************************************************************************* >From 'Xaverian', the newsletter of St Xavier's College, Mumbai. June 2002 issue. Editor Dominic A Fernandes. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.xaviers.edu *************************************************************************
ALUMNI NEWS * Victor Rangel Ribeiro's book 'Loving Ayesha and other stories' will be published this summer by Harper Collins. His book 'Tivolem' was termed one of the 20 best first novels of the year by Book List. * Rajdeep Sardesai, political editor of NDTV, was given the Maharashtra Shaan Award. * Abby Awards (advertising) went to Gerson daCunha and Gautam Rajadhaksha, for having left a distinctive mark in the advertising industry. * Polly Umrigar, first Indian to score a double Test century, gets the Castrol Lifetime Achievement Award. JESUIT NEWS * Goa-born Fr Francis de Melo sj is the new Provincial of the Mumbai Province. He lived most of his life in Mumbai. He follows the footsteps of other alumni who became provincials -- Fr John Correa-Afonso, Fr Bertie Philips, Fr J Macia, Fr Paul Vaz. * Fr Anthony D'Costa's new book 'The Call of the Orient: A response by the Jesuits of the 16th Century' is just out from the Heras Institute @ Rs 200. He was author of 'Christianisation of Goa Islands 1510-1567. He was former editor of 'Indica'. * Fr P Divarkar SJ (1922-2000), born at Benaulim, who was one of the four General Assistants to the General of the Jesuits, died at the age of 78. NEWS FROM GOA: * Gautam Rajadhyaksha was Goa Today's man of the year 2000. * World Wide Goan Convention 2001 saw two books being released -- Churches of Goa by SXC alumni Dr Jose Pereira and India and Portugal, coauthored by DrP and Dr Pratapaditya Pal. * Mario Miranda offers to set up museum on Goa liberation movement. * Dattaraj Salgaocar, mineowner, met ex-US president Bill Clinton over breakfast and luckily escaped an attack by Chechen rebels on his Istambul hotel in April 2001. * Dr Juvina Henrique DeSouza remains one of the longest serving medical practitioners in Vasco. * Lambert Mascarenhas (Class of '39) won a Goa State Cultural Award. * Simonne St Anne published the text of coffee-table book 'Goa Ma Belle' (photos by Emmanuel Chastang of France) * How to be an Instant Goa, by journo Valentino Fernandes.... NEWSMAKERS: mediaman Alque Padamsee * musician Taufiq Qureshi * actor Farooque Shaikh (plays the PM in Ji Pradhan Mantri, Hindi version of Yes Prime Minister) * radio personality Ameen Sayani * IAS officer Ajit Nimbalkar * strategist and adviser to US ambassador Robert D Blackwell * ad guru John Paul Jossy * chief justice of India S P Barucha * * actress Shabana Azmi * bass baritone Urban de Lima (class of 45) * Dr Satyavati M Sirsat * trade commissioner for Flanders Raj Khalid * former Maharashtra advocate gen Tehmtan R Andhyarujina * conductor Zubin Mehta * Bishop Agnelo Gracias (Mumbai) * millionaire Rajan K Lall * industrialist Mukesh Ambani * pianist Fali Pavri * Dr Joe Martin D'Souza * BEST ex-dy gen manager Deryck Jeffries * BOOKS, PLAYS AND FILMS BY XAVERITES Lord Bhikhu Parekh (class of 1953) - Rethinking Multiculturism Rahul da Cunha - I am not Bajirao. Crossed 130 shows; 6 years. Dr (Ms) Eunice DeSouza - novel 'Danger Lok' Farzana Contractor - 'The Millennium Man' on late hubby Behram Ajay Noronha - India's first documentary on paedophilia 'Bhailo' Laxmi Dhaul - The Sufi Saint of Ajmer Prof Marselin R Almeida - Flora of Maharashtra (2001) Ms Arundhati Subramaniam - On Cleaning Bookshelves (poems) Ayesha Dharker - to play in 'The Mysticd Masseur' Walter Vieira (1958) - A Second Career -- What After Retirement Prof Mrs Nisha da Cunha - 'No Black, No White' (short stories) XAVERITES IN the UK wanting to make a donation to the college and get a tax rebate contact: Dr O J Martins, 12 Chasewood Avenue Enfield, Middlesex EN2 8PT UK. Tel 0181-363 0086. OBITUARIES: Prof Ronald 'Ronnie' Lobo, English Dr Ajay N Oza, ex-head, Economics Dept, age 64. Prof R V Kamath, former Vice Principal, head Physics TEACHING NEWS * Prof Ms H Salazar has taken over as Vice-Principal, Arts Senior College. * Dr Ms Sheela Donde (Dept of Life Sc) has been awarded a post-doc fellowship at Carnegie Mellon Univ, Pittsburg. * Dr Dionysia Coutinho took over as Vice-Principal Science from Fr Simon D'Souza sj ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ To unsubscribe from Goanews Send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: 'unsubscribe goanews'
