Goan Voice UK: Newsletter.Issue 2007-49. Dec. 06, 2007

Australia: Caji DeSouza: City Beat

1 Dec: The Courier-Mail (QLD, Aus). Former Metway Bank and Suncorp CFO Caji DeSouza is behind a growing wine club business networking group that staged a stellar lunch at New Farm's delectable Purple Olive eatery yesterday, …``We are now expanding all over the world with these networking lunches,'' DeSouza said excitedly. Photo and text.
Caji DeSouza was the Uganda Squash champion.

Vancouver: Troy DeSouza: What we name our kids
1 Dec: Times Colonist. New parents Kismet Bhandar and Troy DeSouza blended their desire for unique names for their daughters with their love of classics, and, both being lawyers, they weighed their choices carefully …Their daughters are named Ava Bella Kaur DeSouza, 3, and Lucy Anna Kaur DeSouza, The couple's choice of names might seem non-traditional considering their Sikh and Goan roots … Click here.

Montreal: Feast of St Francis Xavier
2 Dec: Goanaise du Quebec/Quebec Goan Association celebrated the feast of St Francis Xavier on Dec 1st at St. Suzanne's Church in Montreal. This years feast was sponsored by the Frank Martin, Robert Correa, Don Drego and Marvin Pereira families. The event was put together by an active group of volunteers and lead by QGA President Rose De Souza. For the pictures of the evening and other QGA events click here.

3 Dec: Nerul, Goa. MARIA ELTRUDES DOS SANTOS (Ex-Kampala, Uganda). Wife of Raphael. Sister of late Jenny/late Tertuliano Mascarenhas, late Saluzinho/Rosy dos Santos, Alexandrine/late John D'Souza. Mother of Phil/late/Chandru Vaswani, Barbara/Vivek Jairazbhoy (USA), Francis dos Santos, Clive/Sylvia dos Santos (Saudi Arabia). Grandmother of Tanya/Mario Mascarenhas, Tamara and Tavhil Vaswani, Amir and Nazir Jairazbhoy, Abigail and Jonathan dos Santos. Great grandmother of Thais Mascarenhas. Funeral on 7 Dec at 4.30 pm to Our Lady of Remedies Church, Nerul.

3 Dec: Agasaim, Goa: ANA QUITERIA PEREIRA. Wife of late Manuel Vales. Mother of Esmerald, late Paulo Vales, Santan, Francis (Swindon, UK). Mother-in-law of Libertina, Ana Rita (Swindon, UK). Grandmother of Quency, Reancy and Shainora

2 Dec: Montreal. PHILOMENA GOVEAS. Funeral service on Thu. Dec 6 at 10.00am at Our Lady of Fatima's Church, 875 Boul. Marcel Laurin, St. Laurent. There will also be a short service at 1.00 pm on the same day at Urgel Bourgie the funeral home. [Info from Felix D’Sa].

29 Nov: Slough, UK. CAROLINA PEREIRA E FERNANDES (ex-Mombasa). Wife of late John Paul Fernandes. Mother of late Evangelina Monserrate, Philomena Fernandes, Francis Fernandes and Diana Aziz. Mother-in-law to late Anselmo Monserrate, Ida Fernandes and late Aziz Ibrahim. Grandmother to Braz/Fatma, Juliana, Clyde/Denise, Derek/Queenie, Matilda & Elwyn Monserrate, Priscilla, Crystal & Jesse Fernandes and Ibrahim Aziz. Great Grandmother to Melissa, Natalia, Michael, Andre & Daryl Monserrate. Funeral will take place on Fri 7 Dec. at Holy Family Catholic Church, Trelawney Avenue, Langley, Slough SL3 7UD, Berkshire at 2.30pm followed by burial at Slough Cemetery. Condolence to miss_u_mum@yahoo.co.uk

29 Nov. Montreal, Canada. MYRA DIAS (ex Mombasa). Wife of Victor (ex Dar es Salaam). Mother of David and Cressida residents of Laval. [Info from Romero Dias].

25 Nov: St Estevam, Goa. REMEDIANO BOAVENTURA FERNANDES (REMMY). Ex-Tarmac-UK/UAE: Born 1948. Husband of Anna Succurina. Father of Avelino and Annette.

