Goan Voice Newsletter: Saturday 14 Nov. 2015
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Death: Len Pinto
13 Nov: Toronto. LEONARD (LEN) PINTO. (One of our Canorient Christian Association Pioneer & Founding Member) Lenny will be missed greatly by his devoted wife of 64 years, Maggie (Nunes) and his 5 children and their spouses, Sydney (Veronica), Cheryl (Michael), Daphne (Henry), Richard (Debbie), and Elaine (John). Dearly loved by his grandchildren Steven (Katy), Melissa (Stephen), Ryan, Michael (Christina), Deanna, Sarah, Keith (predeceased), Darryl, Devin, Katie, Trisha, Kaleigh, Keegan, Alana and great grandchild Benjamin. Loved elder brother of Linda (Leo), Ron (Joy) and Francis (Dolly). Lenny will also be missed by his in-laws, and many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Special thanks to his loyal and loving caregiver Thelma, as well as Jasmine, Brenda, Tamden and Khuju. Funeral details added at link [Info: Pompie Gois]. For further details click here
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Death: Alwyn Fernandes
10 Nov: Calgary, Canada. ALWYN FRANCIS FERNANDES, Born 1948 in Mumbai. He is survived by his wife Lily and brother Reggie (Marie) Fernandes from Perth, Australia; sisters: Patricia (Noel) Albuquerque of Mumbai, India, Angie Fernandes of Sydney, Australia and numerous nieces and nephews. Alwyn was a business man who owned and operated Appliances Galore. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Mark's Catholic Church, 5552 Madigan Drive NE, Calgary, AB, on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 1:30 p.m., with Reverend Malcolm D'Souza presiding. In lieu of flowers, if so desired, a donation in Alwyn's memory may be made directly to a charity of the donor's choice. To express condolences For further details click here
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Video: Narendra Modi greeted by cheers and chants at Wembley reception
13 Nov: The Guardian (UK). David Cameron plays warmup act before Indian PM tells crowd of 60,000 about his plans to develop his country into an economic superpower … click here
13 Nov: The Guardian (UK). India is being ruled by a Hindu Taliban… By Anish Kapoor. 912 words.
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13 Nov: Christian Today. Pastors in India beaten and jailed simply for praying in their own homes. Evangelicals in India are calling on Christian leaders in the UK to pressure the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit this week to intervene to help persecuted Christians in India…
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Father Bismarque: The 2 boys hold the key, we have the right questions
14 Nov: Herald. In the Friday edition, we left off on one conclusive note: Father Bismarque did not have the money to pay for the beer he is supposed to have consumed. The focus must now shift to two of the main protagonists, one a 17-year-old (name withheld) who lived next to Sidney’s bar and other – the 18-year-old Darren Vaz, who had no regular connect with Father Bismarque. Their continuous presence with Fr Bismarque on what turned out to be his last day has baffled St Estevam. We have attempted to piece together their movements with questions, as our focus area today … 1338 words click here
14 Nov: The Goan. Bismarque’s Death: The final pieces fall in place …
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Fr. Bismarque Dias: martyr of our times. By Jason Keith Fernandes.
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It’s a pungent business for Goan masala makers
13 Nov: Times of India. A handful of home-grown companies have put their entrepreneurial hat on and successfully launched a wide range of masalas and pickles for Goan cuisine. While companies like Hickle's have used skills of culinary expertize to come up with innovative flavours, others like Mario's are still focused on preserving the authenticity of ingredients and age-old concoctions, both with a common agenda: to help the modern homemaker make everyday food special … Cyd Pais, owner, Goana Foods faces challenges in exporting the product because the procedure demands that samples be sent to Mumbai-based Spice Board of India for testing… Sabrina Fernandes is the owner at the year-and-half-old, Hickle's masalas… Zita Gonsalves is the proprietor of Quick homemade masalas … Neena Carla Vaz is VP, operations and sales, Karma Foods … 746 words. click here
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Eat Dust! Mining and greed in Goa
13 Nov: The Citizen. Eat Dust, Mining and Greed in Goa written by writer, actor Hartman De Souza (photo) has recently been published by Harper Litmus. The Citizen is pleased to carry an excerpt from the book as below … “I began making notes for this chronicle as far back as 2006, wondering what mining would do to entire landscapes that I had cherished for years. I had long lost faith that the feeble opposition to mining in Goa would bear any kind of fruit. I saw this chronicle as a factual blow-by-blow account of what actually happened on the ground – left behind like photographs in monochrome and sepia. Only when there was nothing left here, except the pockmarked ravages of open-cast mining, would everybody know how this part of Goa had been upended in a frenzy fuelled by greed… 2681 words. click here
26 Jul: Goan Voice. By Hartman De Souza “I was 10, in Mombasa, Kenya, when I knew a grown man could cry over his team losing the final of a match…” Hartman De Souza is the husband of Ujwala; son of the late Peter and late Dora De Souza; sister of Cheryl …
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To buy the book via Amazon India
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Stephany D’Souza – Bringing Goa To The Runway
