ANNOUNCEMENT:

This weekly issue is brought to you a day early since Thursday April 23, Election Day in Goa is a public holiday.

COMMUNITY NEWS

UK: Milton Keynes: Dr Vasco Fernandes
Apr. 2009. The British Medical Association, in its unique publication (Partners in Care, April 2009) recognised Dr. Vasco Fernandes' specialist medical work. It featured one of his patients (among 18 case studies) to demonstrate the range of positive changes senior NHS doctors can make to people’s lives. The publication is based on interviews with patients and doctors from across the UK, including: David Mitchell, who overcame many years of serious addiction to heroin, crack, and alcohol with expert assistance from the Milton Keynes Drug and Alcohol Centre run by consultant Dr Vasco Fernandes. For full text, check pages 12-14 after clicking here.
Dr. Vasco Fernandes, born in Nairobi, Kenya, qualified in Medicine in Mumbai, India. He is currently practising as a Consultant Physician in Milton Keynes. UK.

Toronto: Shelly D'Mello and Samantha Pinto: Check out a pink-slip party
15 Apr: The Globe and Mail (Canada) …The burgeoning craze of Pink Slip Parties has arrived in Canada … Canada's first pink-slip party was held in downtown Toronto in March. Organizers Shelly D'Mello and Samantha Pinto say they're already fielding requests to hold the monthly events more frequently and they are planning an education-focused party for May 14, with details to be posted at www.thepinkslipparty.com They say they'll keep playing host to the free events as long as people want to attend. For full text Click here.
Shelly D'Mello (nee Lalbeharry) was born in Guyana and completed her MBA in Personnel Management in Birmingham, UK. She is a regarded Human Resources professional operating her own HR Development firm, The Intaligence Group, www.intaligence.com.
Samantha Pinto (nee D’Souza) was born in Bombay and lived in Doha, Qatar, with her parents, Norman (Saligao) and Celine. She moved to Toronto in 1985. She has an MBA from Queen’s University as well as CGA and CPA Designations and currently operates her own accounting practice, www.worldwidesignaturesolutions.com

Canada: Andrew Vaz’s childhood desire to make music leads to New Directions
17 Apr: Burlington Post (Canada). A young Burlington musician is already expanding his horizons with a debut album titled New Directions and by donating almost half the album’s proceeds to a children’s charity. Andrew Vaz started making music when he was 12 years old. Playing the piano and synthesizer, the musician vented his childhood angst with instrumental songs… Vaz works under the stage name of Midnight Prophet … His music is also available through his website at www.myspace.com/midnightprophet1. For full text click here.
Andrew was born in Toronto, the son of Lincoln Vaz and Hazel Da Silva. For a photo check his website

Francisco D'Souza: Cognizant Technology CEO gets $6.5M for 2008
17 Apr: Forbes. Cognizant Technology Solutions President and Chief Executive Francisco D'Souza received a 2008 compensation package valued at more than $6.5 million, according to an Associated Press analysis. That more than doubled the total from a year ago, as the technology consultant posted stronger profit even as the economy tumbled. D'Souza, 40, received a base salary of $518,400, about 20 percent higher than his 2007 salary… For the full year, Cognizant earned $430.8 million compared with $350.1 million in 2007… 273 words. Click here.
Francisco D’Souza was born in Nairobi in 1968, the son of Sushila and Placido D'Souza; brother of Jacinta, Lucia and Maria.

Louis D’Mello: Canada offers new hope for immigrants
17 Apr: Vancouver Sun. … Louis D’Mello, an instructor at BCIT’s marine campus in North Vancouver, also wonders how well he has prepared his children for the future, even with all best intentions. In 1996, he moved his family from Mumbai, India because “it was getting a bit bad with the riots; but, the other thing is that for the kids, it was getting stressful with school.”… It was a tough adjustment. He had to do all his certifications again. Today, he teaches people how to drive a boat and how to load freight and cargo… 347 words. Click here.

Olympia Rebelo: Calculating the root of a crisis
18 Apr: Yorkshire Post. … Olympia Rebelo was a Kenyan of Goan descent who came to York in 1963 to study history…The city was a more insular place in those days and the arrival of an African student wearing a salwar kameez seemed so exotic she made the front page in the evening paper. Three years on, Olympia was doing a vacation job and in the canteen she encountered Vince Cable, a young local man who had just graduated from Cambridge… The Storm: The World Economic Crisis And What It Means, by Vince Cable, Atlantic Books, £14.99. Click here.