14 Nov: Preston, UK. MARIA ROSALINDA ALEMAO PINTO (ROSE) [ex Dar-es-Salaam & Miramar, Goa born 1957]. Wife of Ricky. Daughter of Rui/Rita Alemao. Mother of Tracy D'Silva. Sister of Roland/Rita Alemao (Calgary, Canada) and Romel/Marie-Lou Alemao. Funeral: 2nd Dec at 3 pm to St Inez Church, Miramar.

The family of the late Virginia M Fernandes wish to thank all those who attended the funeral mass on 30th October, all those who offered sympathy, support, donations, condolence and Mass cards and emails. A total of £1118.40 was raised of which £500.00 was sent to St. Joseph Hospice – Hackney, £500.00 to World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) UK and £118.40 to Marie Curie Cancer Care. God bless you all. Da Costa and Fernandes families.

Travel: late deals
1 Dec: Daily Post (North Wales). GOA www.lastminute.com(0870 443 9902) offers 14-nights' B&B ex-Manchester Dec 8 from £449.

Gatwick to Goa
2 Dec: Daily Star (UK). Goa: Spend New Year in the sun and stay for a fortnight at the Dona Alcina Resort in Candolim for £875. Included are return Gatwick flights on December 29, transfers, 14 nights' all-inclusive accommodation and New Year's Eve Gala dinner. Call 0870 429 4242 or visit www.olympicholidays.com

Goa Girl
2 Dec: The Sunday Times. By Jessica Brinton. I’ve dropped out of the rat race and am on holiday in Goa. I haven’t looked at my watch for days as I’m operating on Goa time, which is the pace at which the rest of the world moves divided by six. Yesterday, I spent a G&T-soaked sunset chatting to Mark, 40, from York. Resident on the beach for three years, he looked like a sunburnt version of the painter Augustus John, with his straw hat, fisherman’s trousers and wild hair. Click here.

Gatwick to Goa: 29 Dec to 13 Jan 08
5 Dec: Benz Travel. Premium Class Seats. Flight Only £649 PP. Package Palmarinha £1089 PP; Casa De Goa £1139 PP. With Private Transfer on B&B with New Year Eve Gala Meal. Bobby Desouza Benz Travel 020 73237310. www.benztravel.co.uk/goa.

Win a wildlife holiday in India
3 Dec: BBC Wildlife Magazine. One lucky winner will be going on the holiday of a lifetime! … Please note that flights or transfers are not included in this prize. Competition closes 22 Jan. 2008. Click here.

Football: Portuguese league signs agreement to help game in India
30 Nov: Reuters. The organisers of the Portuguese professional league (LPFP) signed an agreement with the Indian soccer federation on Friday, to provide support for a more professional structure … initially the plan was to only back former colony Goa but India was keen on a nationwide scheme. Click here.

IFFI made Goa look like a "drunkards' paradise".
30 Nov: Pakistan Tribune. Women's organisations protested serving of liquor within the premises of a medical college, the main venue of the 38th International Film Festival of India (IFFI). "Serving liquor at the IFFI projects Goa in a bad light. It looks as if it is a drunkards' paradise," Auda Viegas, from women's unity group Bailancho Ekvott said. Click here.

From LA to Goa: director makes animation series for kids
30 Nov: Earth Times. By Frederick Noronha. Aliens will soon be meeting children from across the world in a new animation series made by Greg Acuna, aged 45. He is currently working on his new series, 'Earthlings' … ‘I love Goa. I came to Goa to write a novel. It has a beautiful international crowd, and I live near the beach. I'm now quoted as being a big supporter of Goa, which is true,' Acuna said … 421 words. Click here.

Remo Fernandes expresses ‘disgust’ at record companies
30 Nov: Gulf News. Remo Fernandes the Indian rock musician is to put part of his new album online for free downloads in bid to stop ‘fat cats from getting even fatter’. [The Remo Fernandes website is at http://www.remofernandes.com/]
Photo and text 350 words. Click here.

IFFI still facing teething problems over Goa shift
1 Dec: IANS. By Frederick Noronha. Faced with the pressures of shifting its venue from the national capital to the much smaller Goa, the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) is still working towards winning friends and influencing people in the state. Click here.

Playwin puts its money on Goa casino
1 Dec: Economic Times. Goa will soon have a new addition to its list of attractions. And it could be no bigger than a casino spread over 20,000 sq ft, thanks to the Rs 3,400-crore Playwin, the country’s largest online lottery company and gaming brand of Pan India Infravest. 425 words. Click here.

