COMMUNITY NEWS

Melbourne: Clarence Da Gama Pinto: Variety is the spice of corporate prosperity
	10 Apr: Australian Financial Review. Excerpt: The lack of cross-cultural proficiency in the senior ranks of corporate Australia alarms Clarence Da Gama Pinto, who works with executives to explore majority dynamics and rules of engagement in culturally diverse teams. "I see a lot of lost opportunities for competitive advantage because executives are not managing diversity well," says Da Gama Pinto. "[Yet] this is something they will have to embrace in a global world."
Clarence Da Gama Pinto, C.DaGamaPinto@mbs.edu is Program Director at Melbourne Business School specialising in leadership development for business executives. He was born in Nairobi, the son of Helen nee Moniz (Aldona) and the late Rosario (Carren, Succorro). He is a nephew of the late Pio Gama Pinto. Clarence graduated at the London School of Economics and lived in London for 20 years before emigrating to Melbourne about 17 years ago. For more information about him click here.

Ivan Menezes plans to take Diageo places
	29 Mar: Economic Times. If you were introduced to the head of the world's leading premium drinks company, you might expect someone who is loud, aggressive and flamboyant. But Ivan Menezes, CEO of Diageo North America, is none of the above. Dapper and soft-spoken, almost to the point that one sometimes has to strain to hear him, this 47-year-old Mumbai-born is a stark contrast to the stereotypical image of a liquor company head …
Diageo sells Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker, Guinness, Baileys, J&B, Captain Morgan, etc. For full text click here. Ivan is the son of the late Manuel and Nina Menezes. Brother of Victor and Marisa Mascarenhas

New Zealand: Maria Rodrigues: The migration gap
1 Apr: Unlimited. Excerpts: When Maria Rodrigues immigrated to New Zealand from Goa, India, in January 2003, the number of non-New Zealand citizens coming here to live had just peaked … Rodrigues, who has a university degree in commerce and ran a catering business in Goa, entered the country with her husband and two teenage children by qualifying under the general skills category … At first the only employment Rodrigues could find was housekeeping at a hostel, while her husband worked night shifts at a supermarket … Rodrigues now works as a legal receptionist … But she was shocked at the hassle she had finding a job. "If you find work then everything else falls into place. Because you get rejected your self-esteem, your confidence is at an absolute low." Click here.

Ian D’Sa among Canuck Rockers on "Song For Africa"
5 Apr: ChartAttack.com. Several Canadian rockers, including Ian D’Sa of Billy Talent have recorded "Song For Africa," a project organized to educate the country's youth about the AIDS pandemic in Africa as well as to raise money for relief efforts. Two versions of the song are expected to be released by Universal in June. For photo and text click here.

Leander Paes becomes a father
4 Apr: CNN-IBN. Wimbledon champion and Indian Davis Cup captain Leander Paes has become father as his partner Rhea Pillai delivered a baby girl at a city hospital in Mumbai, sources said on Tuesday. The tennis star has been seeing Pillai, former wife of actor Sanjay Dutt, for the past couple of years. Click here.
Leander Paes was born in Goa. His father and grandfather came over from Arusha, Tanzania.

Florida: Ayesha D'Mello offers a lesson in Goan cuisine
6 Apr: Miami Herald. Ayesha D'Mello, a talented home cook from Pinecrest whose roots are in Goa had considered offering lessons in the cuisine of her Portuguese-influenced home region. The column elicited such enthusiastic response that D'Mello has scheduled a class for April 29. The session will feature chicken rechad, shrimp coconut curry, Goan okra, kachumbar raita, basmati rice, chapattis, bibinca and chai. For full text click here. For photo and more about Ayesha D’Mello in GVUK issue 2006-5 click here.

Lynn de Souza – One of India’s Top 25 Women

8 Apr: Indian Television. A multi faceted media professional, author, tennis champ, a trained veterinary nurse and animal rights' activist … this Goan heads Lintas Media Group as director and has been in the industry for more than two decades. Lynn is known for her outspoken nature, one who doesn't hesitate to call a spade, a spade … Lynn founded and is the chairperson of the Goa Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPAC) … Photos and text, 1549 words, click here.

