* BOMBAY JAZZ, VIA BBC. Sarfraz Manzoor explores a fascinating period of music history in India when American violinist Leon Abbey brought his jazz band to Bombay in the 1930's, leaving behind an incredible legacy. [Thanks to Melita D'Souza in London for the link. 2014 programme.] http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0415hbd
* AYUSH ministry gives some strange advice to pregnant women Pregnant women should stop eating meat and having sex, avoid bad company, have spiritual thoughts and hang some good and beautiful pictures in their rooms to have a healthy baby. This is, according to a Hindustan Times report, the Ayush ministry's prescription for pregnant women in India. http://bit.ly/2slzPtE * STORMY WEATHER... AT THE MET OFFICE: HERALD reports -- The inauguration of the Doppler Weather Radar (DWR), which can provide advanced information about storms, cyclones and other weather conditions, has been postponed. The radar, whose installation has already been delayed by seven years, was to be inaugurated at Indian Metrological Department (IMD) Altinho on June 14. Speaking to Herald, IMD-Goa, Director M L Sahu said, “We had to postpone the inauguration as our chief guest, Secretary of Earth Sciences, is not available on June 14 due to foreign assignments.” http://bit.ly/2sy7dO5 * ENDANGERED BIRDS IN GOA: http://bit.ly/2sZ6YZZ * GOAN actress in Andhra (or is it Telangana today)? Ilena D'Cruz's Twitter account: https://twitter.com/Ileana_Official * A copy of the CASA DE GOA <casadegoa at sapo.pt> boletim for March-April-May 2017. Thanks to Edgar Valles diasvalles at gmail.com for sharing. http://bit.ly/2s8eRfw * How Not to Have Six Horrible Months in Uganda http://bit.ly/2sZylDc * ALTER VIEWS: It's not just the 1%. The upper middle class is oppressing everyone else, too [Jamie Peck]. The top 20% have set things up to guarantee virtually all of those spoils go to their descendants. Where does that leave the rest of us? http://bit.ly/2rY9qS1 * SEND YOUR LINKS, TIPS to fredericknoron...@gmail.com -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ Frederick Noronha * Independent Journalist _/ P +91-832-2409490 M 91-9822122436 _/ Twtr @fn Fbk: fredericknoronha _/ Audio: https://archive.org/details/goa1556 _/ Goa,1556 books from Goa: http://goa1556.in _/ More links, info: http://about.me/noronhafrederick _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/