Gabrielle Menezes: Facing hunger in Kenya's Kajiado
19 Apr: Al Jazeera. According to the government and aid agencies, nearly 10 million Kenyans are facing starvation due to a drought which has severely affected the country's east, south and coastal provinces… Gabrielle Menezes, the public information officer for the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) in Nairobi, says the current shortages may be just the beginning of a worsening food crisis in the country… Click here.
Gabrielle Menezes is a journalist who grew up in Zimbabwe.

Lesten Martins to travel to UK as 1st Gary Linekar scholar
21 Apr: Indopia. A young footballer from Goa will begin the first Gary Linekar Football Scholarship on Thursday. 15-year-old Lesten Martins will travel to the UK to train with Leicester City and sample the life of a professional footballer in this country. The scholarship, sponsored by Air India, is part of the Leicester India Football Link, an initiative to forge links between Leicester and India by Milan Mandaric, Chairman of Leicester City Football Club, the British High Commissioner to India Sir Richard Stagg and Keith Vaz, MP for Leicester East… 267 words.
Photo shows Lesten Martins with Savio Messias, Secretary of the Goa Football Assoc. Click here.

Francis deSouza: Symantec Acquires Mi5 Networks
21 Apr: ChannelWeb. Symantec said it has acquired Web security company Mi5 Networks, aiming to integrate Web gateway technology … " What Mi5 gives to us is next-generation Web security protection," said Francis deSouza, Symantec senior vice president for the Enterprise Security Group… 617 words. Click here.
For the GVUK supplement on Francis D’Souza, click here.

Vancouver: Marq DeSouza
21 Apr: The Province (Canada). Marq DeSouza, whose new CD is . . . And All His Boyish Charms, writes to tell The Garage, “I affiliated myself with www.songslide.com, which is a great site that let’s people pay what they want for the album (the Radiohead method)... DeSouza's next Vancouver shows are at the Main on May 15 and the Beaumont the following week… Click here.
Marq was born in Calgary the son of George (ex-Dar es Salaam and a professional musician) & Daun. For samples of Marq’s music check out his website at www.marqdesouza.com/

DEATHS

20 Apr: Parra, Goa. IVANO PEDRO SOUZA ROCHA. (Ex-teacher St. Britto High School, Mapusa and Sacred Heart High School, Parra). Husband of Lira. Father of Michelle/Marc, Llewlyn and Euan/Cheryl. Brother of Cynthia/Brian, Trevor/Verena.

17 Apr: Saligao, Goa. STELLA RITA D’MELLO (Born 1923). Wife of Olfango. Mother of Janet/Tony Vickers, Gerard/Maryann, Sheila/Stephen Vaz, Loretta/Alarico Vaz (London). Funeral on 20 Apr. at Saligao.

17 Apr: Vasco (Goa). FAUSTO VAZ. Husband of Agnela. Brother of Adv Olavo/Regina, Anette/Walter Pinto (UK), late Rector/Rosada, Dr Francisco/Adv Louella, Sidia/Dr Albert D’Souza, late Dr Vilma/Dr Jose Travasso. Funeral at Vasco on 19 Apr.

16 Apr: Mumbai. ANTHONY P. REMEDIOS (Civil Engineer; Born Zimbabwe 1930; ex Secretary of the Goa League (London) in the 1950’s;). Husband of Late Carol. Father of Philip, Richard, Michael and Liane. Funeral was in Mumbai on 18 Apr. For full details, click here.
For a background article about him (Times of India, 20 Dec 2008) click here.

15 Apr: Dadar, Mumbai. ANNIE FURTADO. Wife of late Frank (Dramapur). Mother of Clifton/Marian, Audrey/late Eusebio, Brendon/Marie Therese (Canada).

14 Apr: Chimbel, Goa. LIBERATA SEBASTIANA FILOMENA DE ALMEIDA E GODINHO (Born 1933) Wife of late Jose Coracao Francisco Joaquim. Mother of late Mario, Flora/Joseph Sequeira, Tereza/Agnelo Rato (UK), Paulo/Celina (UK), Ave/Avita, Helen/Savio Nunes and Ana/Mark Fernandes.

WHO THE BLEEP CARES?
Weekly column by Selma Carvalho.

Who the Bleep cares about the past?

