festival out of Delhi in grounds of bureaucratic interference some years earlier but it now wants that the Festival should be moved from Goa where it is being converted into a carnival with greater emphasis on roadside entertainment than cinema. 416 words. Click here.

UN Survey to find whether Goa on a powder keg of drugs
5 Aug: UNI. Is this international tourist destination of Goa perched on a drugs powder keg? ''It needs a comprehensive survey to find out whether a drugs epidemic exists in Goa,'' says Mr Pratik Kumar, project coordinator, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, New Delhi … He was in Goa recently in connection with a programme on media sensitisation on drug abuse and HIV prevention, organised in collaboration with Goa State Aids Control Society and NGOs. 411 words. Click here.

Goa gets six inches rainfall in 24 hours
6 Aug: The Navhind Times. The incessant rains continuing for the consecutive fourth day in the Goa-Konkan belt, with six inches rainfall recorded during the past 24 hours, has created flood-like situation in various parts of the state. Goa has already recorded 88 inches rainfall till date, this season. Heavy rains are forecast for the next 48 hours, with warning issued to the fishermen against venturing in the sea. Click here.

Goans celebrate harvest festival
6 Aug: UNI. Goans celebrated their harvest festival of 'Konsachem' on Sunday. A Christian priest symbolically cut a bunch of corn to signal the start of the festival. The event was held at the unusually named Our Lady of The Snows Church at Raia in Salcete sub-division … The feast is also celebrated with all pomp and splendour at the Taleigao Church near Panaji. Click here.

Margao: Influx of non-Goan Labour Worries Native Villagers
6 Aug: DaijiWorld. Villagers from areas around Margao are showing concern over non-Goans coming to Goa, and doing business illegally … Four non-Goans, who were staying in rented places had been arrested by the police in connection with robberies two months ago … It is being said that in Goa's three major industrial estates 30 percent are non-Goan workers … Goans find it hard to do the same work. 268 words. Click here.

Goa has potential of turning into hub of drug trade
9 Aug: Navhind Times. Goa is not a hub of drug trade, but it has a serious potential of becoming one and as a precautionary measure, more teeth would be added to anti-narcotic cell (ANC) and crime branch in the next two months, the director-general of police, Mr Brar has said. He also said that the tourism industry is growing at fast pace in Goa that the presence of terrorists, sex-trade, threat of drugs flow, gambling and other related-crimes also tend to multiply. 528 words. Click here.

Videos: Eye on Goa
9 Aug: CNN-IBN. Every political party promises a better Goa. But common Goans say the talk of Goa's development is a complete hogwash. The problem is that most of the politicians in India are in it for love of money and the rest are here for hate of any other community that is not there. Links to a series of video clips on Goa. Not to be missed! Click here.

GOA: THE POLITICAL CRISIS

“Land sharks want Congress out of power in Goa”
5 Aug: Business Standard. Goa’s Chief Minister Digambar Kamat is interviewed on the recent political crisis in the state. 1178 words. Click here.

BJP fears more misuse of power by Goa Speaker
5 Aug: PTI. As political parties here await the Supreme Court's decision tomorrow on three MLAs debarred by the speaker from voting in the Goa assembly, the BJP today claimed there would be further misuse of the speaker's power by the Congress to retain power in the state. "We apprehend that the Congress will try to disqualify two more members of the Goa Democratic Alliance, further altering the numbers in the state assembly," BJP spokesman Govind Parvatkar said. 237 words. Click here.

Supreme Court issues notice to Goa government
6 Aug: PTI. The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Goa government on petitions challenging the order of the state Assembly Speaker restraining three opposition MLAs from voting in the House last week. The case will be heard on 13 Aug. Click here.

IN THE NEWS:

From India with love
26 Jul: The Guardian (UK). Millions of homes are needed for India's abandoned children. The government wants to make it easier for foreigners to adopt. But huge obstacles remain - not least British red tape. Viv Groskop talks to parents whose determination has won through. 2830 words. Click here.

Indian women wow Brits
2 Aug: Asian Age. Women in India along with those from Italy, Russia and the United States are considered among the most beautiful in the world. Most Indians (84 per cent) and Russians (80 per cent) rated women from their own country as the most beautiful in the world, according to a study commissioned by the cosmetics company Clinique. However, Britons rated Indian and Italian women more beautiful than themselves, the Daily Telegraph has reported. Click here.

London: Regent Street Festival 2 Sept. 2007: A Goan Beach
3 Aug: View London. The annual Regent Street Festival takes place on Sunday 2 September 2007 and will showcase all the flair, colour and magic of India from 12 noon until 8pm … Regent Street will be closed to traffic … As it's summer a Goan beach will be set up [outside Hamleys] with sand and palm trees to make you feel like you're actually in India … click here. Aug 2006. View London. Life is a Beach. At the 2006 Regent Street Festival the area outside Hamleys was transformed into a Spanish beach … click here.

