FORTHCOMING

8 Oct. 8:15. Requiem at Our Lady of Merces Church, Colva, Goa for Seby Gomes

9 Oct. 10:00 Funeral of Seby Gomes. Mary Magdalene Church. Willesden Green, NW10. Burial at Willesden New Cemetery (Old Paddington Cemetery). Willesden Lane, NW6. Then at Cardinal Hinsley School Hall, Harlesden Road, NW10. Further details, tel. 0181- 930 5986

10 Oct. 15:00 Mass + Novena + Get-together. Asian Chaplaincy.

10 Oct. 13:00 Goan Trook Tournament. ATC Hall Wimbledon. Jacinto Fernandes 0181-542-5427

16-17 Oct. Path to Rome Conference. Birmingham. The Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, Most Rev. Ferdinand Fonseca in attendance. (He would appreciate meeting Goan families in the Birmingham area). Contact: Steve Ryan 0181-764-0341.

24 Oct. Colva Union Feast. Bishop Thomas Grant School, SW16. 0181-674 2266

31 Oct. 15:00 Konkanim Mass + Get-together. Asian Chaplaincy.

1 Nov. 18:30 Meditation. 34 Potterne Close, Castlecombe Drive, London SW19

5 Nov. 19:30 Meditation + Mass. Asian Chaplaincy

7 Nov. 13:00 Mass for deceased members of Goan Association(UK). Followed by a 3-course fish curry meal. £5. ATC Hall, South Wimbledon. Tel Bernie Gracias 0181-723 1322 by 3 Nov. to book lunch.

7 Nov. 14:00-17:30 Goan Cultural afternoon. Goan Musical Society in collaboration with the Wandsworth Arts Festival. Elma Cota 0181-540 6660 (answerphone)

7 Nov. 15:00 Mass at St Anslems, Southall.

From Claver and Fatima D'Mello claver@fatima2.freeserve.co.uk The Choraonenses U.K committee would like to express their thanks to all those who attended the feast dance of St. Bartholomew on 21st August 1999. The function was a success and all funds raised will be utilised for schools in Goa.

The Peepal Tree Press, UK, has just published The Gift of the Holy Cross, a novel by Canada-based Goan writer Lino Leitao (ex. Uganda). Lino's novel takes one to the colonial period in Goa and brings alive the vanished world of the past, a hybrid creation of Portuguese Catholicism and the caste system.

The Rowntree Foundation has published "We Can't All be White! Racist Victimisation in the UK.£12.95

DEATHS

3 Oct. Willesden, London. SEBY GOMES, ex-President of GI, Nairobi and Goan Association (UK). Husband of Gracie, father/ father in law of Ida/Armando, Thelma/Maurice, Yolanda/ Walter, Fermina/ Trevor, Amelia/Kelvin, Bro/ brother in law of Baby/ late Menino, Cleta/ late Vincent, Joe/ Cynthia, Fr Martinho Gomes.

NEWS HEADLINES
( mainly from Joel D'Souza in Goa, courtesy of GOACOM, e-mail: goanow@sancharnet.in )

As forecast, BJP won both seats in the National elections. Results: North Goa - Sripad Naik (BJP) 104958; Ramakant Khalap (Cong.) 68237. South Goa: Ramakant Angle (BJP) 105323: Joaquim Alemao (Cong) 90750. Mandrem, Calangute, Loutolim, Benaulim, Curtorim, Navelim, Velim, Cuncolim and Quepem voted against the trend.

Panjim now has a Pool Parlour with five pool tables, darts and an air hockey table.

Six candidates from Goa have obtained scholarships from Fundacao Oriente of Portugal.

The enforcement of the law banning smoking and spitting in public has been postponed to 1st Jan. 2000. There is now concern about adverse effects to tourism since hotels, restaurants and beaches are among the places covered by the ban.

New York based World Monuments Watch has published a list of the world's 100 most endangered sites. Included in the list is Saint Anne's Church at Talaulim, Goa that was built 1681-1689.

Visit Goanet at www.goacom.com/goanet. Some of the highlights:

8105 Damodar Mauzo: Convention of Goans Abroad (Planned for Dec. 2000).
8094 Marlon Menezes: Navhind Times is now online at http://www.navhindtimes.com
8058 Cedric D'Costa: GOYAN, the North American Young Goans network raises $3000 towards Computers for St. Joseph's Boys home, Calangute
8032 Mario Mascarenhas: Bailancho Saad, Bailancho Ekvott, All India Women's Conference, Goa Branch and Bailancho Manch have strong objected to casinos and golf courses in Goa
7977 Milton Rodrigues: Calling all UK Goan Footballers ( Goan Soccer World Cup, 9-22 Jan. 2000)
7970: Mervyn Lobo: Julius Nyerere, first President of post-independence Tanzania was hospitalised in London (St. Thomas' Hospital. ) this week. The 78year-old leader is suffering from chronic leukaemia.
7947 Carlos Rodrigues: FW: No dual citizenship for NRIs
7944 John J. D'Souza: Goanet-Canada Newsletter 3

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IN THE NEWS
(e-mail eddie@fernandes.u-net.com for the full text of items marked *) .

*1 Oct. Coastweek (Mombasa) Directory for ex-students of Allidina School, Mombasa announced. Write to: oldallidinians@hotmail.com

1 Oct. BBC Online. Interview with Kevin Greening (BBC Radio 1 DJ)
I was recently doing some pieces for the Travel Channel, in Goa. India was poor, hot and happy. I was truly blown away by how absolute the poverty is. Beyond the tourist hotels the whole country seems to be teetering on the edge of collapse. Everything is so precarious, and everyone ekes a living in any way they can. I enjoyed myself, but I almost felt ashamed of it because I was put up in a luxury hotel and everything was laid on for me. What beggars belief is that the people - who have every reason to despise Westerners, and the British and Portuguese in particular - have nothing but respect and really disarming inquisitiveness. I realise more than ever that India is typical of planet Earth. We in the west actually live in the penthouse suite at the top.

*2 Oct. Asahi Evening News (Japan). Japanese teenagers participating in Side By Side, a Charity undertaking voluntary aid projects in India. The Charity is looking for a base in Goa. 1279 words.

2 Oct. The Telegraph. Fish is fashionable. For a new generation, the word "fish" is no longer automatically followed by the words "and chips" or "fingers". It is more likely to conjure up pungent associations with green Goan curry, slow-simmering risotto or chargrilled brochettes.

*7 Oct. The Independent. Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: The ordinary but brutal reality of everyday racism