Anthony P. Remedios passed away on April 16, 2009. His is a name that won’t jump out of any history books, not because Anthony Remedios was not part of Goan history but because we Goans have been so lax about recording our history. I got in touch with Anthony while researching my book about Goans in the Diaspora and was probably the last person to interview him via cyberspace.

In 1956, the twenty-six year old Anthony was in London finishing his engineering degree. He became part of a group of men deeply concerned about Portugal’s presence in Goa. He, along with Joao Cabral and another medical doctor called Denis, began assisting the freedom movement in a minor way, by translating Portuguese documents for the then Indian High Commissioner to the UK, V. K. Krishna Menon. The small group went on to form what became known as The Goa League, based at 77 Dean Street, Soho, London.

The Goa League held its first meeting at Earls Court, Central London, in 1956. Many of them were young students from East Africa, who had been witness to the racial prejudice that prevailed in those countries and perhaps carried within them a desire to seek redress for the inequalities of Colonialism. Anthony himself had spent his youth in Southern Africa. About 80 Goans gathered to attend that meeting. Anthony along with the wife of renowned artist Francis Newton Souza, cooked sorpotel in the basement of the building for those Goans in attendance. Joao Cabral was holding a Portuguese passport and this put the League in a compromising situation, at which point Anthony Remedios who was holding a British passport, was made Secretary of the Goa League.

When Dr Ramkrishna Hegde and Purushottam Kakodkar were released from Portugal, they arrived in London on their way back to Goa. A reception was arranged for them by Goa League at Canning town, near London’s Dockland area. To bolster the attendance, Anthony scoured the Docklands, looking for ships with a Goan crew. Another meeting took place on June 18, 1956 to commemorate the Satyagrah movement. It was a cloudy day in Westminster. At around eight that evening, as the twilight spread across a summer sky, Member of Parliament, Wedgewood Benn, or Wedgy Benn as he was known, was scheduled to be the keynote speaker. Wedgewood was a confirmed socialist in UK political circles, sympathetic to the Goa League’s pro-India stance and had argued vociferously in the House of Commons, against Britain offering any military help to Portugal to defend against India. The third speaker scheduled for that day was Joseph Murumbi, later to become Kenya’s second Vice-President.

The say in Africa, when a man dies a whole library burns down. So it is with us Goans. Our history is out there in oral tradition begging to be recorded. Let not more of it die before it finds its place on paper.

Do leave your feedback at carvalho_sel@yahoo.com

TRAVEL & TOURISM NEWS:

A taste of curry
16 Apr: Diario Montañes (Spain). The beaches of Goa, the hippie paradise of the 70s is an endless night of crazy sex, drugs and trance music … Goa has the divine with the Jesuit priests who guard the body of the Spanish saint Francis Xavier in the Basilica of Bom Jesus. The paradoxes are shocking and the influence of the metropolis is still to burst…161 words. Click here.

London – Mumbai £259 return
17 Apr: Qatar Airways. £259 return including all taxes and fees. Book by 06 May 2009. Travel dates on/before 30 June 2009. Maximum stay: 1 month. Click here.

Catamaran cruise to enter Goan waters
20 Apr: Navhind Times. In the very near future, tourists will learn about Goa’s culture and heritage on board sleek and fancy cruise catamarans. A sailing catamaran is the latest entry to Goa’s tourism industry, which is always looking for new innovations to attract tourists… 406 words. Click here.

Gastronomic Goa
21 Apr: Straits Times (Singapore). Goan cuisine is heavenly amid the sun and surf in the former Portuguese enclave … giant prawns, lobsters, pomfret, mullet, snapper, baby sharks, shells and squid… Tisreo masala … Prawn sukha masala… 666 words. Click here.

AirAsia to go big in India
22 Apr: Malaysian Star. The AirAsia group plans to venture into India in a big way but it has to first address some issues with Malaysia Airlines (MAS) over flights to four major cities there, said AirAsia group chief executive officer Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes… But there is nothing to stop AirAsia plying other routes into the Indian subcontinent this year as long as it gets the rights to do so… 371 words. Click here.

GOA NEWS HEADLINES

Suicidal behaviour in young people in Goa
17 Apr: International Journal of Epidemiology. Vol. 38(2). Pages: 459-469. By Aravind Pillai, Teddy Andrews and Vikram Patel. Method and findings Cross-sectional study of 3662 youth (16–24 years) from rural and urban communities in Goa. Overall 144 of the sample reported suicidal behaviour in the previous 3 months… Conclusion: Prevention programs for youth suicide in India need to address both the structural determinants of gender disadvantage, and the individual experiences of violence and poor mental health… Click here.

