GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SUN 25 APRIL, 2010
| ANNOUNCEMENT | |||
| The Mining Petition | |||
5 days to go and 828 so far! Will we achieve our target of 1000 signatures? Is
the target unreasonable? Not if you consider that in the dark ages of the Internet
(1996, actually) we launched a petition against Paedophilia in Goa and raised
9,338 signatures (yes, the written kind) from the UK alone - details of this can
be found in Contact,
Vol. 7 no. 3, Sept 1996. Please ask your friends to tell their contacts to
support the campaign by going to http://goanvoice.org.uk/miningpetition.php before
30 Apr. 2010. Thanks. http://goanvoice.org.uk/miningpetition.php by 30 Apr. 2010. Thank you. | |||
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| Death: Seby Diniz | |||
2 Apr: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. EDMUNDO SEBASTIANO MENINO ANTONIO DINIZ. (Musician; Born 1954, Dar-es-Salaam; ex St. Joseph's and Shabaan Roberts Schools, Dar.). Died unexpectedly due to complications from diabetes. Son of Argentina (Goa) and the late Elotino. Brother of Elvidio/Sara (Albuquerque); Lia (Illinois); Elzimira/ David Mackenzie (Slough, England). Memorial Mass on Mon. April 26. at 10:30 a.m. at Aquinas Newman Center on the UNM campus. Memorial Mass in Assolna, Goa on Apr. 26 at 8.15 am. Full details at the link below. | |||
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| Video: HMS Albion picks up troops and Amit & family from Spain | |||
20 Apr: BBC News. Goan Voice Sponsor Amit Bedi (Stallions Air) and family got to Barcelona last week after a Mediterranean cruise and was not able to get back to London as all flights had been suspended. They got to Madrid and then Santander where they were lucky to get on board the troopship HMS Albion sailing to UK… 1m. 23s. | |||
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| Auction: An Indo-Portuguese Rosewood Desk | |||
2 May: Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago. Lot 241. An Indo-Portuguese Rosewood Desk, Height 37 1/2 x width 31 1/4 x depth 22 3/4 inches. Estimate $ 1,500-2,500. | |||
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News Summary | |||
| A Need to Professionalise Tourism 25 Apr: Navhind Times. By Mário Cabral e Sá. … Lest we forget, tourism grew in Goa all by itself because of its beauty, tranquillity and peace. Because of the hospitality and friendliness of its people… Law and order has to be forcefully implemented to prevent crime, illegal and desirable activities… last October a memorandum was submitted to the State Government stating the need for the constitution of Goa Tourism Board… 1284 words. Full Text. | |||
| Expats Make India Home 24 Apr: Hindustan Times … More than 40,000 expats are currently registered for work permits in Delhi and 35,000 in Mumbai… Goa has over 2,500 registered expats… Indian women are plain wary of expats. You can make friends with them but it’s hard to pursue a relationship with them unless it is long-term … Expat women, however, seem to have a much easier time finding Indian men… 1206 words. Full Text. | |||
| Video: Nightmare on board Emirates flight over Goa 25 Apr: NDTV. While flying over Goa, the Emirates aircraft hit an air pocket and dipped dangerously. Passengers fell from their seats and sustained bruises, cut injuries. However, the pilots managed to control the aircraft and land safely… 1m. 57s. Full Text. | |||
| WHO THE BLEEP CARES. Weekly column by Selma Carvalho 78. Who the Bleep cares about Valentine Andrade and Caetano Rodrigues? Part 2: In 1856, two English explorers, Sir Richard Burton and Captain Hanning Speke set out on an expedition into Central East Africa, looking for the source of the Nile. The expedition would make them epic heroes and forever inscribe their names into history. What is not celebrated by us, is that two Goans accompanied them. In part 2 of this account, we continue trekking into the African jungle with our two heroes Valentine Andrade and Caetano Rodrigues. For part 1 go to: http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/newsletter/2010/April/2010_April_18.html Speke's relationship with Caetano, who was assigned to him and who he called his "cook-boy" was fraught with tension and frequent rowing. He was typical of the then British who saw swarthy natives to be nothing other than "lying, obstinate, destructive, wasteful" and meddling. But Caetano, as described by Burton, was an incredibly fearless Goan man, who thinks nothing of throwing himself in the middle of a rowdy crowd or walking alone through the jungle in the pitch-black of night. On one occasion when Burton drops his gun into crocodile-infested waters, he dives straight into 12 feet of water, in a bid to recover it. But his manliness was possessed of a dual nature and he could be just as gentle and kind when tending to the sick in his party. As the two Goans trekked deeper into the dense, frightening jungle, nothing in their previous pockets of experience, could have prepared them for the severity of Africa; where red ants could send a man screeching into madness, their path littered with dead corpses of those who had died on the way, the unbearable heat, the frequent ambushes and the dire primitiveness of people where the simple act of lighting a fire to cook, sometimes made them heroes. Valentine, despite the raging fevers and lack of physical stamina to match the Africans on the team, proved himself invaluable to Burton. He was never far from his side, often delighting in taking charge and giving orders to the working team, having learnt in little time enough Kiswahili to manage small affairs and, to read the chronometer and thermometer. His bravado may have at times put him and his team in danger. Upon arriving in a place called Wafanya, a brawl breaks out while Burton is asleep. A drunken local indiscriminately wields blows into a crowd. Valentino fearing for his life, takes Burton "Colt" revolver and shoots into the crowd, maiming a canoe-man who eventually died. It takes all of Burton's persuasive powers and a negotiated settlement of the equivalent £100 in blood money, to spare Valentino's life and avert general mayhem. Valentine and Caetano certainly enjoyed a fair amount of privilege. They had thick cotton-padded mattresses, pillows and blankets to endure the discomfort of night. They were considered part of the "chief party" for whom Burton had acquired donkeys to mount. They were put in charge of rations, buying them and safeguarding them. They were often overseers who kept an eye on the other African slaves that travelled with them. Their slightly elevated position often caused rancour amongst the travelling caravan. The slaves accused them of thieving and conspiring against them, and they in turn accused the slaves. Valentino and Caetano never forgot they were Goans. Burton says they carried with them a pride of caste and a disdain for anyone who wasn't Christian. They ate by themselves, squatting opposite each other for company, pecking at their food, secluded and away from all the other gun-bearers, porters, slaves and guides. Two years later, despite the tremendous obstacles in the way and their frequent battles with the fevers of African jungles, they were still with the expedition caravan. They had reached the Makata plains of what is today Tanzania, on the eve of Christmas 1858. Valentine and Caetano had been away from their families for two years. If they thought of dodol and bebinca they had no way of making them. But Burton had ordered 6 goats for the occasion, perhaps Valentine had prepared a nice mutton curry for Christmas Day. The expedition ended shortly afterwards in February 1859. Burton and Speke had become estranged, barely talking to each other and referring to the other in vague and obscure terms in their memoirs of the trip. Both men had fame, recognition heaped on them with lashings of notoriety and innuendo that went with such fame. Both men are internationally celebrated. Valentine and Caetano's names have disappeared into the mists of obscurity. No statues celebrate their courage, intelligence and resilience. No history books in Goa boasts of them. No child knows their names or yearns to be just like Valentine and Caetano. Do leave your feedback at carvalho_sel@yahoo.com | |||
