COMMUNITY NEWS

Video: The Alison De Silva Red Tie Affair of 12 Apr
18 Apr: From Brendan Abreu, Toronto. The Alison De Silva Red Tie Affair was held in Toronto on 12 Apr. This special event was in honour of an amazing young girl, Alison. She was inspirational to many of the people around her and touched many hearts because of her simple need to make a difference in the lives of others. Some video clips are being put together. To view a sample video clip, 6m. 45s click here.
For a brief profile of Alison De Silva click here.

Laila Rouass Gets Primeval
18 Apr: Eastern Eye (UK). Former Footballer’s Wives star Laila Rouass will be making her long-awaited comeback to television with a starring role in ITV’s science-fiction drama “Primeval” … her film “Shoot on Sight”, directed by Jag Mundhra, will be released in June. Click here.
For the GVUK Laila Rouass supplement click here.

Bernie de Souza's motivating factor
19 Apr. Birmingham Post. It took some courage for Bernie De Souza a 22-year-old physical education teacher to tell Daley Thompson, Britain's best all-round athlete to "be a bit more polite"… Bernie’s father was a RAF engineer born in Kenya whose family were originally from Goa, while his mother was a South African of Caribbean descent … Mr De Souza, a member of the Professional Speakers Association runs his own company, Global Training 4U… 1733 words + photographs. Click here.
17 Apr: Coventry Evening Telegraph (UK). Bernie De Souza fits the profile … 491 words. Click here.
Bernie is the son of the late Effie (died 1992), who was born in Nairobi in 1941 and who drove from there to the UK in a VW beetle in 1960. Bernie, bernie@berniedesouza.com is a Public Speaker and is available by appointment. He will be at Waterstone’s Leamington Spa on Tue. 13 May 2008 6-7pm to launch his new book, Your Success Is ... Hidden In Your Daily Routine. (Global Training 4U, £9.99). For details click here.
For the Bernie De Souza website click here.

Hema Sardesai: “’Tis a shame!!!”
19 Apr: Planet Bollywood. Hema Sardesai is without a doubt one of India’s finest singers. The lady from Goa with a mellifluous voice has been singing since the tender age of 8 and has already lent her voice to over 50 films … She also has a beautiful heart—she refuses to compromise her values for success and devotes a lot of her time to social work … 1034 words. Click here.
The Hema Sardesai website is at www.hemasardesai.com For links to more info. including Wikipedia bio, MP3 clips etc, click here.

Asha Bhosle: The Voice of Bollywood, in the Flesh
19 Apr: New York Times. Ms. Bhosle, who turns 75 in September, is probably the most recorded singer in history. As the voice of Bollywood musicals — called a playback singer, because actresses sing and dance while her vocals are heard — and a queen of South Asian pop, she has recorded more than 12,000 songs in a career that dates to 1943. (One of her few rivals is her older sister, Lata Mangeshkar, another hugely prolific playback singer,) … “I sing everything,” Asha Bhosle told an adoring audience at Carnegie Hall on Thursday night. She performs on Saturday at the Circus Maximus Theater at Caesars Palace in Atlantic City … 568 words. Click here.
Asha’s father was born in the village of Mangeshi in Goa. The Asha Bhosle website is at www.asha-bhonsle.com For links to more info. including Wikipedia bio, MP3 clips etc, click here.

Karl Coutinho: Man well-grounded after life at sea
19 Apr: New Brunswick Home News Tribune (USA). Karl Coutinho is 23 years old and a student at the New Jersey Medical School … He has a sister, Jasmine, now aged 25 … Karl was born in Goa and for the first six years of his life travelled the world since his father was captain on a container ship … The family moved to USA on Christmas Day in 1990 and home was a one-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn where the entire family slept on a mattress on the floor … His plans include becoming engaged to his girlfriend within the next year and practicing medicine in Newark when he graduates. 1190 words. Click here.

Rev. Earl Fernandes: A quiet Pope
20 Apr: The Cincinnati Enquirer (Ohio, USA). Pope Benedict’s visit to America is packed with eternal truth like an overstuffed suitcase … "He's a very kind gentleman like somebody's grandfather," said the Rev. Earl Fernandes of Mount St. Mary's Seminary, who knows Benedict from three years in Rome studying moral theology. Click here.
The Rev. Fernandes left the University of Cincinnati's medical school and joined the seminary in 1997. He says, “I had been hiking with him 12 years earlier." For a profile of Rev. Fernandes click here.