Merlyn Vaz Scholarship for teachers launched
9 Apr: Herald. The Merlyn Vaz Scholarship instituted in memory the mother of British Asian MP Keith Vaz for Goan teachers was launched on Saturday. Vaz has further called upon young Goans to avail benefits of the Commonwealth Working Holiday Scheme, under which young people below 30 years of age can come and work in the UK for two years. http://oheraldo.in/node/12121
12 Apr. Herald. Three teachers short-listed for scholarship. http://oheraldo.in/node/12228
For a photo and GVUK profile of Merlyn Vaz click here.

US: Journalist Fred de Sam Lazaro
	10 Apr: Star Tribune (Minneapolis). Excerpts: For 20 years, Fred de Sam Lazaro has been a correspondent for public television's "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer." He has reported from some of the poorest and most remote, exotic and dangerous parts of the world … Fred’s father married twice and had six children with each wife. Fred was the 12th. His father, Bernardino was from Goa and grew up in poverty with only a third-grade education, became a street musician at 13 and later emigrated to China. Fred and his mother, a medical doctor, immigrated to the US in 1975. Jim Lehrer says, "His reports from India are particularly special for us." For full text, 1203 words, click here.
[Fred’s parents are from Margao and Mapuca. He lives in Saint Paul with spouse, Kay, and three children. In recognition of his work, Fred was awarded an honorary doctorate by St John's University, in Minnesota]. For the link to some of his reports from India see http://www.saja.org/lazaro.html In particular to check out his report “FAVORING BOYS IN INDIA” which is available in print, audio and video formats click here. AND watch the 7 minute videoclip on how a Jesuit priest fought generational poverty in India with violins. Click here.

Gregory Monteiro of Brampton, Ontario, drowns in Goa
11 Apr: Herald. 65-year-old Canadian national Gregory Mathew Monteiro along with his daughter had ventured into the sea at Baga, when they were pulled into the sea by strong currents at about 2.30 pm. While locals managed to save the daughter, her father was pulled out dead from the sea. http://oheraldo.in/node/12183

Sister Lynn D’Souza: Egg-stra! Egg-stra!
	12 Apr. Maryville Daily Forum. (Missouri, USA). Benedictine Sisters Mary Edward Hartman and Lynn D'Souza were no different as children … they will be busy decorating the 14 dozen eggs that have been purchased from a neighbour … it generally takes D'Souza more than an hour to finish each egg, but the end result is more than worth it. For photo and text, 840 words, click here.
Sister Lynn Marie D'Souza, O.S.B., graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in biomedical science. The youngest of five children born to Ed and Zita D'Souza who emigrated from India, Lynn D'Souza was born in St. Louis. Religious life runs in the family - several aunts and a cousin became nuns. Sister Lynn traces her Indian roots to Mangalore.

NRIs to have legal cushion, courtesy Goa govt
13 Apr: Indian Express. Following complaints by Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) about the security of their properties back home, Goa NRI Commissioner Eduardo Faleiro has decided to liaison with the Union government to enact legislation to protect properties owned by NRIs … Unofficial figures state that of the 1.4 million population Goa, over 300.000 stay abroad and the state government has specially categorised them as Non-Resident Goans (NRGs). Click here.
13 Apr. Navhind Times. Eduardo for emigrants’ office in Goa. Click here.
13 Apr: Herald. Government should focus on NRIs, NRGs, says Eduardo. http://oheraldo.in/node/12275

Indian ‘nation’ of commerce. By David G. Maillu
13 Apr: Kenya Times. Excerpt: … The Indian nation, imposed on Kenyans by the British colonial kleptomania, brought three distinct communities, The Hindu, the Goan, and the rest. Initially, these three groups have lived with practical dislike for one another. The Goans, coming from the Christian colony, were actually the first ones to be sympathetic with the natives, perhaps, because they found comrades sharing the same religion. They expressed their solidarity even through marriage at a time the other two groups protected their women the way lions protect their young ones from predators. Click here.

