Goan Voice UK: Newsletter. Issue 2007-30. Jul. 26, 2007

It is that time of the year again! Goan Voice UK is a Community service funded by the world-wide Community. The annual Donations appeal is launched this week to coincide with the UK Goan Festival as many of you prefer to hand contributions personally from yourselves and on behalf of friends and relatives.

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Goa Assembly adjourned for an hour
26 Jul: 15:35 IST. PTI. The Goa Assembly was adjourned for an hour today after members of the ruling bench created pandemonium in the House. Ruling Congress party legislator, Babu Kavalekar demanded that a disqualification petition against party legislator Victoria Fernandes, who submitted her resignation yesterday, should be discussed in the House. The ruling legislators then rushed to the well of the House, following which the Speaker adjourned the session for an hour. Click here.

For the links to latest developments in this fast moving drama, click here.

UK Goan Festival on Sunday 29 July
UK’s premiere Goan event, the UK Goan Festival takes place this Sunday (29 Jul). 5,000 attended the event last year which features Goan food stalls, organisations, entertainment and more. For details see the Forthcoming Events section. Goan Voice UK will have a stall too – do drop by with your suggestions for improving the service.

Sydney, Aus. Pearl Fernandes helps refugee children overcome the horrors of war

28 Jun: The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Clinical psychologist Pearl Fernandes has created the Jungle Tracks series, which uses animal characters, such as monkeys and lions, to talk about refugees’ struggles and help them adjust to their new lives … “It’s a Disney-like approach to healing,” Ms Fernandes said. The five short illustrated stories cover issues such as grief, discrimination, anxiety and how to manage nightmares … Although Jungle Tracks has been successfully piloted in six schools it was officially launched this week at Fairfield Public School. For text, 311 words, click here.
Pearl grew up in Mumbai though her parents are from Colvale. For a brief profile and research paper research by Pearl Fernandes click here.

Peter D’Souza: Hope House survives state funding cuts
17 Jul: Maryland Gazette: The one thing Peter D'Souza wants everyone to know about Hope House is that it's still open. The substance-abuse facility even hopes to expand its campus. But still, whenever people encounter Mr. D'Souza, the facility's executive director, they ask if it has been closed … the state cut $1.2 million, or half its budget, last year. "It's like having your body cut in half and saying you'll survive," Mr. D'Souza said. "How are you going to survive when your body's been cut in half? (But) we have rebounded from that. We are back in business and we're doing really well." For text, 443 words, click here.
Peter D’Souza is originally from Chorao, Ilhas, Goa. He was born in 1945 in Bombay, studied at St. Xavier's High School and holds three Masters Degrees, in: Sociology; Rehabilitation Counselling and Business Administration. He went to the U.S. in 1981 specializing in treatment of the MICA (Mentally Ill Chemical Abuser) patient.
Peter is married to Loretta D'Souza from Kandivli and is the father of Samantha who is in the University of Baltimore studying Biology and Nicole studying International Business at the College of New Jersey. He was the President of the New York Goan Association in 2005 and is proud to be a Goan – he loves to speak in konkani and to sing mandos.

Canada: Pamela Rebello: New Government Supports India School of Dance, Music and Theatre
20 Jul: Canada NewsWire. The Government today announced $10,000 in funding for the India School of Dance, Music and Theatre to support its 2007-2008 concert series … Pamela Rebello, Executive Director of the India School of Dance said, “The India School has just begun this adventure into the hearts and minds of all Manitobans …” The India School of Dance, Music and Theatre was established in 1980 and has been a mainstay in the community ever since. 454 words. Click here.
For a photograph and profile of Pamela Rebello see http://www.indiaschool.ca/director.html

Lisa Barros D’Sa Galway Film Festival award winner

20 Jul: Athlone Advertiser, Ireland. …The RTÉ 2 Best First Irish Short was won by Hesitation (director Virginia Gilbert); second place went to The 18th Electricity Plan (directors Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D’Sa) …
For text of article click here. For a profile of Lisa click here. For details about the film click here.
Lisa is the daughter of the late Prof Aires Barros D’Sa (ex-Nairobi) and Elizabeth; sister of Vivienne, Miranda and Angelina. For links to an obituary of her father see GVUK 20007-11.

