GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER MON 01 MARCH, 2010
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Canada: Eastern immigrants steeped in Western mores
1 Mar: The Labradorian (Canada). By Armand Rodrigues [photo; ex-Uganda] People from Toronto tend to use a broadbush approach and assume that everybody from Southeast Asia has an identical cultural background … Hardly so, for those from the Portuguese colony of Goa … They hail from the East, have the same pigmentation and attributes as one from the East, yet are distinctively Western in deportment … For Goans, the umbilical cord has been severed and any residual Eastern tug of the past no longer competes with the Western pull of the present. They are here to stay and to leave behind a favourable imprint. 677 words.
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Pamella Bordes: From society call-girl to life in a hippy haven
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1 Mar: Daily Mail (UK). By Neil Sears. Twenty one years ago Pamella Bordes (photo) caused scandal in the UK with her links to a minister and a Libyan official … she was a secret £500-a-night prostitute… Pamella Singh is what she now calls herself and is living in Goa... Her home in a fishing village in Goa is a two-bedroomed apartment she rents from a friend… 675 words.
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Drugs for which farmer was jailed in Goa is caffeine
2 Mar: Times of India. After revelations about a notorious Israeli drug dealer's nexus with cops, here comes more damning news for the Goa police. In a development that has left the Goa police red-faced, the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Hyderabad, has said a sample of "brown sugar" sent for tests by the anti-narcotics cell (ANC) is actually "paracetamol and caffeine"… 418 words. Full Text.
Video: Shigmo Festivities have begun in Goa
1 Mar: Goa 385 via Navhind Times. The traditional Shigmotsav in the state began on Sunday, on the day of Holi Pournima during which Holika or the Holi bonfire is lit. The origin of the traditional lighting of Holi is attributed to the burning of demons such as Holika, Holaka and Putana who troubled human beings. 4m. 0s. Full Text.
Video: Group of Seven Legislators unite to gain strength
1 Mar: Goa 385 via Navhind Times. The reactivation of the non-Congress legislators group, known as group of 7 supporting the state government yet dissenting on certain matters, has sent a warning to the Congress-led state government… 1m. 56s. Full Text.
Bangalore: Goan Catholics see more than one meaning in city
1 Mar: Daily News & Analysis. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Goan Catholic population was a prominent and expanding community in Bangalore… The next generation Goan Catholics, however, took to teaching, medicine and law for a career… The new-age Goan Catholics, who call themselves ‘Goans in Bangalore’, have a separate association by the same name… 446 words. Full Text.
Spelling reform causes Portuguese headaches
1 Mar: The Daily Telegraph (UK). Portugal is finally applying a long-delayed accord to standardise spelling in Portuguese-speaking countries, but it has left most people baffled about how to use their alphabet… The uniform spelling is aimed at making internet searches easier, standardising legal documents and promoting a bigger market for film and book productions in the Lusophone countries … 761 words. Full Text.
Travel: Hit the best beaches
27 Feb: The West Australian. Here are a dozen of the best beaches in Asia… Calangute, Goa, India. "Christmas in Goa" was the mantra for heliotropic (and psychotropic) hippies on the 1970s "Overland Trail". Calangute's palm-fringed kilometres were annually invaded by some of the most upbeat and beat-up minds of their generation. Calangute today is both more built-up and calmed down. Overdevelopment hasn't been kind to its little fishing hamlets but the Arabian Sea full moons are as spellbinding as ever. Other Goan beaches such as Palolem to the south and Arambol to the north are still like Calangute of years ago… Full Text.
Travel: The Beach House, Goa, India
1 Mar: The Telegraph (UK). The Beach House prefers to be called a "wellness centre" rather than a spa. There's a doctor, nutritionist and hypnotherapist on the staff, and treatments take place in thatched huts in the well-tended grounds… 478 words. Full Text.