Edited by Eddie Fernandes editor@goanvoice.org.uk

Death: Alice Rosario
8 Aug: Mumbai. ALICE ROSARIO (76). Wife of Alphonsus. Mother of Wilfred/Noreen (Markham, Canada), Janet/Val Lobo (Mississuaga, Canada), Yvette/Richard Lobo (Calgary, Canada) and Shalet/Berty Gonsalves (Mumbai). Funeral on Thu. August 13 at 4.30 pm in the Church of Our Lady of Health, Versova, Mumbai.

Mother Teresa: the power of love almost 100 years after her birth
10 Aug: Asia News. Mother Teresa of Calcutta was born August 27 1910. In a few weeks the year marking 100 years since her birth begins. AsiaNews explores the signs of the vitality of her charisma, in a conversation with Sr. Gilbert M, superior of the Missionaries of Charity (MC) in the Maharashtra-Goa region… 726 words.  click here

Should the government manage Church properties?
10 Aug: UCAN. A row has erupted among Catholics in India after several lay leaders demanded that the government be allowed to manage Church property… 642 words.  click here

Catholics defy bishop, attend banned priest's retreat
7 Aug: UCAN. About 1,000 Catholics from Mangalore diocese attended the Aug. 2 retreat that Divine Word Father Jacob Gerald Sequeira conducted, ignoring Bishop Aloysius Paul D'Souza's orders to people to stay away from his programs… On July 20, police had arrested the priest and released him on bail two days later after charging him with cheating and harassment of a woman, who claimed he fathered her child… 576 words + photos.  click here

Video: Compendium of Konkani musical by Toronto-based Goan hits market
9 Aug: UNI. A compendium of Konkani musical hits, compiled by a Toronto-based Goan writer and poet Francis Rodrigues, was launched by Goa's Commissioner for NRI Affairs Eduardo Faleiro here today… 140 words. Click here.
Video Clip by JoaGoaUK. 3m. 16s. Click here
10 Aug: Times of India. Reliving Konkani's greatest hits. Click here. .

UK: Jerome Pereira has been given an honorary professorship
8 Aug: Evening News (Norwich). Jerome Pereira, a hospital consultant has been given an honorary professorship by the University of East Anglia because of his contributions to medical education and research. He is the first consultant surgeon in the East of England to provide a full range of breast reconstruction operations… 127 words.

Sandals in Goa. By Martin Amanshauser
8 Aug: Die Presse (Austria) Article in German about the hippies in Goa who exploit the locals. 278 words.  click here

Goa may have large deposits of gold
10 Aug: Gulf Times (Qatar). Goa might have to brace itself for a frenzied gold rush as it possibly has a significant deposit of gold deposits… 359 words.  click here

WHO THE BLEEP CARES. Weekly column by Selma Carvalho
Who the Bleep cares about Goan culture once again?

In response to my column on Goan culture last week, I received a letter from a distinguished reader who noted that UK Goans are British first and foremost and they hardly have anything in common with Goans from Goa.

I'd like to ponder on this a little bit. I believe human beings yearn for a collective identity which seems closely tied in to discovering and defining their own individual identity. We are designed to find ourselves within a set of parameter defined by a larger group. I'm not at all sure that for UK Goans this collective identity of being a Goan has been diminished and taken over completely by being British.

There is a natural intellectual progression that takes place at the individual level when we live in a Western society; a shaping of the mind with a good, strong educational system, liberal values espoused in the media and television, the co-mingling and at times co-habiting of progressive ideas at school and at the work-place. But this is quite distinct and apart from the common cultural ethos we share and find resonance with as Goans. One can question whether such a resonance has any real tangible benefit to us other than a momentary wave of "feel-good" emotion, but the very fact that so many seek its comfort at community events like the Goan festival, World Goa Day, picnics and parties should tell us something.

Lastly, I'm not entirely convinced that UK Goan society has moved so far from their Goan cultural moorings as to feel completely cut off from their counterparts in Goa, nor is Goan society back in Goa shackled to a parochial mindset as to not have any currency with their UK cousins. I think the shifting of UK Goan society has been glacial, a sentiment echoed by quite a few young Goans I interviewed for an article I wrote about how second-generation UK Goans adapt to living with two cultures. It seems to me they are not at odds with synthesizing two cultures and blending them into one. As one young UK Goan said to me: "I consider myself to be a bit of both, Goan and English. I am influenced by the English at school and my life in the Performing Arts, but I still maintain my Goan background and will never deny my Goan identity, of which I am very proud but equally proud to be British."

I do believe culture exists on a continuum of time, that it is as subject to Darwinian evolution as any other organism, that ultimately it mutates into an entirely new entity and who is to define the length, breath and width of that continuity except perhaps our emotional attachment.

