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[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] G o a n e t - N e w s B y t e s APRIL 11, 2005 DATELINE: GOA ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ||g |||o |||a |||n |||e |||t || Issue compiled by ||__|||__|||__|||__|||__|||__|| Frederick Noronha |/__\|/__\|/__\|/__\|/__\|/__\| [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copyleft Goanet 2005 Creative Commons http://www.creativecommons.org You may reproduce this ezine in its entirety, with credits retained. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] IN TODAY'S EZINE: A bumper collection of news from across the Goan diaspora and back home, plus the usual news summaries from Goa. Keep in touch with Goan communities scattered across the globe, and a recipe for coconut chutney. RIVER PRINCESS, THE SHIP GROUNDED along the Candolim coast for the past five years, is to be removed by May 20, says a headline in the Herald. Goa's newspapers and TV channels seem to have got strongly divided over which side they take on this story. Said the Herald: "Certain sections of the media, who had no knowledge of ship salvage, began a series of articles alleging a fraud (in the salvaging saga)." A contrary view was taken by the Gomantak Times, as reported earlier. TOURISM DEPARTMENT ABANDONS ITS PLANS FOR tented accommodation for tourists, at the northern entrance to Margao, a decade-and-half after the same was envisaged. Some 4000 sq m of land was taken over for this purpose. (H) o Lack of sanitation facilities, Goa's main problem (H) o Anti-plastics rally held in Quepem (H) o One run over by train at Talpona, body cut into two pieces. (H) o Goa needs oncology facilities under one roof, says expert. (H) o Les Menezes profiles Judy Virginia Fernandes, music teacher at Sharada Mandir and woman of other roles. (H) o At Catholic journalists meet, Bhat tells scribes to keep a tab on 'secular' parties. (NT) o Two were injured at a freak accident on a narrow Sancoale bridge involving three vehicles. (NT) o 30-year-old Shwetal Dilipbhai Bhat is suspected to have committed suicide by jumping into the Mandovi river. He was staying at the Hotel Marriott. (NT) o Pulse polio immunisation drive held in Goa on Sunday. (NT) o Goa-based Malyalees urged to strengthen bonds with locals. (NT) o El Shaddai opens night-shelter and day-care unit at Margao. (NT) o Tiatr Day celebrations on April 17 at Kala Academy. (NT) o Three-day translation workshop held at Inst Menezes Braganza.(NT) o Jamir appraised of irregular water supply at Pale. (NT) o Gomantak Times says its journalists wanting to talk to children at the state-run 'Apna Ghar' children's home were denied entry. (GT) o Walking race organised in honour of Vasco's late popular medico Dr Shrikant Verenkar (murdered in a tragic case). GT o Ful-na-Paklli has announced plans to promote a 'Kids TV'. It is for children below 15, who are beckoned with the slogan, 'Take heart, learn the art of videography and photography'. o Want to stop drinking? Alcoholics Anonymous Ph 222 4140. o Water diviner services http://www.waterdiviner.co.in AGNEL VOCATIONAL training institute at Verna is offering a series of skill-upgradation training sessions in radio & TV mechanics, mobile phone mechanics, refrigeration and AC, car mechanics, grills and plate welding, modern home appliance mechanics, CNC machine operator, computer hardware technician, audio system repair mechanics, multipurpose mechanics (electrician-plumber- carpenter), water pump mechanics, gas welding. Contact mobile 9822 489 154 Verna is also starting courses in the food crafts and culinary sciences. INDIAN RAILWAY ENQUIRIES can now be got online (trains running information and PNR queries): http://www.wrindia.com (Western Railway), or via http://www.westernrailwayindia.com or even http://www.indianrail.gov.in QUOTE OF THE DAY: Every second person you meet declares blithely that he's "in real estate" and old houses and sleepy village vaddos are suddenly coming to life.... Because we Goans are scampering at high speed to sell off our limited property for a pittance, in an unseemly and often nauseating rush to make a quick buck. Most of the people who are buying here because you can buy mansions for the price of half a hovel virtually anywhere else. Should we continue to value our