Goan Voice Newsletter: Sunday 16 Oct. 2016
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Death: Justina Fernandes
29th Sept 2016: Greenford, London. MRS JUSTINA MARIA JOAQUINA FERNANDES. Born
26th Sept 1928, India. Housewife and beloved wife of the late Jose Franklin Fernandes
(Frank) - civil engineer and mechanic. Sadly missed by her children Brazino, Jerry,
Priscilla, Patrick, Andrew and Reginald (twins), Pauline, Margaret and all their
families. May her soul rest in peace. Requiem mass 1pm Wednesday 19th Oct 2016
Roman Catholic Church
of Our Lady of the Visitation, 358 Greenford Road, Greenford UB6 9AN London.
Burial: 2:15pm Greenford
Park Cemetery, Windmill Lane, Greenford UB6 9DU. Condolences to Jerryking376@gmail.com
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Death Elvina Menezes
13 Oct: Bougainvilla, Nachinola, Goa. ELVINA MENEZES. Aged 75 years. Loving Wife of Julius Menezes, Mother/Mother-in-law of Liesl/Mervyn, Pearl/Joel. Her mortal remains will be brought straight to Bon Jesus Church, Nachinola at 9:30 am. 17 October 2016 (Monday) for Mass at 10:00 am. followed by burial.
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UK: Win a spectacular stay in Goa for four
15 Oct: Kingfisher Beer. To help celebrate National Curry week, India's No.1 Beer have teamed up with the Karma Club to offer you the chance to win a fan tabby dosey stay in India. With a heavenly headline prize of two whole weeks in gorgeous Goa with three of your most fortunate of friend's, this competition is bound to get you dreaming of sizzling sunshine and sipping on refreshing pints of Kingfisher beer. The competition will close at 11.59pm on Friday 28th October 2016. For your chance to win all you have to do is answer the question: When did Kingfisher’s journey begin: 1912? 1857? 1892? click here
History of Kingfisher. It all began with 5 breweries in South India. The oldest of which, Castle Breweries, dated back to 1857.
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Live: BRICS Summit 2016 Goa 16-17 Oct.
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15 Oct: Times of India. Potholes and BRICS. By Vivek Menezes. Goa takes world centre stage this weekend when Presidents Xi Jinping of China, Vladimir Putin of Russia, Jacob Zuma of South Africa and Michael Temer of Brazil join India’s own Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the eighth annual BRICS summit. Others in attendance will be Myanmar’s icon and foreign minister Aung San Suu Kyi, Nepal’s new Prime Minister Prachanda, as well as Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina… Let one single Russian or Brazilian or Burmese stray even a few steps outside the skin-deep subterfuge, and he or she will find a moonscape of derelict, severely potholed roads and highways, lined with ever-accumulating piles of garbage. BRICS is all about aspiring for a better future, but in the meanwhile who is going to fix the present? 775 words.
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15 Oct: Times of India. Goa pulls out all stops to ensure BRICS success …
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'Cyril Almeida was looking to write a book about his family roots’
15 Oct: Times of India. Days after being blacklisted on the Exit Control List (ECL) by the Pakistan government, Dawn's assistant editor, Cyril Almeida, has been his witty self, humouring his followers on Twitter with jokes and satire… . Almeida's calm composure in the eye of the storm probably stems from his ancestral roots in the coastal state of Goa. While in Goa, he was hoping to find his roots… Almeida was interested in writing a book about his family roots. He was intrigued by the houses in Goa, especially as we walked the streets of Fontainhas. He loved the crab xec-xec at Venite's and enjoyed a chilled glass of beer … click here
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Ignored for long, the jack of fruits is finally getting plucked
14 Oct: Times of India. By Paul Fernandes. Jackfruit has been extremely underutilized despite its potential and availability, but this is slowly changing, as the nutrition-packed fruit is being tapped in Goa for its multi-purpose uses. Jackfruit tree owners would leave the strongly-smelling fruits to rot on trees. Now, small platforms along highways and roadside houses displaying the wonder fruit, that scientists say thrive in the face of climate change, are on the rise during the season. In Goa, self help groups (SHGs) have started making jackfruit chips to capitalize on the craze for crunchies. "Just three to four years back, we had hardly one or two SHGS, now, that number has risen to 50," said secretary of Botanical Society of Goa, Miguel Braganza… click here
Everything You Need to Know About Jackfruit, the Latest Miracle Food …
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Wikipedia: Jackfruit
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The Goa connection with the UN
15 Oct: Herald. By Alexandre Barbosa. Hidden in a mass of information available on the next Secretary General of the United Nations was a single quote from the man himself, Antonio Guterres, establishing a Goan link. He was quoted by The Wire some months ago as saying, “My wife was born in Goa. Her father was a doctor and the family moved back to Lisbon after it became part of India… But we have been back to visit, to see where she was born, where she was baptised.” The search of who was the wife and where in Goa was she born led Herald not too far from its present office. For, Catarina Vaz Pinto, the wife of Guterres and currently an elected councillor of the Camara Municipal de Lisboa, was born in Panjim, in the Portuguese Military Hospital in Campal, about 18 months before the Portuguese colonial rule ended in Goa… Her father, Dr Luis Vaz Pinto, was a military doctor who was posted in Goa and came to the then Portuguese colony along with his wife Maria Jose. “ After finishing his medical school, my father was recruited for the military service in Goa, where he served as a medical doctor,” Vaz Pinto said… click here
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Goa's mini-Russia mirrors dilemma
16 Oct: The Telegraph. … For India, the 17th edition of the annual leaders' summit with Russia comes at a time when their strategic partnership has developed wrinkles, but is also set to deepen. It's a paradox equally mirrored in the tiny state hosting Putin, which depends economically on Russian visitors so much that many store signs are in both English and Russian, yet blames these tourists for ills ranging from drug-peddling to corruption… Over one lakh Russian tourists visit Goa each year - the highest from any country - and many of the state's most popular bars - like Tito's and Mambo's - are run by Russians [sic] now settled here… 982 words. click here
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Christians in the eye of the storm
13 Oct: The Irish Catholic. When it comes to the disputed region of Kashmir, there is little space for unity between India and Pakistan… For the unity of purpose one must pinpoint the Catholic Cathedral of St Mary in Jammu … the Church has not been found wanting in its efforts… October 16 has been declared as a day of prayer for Christians across all India for peace in Kashmir (in a call similar to that of Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai)… Beyond prayers and soothing words, it is the Catholic Church which has also been to the forefront of direct action on behalf of the people of Kashmir… As The Irish Catholic went to press this week, a sense of calm was returning to much of Kashmir, though the Church’s efforts were not winding down as a consequence… click here
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‘Know Your Cabbie’ if you need to get around in Goa
15 Oct: Times of India. In Goa, tourists and locals alike are forced to rely on either their familiarity with a taxi operator, or to hire the first, visible cab. With taxi operators in the state not allowing app-based cab services like Ola and Uber to enter the market, there is no other way to book your ride… And its not only tourists, but also locals, who have no other mode of booking a taxi, specially at odd hours. This allows taxi operators to dictate the terms, and the fares… click here
15 Oct: Times of India. Driving tourists away, not to their destinations … These prices are ridiculous and hardly affordable. The worst part is that these are apparently government notified…Is our government simply giving into the demands of a mafia-like union that uses violence to drive away competition? …
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