Telephone Calls UK-India for 4p a minute
Call mobiles in India for 5p. Australia, Canada, USA etc 1p a min. Kenya: 3p. Click here.

DEATHS

9 Apr: Wembley, Middlesex. JOHN MASCARENHAS (ex-Nakuru) Wife of Imelda. Father of Janice Pereira and Loraine McIlree. Funeral provisionally on Thurs 20 Apr. Will be confirmed on the GVUK website. Condolences to jmascare@globalnet.co.uk

4 Apr: Saligao, Goa. ALFRED VINCENT DE SOUZA. (Born 1959, ex-Mombasa). Husband of Lynette. Father of Shawna, Conroy and Anika. Brother of late Eric and Clare. Son of Joan/late Eddie (ex-PWD, Mombasa). Son-in-law of late Octavio/late Agatha.

3 Apr: Siolim. Goa. BERNARD LOBO. (ex Entebbe, Uganda). Beloved husband of Muriel. Dear Father of Livio/Diana, Irwin, Riklin/Hazel, Denzil/Nuala, Nigel, Clarissa/Howard Davies. Grandfather of Charlotte, Adam, James , Christopher, Kaite, Hanna, Luke, Domnic and Mary. Dear son of late Hipolito Lobo and late Odilia Lobo, Brother/Brother-in-law of late Sr. Marietta, Sr. Marie Goretti, Diamond/late Alfred D'mello, Sr. Joyce A.C., Malinda/Joe D'souza, Fr. Vivian S.J. late Olive/late Robert, Blanche/late Hilary, Gladys/Louis, Greta/Lester, Jennifer/Eddie, late Nelson/Sally, Gilbert, Neville/Nancy.

30 Mar: London. MRS BEMVINDA CARMELINA LESY MENEZES (ex Uganda & Bamon Vaddo, Candolim, Goa.). Wife of Late Antonio Paulo Menezes, Loving Mother of Bonita/Carl Menezes (New Zealand), Olivia/ Lawrence Albuquerque (New Zealand), Yvonne/John Colaco (USA), Gabriel/Josephine Menezes (London).
The Funeral mass will be held on Wed 12 Apr at 10.00 AM at St Michael & St Martin Church, 94 Bath Road, Hounslow Middx TW3 3EH. The cortege will then proceed to the Hounslow Cemetery. Condolences to gabrielmenezes@blueyonder.co.uk

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A Foreign Tourist says, “Goodbye Goa”
7 Apr. Herald. Having spent 5 months here in Goa and having met and spoken to 35 other foreign tourists, his general opinion is not favourable. Problems include: Goa is tatty; Rubbish strewn everywhere; Spitting; Noise; Stray dogs; etc. http://oheraldo.in/node/12017

Book Now
8 Apr: The Times (UK). Save £305pp on an all- inclusive break to Goa with Odyssey Holidays. Stay a week at the four-star Sun Village Resort near Baga with flights from Gatwick on April 22 for £469pp. Details: 0870 4295090, www.odysseyholidays.com

Get the green light for a feelgood holiday
9 Apr: Sun Herald (Sydney, Australia). Wild Holiday: Far removed from the international five-stars and the tacky all-inclusives lies Elsewhere resort on a private spit of land in the far north of Goa. The beach house (sleeps six) and three tents are accessed by a bamboo bridge. http://www.aseascape.com

Come To Goa! Change Your Mind! Change Your Way!
	9 Apr. Feature travel article by Seth Sherwood. Excerpts: There ain't nothing like this in the real world … the palm trees bear a strange fruit —fliers for crystal therapy, Ayurvedic healing and rave parties — and every road seems to lead to an organic restaurant or massage clinic … Goa is a happy playground for grown-ups … Slideshow and text, 2546 words click here.