Faith and kanji at the Siridao feast Joaquim
18 Apr: Times of India. On Sunday at Siridao, they are celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Annunciation. But the feast is popularly known as pejechem fest - the feast of kanji (rice gruel)…. Tradition has it that the kanji is cooked in seven big pots (moddkeo). The kanji cannot be cooked by widows…The pez, of boiled rice (ukdde tandull), is cooked in a thatched palm enclosure (mollancho mattov) and served variously in traditional Goan bowls (maltule or kholleanchem aidon) or other vessels… 803 words. Click here.

NRI accuses private doctor of molestation
19 Apr: Times of India. A NRI woman, who was on holiday in Goa, has alleged that she was molested by a physician in a private hospital at Calangute. Hospital authorities, however, have dismissed the incident claiming that it is a move aimed at "swindling" money from the doctor… 188 words. Click here.

Goa: Professor accused of sexual harassment used to flaunt political clout
10 Apr: IANS. The Goa University (GU) professor in the midst of a sexual harassment controversy, used to threaten female students with his political clout, one of the complainants has told the committee appointed to probe the charges. The story of sleaze in the state's only varsity has managed to grab sizeable news-space in Goa, which goes to the polls on April 23… 468 words. Click here.

Goa government survives because of divine intervention: Kamat
20 Apr: IANS. The coalition government in Goa has managed to survive only because of “divine intervention”, says Chief Minister Digambar Kamat. “As a chief minister there are so many pulls and pressures. The only reason the coalition government in Goa has survived is because of god,” Kamat said… 261 words. Click here.

Beauty, massage parlours new fronts for sex trade?
20 Apr: Herald. Once harboured around Baina, Vasco, the sex trade racket is now spreading fast across the State with massage and beauty parlours, pubs and discos across the State turning out to be favourite places for their relocation… Exactly a year ago, the CID Crime Branch claimed to have busted an international sex racket wherein four Uzbekistan girls were arrested on prostitution charges. However, there has been no progress in the case and the main accused are still at large… 449 words. Click here.

Church suspicious of government motives in Goa casino dispute
21 Apr: UCAN. A controversy over a government crackdown on floating offshore casinos in western Indian Goa state is dragging on, with a court hearing scheduled for May. However, local Catholic priests say they are suspicious of the government's motives… Father Desmond de Souza tagged the crackdown an "absolute fraud."… 614 words. Click here.

Campaigning for Goa’s two Parliamentary seats ends
21 Apr: IANS. Campaigning for the two Lok Sabha seats in Goa wound up Tuesday evening, with both the ruling Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) combine and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claiming they would win both seats with relative ease… The battle for the two seats will be spread over 679 polling booths in North Goa and 660 booths in South Goa, with 1,020,794 voters eligible to exercise their franchise. 348 words. Click here.

Football: Late goal helps Muharraq sink Dempo
22 Apr: Rediff. Dempo conceded a last-minute goal against Al Muharraq of Bahrain and missed out on a chance to set one foot into the last 16 stage of the AFC Cup Group E football tournament, at the Nehru Stadium in Margao, Goa on Tuesday… 284 words. Click here.

PETA criticises legalisation of bullfights in Goa
22 Apr: Deccan Herald. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has criticised legalising bullfighting in Goa. PETA has said that the amendment to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act "contravenes the very purpose and object of the PCA, which is to prevent the infliction of pain and suffering on animals"… 312 words. Click here.

Another massage parlour raided for sex trade, 5 held
22 Apr: Herald. Mapusa police on Tuesday raided a massage parlour and detained five girls allegedly used in sex trade. Police have booked the owner of the parlour, Sucorine alias Caroline Fernandes of Moira under Section 4 and 5 of the Immoral Trafficking Act… Police sources disclosed that the sex racket has been operating in Mapusa and other parts of Bardez for about a year, with full impunity from the men in uniform. 217 words. Click here.

Freedom Fighters Oppose Portugal's Celebration in Goa
22 Apr: Daijiworld Media Network. As the Goa University has planned three days programme to commemorate the 35th anniversary of April revolution of Portugal, the freedom fighters in this erstwhile Portuguese colony has condemned the act.
The freedom fighters have said that the glorification and celebration of the April revolution in Portugal, which bestowed democracy in that country, was unwanted… 364 words. Click here.

