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Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gerson da Cunha from Mumbai is presently visiting Toronto, Canada. The Goanetters of Toronto will be meeting Gerson and his wife Uma over lunch on Sunday, Sep 9, 2007. Gerson would like to meet and network with Goans here in Toronto. Please contact the undersigned if you are interested in attending this luncheon to meet Gerson. Gerson is also the driving force behind the NGO, Action for good Governance and Networking in India (AGNI) - http://www.agnimumbai.org/ For an interview and photo of Gerson, please see: http://www.indianngos.com/governence/gersondacunha/fullinterview.htm Thank you - Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** PROFILE *** Gerson da Cunha took a Science degree at the University of Bombay and then worked five years in Reuters/Press Trust of India, Bombay, as reporter, feature writer, sub-editor and correspondent. He spent the next 25 years in marketing and advertising, including ten as head of Lintas, a major advertising agency. After a stint in Brazil at the University of Sao Paulo on a study grant, he worked ten years in the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Latin America and New York. While in Lintas, he functioned in honorary capacities as advisor in the Indian ministries of civil aviation and tourism, health and family welfare and information and broadcasting. This and his experience in marketing he took into UNICEF and now brings to voluntary work in his home city of Bombay. Here he is deeply involved in citizen mobilization for better urban governance. He is a trustee of CRY (Child Relief and You) and Akanksha, organizations working for underprivileged children in India. Gerson da Cunha, now 78, has been actively involved in the theatre from university days as actor and, to a lesser extent, as director. He featured in Alyque Padamsee's recent production of Begum Samroo by Partap Sharma. He has acted in film and TV, most recently in Merchant Ivory's Cotton Mary (1999). His other film credits include Water (2005) and Asoka (2001) He is a columnist and writer in the Indian press and speaker on development and communication subjects. He lives in Bombay with his wife Uma, who is a film writer and festival programmer. SOURCE: Indo-American Arts Council, Inc.