last precious assets so unbelievably cheaply? -- VM de Malar, Herald --------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATHS & OBITUARIES --------------------------------------------------------------------- CANDOLIM: Maria Teresa Fernandes, b 1938. Wife of late Francis Xavier Fernandes, mother/in-law of Linda/Peter, Philomena (Filu) in Kuwait. Grandmum of Lionel and Lyris. Funeral April 11 at 3.30 pm to OL of Good Hope Church, Candolim. CHANDOR-COTTA/BETALBATIM: Veronica Rodrigues e Rebello. Wife of late Piedade Jozinho Rebello, mother/in-law of Anne/Sebastian (New York), Brigadier Anthony/Colette, late Libiana/Maximano (Betalbatim), Imelda/ late Eric (Jabalpur), Captain Augustine/Tessie (Vancouver), Dr Joseph/ Elsie (Aruvankadu), Prof Florence (Damodar College, Margao). Loving grandmum of Rose/Marco (Milan) and Wiston (New York), Wing Commander Ajay/Zoara (Pune) and Anil/Nitasha (London), Leslie/Jesline (Mumbai), Brian/Cynthia and Christopher (Miami), late Ajay, Jyoti (Jabalpur), Ayeshan, Tahilia (Vancouver), Eugene and Joy (Aruvankadu), great-grandmum of Kiran and Anna (Milan), Amanda & Talitha (Pune), Aman and Esha (London), Clinton (Mumbai) and Dorothy, Boris (Betalbatim), Funeral will leave her Sapna Palms, Nagvaddo, Betalbatim residence on April 12 at 4 pm to OL of Remedies Church Betalbatim. MAPUSA-DULER: Maria (Mary) S Braganza, b 1931. Wife of Joaquim V Braganza, mother/in-law of Joe/Angela, Gene/Anthony, Antoinette/James, Francis/ Vera, Fredrick/Nalini, Xavier/Amita, Gregory/Ema. Grandmum of Giselle, Johanna/Dinesh, Vanessa, Samantha, Gavin, Travis, Natalia, Amantha, Alison, late Gayle, Gibson, Gayle Jr, great grand-mum of Venetia. Funeral April 11 at 4 pm to SFX Chapel, Culer. SIOLIM-PORTAVADDO: Franklin Conrad Sequeira, b 1946. Ex-employee of Bank of Baroda, Mapusa. B 1946. Son of late William J Sequeira and Clara, husband of Sophie. Father of Anthony. Brother/in-law of late Bernard, Aloysius/Angela, Joseph/Antonetta, Eugene/Leonora, Edwin/Sabrina, Celine/late Claude Santamaria, Josephine/Cornel, Carmen/George, Maria, late Luis, Thomas/Maria, Duloine/Simon and Adriana/John. Funeral on April 11 at 4 pm for St Anthony's Siolim. --------------------------------------------------------------------- GOA SPORTS --------------------------------------------------------------------- o Dempo score thrilling win over State Bank of Travancore 2-1. The last minute goal by Valeriano Rebello helped the Goa team, playing in Kozhikode, to lead the points table of the national football league as of now. (H) o Churchill beat Tollygunge 4-2 in Kolkata. (H) o Vasco leaves for Calicut sans coach. Vasco's survival bid in the national football league has just got desperate. Coach Derrick Pereira has asked his side of release him, and instead hand over the team's affairs to another head. (H) o Cuncolim Union pip Benaulim 1-0 to enter the semis of the Anantdeep soccer at Dr G Monteiro Stadium, Candolim. (H) o St Rock's YC Majorda lost 1-2 to Ambelim SC, with the latter entering to enter the quarters of the Seamen's Soccer at Majorda.(H) --------------------------------------------------------------------- CULINARY CORNER * Share your recipe with Goanet News Bytes! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Coconut chutney: Half coconut. 2 tblsps tamarind pulp. A big pinch of sugar. 4 red chillies. 1 tsp cumin seeds. 2 flakes garlic. 1 onion. Salt to taste. Grind all the ingredients to a paste with very little water. Courtesy: Aroona Reejhsinghani's *Delights from Goa*, Jaico Rs 65. Pp 135. --------------------------------------------------------------------- CITIZENS' VOICE --------------------------------------------------------------------- WATER WOES OF A HIGH-RAINFALL STATE: Over the last three decades, Goa's people have developed a dependence on the Public Works Department (PWD) for their supply of portable water. Mapusa-based Goa Civic and Consumer Action Network (GOACAN) lists some of the problems faced by water consumers in Goa: * A large number of meters are declared as "not working" or "damaged". These meters are not being repaired nor replaced by the PWD. Many water meters are now functioning as "air meters" as they move due to the momentum of the air gushing through the pipes. * Consumers are being billed with "minimum charges" and "meter rent" although they