Small budget Konkani film a big draw
1 Dec: PTI. While Goa remains largely unrepresented at the ongoing International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2007 a small budget Konkani movie is making waves at the peripheral activities of the 10-day event. 'Zuzari' (The Fighter), based on Goa's freedom struggle, is produced by Suhas Sawardekar, who hails from the state. Click here.

We wept when Goa was being invaded: Portuguese filmmaker
2 Dec: the Hindu. When Goa was being liberated in 1961, the family of Portuguese filmmaker, Luis Galvao Teles, moaned back home over "Indians invading Portuguese territory." But 46 years later, the filmmaker, who has made his first trip to this erstwhile colony, is "happy that Indians liberated Goa." Click here.

Football: Churchill Boss Savage Goa Referees
2 Dec: Goal.com (UK). Churchill Brothers manager Macario Rodrigues has launched a scathing attack on the quality of referees in Goa. Click here.

Will Feni be the new Tequila?
2 Dec: Hindustan Times. Goa’s humble country liquor is striving for the Geographical Indication (GI) stamp. Global recognition, expanded markets and a high quality product are on the cards for the famous cashew ‘apple’ local drink. Click here.

Feast of St Francis Xavier celebrated at Old Goa
4 Dec: Navhind Times. An appeal to forsake corruption, greed, unforgiveness and compromising on the values of Jesus Christ marked the feast today of St Francis Xavier at Old Goa, where thousands congregated in the pandal outside the Basilica of Bom Jesus to pay homage to Goencho Saib. 541 words. Click here.

Get Goa-ing: Yunca to set up base in Goa, India
5 Dec: Southland Times (New Zealand). Invercargill manufacturer Yunca Heating is preparing to rising compliance costs and energy and labour costs had prompted the company’s move to set up a base in Goa … Click here.

French drug giant Sanofi-Aventis opens centre in Goa
5 Dec: domain-B. French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis has opened a Rs100 crore facility in Goa - its largest in Asia and first pharmaceutical development centre in India. Click here.

Paris Hilton and Ryan Gosling Goa to a Party
30 Nov: Pop Sugar. Alex Vaggo was holding on rather tightly to Paris Hilton at the opening of the club Goa in LA last night … Ryan Gosling, newly svelte and fresh from a screening of Lars and the Real Girl in NYC, was also there to celebrate the launch … To see more celebs at Goa, including Bruce and Rumer Willis, Avril Lavigne, and Haylie Duff select the link below.
From GVUK 1 Nov 2007: Michael Sutton is putting the finishing touches on his new Indian-themed lounge Goa at 1615 Cahuenga Blvd. Named after the Indian locale that draws hedonistic tourists, Goa has three separate bars. But don't expect to feast on tandoori chicken – it will inexplicably offer up sushi to Goa-goers.
Click here.

Henrietta Moraes and Maggi Hambling.
2 Dec: The Observer (UK). After a lifetime of hell-raising, hard living and even harder drinking, Maggi Hambling, one of Britain's top female artists reflects on those things that have been closest to her and which are now gone - her parents, cherished friends, her trademark cigarette and, most touchingly, her lover and muse Henrietta Moraes [wife of Don Moraes]. Click here.

India - where the excitement is
2 Dec: Press World (Russia). Investors in Indian property on the lookout for emerging markets and bargain deals with high potential should look to India, overseas property website Homesgofast has recommended … townhouses and apartments in tourist-friendly Goa can be had for as little as £9,000. Click here.

Biker dies 14 months after crash
3 Dec: The Evening Chronicle, Newcastle. Stuart Gattens aged 32 died 14 months after the motorbike smash in Goa that left him with horrific head injuries … in March this year, he was able to return to Goa to meet the couple who first took him to hospital, an ex-policeman and his wife ... Click here.

Chabad Now In Goa
4 Dec: Lubavitch.com. New York. With the Arabian Sea lapping gently at its coastline, Goa is a traveler’s paradise. Hardly indigenous to its landscape of sun washed beaches and easy living were the images last week of a scribe filling in the last letters of a Torah scroll. But the scenic beauty of this Pearl of the Orient is a magnet for 50,000 Jewish travelers a year, giving Chabad as many reasons to open a center in Goa, and create a Jewish infrastructure. Click here.