Ohio: Bertram deSouza: Ohio’s Attorney General should go
20 Apr: The Vindicator. By Bertram deSouza. Ohio’s Attorney General Marc Dann should have learned some lasting lessons from the corruption probe that brought down dozens of public officials in the Valley in the late 1990s. 1163 words. Click here.
For a photograph and profile of Bertram de Souza (ex-Uganda), click here.

Goa: Aires Rodrigues : Goa’s Advocate General should go
20 Apr: Herald. A public meeting organised by Aires Rodrigues on behalf of Utt Goenkara here today demanded that the Goa Government should immediately sack Goa’s Advocate General Subodh Kantak in connection with the controversy over AG’s bills. 203 words. Click here.
For a photograph and profile of Aires Rodrigues (ex-Canada and UK) click here.

Toronto: Edith & Edwin Fernandes
20 Apr: Toronto Star. Edith & Edwin Fernandes. Happy 50th Anniversary April 20 2008. From your children Kevin and Cheryl Fernandes and their children Joshua and Kaitlyn Denise and Claire Rodgers and their children Kimberley and Leanne Wendy and Dominic Rodrigues and their sons Adam and Abraham Serena and Patrick Rosario.

Dubai: Andrea D'Souza: Discrimination in multicultural city
20 Apr: Gulf News. (UAE). Race, gender, age or religion - the traits that characterises us as individuals are also the things that make others discriminate against us … Andrea D'Souza, a marketing executive from India, 22, said: "I have never been discriminated against in shops but I usually find myself being offended by taxi drivers who do not bother to give me the time of day … Click here.

Dubai: Joel Fernandes: Pack it!
20 Apr: Gulf News (UAE). Joel Fernandes, an employee with a large hypermarket chain in Dubai has come full circle in his efforts to cut plastic bag usage … he makes it a point to stop checkout counter staff from using more bags than necessary. He says, “I pack my own bags when I go to the supermarket, and I make sure I use just one or two, not dozens.” 158 words. Click here.

Edgar Furtado sues US Gov. Agency for $10 million Edgar Furtado sues US Gov. Agency for $10 million
21 Apr: Edward Furtado a Goa native and former employee of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency at Boston is suing the agency and the Department of Homeland Security for roughly $10 million. He alleges that he was discriminated against by the agency’s Boston port director … Furtado, who now lives in Georgia and works for UPS, claims he was singled out on account of his race … he said he fled to Georgia with his wife and 6-year-old son out of fear in 2007 … Last summer, Furtado claimed that he was physically abused and dragged by the ear for several yards in front of fellow agency employees … 407 words. Click here.

Seraphino Antao raced a cheetah. Who Won?
21 Apr: Kenya-London News. It is seldom that one comes across a legend as humble as Seraphino Antao. His living room is decked out, wall-to-wall with newspaper cuttings of his glory days on the athletics track in the early 60s. He is the man who swept the sprint double at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth-1962 … Seraphino Antao came to settle in the UK about 40 years ago. He travels to Kenya quite often still has friends and family in Mombasa and Nairobi. He lives in South East London. 1373 words. Click here.
For the GVUK Seraphino Antao Supplement, click here.

Sotheby's London Presents its Annual Indian Art Sale
21 Apr: Art Daily. Sotheby’s annual sale of Indian Art in London will take place on Friday, May 2, 2008. The sale will present important works by key figures such as Francis Newton Souza … The Red Road (see photo) has an estimate of £250,000-350,000 … Souza described the landscape into which he was born as “a beautiful country, full of rice fields and palm trees; bells…” There can be little doubt though that Souza’s traditional Goan upbringing was as much a source of his deepest anguish as of his best work. [The photo shows the Red Road – Porvorim to Calangute - at the Saligao Church junction] Click here.

UK: Claudius D'Silva vs. NATFHE: Race Discrimination Case
21 Apr: Personnel Today magazine. Dr Claudius D'Silva, a senior lecturer in the Chemistry department at Manchester Metropolitan University, took the university to the Manchester Employment Tribunal in 2005. His case centred on allegations that university managers failed to respond to complaints of racial harassment and had treated white colleagues differently. He then brought a case against NATFHE (now known as University and College Union), his trade union … Click here.
Manchester Employment Tribunal condemns Institutionally Racist culture at Manchester Metropolitan University. Click here.
For a photo and profile of Dr D’Silva click here.

