[Goanet-News] BOOKS: Goa Book Club to feature Ben Antao, works of Agualusa
PANJIM: Toronto based author and publisher Ben Antao will be a special guest at the Goa Book Club's meeting on January 20, 2011 (Thursday) at 5 pm at the Broadway Book Centre. Antao. Antao, a journalist in Goa in the 1960s, has authored novels and other texts related to Goa, and recently edited the anthology 'Goa Masala'. His other works include The Tailor's Daughter, The Priest and His Karma: A Novel, Living on the Market, apart from travelogues to Goa and Italy. The Goa Book Club is a joint endeavour of local alternative publishers Goa,1556 and Broadway Book Centre. It meets on the third Thursday of each month at Goa's largest bookshop (Broadway) on 18th June Road and is open to all. Each member present is however required to make a five-minute presentation on any book, new or old, related to Goa, read by them. This month's meeting is also to have a presentation on the work of Angola-born journalist and writer José Eduardo Agualusa (Alves da Cunha, b. 1960) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Eduardo_Agualusa]. His books have been translated into twenty languages. He writes monthly for the Portuguese magazine LER and weekly for the Angolan newspaper A Capital. He hosts the radio program A Hora das Cigarras, about African music and poetry, on the channel RDP África. Agualusa also launched the Brazilian publisher Língua Geral, dedicated exclusively to Portuguese-language authors. The Goa Book Club is open to discussions on all books related to Goa, in any language. More details at http://ttt-goa.notlong.com --- NEW BOOK: 'PATRIOTISM IN ACTION: Goans in Indias Defence Services' Copies now available at: GOA: Literati (2277740), Other India (2263306), Broadway (6647038), Mandovi (2427904), Noel DSilva & Associates (9823120454 / 9096781714), Confidant / Golden Heart Emp (2732450), David & Co (2730326), Vardaan (9527463684) SERV / RETD Def Offrs in Goa: O/o Sainik Co-op Hse Bldg Sty, Def Col, Porvorim (2417288) MUMBAI: David & Co (22019010) PUNE: Manneys (26131683), Popular (25678327) BENGALURU: Narayan (22865800) DELHI: Ritana (24617278) ONLINE (worldwide delivery): http://www.ritanabooks.com/booksdistri.htm, http://goa1556.goa-india.org ---
[Goanet-News] India's Elite Africans ... three scholars discuss the issue at London
Institute of Commonwealth Studies University of London Thursday 27th January 2011 at 5.30 pm Room G34, Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Nearest underground station: Russell Square India's Elite Africans The The dispersion of Africans is generally associated with slavery and the slave trade. Most Afro-Asians have been written out of history. Within this scenario, how was it possible for Africans to rule parts of Asia, not just for a few years but for three and a half centuries? Three scholars will address this issue and consider the current status of Elite Africans in India today. 5.30-5.50 pm "From Elite Africans to Ex-Royals: Marriages in the Janjira and Sachin Families" Professor John McLeod (University of Louisville, USA) 5.50-6.10 pm "The Invincible Fort of the Sidis of Janjira" Dr Faaeza Jasdanwalla (Aberystwyth University, Wales) 6.10-6.30 pm "Elite Africans in India: the Route to Power" Dr Shihan de Silva (Institute of Commonwealth Studies) 6.30-7.00 pm Discussion RSVP to troy.r...@sas.ac.uk (Events & Publicity Officer) Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490 Some books from Goa,1556 http://bit.ly/euv3g8 --- NEW BOOK: 'PATRIOTISM IN ACTION: Goans in Indias Defence Services' Copies now available at: GOA: Literati (2277740), Other India (2263306), Broadway (6647038), Mandovi (2427904), Noel DSilva & Associates (9823120454 / 9096781714), Confidant / Golden Heart Emp (2732450), David & Co (2730326), Vardaan (9527463684) SERV / RETD Def Offrs in Goa: O/o Sainik Co-op Hse Bldg Sty, Def Col, Porvorim (2417288) MUMBAI: David & Co (22019010) PUNE: Manneys (26131683), Popular (25678327) BENGALURU: Narayan (22865800) DELHI: Ritana (24617278) ONLINE (worldwide delivery): http://www.ritanabooks.com/booksdistri.htm, http://goa1556.goa-india.org ---
[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Tristao B Cunha, A C L de Souza and the Goan separatist identity (Selma Carvalho)