GOA/INDIA ELECTIONS:

Indian Elections: Opinion Polls
12 Apr: Gulf News (UAE). At least three prominent pre-poll surveys have released their findings. Star News-Nielsen survey has predicted that the Congress 210 seats, the BJP 184 seats, and the third front 96 seats…. the India Today prediction is Congress 199 seats, BJP 181, and 'others' bagging 172 seats… The CNN-IBN poll has predicted that Congress would win 36.6 per cent of the votes, as opposed to the BJP-led alliance garnering 29.4 per cent of the vote share… 853 words. Click here.

Election candidates outline their vision for Goa
18 Apr: Herald. A special status for Goa and employment opportunities for youth are some of the common issues that Lok Sabha candidates have outlined in their ‘Vision for Goa’. At an interactive session only three candidates were present to list out their priorities for the State. Francisco Sardinha, Sripad Naik and Matanhy Saldanha turned up for the session… 672 words. Click here.

Food packet flung at Congress MP in Goa
19 Apr: Times of India. Congress Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik had a food packet thrown at him during an election rally in Goa… Naik was addressing an election rally in the mining town of Curchorem when a Congress party worker flung a food packet containing biryani, distributed to the workers, at him. 268 words. Click here.

Video: India's shoe throwing 'masterclass'
17 Apr: BBC. Villagers in India have been practising throwing shoes at visiting politician who do not come up to scratch. 0m.37s. Click here.

Goa Elections: Matanhy set to battle for S Goa seat
20 Apr: Times of India. Politics has always been his ambition, and at 61, Matanhy Saldanha is making an attempt to get into the Lok Sabha. Having participated in and led many social, environmental struggles in the state over the last three decades, Saldanha's attempts to enter the legislative assembly bore fruit in 2002. 360 words. Click here.

Congress minister in Goa terms state party leaders 'dishonest'
20 Apr. IANS. Goa's Public Works Department minister Churchill Alemao, angry over denial of ticket to his daughter Valanka, turned on his own Congress party and its South Goa candidate terming them 'dishonest'…. 'If you cannot honour a written agreement to give ticket to Valanka, how can the party be trusted?' Alemao told a rally at Navelim … 356 words. Click here.

IN THE NEWS:

Laila Rouass gets death threats
30 Mar: The Sun (UK). Footballers’ Wives star Laila Rouass has moved in with former lover Gary Stretch after getting death threats. The actress quit her luxury gated home when she was scared by late-night prowlers last week. Boxer-turned-actor Gary offered Laila, 33, and her daughter Inez, two, use of his London flat…Laila — who made her name playing spoilt Amber Gates in ITV’s Footballers’ Wives — had been living alone in Surrey with Inez… 238 words. Click here.
For the Laila Rouass Goan Voice supplement, click here.

Floyd Cardoz: Seared Seas Scallops With Lime Jaggery Glaze
8 Apr: Canadian Press… Mumbai-born chef Floyd Cardoz of Tabla restaurant in New York fondly remembers a childhood treat of crepes stuffed with a sweet filling of jaggery and rice, raisins or nuts. "We would go into the pantry and steal little pieces when the cook was sleeping," Cardoz says... The scallops recipe in the article is adapted from the book, "One Spice, Two Spice" by him. 739 words. Click here.

Embark on a holiday adventure with kids
15 Apr: Financial Post (Canada). Micato Safaris was founded more than 40 years ago by Nairobi-based Felix and Jane Pinto. Its 15-day East African safari isn't cheap -- prices start at US$7,670 per person, based on double occupancy, excluding airfare -- but well worth the cost considering the experiences provided… 157 words. Click here.

Mangoes recall summer's of fun and a longing for home
16 Apr: Inside Toronto. One of the most popular fruits that most South Asians truly miss during this time of the year is the Indian mango. This orange-coloured fruit, imported from India, and only available during Toronto's spring, (and India's summer), is loved by desis here because it has a unique sweet flavour that outshines any other Indian fruit… In Toronto, many Indian grocers charge almost $20-$25 for a dozen… But the best part of the mango season is the thrill of secretly eating a lot of these goodies unnoticed… 738 words. Click here.

Scandal of man's missing organs
17 Apr: Cornish Guardian. David Latham, 71, from Cornwall died after he went swimming in the Arabian Sea between Mumbai and Goa but the case remains unsolved because Indian authorities removed his heart and failed to return it to the UK. The inquest was told that although Indian authorities had said that Mr Latham had died from drowning, a British pathologist disagreed and the cause of death could not be determined because Mr Latham's heart was still in India… 828 words. Click here.