Gautam Dantas honoured in US
22 Apr: Times of India. Mumbaikar Gautam Dantas has done it again. The former St Mary’s. Mumbai student, who went to the United States for research won a prize for the best scientific paper of 2004. Four years later his unexpected finding of bacteria that eat antibiotics, has been published in the highly-respected magazine, Science. The discovery came about almost by accident … Dantas, the son of Karl and Amla Dantas says: ‘‘I am happy that my work is path-breaking.’’ Click here.

Kuwait: Football: Goa Rolling Trophy
23 Apr: Arab Times (Kuwait). The XV edition of Goan Overseas Association Rolling Trophy, sponsored by Bassem International Trading Company (Charles D’Sa) completed the second round matches on April 18, 2008. The tournament is played under the auspices of the Kuwait India Football Federation (KIFF), at the Salmiya Grounds. 590 words. Click here.

Melbourne: Oscar Lobo: Take Five
23 Apr: Moorabbin Glen Eira/Kingston Leader (Aus). This week we spend five minutes with Oscar Lobo, an East Bentleigh resident and prominent Goan identity. Q: If you could change one thing, what would it be? A: There should be more focus on family values and sprinkle it with a good measure of spirituality. Q: What would you do with $1 million? A: I would give a proportion back to the community and distribute the rest to the family … Q: How do you spend you weekends? A: With family and friends at social gatherings, reading newspapers and business magazines. For a profile of Oscar Lobo click here.

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New parallel taxiway for Dabolim airport approved
18 Apr: Navhind Times. The Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Praful Patel has cleared a proposal for a new parallel taxiway for the Dabolim Airport, according to the president of the Goa unit of the Nationalist Congress Party, Dr Wilfred De Souza … Dr Wilfred also said that he spoke to the minister about great inconvenience caused to thousands of Goan NRIs because of the discontinuing of the Goa-Dubai flight and added that the Minister had promised to look into the matter. 309 words. Click here.

Aldona: Signature campaign against hill cutting gains momentum
18 Apr: Herald. The Aldona Bachao Abhiyan (ABA) has already collected over 1,000 signatures in an ongoing drive to request the Chief Town Planner to deny any permission for hill cutting activities at Carona-Aldona. The petition has also been put online and has garnered over 70 signatures in just two days. For text of article, click here.
To sign the petition click here..

Goa: Narvekar & Co to stand trial in fake ticket scam
18 Apr: Herald. Seven years after the infamous 2001 fake ticket scam rocked the State, Law Minister and Goa Cricket Association Chief Dayanand Narvekar and eight others will have to stand for trial … The fake cricket ticket case had rocked the State on April 6, 2001 during the India-Australia ODI match at the Nehru stadium, when hundreds of cricket fans with genuine tickets were denied entry into the stadium. 380 words. Click here.

The shrink-wrapping of Goa. By Rahul Goswami
19 Apr: InfoChange. Real estate developers have allied with politicians in Goa to create a brand new economy. Already under pressure from dwindling land resources and poor, scanty infrastructure, Goa’s rural population is being left out of any socio-economic gains. Goa’s chief minister and senior administrators have become adept at parading a dubious set of indices to pretend that high literacy, overflowing bank deposits and stunning scenery make the year-round holiday destination India’s most coveted living space. Today, Goa’s midland villages are anything but that … 2713 words. Click here.

Obscene video clip forces two Goa girls to suicide
19 Apr: PTI. Close on the heels of the Scarlett Keeling murder case and the news of an international sex racket, two college girls - who were allegedly blackmailed through an obscene video clip purportedly featuring them - have committed suicide in Ponda. The incident occurred a month ago but went largely unreported. It was finally taken up by the state opposition BJP that sought an intervention from the National Commission for Women. Click here.

The famous Goan Mando
20 Apr: Deccan Herald. The Mando is a song that attracts people of all communities. It is a love song, sung by Goan Catholics, accompanied by Ghumat and the romantic strings of violin. 244 words. Click here.