UK: Tony Pereira: Emergency services in ‘postcode squabble’ after serious accident
20 July: Croydon Guardian. The victim of a hit-and-run accident lay bleeding and semi-conscious in the road while emergency services tried to work out whose borough the accident happened in, it has been claimed … Eyewitness Tony Pereira, 44 from Shirley, said: "The van just drove off and left the man lying in the road. I called 999 and was told an ambulance was on its way. About 10 minutes later I was called back and asked what postcode the accident had happened in.” BT worker Mr Pereira added, “… they couldn't work out whether the accident had happened in Norbury or Streatham. When it transpired it was Norbury, the Lambeth officers then said they had to wait for Croydon to turn up.” 457 words. Click here.

Goa: Commissioner for Goan diáspora undertakes to protect rights of Goan emigrants
21 Jul: Lusa. Eduardo Faleiro is committed to protect it the rights of the overseas Goans regarding access to Universities, property in Goa … Of the estimated 3 million overseas Goans, about 30,000 Goans reside in Portugal. 344 words. Click here.

Football: Norway: Thomas Pereira keeps Viking alive

21 Jul: Stavanger Aftenblad (Norway). Five years after FC Viking defeated Rosenborg 2-0 in Trondheim, Thomas Pereira now aged 34 has not lost his shine … For text, 640 words, click here.
Thomas Pereira is the son of Kirstin and Austin Pereira (ex Masaka, Uganda), a keen footballer himself in the early 70’s. Thomas is married to Hanne and they have three sons.
For a profile of him click here.
For more photographs of Thomas Pereira click here.

Wayne Fernandes: Canada is going for gold in men's field hockey.
24 Jul: Vancouver 24hrs. Wayne Fernandes' overtime goal Sunday gave the Vancouver-based team a 4-3 comeback victory over Trinidad and Tobago and a berth in tomorrow's gold-medal game against Argentina. Click here.

Wayne Fernandes: Canada Wins Gold

26 Jul: Toronto Sun. With one flick of his stick, Wayne Fernandes erased seven years of disappointment for the Canadian men's field hockey team. The Mississauga, Ont., native scored the winner in penalty strokes to lead Canada to a victory over defending champion Argentina in a thrilling gold-medal match … The victory guarantees Canada a spot in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Click here.
For links to other reports of the spectacular win, click here.

Toronto: Goa Amigos performs on Sunday 29 Jul.
26 Jul: Toronto Star. Night & Day. Events: Masala! Mehndi! Masti! continues to showcase contemporary, traditional and fusion South Asian culture. Sun. music highlights include main stage performances from Goa Amigos at 1 p.m. and Deesha at 2:30 p.m. (events are free). Bandshell Park, Exhibition Place. www.masalamehndimasti.com

UK Goan Festival on Sunday 29 July
UK’s premiere Goan event, the UK Goan Festival takes place this Sunday (29 Jul). 5,000 attended the event last year which features Goan food stalls, organisations, entertainment and more. For details see the Forthcoming Events section. Goan Voice UK will have a stall too – do drop by with your suggestions for improving the service.

19 Jul. Arusha, Tanzania. RYAN LUKE FORTES. (Aged 24). Son of Lucas/Yvonne (Mwanza/Canada). Brother of Sarah, Leo and Darrel. Nephew of Leo/Marianne (Arusha/Holland), Timmy/Leena (Dubai/Canada), Stephen/Numaish (Mwanza) and the late William. Funeral details will be announced later. Condolence messages may be sent to info@fortes-safaris.com Info from Fay D’Souza

18 Jul: Bombay. ROSE ANN D’SOUZA. Wife of Capt. Michael D’Souza (Singapore). Mother of Rebecca & Rochelle. Funeral was on 20 July in Mazagon, Bombay.

