Goan Voice UK: Newsletter. 2007-16. Apr. 19, 2007

Toronto: Chris D’Souza: Catholic board hosting diversity conference
14 Apr: Brampton Guardian. The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board in partnership with the Coalition on Diversity Education and the Equity Summit Group is holding a conference on April 21 to help teachers develop skills necessary to teach effectively in increasingly diverse communities … Parents, students, members of the social services sector and general public are also invited to join educators at the event. For more information or to register, contact Chris D'souza at 416-807-0998. For text click here.
For a photo and profile of Chris D’Souza click here.

Arusha, Tanzania: Richard Gomes
14 Apr: Arusha Times. Richard Gomes winner of the March Monthly Mug receiving his prize form Phillip Wambugu, Golf Vice-Captain. Photo at Click here.

Uganda: A Nightclub is Born
15 Apr: New Vision (Kampala). Musician Shelton Mazowe, 71, narrates some of his experiences in Kampala of the 1960’s and 1970’s. … The Black Cat nightclub was exclusively for whites. The owner of the club was a Goan Souza Figerado [sic] but even he was not allowed into the club. He would only come in during the day to check on business, and then disappear … Norman Gordino [sic], who owned Speke Hotel, City House, and other properties along Buganda Road, also owned the Bagattele nightclub … Once BAT organised a Sportsman band contest, which attracted about 10 bands, including one of Indian Goan origin … Text, 2279 words at Click here.

Canada: Prof. Errol Mendes: Transforming Society

16 Apr: Toronto Star. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 1982, was partly the product of a ferocious desire by citizens who wanted to see their identity and rights included in a new, vibrant vision of Canada, writes Errol Mendes … Thus women’s groups, disability rights groups, ethnocultural groups, linguistic minorities, religious communities and other equality seeking groups fought and succeeded in having their identity and rights recognized in the Charter … It needs to be updated … For full text, 1044 words, click here.
Born in Kenya Professor Mendes obtained his Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Exeter, England and his Master of Laws degree from the University of Illinois. He was called to the Bar in 1986. Professor Mendes was Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre from 1993-2001. In 2005 he was nominated to the Privy Council Office by the Prime Minister of Canada, Paul Martin. For a bio of Prof Mendes click here.
For links to more information about him click here.

Tony Fernandes: Airline plans Bahrain hub
16 Apr: Gulf Daily News. Malaysia-based Air Asia Group, which owns the world's largest budget airline, is considering Bahrain as the hub for its new airline's Middle East operations it was revealed yesterday by the group chief executive officer Tony Fernandes. Mr Fernandes is in Bahrain to attend the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix. Air Asia has sponsored the Williams F1 team … "We have placed orders for 150 brand new Airbus 320 aircraft," Mr Fernandes revealed. For photo and text 415 words, click here.
For the GVUK Tony Fernandes supplement Click here.

Floyd Cardoz: Humanitarian of the Year
16 Apr: PRNewswire. Food Network premiered its first-ever awards show, the Food Network Awards, on 15 April … the award for Humanitarian of the Year went to Floyd Cardoz of Tabla Restaurant in New York City …
When Chef Floyd Cardoz joined USHG in 1998 as the opening chef of Tabla, he participated in fundraisers … However, a Share Our Strength Hinges of Hope trip to New Orleans this year took Chef Cardoz from willing participant to engaging advocate. Click here.
For the GVUK Floyd Cardoz Supplement Click here.

Priest helps friend's sons to really go far

16 Apr: The Journal (Newcastle, UK). Father Richard Pringle’s visit to Goa and a chance meeting with a former footballer from his UK home town has paved the way for two young Goan men to start a new life in the UK. Fr Pringle met ex-Spartans footballer Bobby Bootland, 72 and his wife Fatima when visiting the island of Divar. Now Bobby and Fatima's two sons Al, 22, and Ron, 19, have
started a new life in Blyth, where they are staying with Father Pringle and looking click to enlarge for employment … Father Pringle is vicar of St Bede's Church in Newsham, Blyth … Bobby Bootland played for Blyth Spartans in the 1950s and 60s and then travelled round the world. While in Saudi Arabia he met Fatima, who is a Goan, and had two sons … Al, who has worked as a croupier in a casino in Goa, and Ron, his student brother are getting used to the chillier climes. 649 words. Click here.