Warner Bros pulls out of Goa film
17 Apr: Behind Woods. Warner Bros. have called it quits on Goa project… now with the shooting in progress suddenly Warner Bros opted out of the project… [The Tamil film, based on the Scarlett Keeling murder, was to be directed by Venkat Prabhu and shooting had started in Goa this month]. Click here.

Fr Warner D’Souza: Rock ’n’ Roll + Church = Youth Vote
18 Apr: Hindustan Times. Father Warner D’Souza of suburban Bandra’s Mount Carmel Church and the youth from his parish have worked relentlessly for two months to break the perception that the youth never step out to vote … The mela included games and food stalls, musicians, dances and a rock concert as the grand finale… 525 words. Click here.

A bottomless stomach for Goan food
18 Apr: Daily News and Analysis. Restaurant review of Soul Fry Casa, Mumbai … I was greeted by the proprietor of the restaurant, Kevin D'Cunha, in a bright Hawaiian shirt with palm tree motifs and a pair of Bermuda shorts and slippers. He wanted to explain the business model behind the bottomless thali (Rs 299) while I wanted to tuck into it… An hour later after I had unbuttoned my top jeans button, for the first time in my life I said to food, "No more." I stretched my arms, burped aloud, and made my way out. 591 words. Click here.

Canada: Foreign credentials gaining recognition
18 Apr: The Montreal Gazette. Some Canadian companies are recognizing the foreign credentials of new immigrants at face value, levelling the playing field so they can compete with other Canadians in the workforce at the same level… 722 words. Click here.

Lobster xec xec in Ireland
19 Apr. The Sunday Independent (Ireland). Celebrity Chefs … Ananda, Dundrum Town Centre, Dundrum. Tel: (01) 296-0099. Style: Michelin-starred Indian superstar chef Atul Kochhar and Asheesh Dewan's Ananda is an opulent world of rich colours and immaculate service. Price Mains€14-€34. Try Lobster xec xec -- pan-fried Irish lobster in a classic Goan-style sauce with chutney… Click here.

Book Review: The Little Victim by R.T. Raichev.
20 Apr: Publishers Weekly. Antonia Darcy and her husband, Maj. Hugh Payne, travel to India in Raichev's witty mystery novel. The couple stay at Coconut Grove in Goa, the hacienda-style home of a gangster, Roman Songhera “uncrowned King of Goa”. The scandalous behavior of Songhera's mistress, Marigold “Ria” Leighton, the daughter of Lord Justice Toby Leighton, has driven Songhera to the brink…. Published by Soho Constable, $25 (224p) ISBN 978-1-56947-575-1. Click here.

Lewd sexual advances of hotel chief
20 Apr: The Evening Chronicle, Newcastle. This is the hotel manager who was found to have made lewd advances to a member of staff. Receptionist Catherine Cook was targeted by Tynemouth's Park Hotel chief Joseph Gomes. Catherine won a sexual discrimination employment tribunal against her former bosses, and says she is in talks with her solicitor about launching a civil case against the venue… For photos and text, 445 words, click here.
Mr Gomes has over 30 years' experience at top hotels such as India's Clarks Amer group, the Nadi Al Baaz (Royal Falcons Club) and the palace club of the Sultan of Oman…

India's brisk trade in child slaves
20 Apr: The Times (UK). Thousands of children are bought and sold in India every day, far from the gaze of British tabloids — and for a lot less than £200,000… Human Rights Watch has estimated that 15 million children have changed hands in India… The report noted that the Government ran advertisements against trafficking but did not have an agency to police it… 286 words. click here.

Konkani drama to be staged in Dubai
21 Apr: Gulf News (UAE). A Konkani drama titled Goenchi Xit Koddi (Goan rice curry) by Goa’s ‘ Comedy King’ Prince Jacob will be held at Al Nasr Leisureland at 8.30pm on Thursday. The special attraction of the show will be Nephi Rod, who will be performing in the city for the first time. The star cast includes Wilmix, Sharon, Joe Rod, Francis de Tuvem, Humbert and Dubai-based trio Edwin D’Costa, Anthony de Nuvem and Manishan. Ramiro and Troupe will provide the live band. Click here.