17 Jul: Newham, London. SANTANA D’SILVA (born 1924, ex-Benaulim & ex-Nairobi). Husband of Maria (Abelina), Father of Alfred, Savio and Anuncia. Grandfather of Cassandra, Gregory and Joshua. Brother of Sebastiana (Seby) and the late Ana Maria. Funeral service on 3 Aug at 1000 hrs at St. Anthony’s Church, St. Anthony’s Road, Forest Gate, London E7 9QB. Nearest Underground Stations Upton Park and Plaistow. For Burial details please call 0208 471 5483. Tributes for publication, condolences and enquiries to Savio D’Silva at valnsav@btinternet.com

Video: Do we care enough for tourists in India?
18 July: NDTV. Discussion 9m. 34s click here.

The best new holiday ideas
21 Jul: The Times (UK). The movie moguls of Bollywood are renting out their luxury holiday homes in Goa to British visitors. … several of these dream homes are on offer including the contemporary four-bedroom Anajah belonging to the designer Tarun Tahilani, who dressed Shilpa Shetty when she met the Queen recently. The property, which is a 15-minute stroll from Cocoa Beach, comes with chandeliers of Swarovski crystals, handcrafted furniture, plunge pool, a lily pond, a resident cook and two cars with drivers. It costs £1,625 to rent for a week. Click here.

British tourists turn their back on America
21 Jul: The Telegraph (UK). The number of Britons taking holidays in the United States is falling - despite the fact that the pound is now worth more than two dollars … We now look beyond safe European or English-speaking destinations to more exotic locations such as the Maldives, Goa or Central America … Click here.

14 foreigners held in Goa
22 Jul: Deccan Herald. Fourteen foreigners have been arrested by the crime branch of the Goa police in the last few days, as the state stepped up its crackdown on drugs, overstaying foreigners and the illegal acquisition of properties … The police warned that errant landlords would face action simultaneously. Goa has made it compulsory for those renting out premises to provide details of tenants to the nearest police station. Click here.

A new era in first class travel
22 Jul: Sunday Times (UK). The Indian airline Jet Airways wants to become a top-five carrier; so it’s just launched the world’s most extravagant first class … 1160 words. Click here.

Goa: Govt has job in hand with vanishing beaches
23 Jul: Indian Express. In the last two years, the eroding coastline, lack of infrastructure to support the ever-swelling crowd of tourists and migration have emerged as major concerns for Goa. The beach belt, home to luxury hotels and houses of the mega rich, is facing an onslaught of the heavy torrential sea waves, bringing fears of disappearing beaches … The biggest challenge for the Government probably is to discipline the erring builders when some of the MLAs and ministers are from the profession. 418 words. Click here.

Goa: Churchill, Monserrate champion the cause of Roman Konkani
20 Jul: Navhind Times. The Save Goa Front and the United Goans Democratic Party today demanded official language status to Konkani in Roman script, with the UGDP further pressing for recognition of the Dalgado Konkani Academy as an official body of letters of Roman Konkani. Click here.

SEZs will trigger migration into Goa
20 Jul: Deccan Herald. By Devika Sequeira. The BJP wants a review of Goa’s Special Economic Zone policy because it anticipates that the creation of four special economic zones in this small tourism dependent state could trigger a fresh tide of migration into Goa. “I am not against SEZs per se, nor am I against people from other states coming to settle here. But our civic amenities are already stretched to the limit. Goa cannot sustain a population of more that 1.5 million,” said former Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, who wants the government to cap the influx of migrant labour. 291 words. Click here.

Goa: AIDS-spreading its tentacles
20 Jul: Goa Plus. By Cyril D’Cunha. Nearly 20 years ago, the first case of HIV was reported from Goa. Since then there has been a steady rise in such HIV positive cases reaching 1029 in 2005 and declining to 940 in 2006 and then till May 2007 recording just 414. Did this decline mean that the disease is being substantially controlled? 478 words. Click here.