Francisco D’Souza: Discovery vital for intellectual arbitrage
17 Apr: Economic Times. Mr Francisco D’Souza took over as CEO of Cognizant Technology Solutions this January. He is passionate about the idea of intellectual arbitrage. The concept expands the scope of an IT company from technology, process efficiency and cost cutting, to the domain of business transformation and re-engineering … Click here.

New laws proposed to protect properties of Overseas Goans
18 Apr: Navhind Times. The Commissioner for NRI affairs, Mr Eduardo Faleiro said that the commission has recommended enactment of legislation besides taking administrative measures to protect properties of the Goan people living abroad … He also said that he has written to the Prime Minister urging him to set up a chair for Indian studies abroad. Meanwhile the Overseas Employment Agency of Goa has taken various steps to provide employment to the Goans abroad. 554 words. Click here.

14 Apr: Montreal. PERIN (SURTY) FERRAO. (Born 1926). Wife of the late Augustus. Mother of Gerard (Eve), Majella (Enrico) and Nirmala (William). She was a teacher and the International secretary of the All-India Womens Assoc. Visitation on April 18 … Celebrate her life at St. Luke's Parish Church, April 19 at 11 a.m. Photo and full details click here.

14 Apr: Varca, Goa. LETICIA LUIS. Wife of late Julian. Mother of Cynthia/Francisco de Sa (Scotland), Senta/Neville Martins and Sharmila.

13 Apr: Bedfont, Middlesex, UK. GERMAN De SOUZA (ex-Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salaam, Aden and Bombay). Beloved husband of Milly. Loving Father of Clive/Tessa, Teddy/Surin, Kenneth/Joan, Maria/Steve. Ever loving Grandfather of 10 Grandchildren. Funeral Mass will be held at St Michael's Church, 112 Clarendon Road (off Ford Bridge Road), Ashford, Middlesex TW15 2QD at 10.00 am and Cremation at Hanworth Crematorium at 11.00 am on Thursday 19th April 2007. Condolences to : clive.desouza@tiscali.co.uk

13 Apr: Mumbai, India. AMY RODRIGUES. (ex-Uganda & Bahrain). Wife of Late Gaspar. Mother of Judith/Leston; Christine/Clifton; Alex/Brenda. Sister of Fr Bento Cardozo, Late Sr. Marie Dulla, Nery/Leslie, Priscilla/Nelson, Annie/late Ramesh. Grandmother of Yohan, Lianne & Ryan. Funeral on 15 Apr. Condolences to jdsouza@jnjin.jnj.com

13 Apr: Navelim, Goa. MARIA FLORINDA DIAS. Wife of late Roque Santana. Mother of Lawrence/Rosy (Canada), Tina/Julius (UK), Braz/Jill (Canada) and Rina/Reggie (Canada). Funeral on 16th April at Navelim.

12 Apr: Melbourne, Australia. ROBERT BALTIZAR PEREIRA (aged 80, ex Bombay Gas Co.). Husband of Albin. Father of Agnes/Gratian, Daisy/Caesar, Diana/Lancy, Brian/Rose. Funeral in Melbourne on 15 Apr. Contact 61-3-9390-8651

Video: Anger on the streets of Kampala
13 Apr: BBC. The BBC's Sarah Grainger in Kampala says protesters threw stones at the police and set fire to vehicles. An Asian motorcyclist was attacked and later beaten to death. Im.24s. Click here.

East Africa: Asians Must Re-Enter Public Life to Fight Racism and Xenophobia
17 Apr: The East African. Editorial. The recent Kampala events conjured up images of 1972 when Idi Amin expelled nearly 70,000 Asians and confiscated their properties in a populist wave … In 1960s and early 1970s East Africa, Asians had a profile in public administration and politics that is inconceivable today … now there isn't an East African capital where a national of Asian descent occupies a prominent public post … Today, most respectable Asian figures court a low public profile or even "invisibility". There's no longer an Asian voice in politics in East Africa to put the community's side of the story or to defend itself against xenophobic propaganda. To improve the situation, Asians will have to re-engage politically again as they did in the 1960s. 663 words. Click here.

Latest developments from Kampala
For links to current situation in Kampala, click here.