13 Nov: Belleza Moda Designer Magazine. Raised in the land of sun, surf and beaches, Goa is more than just a hometown for designer Stephany D’Souza. Stephany launched her own fashion label in 2011 which started retailing at several high-end designer stores across India. In 2013, she was selected to showcase her designs in the gen-next category at Lakme Fashion Week. In 2014, she exhibited her collection at the Mercedes-Benz Asia Fashion Week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia... click here
22 Aug: Herald. Redefining style with ‘Stephany’ …
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For the Stephany D’Souza website,
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Francisco D’Souza: Fortune Businessperson of the Year shortlist
13 Nov: Fortune. Concrete results. They’re what drive Fortune’s annual ranking of corporate chieftains… No other company has appeared more times on Fortune’s list of Fastest-Growing Companies than Cognizant. Revenue exploded by a factor of 20 and profits by a factor of 15 over the past decade at this infotech outsourcer and consultancy. D’Souza is the company’s youthful (47) and dynamic chief. The son of an Indian diplomat, he taught himself programming in high school, joined Cognizant in 1994, and has been CEO since 2007… click here
Francisco D’Souza was born in Nairobi on 23 Aug, 1968, the son of late Sushila and Placido D'Souza (born in 1933, ex-Anjuna, Goa ex India’s Consul General in New York and High Commissioner in Port of Spain, Hong Kong and Nairobi). His sisters are Jacinta, Lucia and Maria. Wikipedia:
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Kenya: Football: The Goan Welfare Society Fundraising Tournament
13 Nov: Coastweek (Mombasa). The eighth annual Goan Welfare Society (GWS) 7-A-Side Football Charity Shield will take place on Sunday, November 15th at the Goan Institute Grounds. Securex Agencies (K) Limited team will compete in the tournament organized by the GWS to raise funds for charity projects… Colin Carneiro (photo), Chairman of the GWS, explained, “This event has grown from strength to strength and the day will be filled with thrills and goals… click here
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All that jazz: Nachom-ia Kumpasar
13 Nov: Business Line. Bardroy Barretto conceived his first feature film, Nachom-ia Kumpasar (Let’s Dance to the Rhythm), 12 years ago. Loosely inspired from the story of legendary Goan musicians Lorna Cordeiro and Chris Perry, the 46-year-old advertising professional’s film is set in Bombay of the 1960s and highlights the jazz club scene of the time. Barretto speaks about the genesis and evolution of the project... click here
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Portugal: Goan-origin Antonio Costa on doorstep of power
13 Nov: Times of India. Times of India, in its edition dated November 10, 2015, was the first to publish a report that the new Portuguese government was likely to fall and a Goan hand was stirring the political cauldron, seeking to steer Portugal's destiny… click here
14 Oct. Goan Voice. Portugal: Socialist leader Antonio Costa best placed to form next government …
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30 Oct. Goan Voice. Europe braces for Cyclone Costa …
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Indian Catholics hope to build bridges
13 Nov: UCAN. Catholics in India hope that a key summit uniting clergy and religious from the country's three rites will help build bridges in a fragmented world. Representatives from India's three rites on Nov. 12 came together to begin a National Eucharistic Congress, gathering clergy and religious from almost all of India's 168 dioceses… click here
Pope Francis: video message to India's Eucharistic Congress … 12 Nov. Vatican Radio.
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Spain: Goa celebrates its 'faults'
13 Nov: La Vanguardia (Spain). For a month, young Hindu Goans have met all evening to celebrate their Narkasur idols the tyrannical demigod vanquished by Krishna and his consort Satyabhama. Something awful as hundreds of monsters ended up burnt on Tuesday at dawn… Although the Narkasur idols is the indispensable figure, there is no shortage - pale skin, blue eyes and bobs dreadlocks – idols suspiciously similar to the foreigners that fifty years come to the beaches of Anjuna … But in the Goan context, where there is almost always a white Church on the horizon, the Hindu celebrations have a vaguely Latin character: bonfires, rockets and firecrackers - and liquor of coconut or cashew - in towns with names such as Salvador do Mundo … 668 words. At the link select "continue to use PressDisplay.com" click here
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6 Reasons to volunteer in Goa
13 Nov: Leave UR Mark. Imagine going to the beach after a hard day at work… Sounds like a dream to you? Then we have good news: If you’re not a city person, Leave UR Mark also offers you the opportunity to volunteer in Goa. And here’s why you should definitely go for it: 1. Live and work within walking distance to the beach … 2. Enjoy the most amazing seafood … 3. Feel the hippie vibe of Goa … 4. Enjoy yoga and spa treatments … 5. Wear the clothes you like … 6. Party at the weekend … 7. Experience the real India in a homestay … click here
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Lessons from Canada for India (especially Goa)
14 Nov: Times of India. By Vivek Menezes. … There is a notable India angle to the new-look Canadian government. No less than four debutant ministers are Punjabi Sikhs … Trudeau's wonderfully diverse appointments are not window-dressing… Switch the focus from Canada to Indian politics, and the clock races backward from the 21st century to the Dark Ages… Zoom into the microcosm of the smallest state of India, and all the ills of the national polity are seen magnified in Goa, which has 38 men in the legislature, and only two women… click here
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