Tristao B Cunha, A C L de Souza and the Goan separatist identity Selma Carvalho lescarval...@yahoo.com In 1957, Tristao de Braganza Cunha, generally considered as the Father of Goan nationalism, through his newspaper *Free Goa*, would take a potshot at another Goan giant, A C L de Souza, the unofficial doyen of Goans in Kenya and founder of the newspaper *GoanVoice*. When T B Cunha returned to India from Portugal in 1953, following his imprisonment at the infamous forte de Peniche located north of Lisbon, it seems he had swopped one fort for another, for he operated from Fort 166, Dr Dadabhai Naoroji Road, Bombay, his Free Goa newspaper; available for a subscription of Rs 3 per year in India and Rs 4 per year in Africa. >From Bombay, he railed against the Portuguese, against Salazar, the Church, the Padrado and the Estado. His impassioned, satirical editorials reveal at times a dry sense of humour, which saves the newspaper from becoming a pamphleteer's dirge, although he himself would have been happy with such a label. The backdrop of the Free Goa versus Goan Voice imbroglio traces back to politics in Kenya. It is easy but facile to say that the shambolic nature of Indian politics in Kenya was a result of the British "rule and divide" Colonial policy, for it uncannily represented politics in India; divisive and communal. The Muslims had split from the Hindu dominated East African Indian National Congress and increasingly sought minority representation for themselves under the banner of the Muslim Association, and while the Christian remained largely apathetic to politics, he too under the leadership of A C L de Souza, had lobbied since the mid-forties for separate Goan representation in the Municipal councils (such a representation for one Goan did exist prior to 1928). This was persistently denied to Goans by the British and they'd been advised to contest for these seats under representation allotted to the larger Indian community. In 1957, A C L de Souza, then seventy-four, through his newspaper voiced his struggle with the reality of the situation in Kenya where Goans were encouraged to enroll on the Indian electoral rolls but had "been unwilling to follow such a course and very few Goan names appeared on the Indian electoral roll." The reaction from *Free Goa* was swift, condemning with rhetorical vigour the Goan confusion. "Judging by this," it said, "the Goan in Africa does not wish to be what he is: Indian, inspite of all the kicks he gets from the British... Goans must drop the mask and cease pretending to be British, Portuguese, etc. in order to affirm what they really are: Indians and only Indians." It is difficult to decipher whether the "Letter from Africa" was Cunha's voice or that of a correspondent. Either way, given the tight editorial control the sixty-six year old Cunha exercised on *Free Goa*, his acquiescence with the sentiments expressed is without doubt; some months later it read: "Dr A. C. L de Souza is a well known Goan to whom the whole Goan community is greatly indebted. But what is most detestable in him is his communalist spirit and lack of political character, as a communalist he has sought to alienate the Goans from other Asian communities almost hostilizing them and favouring the British policy of divide and rule." But despite Cunha's staunch faith in Goans being firmly Indian, the Goan in India of Cunha's time was politically disenfranchised from power; a point made well by A Mitra in *Free Goa* itself. Mitra wrote, "When Mr Lal Bahadur Shastri requested Mr Moraji Desai to give a Goan the Congress ticket for a seat in Parliament, Mr Desai turned it down. Then some Goan Catholic leaders of the Liberation Council of Bombay approached the High Command in Delhi with a request for a Congress ticket; they also were refused... the Congress leaders of Mysore claim Goa and her port of Marmagoa for Karnataka and yet they refused a Congressman who has worked in Bangalore for several years. These leaders call the Goans outsiders but have no hesitation in claiming Goa: a strange contradiction." It seems, it was not just the Goan who harboured a separatist identity; he was often on the outside looking in. Ironically, both T B Cunha and A C L de Souza died the following year in 1958, just two months apart from each other. De Souza never lived to see Kenya get its Independence in 1963. The man who had once wondered what the role of the Goan was in Kenya was spared the indignity of knowing the Goan had no role in Kenya and watching thousands of Goans leave shortly following independence. T B Cunha died just three years short of Goa's Liberation, disowned by the Catholic Church by then and buried as result at a Church of Scotland cemetery in Bombay. It's difficult to imagine what his reaction would have been to know that immediate