This week’s best deals
14 Apr: The Telegraph. Depart Manchester or Gatwick next Friday for 14 nights’ b&b at the five-star Goa Marriott, from £579 per person. Goa Way (0870 890 7800, www.goaway.co.uk).

Goan enjoy a spicy Indian hot spot

15 Apr: Daily Star (UK). From the moment we arrived in Goa it felt like we’d stepped into paradise (and we hadn’t even eaten yet!). Everyone was so happy and laid back … it’s eating in the shacks that’s a big part of the Goa experience … We even began to get tempted by things like chilli omelette – for breakfast! … for £50, tailors will make you a suit to take home … More and more Brits are snapping up property - for around £30,000 you can get a luxury villa. You can sum up Goa in three words – paradise for pennies. So go there…but be prepared to come home with a serious curry addiction!
For two page feature, click here.

India - it's incomparable; it's incredible; it's inexpensive
15 Apr: The Sunday Independent (Ireland) … It's not a joke, it's not a tease, yes you can own an apartment in Goa or Bombay for as little as €24,500 with a guaranteed rental income of 7pc per annum … Cape Corinth, is a holiday resort on the ever-popular coastline of Goa, which presents investors with the alternatives of rental income or a truly exotic holiday home for just €36,195 … Merrill Lynch has recently forecast that Indian real estate will multiply in value from $12bn to $90bn by 2015 … Larionovo are exhibiting their India developments at the Berkley Court Hotel, Dublin on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd, from 10am to 6pm. For further information visit www.larionovo.com. Units expected to be sold out within a week. 761 words.

Round the world for £500
15 Apr: Sunday Times (UK). You can now fly around the world entirely on low-cost airlines … Kingfisher has pioneered seat-back TVs and put in an order for Airbus A380 superjumbos. Expect its white-suited chairman and beer-label livery to appear in London before long … you can now tour the Golden Triangle cities, Delhi to Agra to Jaipur, then dodge the dusty six-hour drive back to Delhi by flying to the tropical beaches of Goa — one-way fares from Jaipur start from £30 with Kingfisher, Air Deccan or SpiceJet. Or catch a charter to Goa (Thomsonfly has returns from just £299 from Birmingham, Manchester or Gatwick), and use low-cost airlines to hop from there to the southern temple cities or the northern Mogul towns. Click here.

Konkan goes Tiatrical
14 Apr: Economic Times. Welcome to the world of Tiatr, Goa’s famed theatre — unique as much for its dramatic stage performance as for its popularity among the Konkani speaking populace, especially in Goa. Tiatr, meaning play in Portuguese, is a form of classic stage performance with live singing and acting … Had it not been for Tiatr, Konkani would have been written in the Roman script today. It has also made speaking Konkani fashionable … The past few years have seen a sudden surge in Tiatr plays with many being sold in CDs and also as music cassettes … At present there are 20 Tiatr troupes in Goa alone and they produce at least two plays in a year … 610 words. Click here.

Emerging Threats to Goa’s Communal Harmony
15 Apr: Navhind Times. By Vidyadhar Gadgil. We have just passed the first anniversary of one of the blackest days in the recent history of Goa, on March 3, 2006. This day witnessed the first organised communal violence, taking place in what has till now been a relatively peaceful state. Starting from a dispute over a religious structure, the issue snowballed and led to unprecedented attacks on the Muslim community in the Sanvordem-Curchorem area. Fortunately, no lives were lost, but property worth crores of rupees was destroyed and looted, and many Muslim families had to flee for their lives, returning to their homes after many months. Even today, there is a noticeable atmosphere of fear within the Muslim community in the area. 1376 words. Click here.

Video: Goa govt scraps mall plan
16 Apr: CNN-IBN. There has been another victory of peoples movement in Goa, and there has been a climb down by the Chief Minister to change the state's skyline. Rane has now announced the scrapping of plans to change a heritage building, built in 1782 that once time housed the oldest medical college in Asia. The state government wanted to build a shopping mall in its place. 1m.32s. Click here.

‘Goem Shahir’ Ulhas Buyao passes away
17 Apr: Navhind Times. ‘Goem Shahir’ Ulhas Buyao, a multifaceted personality who left an indelible mark as a singer, lyricist, music composer, script writer and a stage artist on the Goan cultural scenario passed away on 16 Apr. He was 62 … Buyao had sung more than 1,000 songs in Konkani, all composed by him and also performed in more than 200 Konkani stage shows. Click here.