Goa Police to curb drug trade, foreigners under scanner
21 Jul Timesof India. Concerned by the presence of a drug cartel in Goa, police are acting against foreigners overstaying in the state as part of efforts to curb the illegal trade in narcotics … seven Nigerians and a Kenyan, arrested in recent raids, had links to the drug trade and all of them were found to be overstaying in Goa … 238 words. Click here.

Prof Peter Roland D’Souza: We must defend Goa from fundamentalists
23 Jul: Navhind Times. Goa represents a new cosmopolitan space and we must defend this from fundamentalists of all kind, whether Hindus, Muslims or Christians, said Dr Peter Roland D’Souza at a seminar on ‘Safeguarding Goan Identity.’ He also argued for a ‘Research Centre’ to study the Goan identity and said that it could be named after eminent Goan historian, Kosambe. 366 words. Click here.

Goa: 21 hospital employees to be suspended for habitual absenteeism
23 Jul: The government has cracked whip and ordered suspension of 21 employees of Goa Medical College, Bambolim, for habitual absenteeism. 292 words. Click here.

Apollo Victor Hospital changing tertiary health care scene in Goa
23 Jul: Navhind Times. The advent of Apollo Victor Hospital in the state, three years ago, has changed the health care scene, especially for those with heart ailments … The cardiac team of the hospital has performed approximately 4,000 procedures and operations on patients whose age ranges from 2 days to 95 years … 705 words. Click here.

Goa: Birth, death records to be available on CDs
24 Jul: Navhind Times. The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat said that the records of births and deaths would be made available in the form of CDs and would be accessible to the general public … he also informed that the process of restoration of thousands of records of births and deaths along with other records in the archives is a continuous process which would go on for considerable long time as their condition at the time of receipt was found to be extremely bad. Click here.

Blow to Roman Konkani lovers
24 Jul: Herald. The Goa government has virtually ruled out granting official language status to Konkani written in the Roman script. In a written reply to a starred question whether the government intends to grant official language status to Konkani in the Roman script, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said “No”. 208 words. http://oheraldo.in/node/26762

Goa Is Choking On Its Traffic
24 Jul: IANS. Laidback Goa is choking on its traffic - literally. Besides a spurt in the number of vehicles in a state with poor public transport, lack of road sense is adding to the woes … parking has become a major problem … Goa has an unprecedented number of vehicles at 50,000. The number is expected to double in the next two years or so … the lack of decent public transport is contributing to the traffic hassles … licences are given by inspectors to unfit drivers … 578 words. http://newspostindia.com/report-8528

Lowenbrau, Stella Artois and Beck’s to be bottled in Goa?
24 Jul: Economic Times. InBev India will debut in India with a German beer Lowenbrau followed bytwo more international, brands Stella Artois and Beck’s, which will hit the domestic market through local bottling in the initial phase. InBev is scouting for potential alliances with independent brewers for rolling out beers … Industry sources have indicated that Goa-based Impala Breweries could be one of the contract alliances in sight for the JV given RJ Corp’s rather strong distribution play for Pepsi in Goa. 452 words. Click here.

Goa: Bid to topple govt fizzles out
25 Jul: Navhind Times. An attempt to dislodge the 47-days old Congress-led alliance government headed by Mr Digambar Kamat “fizzled” out as the opposition leaders behind the move failed to win over the Congress MLAs to stage the planned coup. The Chief Minister, who held a meeting of the ruling party MLAs after the end of the session today, told ‘The Navhind Times’ that there was
no threat to his government and that was proved on the floor of the assembly where in the government polled 21 votes compared to 4 votes polled by the opposition. 592 words. Click here.

Aires Rodrigues: High Court pulls up Goa CM over postings
25 Jul: Economic Times. Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat, who has been dangling the portfolio and corporation bait to those who have not made it to the Cabinet, has been pulled up by the Bombay High Court for appointing three MLAs as “parliamentary secretaries” with Cabinet rank … “Goa will set a bad precedent for making bogus appointments,” said advocate Aires Rodrigues, who had filed the PIL. For text, 356 words, click here.
For the GVUK supplement of Aires Rodrigues, ex-London & Toronto, click here.