Unchecked migrant influx will erase identity
20 Apr: Herald. Former Deputy Chief Minister of Goa Ramakant Khalap said that the massive influx of migrants into Goa will soon turn it into another Singapore, where one hardly gets to see an indigenous Singaporean; the same could happen here … Dr Rajan Parrikar, a Goan who has lived in the United States of America for over 20 years, said that the Goan identity is unique and is found nowhere else in India. He lamented that undesirable filthy-rich outsiders are cutting hills and putting up huge constructions … 345 words. Click here.

Saligao citizens express concern over influx of migrants in village
20 Apr: Herald. Saligao citizens vociferously protesting against the massive influx of migrant labourers at the recent Gram Sabha meeting held recently warned that the peace of the village would be threatened if the antecedents of these labourers were not checked. 378 words. Click here.

Terror-hit US ship in Goa
21 Apr: the Telegraph (Calcutta). An American warship attacked by suspected suicide terrorists in the Gulf is embedded in a British flotilla that begins exercises with the Indian Navy off Goa from Monday. The 12-day exercise is the third in the series of the Konkan drills between the Royal Navy and its Indian counterpart …The British force is commanded by Commodore Tom Cunningham and includes HMS Illustrious, HMS Westminster and hunter-killer submarine HMS Trafalgar … 307 words. Click here.

Goa crime branch to probe MMS scandal
21 Apr. PTI. The Goa government has transferred the investigation into the MMS sex scandal to the State Crime Branch from the local police … A month ago two college girls had allegedly committed suicide but the police registered a case only on Sunday. Since one of the two girls was below 16-years-old, the case was also registered under the Goa Children's Act … 212 words. Click here.

Efforts to tow away River Princess fade
21 Apr: Herald. The eight year long efforts to re-float and tow away M V River Princess vessel off the Candolim-Sinquerim coast is grounded further as the government is moving for a termination of the third contract in the last eight years … Click here.

Rudolf Schwartz Training Institute in Goa
22 Apr: Nordwest-Zeitung (Germany). In 1991 Rudolf Schwartz established a training institute in Goa following his holiday there from Germany. Since then thousands of young people were able to get trained. “Many former students are now well-heeled doctors, engineers, lawyers and teachers,” writes 59-year-old Jacob Mathew, a retired school principal, who together with his wife head this aid organisation in Goa. Currently, 856 students attend the facility … For text click here.
For the website of the Training Institute click here.

Footsteps of a Goan Revolution
23 Apr: Gomantak Times. By Jason Keith Fernandes. Politics, it has been said, is the last refuge of scoundrels. In the days following the uprisings in Carmona, Siridao and Aldona, another fact has also been thrown into sharp focus; Law too, is the last refuge of scoundrels. Not for the first time, following the direct actions of residents concerned with the mutilation of their immediate environment, the ‘developmental’ interests involved (and they are Goan!) have mobilized the Law to cow down the popular protests that are thankfully becoming a part of Goan public life … 836 words. Click here.

Goa vulnerable to drug trafficking
23 Apr: Middle East Times (Egypt). India's Interior Ministry has said the tourist-friendly state of Goa has become vulnerable to drug trafficking and drug abuse … the government has taken steps to check, detect and prevent illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs. The measures include improved coordination among drug-enforcement agencies, increased international cooperation, strengthening of anti-narcotic efforts in Goa and special training for drug-enforcement officials in dealing with drug smugglers … Click here.

IN THE NEWS

Goan charity director visits Blackpool
17 Apr: This Is Lancashire. Dr Nishtha Desai, who is the director of Children's Rights in Goa, India, made a flying visit to Blackpool after a chance meeting with Chief Inspector Neil Chessell on the beach, while he was on holiday. Dr Desai was in the country as part of an exchange visit organised by Essex University, but managed to fit the trip north into her schedule. She said: "…I see many similarities between Blackpool and my state as we also have a large transient population and a lot of tourists and migrant workers coming to find employment as well as a problem with alcohol abuse." … Ch Insp Chessell said: “It was a great opportunity for us to exchange ideas with Nishtha about how we ensure vulnerable young people are safe and protected within our communities…” Photo and text, 351 words. Click here.