Goa: Big Chill: Free love and farewells
17 Apr: Indian Express … DJ Norman Jay moved 4,000-odd spectators into a heightened state … a Briton flaunting a Union Jack bikini, dancing like a monkey on pot … Toddlers, tattooed 70-year-olds and tickled teens—all felt love at this global collective, despondent to bid farewell … The Big Chill camping ground was a bed of wafting Rizzla smoke and a busy Souvlaki stall that must have raked in big moolah, the big fat Greek lady manning it looked dazed … it concluded with Remo Fernandes’ spectacular flute rendition. 387 words. Click here.

Ash-Abhi face competition!
18 Apr: Daily News & Analysis. Tycoon LN Mittal’s niece’s lavish wedding in Goa may well upstage the Bachchan-Rai marriage on April 20. The Aishwarya-Abhishek wedding is in for some serious competition as on the same day Nirvana Chaudhary and Swasti Mittal tie the knot in Goa … Apparently preparations for the wedding started a year ago and everything from the décor, food and entertainment has been ‘imported’ into Goa … a galaxy of VVIPs set to descend on Goa for this lavish wedding, every detail of their stay is being looked into … 344 words. Click here.

The Lost Master of Goan Art
23 Apr. India Today. With Aparanta, a large and extremely engaging exhibition of Goan artists at the Goa Medical College (GMC) in Panjim (April 11-24), the art of the coastal state finds both a cumulative voice and a cause to claim national attention. With 23 artists and 250-odd works in a range of mediums from water colours to video installations … the belated recognition of Goa’s first indigenous modernist, Angelo Fonseca, who preceded Francis Newton Souza… he dared to paint the Madonna as a dark Konkani beauty clad in a sari and had to flee to Pune … Fonseca’s works were re-discovered by the likes of Vivek Menezes, a freelance journalist and art lover who has now returned to Goa after spending a long time in the US there are also a few works of Souza, Pai and Gaitonde culled from the Goa Museum, around which the works of other Goan artists are displayed. 936 words.

Caring Anita up for top woman award
13 Apr: Herald Express. Anita Edgar has been short-listed for the Clarins Most Dynamic Woman of the Year 2007 national award in recognition of her selfless work with homeless children in Goa. She has given 2,000 slum, street and orphaned youngsters a second chance in life by providing them with a home, medical treatment and an education. Anita is one of eight candidates to be short-listed to win the prize of £30,000 for the El Shaddai Charitable Trust - also known as Street Child Rescue India - which she founded 11 years ago. She will find out if she has won on June 19 … if she wins, she has pledged to spend the cash on building a hospice for terminally ill street children … The trust now operates five children's homes, four hostels, three night shelters and day care units, a children's village, a non formal school plus a vocational training centre. 410 words.
For the El Shaddai website see http://www.childrescue.net/ Click here.

Paralysed Andy set to benefit
13 Apr: Oldham Chronicle. A benefit dinner has been organised to help a paralysed Andy Walker with his recovery from a freak accident – he broke his neck while diving into the sea in Goa. The dinner is on May 19, from 7pm, 409 words. Click here.

Trouble in paradise. By Marianne Betts
13 Apr: Herald-Sun. I was cycling with my mother along a quiet country road, escaping the swarms of tourists on Goa's popular Palolem Beach … I saw three cows on the road ahead, and slowed down but the driver of a white van came hurtling up from behind … he not only failed to slow down but also hooted the horn. The cows got a fright and bolted - one of them into me. I flew through the air smashing my right heel on a rock … an X-ray revealed a fracture … I got back to Melbourne and a surgeon put a plate and two pins into my heel to hold it together. I'm still on crutches. 692 words.
Marianne Betts is an Australian travel writer. Click here.

India 'to drop' menstrual forms
13 Apr: BBC. The Indian civil service is dropping part of a new appraisal form requiring female employees to detail their menstrual cycles, a top official says. 494 words. Click here.