have not received a drop of water. * The map of the network of water pipes in the village is not available in the Panchayat resulting in consumers getting sewage water in their PWD pipelines (eg. the case in Calangute and Panjim). * There is no transparency with regards the duties and responsibilities of the PWD officials like those reporting to the Junior Engineer such as the Supervisor, Helper, Valve Operator. * There are no fixed timings wherein the junior and assistant engineer is available to meet up with consumers to tackle complaints. * Boosters are used by some commercial interests to meet their large water requirements, and the concerned PWD officials have failed to curb the same. * Public taps are being misused and in some cases privatized. No monitoring of the same is being done by the PWD officials neither is the same reviewed at the village gram sabha. * Free water connections are being continuously being released by the PWD although it cannot guarantee water supply to its existing paying commercial and domestic consumers. * Local panchayats are not being consulted in laying of pipelines passing through the villages whereby villagers continue to get irregular water supply. * Senior PWD officials don't organize customer meetings to get feedback from the consumers about their services. Bill collection centers are being shut down as in St. Estevam and cash counters are being closed as in Mapusa. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ALUMNI LINK --------------------------------------------------------------------- NICK-NAMES AND BOYS' SCHOOLS: Based on Yahoogroups.com, the active Aldona-Net -- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aldona-net/ -- had this post. It says the SSC class of 1984 at St Thomas Aldona had nicknames such as konje (sweet potato), pudding daant (buck-toothed), masalo (masala), gorilla tactics (for mis-pronouncing guerrila), gaagyo (stamered when scared), karate, scooter, give-me-my-stumps (involving altercation regarding stamp collection), zoting, gaboye (fish roe), chor, tight bhatkar, Ramaya (popular song at the time), poder, paddo, Mehbooba (Hindi film song), naal, Mithun (Chakraborty), vittallache, ayee, sankistanv, rod, fraud, estrella, battery, X-14, X-18, khoddo, BBC, kirkiro (high pitched), cartoon, khautekar, ice crut etc. BELGAUM NOSTALGIA: Lot of nostalgia coming up on this mailing list dealing with Belgaum of the 1950s and beyond -- an alumni network again -- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ExStudentsStPauls_Belgaum/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- ON BIRDS, AND THEIR RESCUERS --------------------------------------------------------------------- CROWS CAN BE VICIOUS... CAN YOU TAKE CARE OF A BIRD?: Neil Alvares <animalyo at yahoo.com> recently posted to the WildGoa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mailing list this update: I don't think that most of the other birds will kill (a smaller and weaker bird), except for the crows. They can be pretty vicious when they suspect that another bird or smaller animal is defenseless. Rearing a bird (although your intentions are good) seldom match up to the level of care the parents would offer and in most cases the fledglings of smaller-sized birds like bulbuls will not survive more than a couple of days. So if your bird has lasted more than a couple of weeks then you're doing a pretty good job. What might help is reading a bit on the adults eating habits so you'll get a good idea of what to feed it. also try to touch it as little as possible and see if you can give it water to drink through an ink filler. Also, owing to the small size it will have an extremely rapid metabolism... which translates to mean that you having to feed it almost constantly during the day. Remember try to keep its food as close to its natural food in the wild. (No mashed fish curry and rice) because if it does fly away one day it will need to know what to look for. What i noticed about crows is that if they see you holding the bird and then releasing it, they will attack it. As long as they don't see you around the bird, they will not suspect that it is defenseless. Other than the crows, I dont think that any other birds would attack your bird, unless it's a shikra or sparrow hawk looking for lunch. But then, its out of your hands there. Another thing is, although very tempting, try not to handle the bird unless you really have to. The more you handle it the more you'll damage its feathers, which are pretty sensitive to handling. This means that the bird won't be able to use its wings at full capacity, which is an important factor when they decide to take their first test flight. HARVEY, ANOTHER BIRDER from Goa added his comments: Beware of good intentions. Back here in England, my well meaning neighbour insisted on providing extra cover for the nest of a blackbird in her garden. So we pushed a heavy plant in front of it to shield the nest from the wind, the rain, and buzzards.