Neil returns to India with gifts for school
21 Apr: Derby Evening Telegraph. A Cricket fan has travelled back to India to hand out gifts to underprivileged children. Neil Bennett was so affected by the poverty he witnessed when he watched England play in India last year, he jetted off to Goa with an extra suitcase which was laden with clothes, toys, colouring books and crayons… He said: "I have been to see the associate editor of a newspaper called the Indian Herald and they are interested in running a story out here as well." 160 words. Click here.

GOANET HIGHLIGHTS
BY Cornel D'Costa

There was much reportage on UK television on 20/4/09 about the walkout by several Western delegates from the UN Racism Conference in Geneva when Iranian President Ahmadinejad spoke. This conference had previously prompted Teotonio R de Souza to quip that Goa's Brahmins and Chardos might have withdrawn as Israel and America had done from the said conference, if it were on casteism! Clearly, this is an interesting topic and while Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight (TV) on 20/4/09 was highly critical of the walkout when he interviewed the British UN Ambassador at the UN Conference this has been an absorbing theme on Goanet. To read a post by Mario Goveia on the subject line of 'A UN Conference on Casteism would be nice’ click here.

Eugene Correia in an article titled ' RIP Goa' provides quite an insightful but pessimistic view about the likely outcomes following the national elections in India. He says, for instance, that, "Indian elections are a tamasha that makes its round every five years...they are a theatrical exercise...many have described it as aya ram, gaya ram syndrome." Read about this and the implications for Goa. Click here.

A discussion on the relative merits of conventional (western) medicine and homeopathy has gone on for a while between Dr Santosh Helekar and Fr. Ivo C de Souza. To obtain a good flavour of the intensity of the discussion please see Helekar's post on 'Religion and Science' click here.

Lesley A. Esteves has provided an interesting post titled ' To time that was: remembering an unusual chef from Raia'. The quote here tells us much. "Fernando pursued the preservation of Goan cooking with single-minded devotion, and would not compromise on his recipes by adapting to other people's tastes. He was not in the business to serve 'restaurant food' ". To read more about this click here.

Finally, do read a short account of the writings of Eptacio Pais who was born in 1926. Jose Pereira tells us about his short stories that were compiled in a book and published under the title of Os javalais de Codval in Lisbon. Do read about this in a piece titled 'Re [Goanet] Goan Writer'. Click here.

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DOCUMENTARY: Real Swiss Family Robinson. BBC 1
Friday 17th Apr. 21:00 to 22:00. The Blanchs in Tanzania. Chris Edwardes and Amanda Blanch head off for three weeks on an island off Pemba in Tanzania…

NEWS: Tonight. ITV1
Thursday 23rd Apr. 03:30 to 03:55. The Truth About Immigration. With the UK in the grip of recession, immigration has become a point of contention with some arguing that borders should be shut and jobs saved for Britons.

HISTORY DOCUMENTARY: The First Black Britons. BBC 2
Friday 24th Apr. 05:00 to 06:00. An exploration into the development of the black community in Britain and traces how Britain's colonial past has shaped the country's present multicultural society.

DOCUMENTARY: Unreported World. Channel 4
Friday 24th Apr. 19:35 to 20:00. India: Children Of The Inferno. Half a million people are being moved out of their ancestral villages to make way for the coal mines fuelling India's growth.

GARDENING: Model Gardens. UKTV Gardens.
Friday 24th Apr. 21:00 to 21:30. Indian Garden. Uma is so ashamed of her untidy backyard that for years she has shut the blinds and ignored it. Sven experiments with the model to create the illusion of width.

DOCUMENTARY: World Routes in Zanzibar. BBC Radio Three
Saturday 25th Apr. 15:00 to 16:00. Festival held in Zanzibar's historic Stone Town which celebrates music from East Africa and beyond.

MAGAZINE PROGRAMME: Something for the Weekend. BBC 2
Sunday 26th Apr. 10:00 to 11:30. Includes Laila Rouass.

TRAVEL: Panasia. Travel Channel
Monday 27th Apr. 10:00 to 10:30. Goa. Sian Richards explores the region's rich history at the world-famous Bom Jesus Basilica. She also finds out how to prepare Goa's aromatic seafood curry and washes it down with feni.

SCIENCE FICTION SERIES: ElvenQuest. BBC Radio Four
Wednesday 29th Apr. 18:30 to 19:00. Sci-fi comedy series by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto.