Who discovered Australia? The Goans might have the answer.
14 Apr: The Sydney Morning Herald. By Philip Knightley. Who really discovered Australia? Captain James Cook, who landed at Botany Bay in 1770? … the author Peter Trickett has backed the Portuguese explorer Captain Cristovao Mendonca … the search for evidence has been hampered by the lack of Portuguese archives for the period … Five years ago I found them. They were stored in the Department of Antiquities in the old quarter of Panaji … All Goan life was documented in these official diaries - births, deaths, marriages, wills, land deals, official announcements and appointments, the comings and goings of ships and, of great interest to me, the reports of their captains … the head of the Department of Antiquities told me that the books were not being examined in any organised way. There was no budget to do so. It was politically sensitive. The Indian government in Delhi preferred to forget that the Portuguese had held Goa for so many centuries. … I have found a Goan who reads old Portuguese and who has actually done some work on the archives for the Indian customs department … For full text, 1044 words, click here.
[Philip Knightley lives in London, Sydney and Goa. For his bio click here.]

Video: Mumbai: Alistair Pereira: 6 months jail for killing 7
14 Apr: CNN-IBN. In a drunken state, Alistair Pereira ran his car over labourers sleeping on the Bandra pavement killing seven of them.. He was found not guilty of culpable homicide but was held guilty of the lesser offence of dangerous driving and sentenced to six months imprisonment.
Go to the link and click on “Video 1” and “Video 2” Total time 11m.36secs. Click here.

Video: Indian mangoes to leave for US
14 Apr: Americans will finally be able to relish India's pride, delicious Alphonso mangoes as the first shipment is all set to leave. 2m.13secs. Click here.

Britons go abroad to beat MRSA
14 Apr: Daily Mail (UK). Fears of lethal hospital infections such as MRSA are driving a record 50,000 patients a year abroad for treatment. Despite billions being poured into the Health Service, patients are now spending £163million a year on medical services overseas. India, Hungary and Turkey are among the most popular destinations for medical tourists. Dentistry tops the list of treatments, followed by cosmetic surgery, hip and knee replacements then fertility treatment … However, the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons warns patients to investigate the credentials of the clinic and surgeons involved. 753 words. Click here.

UK: Tiger Prawns
14 Apr: Bath Chronicle. There have been some juicy looking tiger prawns knocking about Sainsburys at the bargain price of £2.99 for weeks now and its the perfect time of year to make the most of this gorgeous ingredient. For something spicy, how about a Goan-inspired prawn coconut curry? There's a lovely recipe in Nigella Lawson's Nigella Bites book, a butternut squash and prawn curry in the hollowed out shell of a squash … Click here.

Spice up quail with a tandoori twist
15 Apr: Canberra Times. … Dietmar Sawyer (famed chef of Sydney's Forty One) introduced me to the idea of buying a quality ready-made Tandoori paste rather than making it. Supermarket shelves are groaning with Asian spice mixes but it was Goan Cuisine tandoori paste in a nice big jar that was my eventual pick. Nothing has been pumped up here this brand is free from artificial colours, flavours and preservatives and has an authentic tandoori flavour. 397 words. http://www.goancuisine.com.au/

Video: Death to Shilpa Shetty after Gere kiss
16 Apr: Metro (London). … Richard Gere is now public enemy number one in India. Effigies of the Hollywood actor and of Shilpa Shetty have been burned after he repeatedly kissed her at an AIDS awareness event … Fanatics go amuck in Mumbai; Shilpa, Star TV office attacked … Protests erupted in Varanasi, Mumbai, Kanpur, Meerut and Indore …
For the CNN-IBN video clip (1m.43s) of Richard Gere kissing Shilpa Shetty, Click here.

India house boom stirs interest in Toronto
16 Apr: Toronto Star. Expatriates check out hot properties as Indian realtor sets up in Mississauga … Click here.

Foreign students get more time in the UK
16 Apr: PTI. International students, including those from India, who want to work in the United Kingdom after their graduation, will be able to get their visas extended for a year, from next month. Click here.

Portugal: Delay in Paying Salaries to Consular staff in Toronto, Congo & Goa
17 Apr: Lusa. The Green Party (PEV) has questioned the government on “successive” delays in the payments of the wages to the employees of the Portuguese consulate in Toronto … the Union of the Consular Workers and Missões Diplomáticas (STCDE) has said that delays in payment also occur in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Goa, in India. Text 241 words in Portuguese.