( Buzzards! I'd love to see a buzzard in my backyard!) Not surprisingly, the blackbird has abandoned her nest. At Pilerne, a lady informed us she had found a "little owl with cute ear tufts". She had just described a collared scops owl! A rarity! Neil and I rushed there and put the fledgling back inside its nest (a hollow in a tall tree), just in time. Even so, when we returned to check on the owl, it was nowhere about. The owls had had enough, and had decided to relocate! AND THIS WAS A NOTE FROM Aaron Lobo <aaronlobo79 at yahoo.co.uk> who's yet another of the young committed 'wildlife' persons that a fast-urbanising Goa has thrown up: Have reared several orphaned birds in the past. The trick is to feed it well, until it is grows into a full size bird. But there is one problem here 'Imprinting'. Birds usually associate a person feeding them to be their mother. I had a pariah kite, that even when full grown, would refuse to eat unless hand fed, but used to fly around and was free.... --------------------------------------------------------------------- FROM AROUND THE GOAN-WORLD --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rene Barreto of www.goaday.org has this update of what's going around in the diaspora. FROM QUEBEC, Felix D'Sa announces a Mother's Day Lunch organised jointly by the Quebec Goan Association (QGA) and the Canadian Seniors of the East (CSoE). Sunday, May 8 noon to 5 pm. at Bombay Mahal Restaurant, 1242 Rue Crescent, Montreal. Cost: $11.50 per adult (above 13), $ 6 for children 4-12 and those below 3 are free. Entertainment includes dancing, music and games. The meal includes an appetiser, meal, dessert and tea. There will also be a cash bar. Tickets limited, available till Apr 30 from Sharon Fernandes or Luiza D'Sa (South Shore), Joyce Correa or Austin de Souza (Montreal & West Island). To donate door prizes, contact Joan Paes. FROM LOS ANGELES: GOA-LA's Ralph Figueiredo says photos of their Redondo Beach Park picnic are at http://www.goacom.com/goa-la/gallery/ He also reminds members about sending in their dues, $10 per adult over 21, $25 per family (including children below 20). Make checks payable to: Goans of America & mail to 26602 Athena Avenue, Harbor City, CA 90710. Current members get discounts on ticket prices at future events. Bowling night for teenagers and young adults re-scheduled to May 21. Contact Ralph Figueiredo. President - Los Angeles G.O.A. http://www.goacom.com/goa-la Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: 310-534-0358 GOA-TORONTO: In Canada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> promises an "elegant party" while also celebrating its 35th Anniversary. It calls it "a sophisticated night of decadent food, martinis and featuring the best music of the 70's and 80's." See http://us.f531.mail.yahoo.com/ym/login?.rand=aagkgevaqahip Goan events in Canada * http://www.goanvoice.ca/2005/issue7/ Goan events in the UK * http://goanvoice.org.uk/forthcoming.htm World Goa Day in Melbourne * Aug 20, 2005 Oscar Lobo, Coordinator --------------------------------------------------------------------- GREEN CONCERNS --------------------------------------------------------------------- WHILE SALMONA BURNS, YOUR BUREAUCRACY RESEARCHES. A cry in desperation to the Goa Governor. Coming from Saligaonet Apr 9: We waited the whole day today for some action from you, the Chief Secretary, Secretary/Under Secretary of Panchayats, Director of Panchayats, Mamlatdar, BDO...but none came. We are getting the same old news: everyone is concerned; all the different Heads Of Departments are having meetings; everyone is consulting the Law Secretary or the Legal Department to ensure that they are