Goa, Goa gone
9 Apr. Times of India. Frustrated in the search for property in Goa, Jug Suraiya savours Goan food … Goa does a mean lunch. Not to mention dinner, breakfast, elevenses, twelveses and in-betweenses. 654 words. Click here.

Goa goer
9 Apr: Sunday Times (Perth). A new program from Overseas Working Holidays combines volunteer work, travel and recreation beside the beaches of Goa, the former Portuguese colony in India. The Goa Volunteer India program has positions ranging from assisting local teachers in rural schools, holistic work in a child-care facility, or working at ASRO, a care centre for people living with HIV/AIDS … Prices start from $1599 for transfers, accommodation in Goa, all meals on working days and training. Air fares are extra. Click here.

Birmingham to Goa: More low fare flights
12 Apr: Birmingham Mail. Thomsonfly is to increase the number of high frequency low fares flights from both Birmingham International and Coventry Airports for winter 2006/7. The latest announcement from the company reveals it will fly to a total of 14 destinations from Birmingham next winter including Goa.

GOA NEWS HEADLINES

500 Years for Goencho Saib
	7 Apr: GoaNet. Today marks the 500th birth anniversary of Goencho Saib, the sainted Francis Xavier of Navarre. V M de Malar provides a brief assessment. Click here. Shown here is one of the two stamps to mark the event. To see the other, click here.

Real Estate. Goa is attracting buyers from the UK and Europe
7 Apr. Indian Business Insight. Goa's beaches, easy lifestyle, low crime rate and warm climate are attracting buyers from the UK and Europe, who are considering buying a second home or just making a sound investment decision … Foreign buyers in Goa prefer to have independent villas and smaller bungalows. Click here.

Goa to strengthen infrastructure
8 Apr: Business Line. The Government of Goa has decided to facilitate the development of infrastructure in the State in public private partnership (PPP) mode. Infrastructure such as hydel projects, a North-South expressway, a cruise terminal and an international convention center have already been identified towards this end. Click here.

Workshop in Goa to address trafficking, selective abortions
10 Apr: International Journalists’ Network. Indian journalists will participate in an upcoming workshop focusing on two pressing human rights issues: human trafficking and the selective abortions of females. The workshop is scheduled for April 23 and 24 in Goa, and about 50 journalists have already been selected to participate. The Indian human rights group Shakti Vahini is organizing the event with support from the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Click here.

New Central Library Building in Goa
11 Apr. Indian Business Insight. Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (GSIDC) is planning to construct a building for Central Library in Goa. It will be spread over 12,000 square metres of land. The cost of the project will be Rs15 crore. The company has invited expressions of interest from architects. Click here.

Home Care Service for Terminally Ill Cancer Patients
12 Apr. Herald. Terminally ill cancer patients in Goa will now have a home care service. The Goa Medical College (GMC) in collaboration with the Global Cancer Concern India (GCCI) today inaugurated the “Home Care Service for terminally ill cancer patients.” 240 words. http://oheraldo.in/node/12247

Goa missing from mango export map
13 Apr: Rediff. … Mancurad, a special variety from Goa, is yet to find a place in the international market. Considered in the same league as Alphonso, the Mancurad is a potential export variety and is widely grown in the state. However, it has strong local demand which leaves little scope for export … Nevertheless, Mancurad was appreciated in the UK last year, when Goa for the first time participated in a mango show there. Click here.

IN THE NEWS

Special Report: Floyd Cardoz. By Amy Spector
27 Mar. Nation's Restaurant News (USA). Excerpts: Executive chef Floyd Cardoz of Tabla in New York will sum up his culinary knowledge in "One Spice, Two Spice: American Food, Indian Spice," his cookbook scheduled to appear this fall. He says: … my mom and dad were from Goa. I ate Goan food all my life. … There is a wonderful stew we make in Goa called sorpatel, which is a pork stew with pork liver, very much like a vindaloo … One dish I really want to do is a sausage from Goa called choris that is made into a stew. My last meal would definitely be Goan - It would be my mom's goat stew with toasted coconut, shrimp curry and sannas … 1050 words. For the GVUK Floyd Cardoz Supplement click here.