Goa: Parrikar warns against worsening malaria situation
26 Jul: Navhind Times. The leader of opposition, Mr Manohar Parrikar warned against the worsening malaria situation in Goa … he said that between June 2006 to June 2007, there was a record high of over 7500 cases of malaria in Goa of which there were 1800 cases of falciparum. For the first two weeks of July there were 1491 cases of which there were 412 cases of falciparum … 592 words. Click here.

Goa: Three hotels to face demolition
26 Jul: Navhind Times. Three hotels, namely `La Calypso,’ `Hotel Estrela do Mar’ and `Shree Par Fragrance’ will face demolition for illegal constructions carried in violations of Coastal Regulation Zone rules. This followed a petition filed by Mr Floriano Lobo … 413 words. Click here.

NGO faces Rs.60 million suit over paedophilia charges
26 Aug: Zee News. An Italian in Goa has filed a Rs. 60 million lawsuit against a non-profit charitable trust. South Goa-based Italian national Giorgio Lazinni, 59, recently filed a lawsuit against campaigners from the Jan Ugahi group in Margao for writing articles that were put out in cyberspace that linked his name with paedophilia allegations. In November 2004, Lazinni had faced trial for allegedly having wrongfully confined a minor girl in his house and later for sexually abusing and raping her. However, the Court gave him the benefit of the doubt and acquitted him. His lawyers now claim that Jan Ugahi had 'failed to inform the world about him being found not guilty of the offence of rape or any other offences'. For text, 834 words, click here.

India to tap Canada's excellence in higher education
20 Jul: Deccan Herald. India has sought Canada's excellence in higher education and said the country could help Indian universities become globally competitive … India is proposing to establish an NRI university, specially for persons of India origin. 391 words. Click here.

It's a miracle planes land safely in India
20 Jul: Times of India. The monsoon this year has caused casualties of a new kind. There have been nine aviation accidents or incidents at various Indian airports in the last three months - most of them caused by that fatal combination of heavy rain and short runways. It was these two factors that caused the Tam Airbus to crash in Sao Paulo on Wednesday, killing 200 people. Click here.

Today’s Recipe: Tikka-style fish
20 Jul: Daily Mail (UK). Enjoy the sunshine flavours of Goa this weekend. If it’s not quite barbecue weather, cook under a very hot grill instead. Click here.

Make it a bottle of beer
21 Jul: The Telegraph (UK). Beer isn't what it used to be. It's better … Quilon, the swish Indian restaurant in Victoria, London specialises in beer-matching menus. We enjoy spicy crab cakes in curry leaves with Duvel, the classic golden ale from Belgium … and the Goan sweetmeat bibinca with Liefmans Frambosen (raspberry beer), elegantly served in slurp-sized martini glasses … Liefmans Frambozen 4.5%vol, Belgium (£2.29 per 37.5cl; Asda, Sainsbury's, Morrison's). An extraordinary beer made by adding freshly pressed raspberries to six-month-old brown ale. It has an intriguing sweet/sour tartness to it and is an absolute joy. Click here.

Crab salad with coconut and curry leaves (Salada de caranguejos)
21 Jul: The Independent (UK). This is a Goan dish, hence the colonial Portuguese name. You can use freshly picked white crab meat or even spider crab. It's great served with kumquat chutney. 208 words. Click here.

“Shilpa wrecked my marriage”
22 Jul: News of the World (UK). A heartbroken young mum has accused goody-goody Celebrity Big Brother star Shilpa Shetty of destroying her marriage. Stunning Kavita Kundra, 25, denounced the Bollywood beauty for taking up with her film producer husband Raj Kundra just months after the birth of their first child. "Shilpa's a cultural icon in the Indian community but she's not what she appears," said Kavita. 1196 words. Click here.