covered; everyone suddenly wants to follow the letter of the law, completely forgetting the spirit of the law. All this while the Salmona Spring area, the conservation zone, the natural bird sanctuary and its biodiversity are up in flames. While Salmona burns, your bureaucracy is researching procedures to find out if it is legal enough to rush in the Fire Brigade! --------------------------------------------------------------------- USEFUL AND INTERESTING GOA-LINKED MAILING LISTS --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa_youth 102 Members, Archives: Membership required For the Goan Youth in East Africa and those worldwide to stimulate growth, share ideas, news, schedule events, exchange information, enjoy, rekindle old friendships and make new ones! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iit_goa 27 Members, Archives: Membership required Place for IITians in and from Goa http://groups.yahoo.com/group/paraiso_de_goa Residents of Paraiso de Goa, Alto Porvorim, Goa, India http://groups.yahoo.com/group/csi-goa 131 Members, Archives: Public The mailing list of Computer Society of India, Goa Chapter. This is a very low-volume discussion list for CSI members, students, IT professionals and well-wishers to exchange views, news, ideas, technical and other information about IT in Goa. You will also receive invites, updates and reports on the Chapter's activities: workshops, seminars, etc. We welcome and value your participation and suggestions. Do inform other interested persons/IT buffs to join this list. This list has seen more active days! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/forum_portugal_goa 54 Members, Archives: Public Novas gerac,o~es de investigadores, mas tambe'm de investidores ou artistas portugueses e goeses, te^m forc,ado imaginativamente um redimensionamento do eixo de relac,o~es e cooperac,a~o entre Goa e Portugal. Urge agora reunir esta dina^mica, espartilhada por va'rios pai'ses e por va'rias disciplinas acade'micas e a'reas de actividade, e igualmente por diversas faixas geracionais. Este espac,o junta estudantes, investigadores e profissionais com os seguintes interesses: - estudar Goa, nas mais variadas ... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bitswatch_goa 233 Members, Archives: Membership required Welcome one and all .This is a group for all the students and faculty(if interested and given permission) of BITS Pilani -- Goa Campus. Here you can voice your opinions on any topic under the sun. Mess food sucks ... no water in the bathrooms ... just let your fingers do the typing. Maybe someone will sympathise with you. Like a guy or girl but you're too shy to say a word ... hate a professor and want to "teach him a lesson" ... you may just get tips on doing all that from your friends here ...(more) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-aveiro-tourism 17 Members, Archives: Membership required Group of students and teachers from University of Aveiro, Portugal and Goa University, India who participated in the exchange programme in the area of tourism studies. This group will strengthen the efforts towards better cross cultural understanding between the scholars and also between the two regions using the context of tourism. --A. Sreekumar. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goa-Bioteck 103 Members, Archives: Membership required This group has been created in order to make an attempt to be in touch with all those who studied at some point of time at Goa University Biotech department.Please feel free to join and ask anyone you know who studied in the same department too! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GCA_art 15 Members, Archives: Membership required Goa College of Art http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DonBosco98 20 Members, Archives: Public This is a forum for all the students who have passed out from the batch of 1998 from Don Bosco High School in Panjim -- Goa. This group is aimed at keeping in touch and knowing what people are upto in life. Maybe sometime down the lane if possible we can have a 10 or 15 years reunion. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jyot 22 Members, Archives: Membership required Jyot is a Goa (India)-based parent support group for parents of children who are autistic as well as mentally challenged. Our main objective is to provide productive future for our children, which includes a functional education, social integration, vocational training, and rehabilitation. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildgoa 295 Members, Archives: Public Welcome to Wild Goa! A peek into responsible nature adventures. An update on wildlife conservation activities in Goa, India. A forum for 'Natural History' field research, be it ornithology, herpetology, entomology or related environmental studies. Walk on the wild side! --------------------------------------------------------------------- BUILDING LINKS, THE DIASPORA AND GOA --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dramatist and former Speaker of the Goa Assembly Tomazinho Cardozo <tomazinho at sify.com> has offered to help a young and promising film-maker based in Canada, Jason <infacefilms at yahoo.com> Cardozo wrote: "Very encouraging to learn that you are interested in making a film in Goa. You can count on me for any help you need in Goa. There are lots of Konkani artistes in Goa. But, sad to say, most of them do not even have an e-mail address. However, if you can describe me the characters, I shall be in a position to short list them for your scrutiny and selection." Jason DaSilva <infacefilms at yahoo.com> is working on his first feature fiction film which will be shot in northern Goa tentatively from November 2005-February 2006. He explains, in a brief chat with Goanet News Bytes: "It's quite a beautiful story called Trance, about Thomas, a 20-something New Yorker, who makes his way from New York to India (Goa) to find his father -- and he gets thrown into the complexity of the new/old cultures of Goa." Says he: "I am looking for cast (Konkani-speaking in Goa), crew, as well as contributions. Any financial contributions to this important project can be tax-deductible, with the possibility on coming on as an investor -- but most importantly, it will be part of putting Goa on the media map. Already, I have had my last documentary on Goa ( http://www.oliviaspuzzle.com ) in Sundance Film Festival (2003), broadcasted on HBO, CBC, and PBS, and nearly Oscar-nominated (2004). I look forward to hearing from anyone who has any possibility of supporting this project or who is interested in finding out more about this exciting endeavour." You can contact Jason DaSilva 917.940.7659 [EMAIL PROTECTED] or http:/www.infacefilms.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- MISCELLANEOUS --------------------------------------------------------------------- SHIPWRECKS AND GOA: Melvyn Misquita points to an interesting article on "Shipwreck archaeology of Goa: Evidence of maritime contacts with other countries" by Sila Tripati, A. S. Gaur, Sundaresh and K. H. Vora, Marine Archaeology Centre, National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India Read the full article at: http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache: IM1XKCC1TAYJ:www.ias.ac.in/currsci/may102004/1238.pdf+ Goa+maritime&hl=en&client=firefox-a RESEARCHER IN MACAU AND KENYA: UK-based history-writer and researcher Cliff Pereira <Cliffjpereira at hotmail.com> has recently been to Malacca -- and did some research there. Also has worked at Ft Jesus Museum, Kenya where the St Antonio de Tanna relics are kept. THE BRITISH, AND OCCUPYING GOA: Cliff Pereira's article "The British Occupation of Goa (1802-1810)" is now available in the `Cliff Pereira' files section at the goan-maritime-museum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-maritime-museum/files/Cliff-Pereira/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- CULTURE, FILMS, MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT --------------------------------------------------------------------- COURSE ON GOAN MUSIC: St Xavier's College's Music Association at Mapusa has announced a unique opportunity to all music lovers to learn more about Goan Music viz: mando music, tiatr music and folk music, through a specially designed short term course. The course will be held from April 18 to 23 2005 from 9 - 10 am in the college premises. It will include theory and practical. The registration fee is Rs.200 per person. Details from the college office (Ph:2262356) or email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] PORTUGUESE CULTURAL WEEK STARTS THIS WEEK IN NEW