Goan peculiarities
5 Dec: Navhind Times. Goans are known worldwide for certain characteristics. Hence it may not be surprising to get smells of curry or fish outside a Goan house even abroad. Strange as it may sound, but we tend to give all the possible foodstuff, including dried fish to any one of our friends or relatives going abroad … Brothers and sisters invariably end up not talking to one another on account of property matters or at times even on account of trivial issues … Click here.

Goa: Luxury holiday homes on sale
6 Dec: Business Standard. DLF is planning a super-luxury development in Goa overlooking the river Mandovi, near Panjim. The upcoming development will feature fully maintained and serviced luxury villas with valet cars concierge and access by golf carts. A 140-room boutique hotel by Hilton is also on the cards. It is believed that DLF is planning to sell 5,000 square foot four-bedroom villas (with a private plunge pool) for around Rs 6.5 crore. Click here.

Do read much warm outpouring for the International Film Festival (IFFI) in Goa 2007 by Kabir Bedi, India's popular international actor. His long interview with Christina Viegas can be summed up in his words that, he could kill for a Sorpotel and that he absolutely loves Feni. There is so much news about the films shown at the IFFI 2007 and hopefully, a summary may be available next week.

There is an excellent account by Miguel Braganza titled GBA celebrated its First Anniversary. Briefly, we are told how the Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) or Save Goa Campaign, a People's Movement, compelled the Goa Government to revoke the Regional Plan 2011 and to replace it with a new Regional Plan with the people's participation. Personally, I salute Miguel Braganza and his colleagues for being so resolute on the Save Goa Campaign and for keeping those in the Goan Diaspora, so well informed about the progress made by the Movement.

For film buffs and others currently in Goa, there is news that old Bollywood posters are for sale in Goa. These stem from a collection by Italian Ciancia and his Polish-English wife Greta Wilkinson. Their enthusiasm for such posters is vividly presented in a detailed Goanet article titled Old Bollywood for Sale in Goa.

Which is the greater influence on the child? Is it nature or nurture? The role of parents in the development of offspring is examined quite analytically on Goanet and there are many insights offered by a number of posters.

Radio Goa is featured well on Goanet. This is a new development broadcasting Konkani hits 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For those particularly interested in this venture, please visit http://www.radiogoa.net

Finally here is a plea from Nelly Pereira. She asks, "can somebody please let me know if any Konkani Karaoke DVDs/chips are available in the market, especially the olden golden songs?"

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Sun. 9 Dec: South East Goans Presents Childrens Christmas Party at St Stephens Church, Deepdene Road, Welling, Kent from 1 pm till 5pm. Buffet, childrens crafts, nativity play, live kids entertainment and see Santa Claus. Members £2, Non Members £3. Contact Chris Pinto 01322 400732, Dom 07854 490 617 Ron 02080303 3386.

Sun. 9th December 2007 G.O.A. REQUIEM MASS FOR GREGORY FERNANDES RIP. A service for Gregory Fernandes RIP is being held at St Josephs Church, Bugle Street, City Centre, Southampton SO14 2AH on Sunday 9th December 2007 at 1pm. A coach will be leaving London with pick up points at Greenford (8.45am - Bridge Hotel) and Tooting Broadway (9.30am - 1067 Garratt Lane). If you are interested in a place, please contact: Bernie Gracias 020 8723 1322 or Norma Menezes-Rahim 020 8771 4457

Sat. 15 Dec. G.O.A. Children’s Xmas Pantomime. Dick Whittington at Fairfield Hall, Croydon at 12 noon. Contact: Norma Menezes-Rahim 020- 8771 4457 or Bernie Gracias 020 8723 1322.

Mon. 31 Dec: Dark Star Social Club presents a New Year’s Eve Gala Ball at Harrow Leisure Centre, Christchurch Av. Harrow, HA3 5BD. 7pm to 3am. Music by sensational SECOND NATURE & disco DYNAMIC ROADSHOW. Tickets: Adults £16 before 15th Dec, £19 thereafter. Children £12 (under 10 yrs). For tickets and details contact Derrick Pereira 020-8952 8899, Bernie Gracias 020-8723 1322 or email info@dssclub.co.uk. For the flyer and full details click here.
GOA members are entitled to 2 tickets at £12 each. Please contact: Bernie Gracias 020 - 8723 1322.

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