Indians have quickest sex: study
17 Apr: Herald (Goa). Indians have the quickest sex, devoting on an average just 13 minutes to each session compared to a global figure of 18, according to a new global survey on sexual wellbeing … the study also reveals that Indians on an average have sex 130 times a year, considerably more than the global average of 103. 510 words. http://oheraldo.in/node/24037

Soccer Stars' desert trek for children
17 Apr: Aldershot News & Mail. Steve King is trekking across the Sinai Desert with soccer stars Linvoy Primus and Darren Moore to raise money for Faith and Football. Money will go towards the building and running of an orphanage in Goa … Steve is looking for corporate and individual sponsors. For more information visit www.sinaichallenge.org [The website also has details of a Charity Curry Night on 29 Apr] for text of article Click here.

Rupee hits 9-yr high: Will it appreciate further?
17 April at 17 15 IST. Moneycontrol.com. The rupee has been on an upward march and has appreciated further to 41.85 against US currency, thus touching nine-year highs, following sustained portfolio inflows amid absence of intervention of the central bank. The main trigger for the dollar weakness has been the weak business sentiment in the US. The dollar fell on Monday against several currencies, including the pound, yen and euro.
The rupee is currently trading at 83.971 to £1.Click here.

Doordarshan begins broadcasting in UK
18 Apr: Economic Times. Indian national broadcaster Doordarshan (DD) launched 2 channels in UK this week, DD India and DD news. They are free to air channels on the Sky platform. DD joins a host of others in the ethnic channel segment including Zee, Star, Sony, and NDTV addressing the same market. 375 words. Click here.

Find out about Mr Ulhas Buyao, popularly known as Goa Shahir. He passed away on16/4/07 after a lifetime contribution to Konknii (sic) lyrics, music and stage performances. Over the years, he "had created his own unique identity in Goan music whether it is the Bhajan, Kantar or a folk song." Goanet has much interesting detail on this person's versatile artistry.

A substantial debate is continuing on Goanet on the theme of secularism. Not only have the terms secular, secularism and non-secularists come under much scrutiny, the many interpretations have also been examined diligently.

Once again, we have an interesting exploration into the legends of Dona Paula. In an article by Blessy Thomas titled The Legend of Dona Paula--Truth or Tall-Tale, we are provided many new facets about this fascinating place in Goa and the many legends about it.

There has been much reportage and discussion on the current upsurge of violence against the Asians in Uganda. Many readers of the Goan Voice (UK) are in the UK following the 1972 Amin purge in Uganda against the Asians. Only a handful of Goans then remained behind in Uganda (including Francis Braganza, a classmate of mine, whom I reconnected with after five decades, thanks to Goanet), but the Asians were invited back and many did return to resume business activity in recent years. There appear to be complex reasons for the current anti-Asian upsurge and Goanet posts provide much information on this sad recurrence.

Glenn Costa states that, "in a development which could have far-reaching consequences and affect the fortune of many candidates and political parties, especially the national parties, the Council for Social Justice and Peace, a church body, has come down heavily on the concept of "winnability" criteria in selecting [political] candidates." This is an intriguing development and there is much discussion from several posters on this issue on Goanet.

Finally, how much unused potential is there in all of us and is it true that, "our true potential is a promise lies sleeping?" Well, Pravin Sabnis, director of Unlearning Unlimited, and based in Goa, has some secrets to share with us on this issue on Goanet.

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FILM: 3 Minute Wonder. On: Channel 4. Also Online
Tue 24 Apr 19:55 to 20:00. The ambassador car is a common sight on roads all across India, and has become a measure of something "truly Indian", and yet it has a history that connects it to British Colonialism.

TRAVEL: India Top 5 Holistic Trails. Travel Channel
Wed 25 Apr. 20:30 to 21:00. 'Top 5 Holistic Getaways' gives you a dose of physical rejuvenation and spiritual salvation, in the mystic land of India.

FILM: 3 Minute Wonder. Channel 4. Also Online
Thu 26 Apr. 19:55 to 20:00. Made In India: English and I. What does it mean to speak English in modern day India?

MAGAZINE PROGRAMME: Desi DNA. BBC 2
Thu 26 Apr. 23:20 to 23:50. In current British-Asian literature, is it essential to write about identity and culture to have a bestseller?