DELHI: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/forum_portugal_goa/ had this report from http://www.hindu.com/lf/2005/04/09/stories/2005040900340200.htm Listening to the call of the sea, they were the first to open the gates of the East to Europe. A colonial power that had to fight for its own freedom, a piece of Portugal's rich cultural heritage continues to live on in parts of free India. This coming Wednesday, India International Centre along with the Portuguese Cultural Centre will give Delhi a chance to learn a little more about the mark that this European country made on India's culture and heritage. From introducing us to marigold to adding a new touch to local cuisines through new botanical varieties, the Portuguese brought in much more to India than just colonial rule. From exhibitions and talks to cinema and the magic of hand painted porcelain, the Portuguese Cultural Week - "Portugal: Call of the Sea" -- promises to provide a peek into the Portuguese contribution that seems to be fading away from public memory. Taking off on April 13 with a festival package of eight contemporary Portuguese films, the event is being described as an attempt to once again generate the excitement created by the coming together of two completely different civilisations. A determining element in Portuguese architecture that has been used for nearly five centuries now is Azulejo or the art of painting and decorating one side of a ceramic tile. Although seen also in countries such as Spain, Italy, Holland, Turkey, Iran and Morocco, Azulejo is considered more than just a piece of art. One of its important sources is the blend of European cultural themes with those from other parts of the world including Asia East. The exhibition of traditional Portuguese tiles will be on view at the Art Gallery. Another show that promises to capture the imagination of art lovers is the exhibition of hand painted "Porcelain: Myriad Expressions'', which will have Bharati Bhatnagar use the style of Vista Alegre in her works. Recreating the cultural context that shaped Portuguese sensibility in visual terms will be "Embroideries -- Portugal India: 16th Century Synthesis to Contemporary Globalisation'' that will provide a peek into value added by the Portuguese to the Indian textile industry. With embroidered works being very popular with the Portuguese, they tried to tap the rich reservoir by developing items that could be used as gifts. An illustrated lecture will also be presented by Dr. Lotika Varadarajan on "Embroideries -- Portugal India''. Apart from this, Teodoro de Matos of the Catholic University of Lisbon will deliver a lecture on Portugal's trade links with Goa, Malacca, Macau, Angola and Brazil, while Luis Reis Thomaz will talk on "The First Global Network''. By Lakshmi B. Ghosh CHRISTIAN ART, AFTER SHIFTING FROM RACHOL TO OLD GOA: Nasci(mento) de Souza nascigoa at sancharnet.in -- who is on the Christian Art Museum managing committee -- recently reported about the Goa Christian Art Museum, via the Goa-Research-Net: Although our overheads and running expenses are far higher now than they were in Rachol, thanks to the much larger numbers visiting the Museum (we have, most days, more people visiting in a day than we had in a month in Rachol) and due to a grant from the State Government towards security, we earn a profit each month. Consequently we have a healthy financial situation -- and the Museum is maintained to the highest standards. BRAZILIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY CINEMA to be held in Goa from April 21 to 24. Organised by the Embassy of Brazil (Brazilian Chair, Goa University), Moving Images film club of Goa, and the Kala Academy. The festival is open to non-members of the Moving Images Film Club, and will be screened at the Kala Academy black box. Non-members may fill up the application forms and submit it between 3 pm and 7 pm on April 16-18 at Kala Academy, Campal, Panjim. There is no registration Fee. Entry on first-come, first-served basis. Films are in Portuguese with English subtitles. Large-screen projections, in DVD format. Followed by discussions. Coordinating Committee: Dr. Dilip Loundo (Brazilian Chair) loundo at sancharnet.in Mr. Jason Fernandes (Moving Images) info at moviesgoa.org Dr. P. 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