Toronto: Arthur D'Souza feelin' the stress
18 Apr: Toronto Sun. Torontoians could be scrounging for alternative travel plans on Monday if TTC workers go on strike … Arthur D'Souza, 62, who takes the TTC from north Scarborough, wasn't taking any chances yesterday. He bought GO Transit tickets, refusing to drive his car downtown during a job action. "That would be another torture," he said. "It will affect everybody I know. It's sort of harassment of passengers, taking passengers for ransom." Click here.

Recipe: Goan Prawn Curry
19 Apr: The Australian – Magazine. p.64. By David Herbert. A typical Goan curry has a thin sauce and should be a lovely orange colour (from the turmeric). It has a moderate heat and is deliciously spiced with cardamom, ginger, tamarind pulp and coconut milk. Click here.

Indian restaurateurs in Britain take to streets
21 Apr: PTI. Indian restaurants owners are currently struggling to deliver orders due to severe staff shortage. New immigration rules prevent the owners from recruiting chefs from the Indian sub-continent … This crisis is scheduled to hit the streets of London on Sunday as thousands of chefs, owners and consumers stage a three-hour protest against restrictive immigration rules … 590 words. Click here.

Toronto: Goan vindaloo sausage
21 Apr: Toronto Star. The Indian Rice Factory restaurant has been spicing up Toronto's food scene for 38 years …menu offerings include Goan vindaloo sausage, quail and lobster tail. Elk will soon be added... Click here.

Why British Asians don't care about the arts
21 Apr: The Independent (UK). Yasmin Alibhai-Brown. I disappointed my relatives back in Kampala when I decided not to be a doctor or lawyer, and to devote myself to literature instead … British Asians today still don't get the arts, and don't want to either … My generation of East-African Asians were taught to appreciate Rembrandt, Monet, Moghul miniatures and the Pre –Raphaelites … Utterly focused on making good, Asians became adamantly philistine, and the richer they get, the more determined they seem to keep it that way … Wealthy Asians are frightfully mean when it comes to the arts … 1713 words. Click here.

Lisbon: Museu do Oriente: free admission 9-11 May
21 Apr: RTP News. The Museum of the East, which will be inaugurated on 8 May, will have free admission 9-11 May. The museum, located in Doca de Alcântara, in Lisbon, has a cultural program which includes music, dance and film …Music and traditional dances of Goa is part of the inaugural program with free entry … This museum is a project of the Fundação Oriente … The normal price of entry to the Museum of the East is 4 euros … Click here.

UK: Goa charity couple's burglary heartache
21 Apr: Lancashire Evening Telegraph (UK). A man hoping to help street children in Goa has had his charitable efforts ruined after a burglar stole his savings in a raid on his home. Ken Burrows had saved hundreds of pounds to set up a charity fund for orphans in Goa but lost it all when thieves targeted his former home in Alexander Close, Clayton-le-Moors … Anyone wishing to offer help to Mr Burrow's fundraising efforts can do so by contacting the Lancashire Telegraph … 404 words. Click here.

Uganda makes a point with Indian origin envoy
23 Apr: Times of India. Uganda's new high commissioner to India is Nimisha Madhvani … she was 13 years old when Asians were forced to leave the country; in August 1972 … Nimisha's mother, Meena, returned to Kampala just a month after Idi Amin fled the country in 1979. … 848 words. Click here.

Recipe: Goan shrimp xec-xec
23 Apr: Epicurious (USA). This dish is full of tamarind, cumin, coriander, and roasted coconut. The spices meld with the tomato to form a flavorful sauce that clings to the shrimp … Click here.

Editorial: Indian Hockey’s Decline
24 Apr: Navhind Times. India’s men’s hockey team failed to qualify for the Olympics for the first time in eighty years; then the country’s women’s hockey team also failed to qualify for the Olympics; and then the secretary general of the Indian Hockey Federation, Mr K Jyothikumaran was caught on camera accepting a “bribe” to include a young player in the national team. Hockey, from national game, has become a national shame. 463 words. Click here.

The immigration debate in the UK and Canada
24 Apr: Economic Times (India). In UK and Canada - immigration policy is currently a hot topic. … Labour MP from Leicester East Keith Vaz, has opposed the recommendations of the House of Lords committee … London-based lawyer Maria Fernandes who is principal of Fernandes Vaz Solicitors and chair of the Ethnic Minority Citizens Forum feels that the House of Lords report has relied on very flimsy evidence in reaching its conclusions … Meanwhile, in Canada too there are various shades of opinion on the proposed new immigration Bill among the Indo-Canadian community … 1411 words. Click here.