Do leave your feedback at carvalho_sel@yahoo.com

Death: Alice Rosario
8 Aug: Mumbai. ALICE ROSARIO (76). Wife of Alphonsus. Mother of Wilfred/Noreen (Markham, Canada), Janet/Val Lobo (Mississuaga, Canada), Yvette/Richard Lobo (Calgary, Canada) and Shalet/Berty Gonsalves (Mumbai). Funeral on Thu. August 13 at 4.30 pm in the Church of Our Lady of Health, Versova, Mumbai.

Mother Teresa: the power of love almost 100 years after her birth
10 Aug: Asia News. Mother Teresa of Calcutta was born August 27 1910. In a few weeks the year marking 100 years since her birth begins. AsiaNews explores the signs of the vitality of her charisma, in a conversation with Sr. Gilbert M, superior of the Missionaries of Charity (MC) in the Maharashtra-Goa region… 726 words.  click here

Should the government manage Church properties?
10 Aug: UCAN. A row has erupted among Catholics in India after several lay leaders demanded that the government be allowed to manage Church property… 642 words.  click here

Catholics defy bishop, attend banned priest's retreat
7 Aug: UCAN. About 1,000 Catholics from Mangalore diocese attended the Aug. 2 retreat that Divine Word Father Jacob Gerald Sequeira conducted, ignoring Bishop Aloysius Paul D'Souza's orders to people to stay away from his programs… On July 20, police had arrested the priest and released him on bail two days later after charging him with cheating and harassment of a woman, who claimed he fathered her child… 576 words + photos.  click here

Video: Compendium of Konkani musical by Toronto-based Goan hits market
9 Aug: UNI. A compendium of Konkani musical hits, compiled by a Toronto-based Goan writer and poet Francis Rodrigues, was launched by Goa's Commissioner for NRI Affairs Eduardo Faleiro here today… 140 words. Click here.
Video Clip by JoaGoaUK. 3m. 16s. Click here
10 Aug: Times of India. Reliving Konkani's greatest hits. Click here. .

UK: Jerome Pereira has been given an honorary professorship
8 Aug: Evening News (Norwich). Jerome Pereira, a hospital consultant has been given an honorary professorship by the University of East Anglia because of his contributions to medical education and research. He is the first consultant surgeon in the East of England to provide a full range of breast reconstruction operations… 127 words.

Sandals in Goa. By Martin Amanshauser
8 Aug: Die Presse (Austria) Article in German about the hippies in Goa who exploit the locals. 278 words.  click here

Goa may have large deposits of gold
10 Aug: Gulf Times (Qatar). Goa might have to brace itself for a frenzied gold rush as it possibly has a significant deposit of gold deposits… 359 words.  click here

WHO THE BLEEP CARES. Weekly column by Selma Carvalho
Who the Bleep cares about Goan culture once again?

In response to my column on Goan culture last week, I received a letter from a distinguished reader who noted that UK Goans are British first and foremost and they hardly have anything in common with Goans from Goa.

I'd like to ponder on this a little bit. I believe human beings yearn for a collective identity which seems closely tied in to discovering and defining their own individual identity. We are designed to find ourselves within a set of parameter defined by a larger group. I'm not at all sure that for UK Goans this collective identity of being a Goan has been diminished and taken over completely by being British.

There is a natural intellectual progression that takes place at the individual level when we live in a Western society; a shaping of the mind with a good, strong educational system, liberal values espoused in the media and television, the co-mingling and at times co-habiting of progressive ideas at school and at the work-place. But this is quite distinct and apart from the common cultural ethos we share and find resonance with as Goans. One can question whether such a resonance has any real tangible benefit to us other than a momentary wave of "feel-good" emotion, but the very fact that so many seek its comfort at community events like the Goan festival, World Goa Day, picnics and parties should tell us something.

Lastly, I'm not entirely convinced that UK Goan society has moved so far from their Goan cultural moorings as to feel completely cut off from their counterparts in Goa, nor is Goan society back in Goa shackled to a parochial mindset as to not have any currency with their UK cousins. I think the shifting of UK Goan society has been glacial, a sentiment echoed by quite a few young Goans I interviewed for an article I wrote about how second-generation UK Goans adapt to living with two cultures. It seems to me they are not at odds with synthesizing two cultures and blending them into one. As one young UK Goan said to me: "I consider myself to be a bit of both, Goan and English. I am influenced by the English at school and my life in the Performing Arts, but I still maintain my Goan background and will never deny my Goan identity, of which I am very proud but equally proud to be British."

I do believe culture exists on a continuum of time, that it is as subject to Darwinian evolution as any other organism, that ultimately it mutates into an entirely new entity and who is to define the length, breath and width of that continuity except perhaps our emotional attachment.

Do leave your feedback at carvalho_sel@yahoo.com