[Goanet-News] Goa news for January 19, 2011
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa NCP demands state Home Minister Naik''s resignation - Oneindia ome-minister-involved-in-drug-trade-ncp-news-national-lbrw4jbbcgb.html">Goa home minister involved in drug trade: NCP http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGC-4GAEH4f1Sf5bPGcF2iMZ2o6OQ&url=http://news.oneindia.in/2011/01/18/goancp-demands-state-home-minister-naiksresignation-aid0126.html *** Goa ready to give govt jobs to Tillari project affected people - Oneindia oa-to-provide-employment-to-people-hit-bytillari-aid0126.html">Maha asks Goa to provide employment to people hit by Tillari http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFPlus9N-9SPLizjQ0fXNW2pE55Jw&url=http://news.oneindia.in/2011/01/18/goaready-to-give-govt-jobs-to-tillari-project-affectedpeop-aid0126.html *** HC directs NDPS court to give Dudu as hearing - Times of India ay extension to file a chargesheet ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGY7DwNGi-kzFWEE1DeaQTfOHQJig&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/HC-directs-NDPS-court-to-give-Dudu-as-hearing/articleshow/7315971.cms *** Businessman beaten by mob for molesting Russian woman in Goa - IBNLive.com NLive.comPTI http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFBQD5G7N72zkK8nsrLc0_-s7DTjw&url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/businessman-beaten-by-mob-for-molesting-russian-woman-in-goa/538502.html *** HC issues notices to Goa govt, CBI in drug nexus case - MSN India ourt-issues-notices-in-goa-drug-nexus-probe-case-news-national-lbsoEifijfc.html">High court issues notices in Goa drug nexus probe case http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEKoZUpXwNfcj6y8c9APMD0f54nYw&url=http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4813962 *** Hold Sesa Goa: Devang Mehta - Moneycontrol.com Equity Sales, Anand Rathi Financial Services. Mehta told CNBC-TV18, "On Sesa Goa we have a hold ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHj2t6U7ky_QQ5aKy2L1q-uUQr_fA&url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/stocks-views/hold-sesa-goa-devang-mehta_514214.html *** Student, senior citizen die in 2 accidents - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: A student of Goa Institute of Management (GIM) died in a freak accident in the early hours of Tuesday, while a pedestrian was knocked down by a jeep ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH_V0AxL3zAWBXdc21cl8BHdDZYVQ&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Student-senior-citizen-die-in-2-accidents/articleshow/7315662.cms *** Karnataka cops raid Colva nightclub - Times of India mes of IndiaCOLVA: The Karnataka police who are investigating the seizure of 26 kg of drugs from a head constable of Goa police in Belgaum a week ago, ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH16iqBh9mPXIUnKALR3euskPRO7Q&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Karnataka-cops-raid-Colva-nightclub/articleshow/7315752.cms *** Tagore's notes to echo in restored 450-year-old Goa chapel - Sify ased Portuguese cultural institute Fundacao Oriente and hosted within the restored precincts ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFKC8neqhwfWIoN6spy9QoON1dZog&url=http://www.sify.com/news/tagore-s-notes-to-echo-in-restored-450-year-old-goa-chapel-news-national-lbstOnddjad.html *** BIS to set up office in Goa - Times of India WZ_bM">and more » http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNESEXX55CZpsOTmYL7BrKQdKiSmUQ&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/BIS-to-set-up-office-in-Goa/articleshow/7315456.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php --- NEW BOOK: 'PATRIOTISM IN ACTION: Goans in Indias Defence Services' Copies now available at: GOA: Literati (2277740), Other India (2263306), Broadway (6647038), Mandovi (2427904), Noel DSilva & Associates (9823120454 / 9096781714), Confidant / Golden Heart Emp (2732450), David & Co (2730326), Vardaan (9527463684) SERV / RETD Def Offrs in Goa: O/o Sainik Co-op Hse Bldg Sty, Def Col, Porvorim (2417288) MUMBAI: David & Co (22019010) PUNE: Manneys (26131683), Popular (25678327) BENGALURU: Narayan (22865800) DELHI: Ritana (24617278) ONLINE (worldwide delivery): http://www.ritanabooks.com/booksdistri.htm, http://goa1556.goa-india.org ---