SCARLETT KEELING MUDER

Scarlett's mother to challenge organ removal
18 Apr: Western Morning News (UK). Fiona McKeown, the mother of Scarlett Keeling is to challenge the Indian authorities over what she believes were illegal practices in her daughter's post-mortem examination … Now she has been told that the removal could be illegal. She said: "I am going to return to India where I shall be challenging the authorities over this. I still do not understand why they had to remove so many of her organs, especially her uterus. And I have now learned that there are other parts of her body missing. How would they feel if it was their child that was being mutilated in such a horrific way?" 269 words. Click here.

Editorial: Scarlett Keeling’s Missing Organs: Experts’ in invective
18 Apr: Herald. According to two Swedish forensic ‘experts’, the two autopsies carried out in Goa on the body of the British teenager Scarlett Keeling were “absolutely illegal”. Now, do we have to hear from ill-informed European doctors, who have little knowledge of the forensic procedures used in India, less of the specific procedures used in this case, and nothing at all of Indian law, about how autopsies ought to be conducted? … 571 words. Click here.

Scarlet Keeling tragedy inspires film
20 Apr: Herald. Bollywood thrives on controversy, and even before investigations into the death of British teenager Scarlett Keeling are over, a Bollywood film based on the tragic episode has been announced. Prabhakar Shukla, an ad film maker-turned Bollywood director, says he is going to direct Rave Party, a Hindi film based on the Scarlett episode in Goa. However, little else is known about the film, and Shukla is not willing to give any details. Click here.

Scarlett Keeling’s death brings darker side of Goa to the fore
22 Apr: The National (UAE). By Christian Cotroneo in Goa, India and David Sapsted in London. Chandrakant Parsekar will be forever haunted by the memory of the first tenants he welcomed at the guesthouse he built above his restaurant on the main road at Siolim, a small town in northern Goa. Julio Lobo was a 25-year-old Indian tour guide. Sharing his room, after her mother left her alone to go travelling with her own boyfriend and six other children, was 15-year old Scarlett Keeling. 1266 words. Click here.

Scarlett Keeling case: Deliberate botch-up by Goa Govt?
23 Apr: Times Now. There is a strong possibility that the investigation into the Scarlett Keeling case could hit a dead end. Highly placed sources have said that the Center may not accept the Goa Government's demand for a CBI probe into the case … a procedural lapse is holding things up … the Goa government has said there was no cover-up and that the body parts were "preserved for investigations" … Police had said that Samson D'Souza and Placido Carvalho had drugged her while former raped her twice and when she went unconscious left her to die in the shallow water … 408 words. Click here.

Scarlett Keeling asked for a funeral 'party'
23 Apr: The Daily Mail (UK). Scarlett Keeling, the British teenager murdered in Goa, wrote a letter a year before she was horrifically raped and murdered saying that she wanted her life to be celebrated when she died … Her mother, Fiona MacKeown was devastated to learn that Indian doctors had removed Scarlett's uterus, kidneys, stomach and part of her liver … "I didn't give permission for anything to be taken from her body," she says. “ Initially I wanted to go there to retrieve the organs but then I heard that the Goa Medical College have already destroyed them, again without my permission … 1,232 words. Click here.

GOANET HIGHLIGHTS BY CORNEL DACOSTA

"Rapes, Murders and Suicides in Goa" is the title of an article by Cederico Dacosta. The above theme features in several other Goanet posts and there is a heartfelt quest for answers to the current lawlessness in Goa and the implications of this for life in general and also for the tourist industry.

There are several posts about Remo (Goa's renowned musician) who will be playing "a free concert to create awareness on global warming." Some Goan scientists are also being approached to throw light on this phenomena--but of course, there are others who seriously question the very issue of global warming, and likewise--global cooling. A fear has also been expressed about rising waters flooding the Goa coastline. Goan Voice (UK) readers are encouraged to engage in this discussion.

Venantius Pinto has supplied Goanet an article by Diana Appleyard, titled "Sun, Sand, Sex and Stupidity: why thousands of middle-aged women are obsessed by holiday Gigolos." There is much information and mature introspection in this article and it is also quite an eye-opener.