Mama Manuel’s prawn fry
22 Jul: Business Standard. Nina Manuel’s mother reveals her secret recipe. Click here.

Intellectual power of India takes hold in UK
23 Jul: The Times (UK). In the first of a week-long series on the new Anglo-Indian business relationship, our correspondent charts the passage from India of increasingly ambitious companies. Click here.

Audio report: Behind the Bling
23 Jul: BBC Network Report. Is the British-Asian love affair with 22-carat gold coming to an end? Anita Rani finds out whether our best bling is always the real deal. Click here.

London is place to be for India’s rich
24 Jul: The Times (UK). For a new breed of business people from Delhi and Bombay, the UK is home from home. Click here.

Australia's Indian doctors feel the heat
24 Jul: BBC News. Dr Haneef was arrested under new anti-terrorism laws in Brisbane. His detention under immigration laws, even after a magistrate in Brisbane had granted him conditional bail provoked an acid shower of criticism from within the legal community. Indian doctors feel that it is deplorable that the government is not doing enough to diffuse the community anxiety and media tainting and stereotyping of the Indian doctors … At least a quarter of Australia's medical workforce is overseas trained … 806 words. 806 words. Click here.

Rupee touches 40.23 per US dollar
24 Jul: UNI. Braving the Reserve Bank blockades and turning deaf on exporter woes, the rupee touched 40.23 per US dollar, a fresh nine-year high, during the intra-day trade…. Against Euro it ended at 55.58 and against Pound Sterling it closed at 82.85 click here.

Australia: Forthcoming TV Programme on Sat 28 Jul
24 Jul: The Age (Aus). Channel: Lifestyle. Date: Sat 28 July ay 9:30 pm. Dom Joly's Happy Hour: The popularity of alcohol in southern India, plus detox in Goa. For a synopsis of the programme . Click here.

Overseas Indian Citizenship in high demand
24 Jul: Overseas Indian. The Overseas Indian Citizenship (OCI) card scheme, launched by the government in January 2006, has been a great success and the demand for OCI cards has been very high. The Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said that close to 90,000 OCI cards have been issued ever since the scheme was announced in 2006. Click here.

UK: Soap bitch returns to Dales
25 Jul: Nottingham Evening Post. Emmerdale is set to be rocked this autumn when soap superbitch Nicola Blackstock makes an unexpected return which shocks her estranged family. Nicola, played by Nicola Wheeler, left the village 18 months ago in a storm of controversy after making a move on her half-brother's boyfriend Ivan, but she'll be back in the Yorkshire Dales in September under the new married name Nicola De Souza. Click here.

Australia: African and Indian immigration wave will continue
25 Jul: Parramatta Advertiser (Sydney). The Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and African communities will continue to dominate the migrant settlement in the Parramatta-Holroyd area. Baulkham Hills Holroyd Parramatta Migrant Resource Centre manager Melissa Monteiro said the trend, pinpointed in the 2006 census, would escalate in the next five years. In Parramatta, Indians were catching up to people from China … Ms Monteiro said migrants from non-European countries found settling in Australia difficult because of vast cultural differences and their dark skin. "There is a lot of loneliness and isolation out there," she said. 190 words.

Bhandare states that with substantial migration from all over India into Goa, the population of Muslims in Goa is increasing at a substantial rate. There have been cases of Goan village panchayats that have rejected applications to build a mosque in some villages.

Eric Pinto reminisced about getting an education in a Catholic school for less that Rs 10 a month four decades ago. A similar education in the US would now cost over $10,000.

The issue of casteism within the Catholic Church was raised once again within the context of an elitist debate. The subtleness with which the caste-card plays its hand within the church hierarchy is not missed by many Catholic Goans.

There was also a spritely debate on the philosophical dichotomy of monism and dualism. Then there are the issues of weighing these perspectives against scientific and religious indoctrination.