A passage to India: Get your IT qualifications in Goa
4 Aug: The Guardian. Gaining a recognised IT qualification in the UK can be so expensive that many students are saving money by taking accredited courses abroad instead … a Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE) course costs upwards of pounds 3,000. An authorised MCSE course in India, by comparison, costs about pounds 1,500. Even taking into account the cost of flights and accommodation from the UK, this represents a considerable saving … Koenig has a fast-track camp in Goa … Vanessa Turner, wanted to undertake a Microsoft-accredited training course which would have cost £8,000 in the UK, she opted for a three-week, fast-track Microsoft CertifiedSystem Administrator (MCSA) course in Goa in March 2007 for half the price … "You did have to be quite disciplined - you were in this beautiful setting and it would have been easy to laze by the pool," she says. "A lot of people failed because they were enjoying themselves." 1255 words. Click here.

India poses huge health challenge
6 Aug: BBC. The ears are deafened by the incessant noise … The nose offended by stench … the eyes see roaming pigs, goats, cows, stray dogs, myriad food stands swarmed by flies … Many homes do not have toilets … Poor hygiene goes hand in hand with poverty … Of all India's health problems, malnutrition ranks as one of the most serious … Do come as a tourist, however, it's a truly magical place. 966 words. Click here.

Whites keep Britain racially tolerant.
6 Aug: The Independent. By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown. According to an ICM survey of 18- to 34-year-olds for the BBC Asian Network, most white Britons - a whopping 87 per cent - would happily marry out and between 78 and 83 per cent would date people from outside their own race. Depressingly, the same survey shows that only 53 per cent of Asians say they would marry outside their communities and between 44 and 53 per cent would date non-Asians. Despite the popularity of the BNP, the rise in inter-ethnic tensions and pervasive racism, and our own dreadful Asian prejudices, indigenous Brits are becoming more delightfully open when it comes to love and sex. 775 words. Click here.

Pennies from heaven?7 Aug: The Guardian (UK). Giving money to child beggars is not necessarily the right thing to do while holidaying in the developing world. Sponsoring a child can be much more productive … David Else, a writer for Lonely Planet thinks differently. "Giving to beggars is a matter of choice," he says, "and it needs to be a responsible choice." However, he adds, "When it's patently not part of the local culture - kids on the beach in Kenya, Goa or Cambodia - then you need to question it. Are they begging because the tourists are there? He also warns that the money may not be going straight into the child's pocket. "There are Fagin-type characters who control the children, or often it's the parents who send them out to beg," he says. Click here.

Hamilton, Ont. Canada. Funky store a favourite treasure trove
7 Aug: The Hamilton Spectator. The idea for Déjà Vu was born on the beaches of India … Owner Louis Leonowens opened his King Street West store after coming back from Goa in 1983. He'd seen the richness of South Asian clothing and jewellery -- from nose rings and anklets to scarves and embroidered shirts -- and knew there was a market in Hamilton. "I started buying silver, incense and clothes on my trips to India," says Leonowens. "Then a friend from Montreal showed me where to buy used clothing, so I sold a mixture of the two." Text, 600 words and photo. Click here.

Honeymoon offer to delay babies
7 Aug: BBC. Authorities in west India are offering to pay for a second honeymoon for couples who delay starting a family, in an attempt to control birth rates. Click here.

Cash & Curry: The British Asian Gangster Flick
8 Aug: Titled Cash And Curry, the film is being billed by its producers as a "fast paced comedy-drama, set in multicultural London". For the film website and trailer click here.

When Holly met Bolly
9 Aug: The Times (UK) Hollywood actress Ali Larter has to dance Bollywood style in the film is Marigold in which she plays a struggling American actress who arrives in Goa to start shooting on her latest film, Kama Sutra 3. When funding for the film fails to materialise, the penniless foreigner is forced to become a dancer in a Bollywood musical to survive in India … Marigold is released on August 17. Click here.

GOANET HIGHLIGHTS BY BOSCO D'MELLO

UK: TV & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS By Lira Fernandes

DOCUMENTARY: Gandhi's Dream: BBC Radio 4
Fri 10 Aug. 11:00 to 11:30. The dramatic advances enjoyed by the urban elite in India have yet to filter down to the rural poor.

DRAMA: The Saturday Play. BBC Radio Four
Sat 11 Aug. 14:30 to 15:30. Samina Baig's tale of two sisters and one man reflects the unease between old world values and new world ambition.

COOKERY: Rhodes Across India. UKTV Food
Sun: 12 Aug. 09:00 to 10:00. Coastal. Gary Rhodes does something he confesses he would never do back in old blighty - eat a pork vindaloo! Will it blow his head off, or is the real thing something completely different? Repeat of the 7 Aug transmission.