GARDENING: Model Gardens. UKTV Gardens
Friday 27 Apr. 20:30 to 21:00. Indian Garden. Sven Wombwell designs a garden for Uma to suit her love of travel and Indian family background.

Sat. 21 Apr. – TIATR, TIATR, Goan Cultural Society proudly presents a Konkani Tiatr “GIRESTKAI” written & directed by Goa’s Radio Star, Anthony Marques, at St John’s Hall, Bourne Hill, Palmers Green, London N13 at 3.00pm. For details contact:- Bella – 020 8372 1253, Ida – 020 8881 2921, Camilo – 020 8801 3637 & Marques – 01628 783889

Sat. 28 Apr. 6:00 pm Swindon. Tiatr Tiatr. Wembley Goans UK. AMERICAN GHORKAR. Written & Directed by Menino De Bandar. Artistes From Goa: Rita Rose (Wife Of Late Alfred Rose), Jr Chico, Comedian Ben Evangelisto, Ambe, Bab Andrew, Kenny, Alria, Norman, Osvy, Antonette De Calangute, Joana. Contact Peter: 0792 0816 073.

Sun. 29 Apr. – TIATR, TIATR, Goan Cultural Society proudly presents a Konkani Tiatr “GIRESTKAI” written & directed by Goa’s Radio Star, Anthony Marques, at Archbishop Lanfranc Hall, Mitcham Road, Croydon at 3.00pm. For details contact:- Nina – 020 8767 0663, Cornelius 020 8681 8716, Bella – 020 8372 1253, & Marques – 01628 783889.

Sat 5 May 3:00pm - 10:00pm. Cortalim Feast of Saints Philip and James at St. Aldhelm's Church Hall, Windmill Road, London N18 1PA. Mass at 3.00pm followed by crowning of the ‘May Queen'! Limited capacity of the hall, all tickets will need to be paid for in advance. The price of tickets including entry, free drink & meal are: Adults-£10. 11-18 years-£5. 2-10 years-£2.50. Call Maria- 0208-803-5146 or Melissa 0208-888-0393.

Sun. 6 May 2.30 pm Wembley: Advait Cultural Centre, Forty Avenue, Wembley HA9 9PE. Tiatr Tiatr. Wembley Goans UK. AMERICAN GHORKAR. Written & Directed by Menino De Bandar. Artistes From Goa: Rita Rose (Wife Of Late Alfred Rose), Jr Chico, Comedian Ben Evangelisto, Ambe, Bab Andrew, Kenny, Alria, Norman, Osvy, Antonette De Calangute, Joana. Contact Tony 020 8795 1121, 0783 463 9420 or Rosy Rod 020 8903 9871.

Sun. 13 May 2,30 pm Croydon. Archbishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham Road. Tiatr Tiatr. Wembley Goans UK. AMERICAN GHORKAR. Written & Directed by Menino De Bandar. Artistes From Goa: Rita Rose (Wife Of Late Alfred Rose), Jr Chico, Comedian Ben Evangelisto, Ambe, Bab Andrew, Kenny, Alria, Norman, Osvy, Antonette De Calangute, Joana. Contact Nina Pinto 020 8767 0663, E Pinto 020 8304 9089, 0794 1354 756 or Tony 020 8795 1121, 0783 463 9420

Sun. 13 May. G.O.A. Doubles Carrom Tournament at HSBC Sports Club, Beckenham, Kent at 11.30 am. Contact: Richard Fernandes 020 – 8300 5347, Ian Remedios 020 - 8658 7769, Fidelis D'Mello 020 - 8698 9678

Sun. 27 May. G.O.A. May Ball at St Boniface Church Hall, Tooting at 7pm. Music by “Mr Wonderful.” Contact: Norma Menezes-Rahim 020 – 8771 4457

Sun. 27 May. Margao Union UK. Feast of the Holy Spirit. St Johns Church Hall, Bourne Hill, Palmers Green, London N13 4DA. Beginning with Holy Mass at 2:00 pm followed by Social & Dancing. Music by Nite-Life. For tickets and further info call Lucas 020 8967 7471; Gregg 020 8907 0545; Rosalind 020 8767 8652; Xavier 07787 390 553; Camillo 020 8801 3637.