Eugene Correia writing in from Lisbon provided some notes on the recently held Goan Convention in that city that commemorated the 20th anniversary of Casa de Goa. Besides several attendees from Goa he was able to talk to average Portuguese citizens of Goan origin on the streets of Lisbon and discern the quality of life - professional and social for Goans who now lived there.

Marcos Gomes-Catao writes under a series called "Reminiscences of my Goan Youth". This past week he graphically described the First Mass as he remembers it while growing up in the 1940s. He also wrote a poem titled "SANS SOUCI*" - lazying on the river bank at ORDá , Candolim. Marcos is presently retired and living in the USA after living for many years in Brazil.

Lino Dourado provided the latest of his Konkani poems titled "Ruch Ietoch" (When the appetite comes). He also writes a humor column in Konkani titled "Aitaracheo Kaskutleo".

The exchange of lyrics of Konkani songs is another common feature on Goanet. Domnic Fernandes, the author of Domnic's Goa that was published in April 2007 is usually at the forefront of this initiative while Eddie Verdes ably assists whenever he can.

Goanet appears to be a useful resource. Suhas was looking for accommodation in New Delhi and posed a query on Goanet. Several people responded with ideas and suggestions that included accommodation at the Goa Sadan, a Government of Goa business/guest house in Delhi.

Cornel DaCosta is on holiday.

More details can be found at the Goanet archives at http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/ Or to subscribe to Goanet, send an email to subscribe@goanet.org

DOCUMENTARY: The EasyJet Priests. On: BBC Radio Four
Mon 30 Jul. 11:00 to 11:30. A growing numbers of Polish Catholic priests are ministering to migrant workers from their country in the UK.

DOCUMENTARY: Asian Network Report. BBC Asian Network
Mon 30 Jul. 18:30 to 19:00. Interviews with three generations of Asians who have made the journey from East Africa to Britain

ARTS: Q & A. BBC Radio Four
Mon. 30 Jul. 19:45 to 20:00. India and Pakistan '07. In 10 parts. 1: As a baby, street kid Ram Mohammad Thomas’ was abandoned on the steps of a church and brought up by a well-meaning priest until he was abandoned yet again.

DOCUMENTARY: India with Sanjeev Bhaskar. BBC 2
Mon 30 Jul. 21:00 to 22:00. In 4 parts. 1: Bombay Dreams. Sanjeev Bhaskar travels across India, using his trademark humour and insight to get under the skin of an endlessly fascinating country.

TRAVEL: Jules Sylvester's Wild Adventures. Travel Channel
Tue 31 Jul. 00:00 to 01:00. Malindi: Beautiful Country, Terrible Past. The horrible history of the infamous slave caves of Kenya stand in stark contrast to the beauty of this peaceful coastal area.

FILM: The Goddess by Satyajit Ray. Artsworld
Wed 01 Aug. 21:00 to 22:35. 1960. A young woman becomes the object of mystical reverence when she is persuaded by her fanatical father-in-law that she is the reincarnation of the goddess Kali.

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

Sun. 29 July. G.O.A. Goan Festival in conjunction with Goan Organisations at Archbishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham Road, Croydon. Starts with Holy Mass at 12.15 pm. Contact: Diego Pinto 020 – 8767 0663 Alfred Rebello 020 – 8337 8022. For stall applications: Bernie Gracias 020 – 8723 1322. A coach is being arranged from Harrow Wealdstone/Edgware/Wembley & Greenford. Price £6. Departure 10.30 am. BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT. For further details contact: Amelia Gomes 0208 861 2073

Sun 12 Aug. 12 noon. St. Diogo's Association (UK) Guirim/Sangolda. Picnic/Fun Day at Archbishop Lanfranc School (grounds) Mitcham Rd., Croydon. There will be games for young and old, sing-along, dancing, and plenty of food. It was good last year and will be even better this year. All you need is your garden furniture and your own drinks to get comfy. Contact: Jennifer: 0127 765 1052; Evan: 020 8427 8569; Apolonia: 020 8686 1876.

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.