A long and substantial article by Dr Saktipadia Ghose is titled "Violations in Goa in normal growth against government Norms." This is code for violations against children who deserve a duty of care from adults. Much is expressed about the shabby treatment of many children in Goa/India and Dr Ghose is particularly keen to receive responses from readers about the content of his article.

Comments on the Pope's recent visit to the USA have featured widely on Goanet. In particular, note was made that the Pope had acknowledged the fact that some Catholic clergy engaged in sexual crimes against young people. Such acknowledgement was welcomed with the hope that that other crimes and unsavoury practises relating to Catholic Church personnel will also be acknowledged in the future.

The continuing quest for a "Goan Identity" has generated several posts on Goanet. Of particular interest are those that claim that "A Goan is a person who has roots in Goa." Further, details are provided about those that are included and not included within this definition.

Finally, Plastino D'Costa provides us an interesting piece on Why Goans Run Away From Goa. There is much reflection on the seemingly intense desire of many Christian Goans to 'escape' from Goa for greener pastures elsewhere. Plastino provides some clinical analysis as to why this has been so, for so many, over many past decades and what might be done to reduce or stop such an exodus of talented people from Goa.

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COOKERY: Rhodes Across India: Goa. UKTV Food
Sunday 27th Apr: 15:30 to 16:30 Gary Rhodes and his team visit a fish and veg market and learn the tricks of buying their wares. Gary 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.

FILM: To Walk With Lions. Five
Saturday 26th Apr. 16:00 to 17:55. A follow up to Born Free. Chronicles the life of George Adamson up to his brutal murder by poachers in 1989.

TRAVEL: Kenya. BBC Radio Four
Monday 28th Apr. 11:00 to 11:30. First of two programmes in which Mike Wooldridge explores what lay behind the conflict that erupted in Kenya last year.

DOCUMENTARY: The UN's Rotten Core. BBC World Service Radio
Monday 28th Apr. 11:30 to 12:00. Report on evidence of trading in guns and gold between militia in Congo and Pakistani and Indian UN peacekeepers.

DOCUMENTARY: Asian Network Report. BBC Radio Asian Network
Monday 28th Apr. 18:30 to 19:00. Symbol-ed Out. Should schools allow religious symbols to be worn? And why do some schools have a liberal approach to uniform policy while others are far more rigid.

HISTORY DOCUMENTARY: Secret Files of The Inquisition. UKTV History
Monday 28th April -Thursday 1st May 20:00 to 21:00. The End of The Inquisition. For more than 500 years, Christians waged a ruthless campaign against heresy, using secret courts, torture and public executions to stamp out the enemies of the Catholic Church. This docudrama miniseries reveals the horrifying events of these dark ages.

CONSUMER: Silver Treasures of India. QVC
Wednesday 30th Apr. 10:00 to 11:00. Handcrafted silver jewellery produced and designed in India, inspired by India's culture and architecture. Most of the large, bold pieces feature gemstones such as moonstone, garnet and amethyst.

FILM: Earth. Sky Movies Indie
Wednesday 30th Apr. 12:30 to 14:40. A Parsi family in Lahore see their Muslim and Hindu friends violently divided as partition follows British withdrawal from India. 1998. Director: Deepa Mehta

MOTORING: Rally-Raid Story. Motors TV
Wednesday 30th Apr. 21:00 to 22:00. A documentary retracing the history of African Rally-Raid competition from the Nairobi-Capetown-Nairobi event in 1950 to what became the East African Safari and Safari Rally in the 1960s

FORTHCOMING

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

SOLD OUT Sun 4 May. 12:30pm- Cortalim Union (UK) 30th Jubilee Celebrating the Feast of Sts. Philip and James … Holy Mass followed by the social. Music provided by Nite Life. Also hosting the May Queen and May King. Smart dress essential.

Sun 4 May. 2pm. Croydon. Archbishop Lanfranc School Hall, Mitcham Road. Wembley Goans U.K presents “American Ghorkar” Konkani Tiatr. A Tribute to Alfred Rose. PROFESSIONAL CAST FROM GOA. The artistes are: Director, Menino De Band; Legendary Rita Rose, Antonette De Calangute, Comedy Queen Janet, London Favorite Kenny, Bab Andrew, Goans Choice Francis De Tuem, Rising Star Master Junior Chico, Master Character Ben Evangelisto and the Guinness Record holder, Norman Cardozo. Contact Nina Pinto 020 8767 0663 or Tony 020 8795 1121, 0783 4639 420. For flyer click here.