TRAVEL: Safari Chef. UK Food
Thursday 30th Apr. 05:00 to 05.30. Diani Beach, Mombasa. Mike Robinson arrives at Diani Beach south of Mombasa where he catches a barracuda and serves it up baked with a tamarind salsa.

DOCUMENTARY: Race. BBC 2
Friday 1st May 05:00 to 06:00. Changing Attitudes. Looking at racism and offers suggestions on how racism can be challenged.

FORTHCOMING

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

25 Apr: London. International Strathmore-Kianda (Nairobi) students Re-union. In attendance from Kenya will be Professor DAVID SPERLING and JAMES McFEE. For further details, please contact IGGY TAVARES by e-mail: ignatius.tavares@kcl.ac.uk

Sun 26 Apr. Tiatr! Tiatr! Goan Cultural Society proudly presents their annual Konkani Tiatr “MUMMY MHAKA TUJE VENGENT DHOR” written by Goa Academy Prize winner, Albert Leo D’Souza, at Archbishop Lanfranc Hall, Mitcham Road, Croydon at 2.00pm. For details contact: Nina – 020 8767 0663; Cornelius 020 8681 8716; Bella – 020 8372 1253; Ida – 020 8881 2921; Camilo – 020 8801 3637. For full details and photos of the cast, click here.

Sun 3 May. Saligao Association UK celebrate the feast of Nossa Senhora de Mae de Deus at Archbishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham Road, Croydon CR9 3AS. Holy Mass at 12.30 pm followed by a Social. For further details contact: Raymond D\'Silva: 020 8300 5240; Sergio Coelho: 020 8543 4681; Zemira Fernandes: 01895 259947.

Sun: 3 May. Cortalim Feast. Mass will commence at 2pm prompt, (followed by our social Dancing to the Sounds of Nite Life to 10pm) at St. John’s Church Hall, Bourne Hill, Palmers Green, London N13. Ticket Price includes snacks, meal & dessert Adults: £12; Age: 11-18: £6; 2-10: £2.50 and under 2 free. For information & tickets contact: Maria - 020 803 5146, Joe-0208-443-1014, Laurent 0208-641-5995, Tony-0208 -888-0393, Vanessa 0208-800-5413, Walter 0207-476-4580 or Tino- 07821900490

Sat 9 May. MAY BALL AT MIDSUMMER HALL. Jurys Inn, Milton Keynes. Black Tie / Evening wear essential. A three course sit-down meal at this beautiful venue located in the new MK Hub and great music provided by the sensational band "Calibre". Carriages at midnight. Discounted hotel rooms available. No tickets sold at the door. A Night to Remember! For more details contact: Sally on Mob: 07976 826473 or email: sally@stevef.co.uk

Sat: 16 May. Goan Association Anniversary and May Ball. Wandsworth Civic Suite. Nite Life In Attendance Further Details From Norma Menezes Rahim 020 8771 4457 or Rosy De Souza 020 8677 0390

Sun 17 May. Tiatr! Tiatr! Goan Cultural Society proudly presents their annual Konkani Tiatr “MUMMY MHAKA TUJE VENGENT DHOR” written by Goa Academy Prize winner, Albert Leo D’Souza, 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 or Gregg – 07931 753653. For full details and photos of the cast, click here.

Sun: 24 May. 1.00pm - 8.30pm. The Bakuli Reunion at Archbishop Lanfranc School, Croydon. Live music by Mellow Tones and disco by "DJO" Tickets Adults: £14.00 Children (2 -12 years) £7.00. Price includes a meal and snacks. For further information please contact Tony Lobo 020 8542 0528 or Reg Da Cunha 020 7732 2659. Please note that tickets will be issued on a "first come basis" No tickets will be sold at the door.

Sun 31 May. Margao Union UK. Feast of the “The Holy Spirit”. Archbishop Lanfranc Hall, Mitcham Road, Croydon. Mass at 12.30pm. Followed by Social Gathering & Dancing to the Sounds of Nite Life. Tickets Adult £10.00 B4 - 15-May -09 after £12.00. Children 6-16Years 6.00. Under 6 Years free. Price includes Snacks Buffet & Dessert. For Information & tickets contact: Bella- 020 8372 1253, Rosalind-020 8767 8652, Lucas-020 8967 7471, Agnela 020 8646 6996, Gregg - 07931 753653, Camilo 020 8801 3637, Xav - 020 803 5146 - 0750 7950 455.

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