GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER TUE 20 OCTOBER, 2009
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| Joaquim Lobo - Centenarian | |||
Oct. 2009: Overseas Pensioner. "Joaquim Elias Lobo (ex-Nairobi) celebrated
his 100th birthday on 18th August 2009. Locomotive driver with E.A.R. & H
1929-1956. Retired early on medical grounds in 1954 as a result of a Mau Mau incident.
He then opened the NEW EASTLEIGH BAR in Nairobi, until he returned to his homeland
in Goa in 1971. Now at House No.654, Bodiem, P.O. Tivim, Bardez Goa, 403502, India.
Mind and faculties still quite sharp. He sends his greetings to any younger colleagues
who may kindly remember him." Congratulatory messages may be sent to his
daughter, Jacinta, ljlobo44@hotmail.com | |||
| The beaches are missing | |||
17 Oct. Mint (India). In very different ways, celebrated photographers Prabuddha
Dasgupta and Bharat Sikka explore non-touristy Goa, avoiding clichés in
favour of their own unique visions… 763 words. Click
here. The photo shows Celina Nazareth and Gertrude Paes in their living room (Moira). It is the 8th in the slideshow of 11 - for the link click here. | |||
| Video: Goa blast: Foreign link to Sanatan Sanstha? | |||
 19 Oct: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. Goa police are probing possible foreign links to Sanatan Sanstha, a right-wing organization allegedly involved in the Friday’s Margao scooter blast, informs home Minister Ravi Naik…. Foreigners were often found visiting the ashram … When police raided the premises on Sunday there were three French nationals staying there.
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News Summary | |||
| Foreign tourists give Goa a no-go 20 Oct. Mid Day (Mumbai). By: Alisha Coelho. Tourist traffic to Goa hit by bomb blast and 10 murders is expected to drop by 15 percent … To compound the problem further, the Israeli government last week, issued a travel advisory that asks its citizens to keep away from Goa… The number of foreign tourists visiting Goa dropped by 13 per cent from 2008 to 2009… President of the Travel and Tourism Association of Goa Ralph de Souza, however, remains optimistic that business will improve… 691 words. more details.. | |||
| 'Westernisation' causes growing obesity 20 Oct: Brisbane Times (Aus). Rising levels of obesity are a global problem that is being exported from affluent to developing nations through the gradual "westernisation of lifestyles", a British expert says. Dr Anthony Leeds says India was one nation where waistlines were growing along with economic development … 548 words. more details.. | |||
| India’s melting pot of paradoxes 20 Oct. Boston Globe. ‘Between the Assassinations’’ by Aravind Adiga comprises a series of interconnected short stories that taking place over seven days … We meet the cheeky Shankara, a half lower-caste/half-Brahmin “bad boy’’ in an all-boys Jesuit school, who sets off a bomb in the story “St. Alfonso’s Boys’ High School and Junior College.’’ … 665 words. more details.. | |||
| Goa blast: Second accused dies 20 Oct: PTI. The second accused in the Margao blast case, who had suffered severe injuries in the explosion, died on Tuesday… 159 words. more details.. | |||
| Video: UK Racism: Hate on the Doorstep 19 Oct: BBC. Bullied, attacked and racially-abused more than 50 times in eight weeks. That was the experience of two British Muslim reporters posing undercover as a couple in Bristol over the summer. 1m. 37s. Click here. 19 Oct: BBC. Reduced to a four-letter word. 0m. 54s. Click here. 19 Oct: BBC. Panorama. 30m. Hate on the Doorstep. Click here. | |||
| Germany: Jessonda: Opera Performance in Kassell 19 Oct: The Louis Spohr Grand Opera "Jessonda" is on 25 Oct, 1 Nov. and 7. Nov. The setting is Goa in the 16th Century ... According to an Indian tradition Jessonda was to be burned with the corpse of her husband. The Portuguese general Tristan d'Cunha rescues her. For details of the performances, see www.staatstheater-kassel.de For full text of article, click here. For the Wikipedia synopsis, click here. | |||
| Eye on Indian art 18 Oct: New Straits Times (Malaysia). … The Christian art of Asia is generally neglected, unlike its equivalent in South America… Increasingly, Asian Christian objects are finding homes in the West… Goan devotional works, usually images of Christ in ivory, turn up frequently on the market. Bonhams’ recent sale featured two delightful Goan ivory figures of the Virgin Mary and St John the Baptist… 981 words. more details.. | |||
| Two women arrested in Goa serial killing case 19 Oct: Times of India. Goa police on Monday arrested two women for their alleged their involvement in the killing of four young women three of whom were burnt to destroy the evidence. A 16-year-old girl, who was friendly with one of the accused Sayron Rodrigues and another accused Chandrakant Talwar's 32-year-old wife Grishma were arrested by state police today… 179 words. more details.. | |||
| Video: Goa blast: Gelignite sticks were made in Nagpur 19 Oct: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. The gelignite sticks that were used in last Friday’s scooter blast in Margao bore the mark that they were manufactured in Nagpur. 1m. 58s. more details.. | |||