TRAVEL: Safari Chef. UK Food
13 Aug. 06:30 – 07:00. Mike Robinson visits Mombasa where he prepares seafood pilaf and Swahili lobster on the Tamarind Dhow

MOTORING: East African Safari Rally Preview. Motors TV
Tue 14 Aug. 19:00 to 19:30. A look at the final preparations for the event that will be held later this year in Kenya.

DOCUMENTARY: The Day India Burned – Partition. BBC 2
Tue 14 Aug. 21:00 to 22:30. Documentary about one of the biggest migrations in history. 15 million were displaced and more than a million lose their lives.

LIFESTYLE. Asian Careers. BBC Asian Network Radio (Also online).
Thu. 16 Aug: 06:00 – 20:00. Does being Asian help or hinder you in education or the workplace? Is there still too much parental pressure on pursuing a 'traditional' career? What are your career aspirations and how do they differ from your parents? For details click here.

FORTHCOMING

See http://www.lanfranc.com/lanfranc_location_2000.pdf for help in locating Archbishop Lanfranc School, Croydon

Sat. 18 Aug. 2:00 pm. Archbishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham Road, Croydon. Pilar Fathers (UK) will present a traditional Konkani drama “Him mannkam konnank zai?” written and directed by Fr. Lucas Rodrigues. The tiatr is based on family values, which Fr. Rodrigues laments are under threat in this part of the world and fears it may infect the Goan society living here. Proceeds will go towards the retired priests of the Society. Tickets can be bought/reserved from Pilar Fathers on 020 8648 2101 and also from Nina Pinto: 020 8767 0663; Judy Fernandes on 020 8763 2606; or Cornelius Monteiro: 020 8376 1609.

Sat 25 Aug. 2:00 pm. Copland Community School, Cecil Avenue, Wembley, Middlesex, HA9 7DX. Pilar Fathers (UK) will present a traditional Konkani drama “Him mannkam konnank zai?” written and directed by Fr. Lucas Rodrigues. The tiatr is based on family values, which Fr. Rodrigues laments are under threat in this part of the world and fears it may infect the Goan society living here. Proceeds will go towards the retired priests of the Society. Tickets can be bought/reserved from Pilar Fathers on 020 8648 2101 and also from Damaciano Moniz on 020 8376 1609 or Francis D'Silva on 07908 591 759

Sun. 26 Aug. G.O.A. Sports Day at Archbishop Lanfranc School. Contact: Peter Rodrigues 020 - 8399 4883. For stall applications: Norma Menezes-Rahim 020 - 8771 4457

Sat 1st Sep. 2:00 pm. Swindon. Pilar Fathers (UK) will present a traditional Konkani drama “Him mannkam konnank zai?” written and directed by Fr. Lucas Rodrigues. The tiatr is based on family values, which Fr. Rodrigues laments are under threat in this part of the world and fears it may infect the Goan society living here. Proceeds will go towards the retired priests of the Society. Tickets can be bought/reserved from Pilar Fathers on 020 8648 2101

Sun. 2 Sep. South East Goans Summer Festival. Hurstmere School, Hurst Rd, Sidcup, Kent, DA15 9AW. Festival open from 1pm till 7pm. Features on the day are: Live Radio Broadcast by TGR Sound- 103.7FM (chance to be a star on live radio). Variety of tasty meals available, bar, raffle, Charlton F C coaching football, tennis plus fabulous Sega dancers and other performing artists Entrance- £1 pp and kids under 9 are free. Stalls are available at £30 or 2 for £50. Contact: Sharon 01322 400732, Ron 0208 303 3386, Dominic 07854490617, Tatayana 0208 316 1473.

Sun 7 Oct. St. Diogo's Association (UK) Guirim/Sangolda. Annual Social to celebrate the Feast of our Patron Saint Diogo at Archbishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham Rd., Croydon. Starts with Holy Mass at 12.15 followed by a Social. For further details contact: Jennifer Fernandes: 0127 765 1052; Evan DeSouza: 020 8427 8569; Apolonia DeSouza: 020 8686 1876

Sun. 28 Oct. G.O.A. Trook Tournament at the ATC Hall, South Wimbledon. Contacts: Jacinto Fernandes 020 - 8542 5427, Diego Pinto 020 – 8767 0663

Sun 7 Oct. St. Diogo's Association (UK) Guirim/Sangolda. Annual Social to celebrate the Feast of our Patron Saint Diogo at Archbishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham Rd., Croydon. Starts with Holy Mass at 12.15 followed by a Social. For further details contact: Jennifer Fernandes: 0127 765 1052; Evan DeSouza: 020 8427 8569; Apolonia DeSouza: 020 8686 1876

Sun. 28 Oct. G.O.A. Trook Tournament at the ATC Hall, South Wimbledon. Contacts: Jacinto Fernandes 020 - 8542 5427, Diego Pinto 020 – 8767 0663

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