Goan Voice Newsletter: Sunday 09 Nov. 2014
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Death: Egbert Fernandes
Nov 6, Canberra, Aust: It is with a heavy heart that we announce the death of EGBERT CARMO FERNANDES, born in Kisumu Kenya 1941. A triple hockey Olympian and devoted husband of Bertha and doting father of Vincent (Miriam), Wallace and Joanne (Kevin). Papa to Matthew and Luke. Egbert was the son of the late Vincent and Mary Fernandes, brother and brother-in- law of Edgar (Rose), Edna (Renato), Ellen (Geoff), and uncle to Errol (Sandra), Lenard (Melanie), Malcolm (Anne), Julian (Nickola), Rachel (Marc), Gillian (Bill). Egbert left this world after a short battle with cancer. The Eucharistic celebration will take place on Friday, November 14, 2014 at 1.00 pm, at Holy Family Catholic Church, Suburb of Gowrie Canberra. No flowers please, donations to the Cancer Society. Following the service, cremation at Norwood Park Crematorium, Suburb of Gungahlin Canberra If you are coming from out of state, please advise via email. Condolences to email
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Parsekar is Chief Minister of Goa
9 Nov: Herald. Fifty-eight-year old, Laxmikant Parsekar, with strong RSS links, took oath as the 22nd Chief Minister of Goa, at the swearing-in ceremony held at Raj Bhavan on Saturday. He succeeds Manohar Parrikar, who now moves to New Delhi to be part of the Narendra Modi Cabinet …
After much hue and cry, Francis surrenders meekly. Says I am a disciplined soldier, could not go against party; Garlands Parsekar to show loyalty to party… click here Parsekar was not Parrikar’s choice. Satish Dhond and the RSS ‘high command’ stymie Parrikar’s choice of Arlekar as Chief Minister … click here |
A Space For The Arts
9 Nov: Herald. The Goa Arts and Literary Festival will celebrate its fifth edition this year. It doesn’t receive large crowds, doesn’t draw on celebrity artistes and doesn’t have large funds at its disposal. Yet the home grown Goa Arts and Literary Festival with special focus on the margins manages to attract quality writers and artists from the world over. Goan writer Damodar Mauzo felt the need for a festival celebrating the arts when he saw that writers in the region weren’t getting literary exposure and the recognition they deserved… click here
For the GALF website,
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UK: New Event Announcement
31 Dec: The Goan Loop (UK) presents New Year’s Eve Ball, at St George’s Church Hall, Corner Woodford Avenue East Bound & Gants Hill Crescent, Gants Hill, Ilford Essex IG4 5EZ. 15 mins drive on the A406 from Edmonton/Southgate/Enfield/Walthamstow Gant Hill Tube. Doors open from 7.15pm till late. Keeping you dancing, singing and partying into the New Year will be Nite Life. All Tickets Booked B4 15th Dec 2014 are £15.00. Children under 10 years free. All tickets after this date are £20.00. No Tickets sold at door – Book early to avoid disappointment! For Tickets & further info call: East London -Louie 0795 633 5864, Janet 0795 073 9788 Cassy 0798 627 8422. North London-Maria 0750 795 0455. Food & Snacks on sale! No rip off bar prices…Bring your own drinks & enjoy responsibly- if possible avoid glass bottles. Lots of Spot and Novelty prizes to be won on the night…Plus raffles without long music break. Dress to Impress...Glitzy and Glamorous...Strictly No jeans or trainers. For the flyer, click here
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Destroying the Spirit of St. Francis Xavier
7 Nov: Goa Streets. What Good Is The Exposition of Relics If It’s Done Through the Exploitation of Children? … children as young as eight years old carrying heavy boulders on their heads to prepare the parking lot for the exposition. Toddlers roam the roadside as their parents toil. The children are covered in dirt, unattended and most definitely out of school… The spirit of St. Francis Xavier is at the core of the exciting, positive changes taking place at the Vatican these days. Showing off his relics is a poor way to honour his life and memory, if we fail to take responsibility for the well-being of these young souls… click here
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Goa Chitra’s Chakras
7 Nov: Goa Streets. It was the eve of the 5th anniversary of Goa Chitra, one of the finest museums on Goan-ness in the entire state. What better way to celebrate than to open a whole new museum on the premises, this one called “Goa Chakra.” The festivities taking place this past Nov. 1 were inaugurated by the chief minister, who was brought to the venue in a cycle rickshaw. Wheels, of course, are the theme of Goa Chakra, which displays, among many other artefacts, 68 carriages dating back a century or more. Kudos to founder Victor Hugo Gomes, the artist-curator-restorer who’s just gained another feather in his cap! The grounds’ 1800 square meter built-up area is fringed by a 30-acre property featuring plenty of organic farming. Structures have been added to the ancestral house to accommodate the display of some 4,000 artefacts reflecting Goa’s traditional agrarian technology and lifestyle… click here
Goa Chitra is at Mondo Waddo, Benaulim. For the website,
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Anchored here in Goa