Sun 4 May. Saligao Association (UK) Celebrates our patron, Mae de Deus, with Holy Mass at 12 noon followed by May Feast function till 8pm at the Ursuline High School, Crescent Road, Wimbledon SW20 8HA. Enjoy good music with the sounds of MeloTones & Disco plus children's entertainment and good food with lunch, snacks & afters by the popular Viva Goa !, Formal dress please. Tickets are (£18 (adults), £16 (11-18yrs), £11 (2-10yrs), under 2 free, ALL WELCOME. Contact Zemira 01895 259947, Lucia 0208 670 4023, Ros 0208 542 0528 or go to www.SaligaoUK.com

Sat 10 May. 6 pm. Swindon. Punjab Community Hall. Wembley Goans U.K presents “American Ghorkar” Konkani Tiatr. A Tribute to Alfred Rose. PROFESSIONAL CAST FROM GOA. The artistes are: Director, Menino De Band; Legendary Rita Rose, Antonette De Calangute, Comedy Queen Janet, London Favorite Kenny, Bab Andrew, Goans Choice Francis De Tuem, Rising Star Master Junior Chico, Master Character Ben Evangelisto and the Guinness Record holder, Norman Cardozo. Contact Peter Bala 0751 553 1092. For flyer click here.

Sun 11 May. Margao Union UK – Feast of THE HOLY SPIRIT. Mass at St. Boniface Church, 185 Mitcham Road, Tooting, at 1.30pm. thereafter a get-together at the Church Hall. Price including snacks and buffet £ 10.00. Band “DIMENSION”. Contact: Bella-020 8372 1253, Rosalind-020 8767 8652, Lucas-020 8967 7471, Agnela-020 8646 6996

Sun.11 May BMX REUNION (Ex Students of Britto's, St Mary's and Xavier's) 1.30pm to 8pm at Archbishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham Road, Croydon. Proceeds will go to worthy causes. Everyone is welcome. For tickets contact - Bernie Gracias 020 8723 1322, Norma Menezes-Rahim 020 8771 4457, Ilona Fernandes 020 8300 5347, Proto Carvalho 020 8640 3135, Jaime Rodrigues 020 8684 0456, Liz Coutinho 020 8647 6387. For the flyer click here.

Sun 18 May. 2 pm. Wembley. Copland School Hall. Wembley Goans U.K presents “American Ghorkar” Konkani Tiatr. A Tribute to Alfred Rose. PROFESSIONAL CAST FROM GOA. The artistes are: Director, Menino De Band; Legendary Rita Rose, Antonette De Calangute, Comedy Queen Janet, London Favorite Kenny, Bab Andrew, Goans Choice Francis De Tuem, Rising Star Master Junior Chico, Master Character Ben Evangelisto and the Guinness Record holder, Norman Cardozo. Contact Tony 020 87951 121, 0783 4639 420 or Felix 020 8421 5542, 0798 545 7108. For flyer click here.

Sun. 18 May. Goan Chaplaincy Day. Thanksgiving Mass at 1.15 pm followed by a social get together at Archbishop Lanfranc School Hall, Mitcham Road, Croydon. CR9 3AS. Music by Rainbow's End. Tickets: Adult £15.00* Child £ 7.50* *Early Bird Discount (Adult £ 12.00/ Child £6.00) if completed form and cheques are received latest by Wednesday, 30th April 2008. For forms and other information please contact the Goan Chaplaincy on 020 8665 2176. Tickets include snacks and food. Email- goanchaplaincy@yahoo.co.uk
Donations and Raffle Prizes will be greatly appreciated. Cheques should be addressed to 'Goan Chaplaincy'

Sat 31 May. 7pm. GOA Anniversary and May Ball. Wandsworth Civic Suite. Crowning of May Queen and May King. Music by Mellow Tones and Nite Life. Further details from Norma Menezes Rahim 020 8771 4457 Rosy De Souza 020 8677 0390 Rose Remedios 020 8658 7769 Claire De Souza 01784 421421 and Bernie Gracias 020 8723 1322. For full details click here.

FOR LATER EVENTS SEE http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/