Special Report: Western Indian cuisine. By Erica Duecy
27 Mar: Nation's Restaurant News (USA). Goa: Portuguese roots and seaside cuisine … At Tabla, one of the most popular is cauliflower Caldin … Vindaloo curry is a trademark dish of Goa that stands apart from typical fare in the region … While Catholic Goans typically make their vindaloos with pork, Indian Muslims and Hindus use duck or fish … Pork sausages also are a popular snack for Catholic Goans … In contrast to other areas of the country, "there's no yogurt in any dish in Goa," says Cardoz. "The acidity is usually gotten through tamarind or palm vinegar or palm sap." 381 words. http://www.nrn.com/

Dr Raj Persaud in Plagiarism Row
3 Apr: BBC. Former This Morning psychiatrist Raj Persaud has stepped down as host of BBC Radio 4's All In The Mind because of continuing allegations of plagiarism. The allegations are under investigation by a medical review panel. For full text and photo click here. For his Goan connection, click here.

NZ tourist marries her alleged rapist
7 Apr. South China Morning Post (Hong Kong). Gillian Walker, 26, married Paritosh Kumar in Calcutta on Tuesday after he drugged and attacked her in Goa last month. Ms Wright had claimed that Mr Kumar spiked her drink then raped her after she befriended him in Goa. The police arrested him but at the identification parade Mr Kumar blurted out his proposal. To the shock of the police, she accepted. The pair married in a traditional ceremony with the blessings of Mr Kumar's parents.

UK: How schools deal with racism
7 Apr: BBC. A judge has been plastered across the press for his comments about a case involving a 10-year-old boy from Salford, Greater Manchester, who has admitting calling an Asian schoolmate a "Paki" but denied using other racist terms. It is understood that teachers spoke to both pupils and believed the matter had ended. However, the Asian boy's parents were not happy and brought in the police. Click here.

Hungry Traveller in Bombay
9 Apr: The Sunday Telegraph (UK). Goa Portuguesa. It's on the tourist trail, there's no doubt, but sari-clad ladies-who-lunch also enjoy the tiger prawns stuffed with red Goan masala or the delicious mussels with green masala. If you must, Bombay Duck (dried fish) is on the menu, which has been written in quirky style by husband-and-wife team Suhas and Deepa. The tender coconut cashew sukem comes with a "money-back guarantee''. In 17 years of operation, no-one's ever complained. Goa Portuguesa (and its sister restaurant, Culture Curry), opposite Mahim Head Post Office, (22 2444 0202). http://www.goaportuguesa.com/

The new, old order
9 Apr: Financial Express … At the ITB Berlin Travel Mart a European was overheard saying, "Oh! Goa was lovely the last winter season. But this year, I think I'll go to India!". Click here.

UK: Sham marriage law breaches rights
10 Apr: BBC. Tough government rules to prevent sham marriages discriminate against immigrants, the High Court has ruled. In a significant defeat for the government, Mr Justice Silber said the rules were unreasonable and breached human rights. Campaigners said the law was discriminatory because it effectively labelled some immigrants as fraudsters. 819 words. Click here.

Indian doctors in UK protest
10 Apr: the Telegraph (Calcutta). About 300 doctors of Indian origin plan to hold a demonstration outside Britain’s health department on April 21 to protest against new rules making work permits mandatory for non-EU medical practitioners to work in the National Health Service (NHS) from July. Click here.

Kenya. Indian approach: A cosmopolitan approach
11 Apr: Kenya Times. The Indian question is back on the discussion table thanks to Zarina Patel’s recent biography of Makhan Singh. In Kenya, this is a vexed question that often stirs emotions rather than engineer reasoned debate … Because of residential patterns, even Europeans went to the Bazaar to access important services including medical ones. Dr. Rosendo Ayres Ribeiro, a Goan, was the first private medical practitioner in Nairobi. He arrived in Nairobi in 1900 and lived in the Bazaar with his assistant Mr. C. Pinto … Click here.