9 Nov: Times of India. "No pilots," said Dr Jack Sequeira to his daughter when he heard she was seeing a naval aviation pilot she had first met at the Panaji carnival dance in the 1970s. Any reluctance was soon forgotten when Dr Sequeira met his future son-in-law Sureesh Mehta who went on to become chief of naval staff (CNS). The deal was sealed at Old Goa's Se Cathedral with a small Hindu-style ceremony and a reception at Altinho. Decades later, Goa has become a post-retirement home for Mehta, his wife Maria Teresa, daughter Sangeeta, golden retriever Kaiser and two cats. The family has renovated Sequeira's ancestral home at Campal after winning a long drawn court battle and adorned it with souvenirs of their travels across the globe. His son Sameer, a banker at JP Morgan, lives with his wife in Singapore… click here
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Russel Rebello: ‘We can have a decent Christian burial now’
9 Nov: Herald. Last week the remains of Russel Rebello, the last passenger on board the ill-fated Costa Concordia were finally recovered in a cabin on deck eight…
His parents back home in Naigaon, Mumbai wait anxiously for procedures to be complete before Russel’s brother Kevin brings remains back home. Russel’s father is paralysed and his mother tries to maintain a positive attitude but it isn’t easy… Gladys Rebello, his mother says she is proud of her son having saved people on board. “ He did what the captain was supposed to do.” … Russel married Vilma his childhood sweetheart in 2005. His son Rhys is six years old now and constantly asks about his father. His mother and grandparents don’t have the heart to break the news to him… click here
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Fighting for Goa’s cosmopolitanism
8 Nov: Times of India. A few days ago, the freedom fighter Gurudas Kunde returned to Reis Magos after more than 55 years. The spectacularly situated historical monument has been sensitively restored by architect Gerard da Cunha, with the support of Intach and the UK-based Helen Hamlyn Trust. It is now a must-see tourist attraction, but Kunde knew it as a prison, where he spent four years incarcerated along with other Goans of every background who joined him in resisting the Portuguese regime… The sprightly septuagenarian was accompanied in his return to Reis Magos by his inseparable friend of more than 50 years, the freedom fighter Alvaro Pereira … Listening to Kunde and Pereira reminisce as they walked the ramparts in a drizzle of rain, it was remarkable to note their total lack of rancour or resentment… click here
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Blessed Joseph Vaz: A Saint of the Soil
9 Nov: Herald. HCN travels to Blessed Joseph Vaz’ village in Sancoale and finds that 300 years after he left for his heavenly abode, his death miracles continue to take place… Villagers in Sancoale are joyous. A son of the soil, Blessed Joseph Vaz is on his way to becoming a Saint. The communication has already been received by Archbishop’s palace and the message is already out. The faithful can already begin to call him Saint Joseph Vaz… The sanctuary dedicated to Blessed Joseph Vaz lies at the side of the road in Sancoale where people flock each Friday to seek his intercession. Although Blessed Joseph Vaz was born in Benaulim, his mother’s village and baptized there he spent his growing years in Sancoale, his paternal village… click here
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Black Money Black Hole
7 Nov: Goa Streets. … it came as little surprise that five Goans, three of them miners, figured in the global list of individuals and firms who hold offshore accounts in international tax havens, released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in June last year. The names include that of Govindraj Sinai Dempo, the son-in-law of former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat… Ambar Timblo, scion of the Timblo mining family, which runs the Fomento group, has been named as having three offshore accounts. Another Goan identified as Sanjay Vijay Singh Shinde was named as having offshore accounts in the British Virgin Islands as well as Singapore… click here
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10 Nov: India Today. State of States Awards:
Tamil Nadu, Goa rule the roost
India Today State of States Awards: Tamil Nadu, Goa rule the roost
Goa gets back on the growth super highway. Goa's economic turnaround began in 2012 soon after Parrikar became CM for the third time… click here
Small but sound economic sense. The per capita GDP growth of Goa is 10 per cent.
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Bang on target. Amongst all small states, Goa has shown the highest growth in gross capital formation ...
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Children’s Day: A letter from a Playwright to her son
Sanjna Kapoor, daughter of Jennifer Kendal writes to her son, Hamir, 12: … what I long to give you is the greatest gift I received from my parents: our time at our second home in Goa. This was in 1970, long before Goa became the soulless tourist destination it is now. I was three. We would spend at least three months every year for the next 13 years here. It was called the Love House, because of the white heart painted on the roof by former “hippie” residents… click here
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