Goan band Lynx to play at Doha and UK
12 Apr: Gulf Times (Qatar). The Goan Welfare Association (GWA), Qatar, is to organise the sixth annual May Queen Ball on May 11 … Indian band Lynx will perform at the dinner-dance programme …. After the Doha show, the band will perform in England on May 13. For photo and text click here.

Bahrain: The Big Country Band to play at to play at Bahrain May Queen Ball.
12 Apr. Gulf Daily News. … The ball on May 4 at the Palace's Falcon Hall in Adliya will feature a beauty contest, the May Queen 2006, and a concert by top Goan band - The Big Country Band. Click here.

RECENT ITEMS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST ON GOANET. BY CORNEL DACOSTA

UK: TV & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS By Mafalda de’Sa

Television:

Mon. 17/4: UKTV Style: 01.30am (30mins) Home Front
Indian designer Nishma Chande brings an Asian feel to bedroom décor.

Tues. 18/4: Travel Channel Plus 1: 11.00am (60mins) Planet Food
South India. Padma Lakshmi looks at food in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore

Fri. 21/4: Travel Channel: 9.30pm (30mins) A Fork in Africa
Pria Viswalingam in Kenya. His journey takes him to Nairobi, the great Rift Valley and to the Masai Mara.

Radio.

Mon. 17/4: Radio 4: 9.00pm (30 mins) The wonderful World of Neem

Tues. 18/4: BBC Radio 4: 9.30am (15 mins) Me and my Poison
Jolyon Jenkins looks at India's snakes.

Wed. 19/4: BBC Radio 4: 4.00pm (30mins) Talk Show: Thinking Allowed
Laurie Taylor looks at employment within Britain's South Asian communities and how labour market positions influence identity.

FORTHCOMING

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

Sun. 16 Apr. Easter Dinner Dance. 6.00 to 11.00 pm. St Mary’s Church Hall. Welling DA16 3QU. Disco by the fabulous Music Mania. Catering by Potbor Ha. Adults £12.50 Children (6 to 12) £5 Children below 5 – free. Includes snack, meal, dessert and free soft drink. Raffles and novelty games galore! Details musicmaniadisco@yahoo.co.uk Tony 020 8265 9644/077 4811 2667. Paul 020 8311 1195. Vincent 020 8244 5598

Sat. 22 Apr. G.O.A. Ruby Hockey Tournament at HSBC Sports Club, Lennard Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 1QW. Contact: Richard Fernandes 020 – 8300 5347, Glyn Albuquerque 020 – 8680 2401

Sun. 23 Apr. Forum. Open Meeting to discuss the Future Direction of the Goan Association. Archbishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham Road, Croydon at 2.00pm

Sun. 30 Apr. G.O.A. Ruby Singles Snooker Tournament. Entries by email to: Felix Pereira malawifelix@hotmail.com

Sun.7 May. G.O.A. Ruby Goan Nostalgia - Cultural Show at Archbishop Lanfranc School at 3pm (gates will open at 2pm). Tickets: £5 adults, £2 children 8-13yrs. Food & drink will be on sale. contact: Alfred Rebello 020 – 8337 8022

Sun. 14 May. G.O.A. RUBY SINGLES CARROM TOURNAMENT at HSBC Sports Club, Lennard Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 1QW. Contact: Richard Fernandes 020 - 8300 5347

Sun. 21 May. G.O.A. RUBY THANKSGIVING MASS at 2.30pm at St George’s Cathedral, Southwark, followed by a Cocktail Reception in the Amigo Hall. For catering purposes, entrance to Reception by ticket only. Members – Free, Guests - £2. Contact: Norma Menezes-Rahim 020 - 8771 4457 or any member of the Social Committee

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