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The Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter can be accessed at 22:30 GMT daily at
http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/
Goa Taxis: No date set to enforce meter system
18 Jan: The Navhind Times. The government today said that it had set no date
to enforce the meter system on tourist taxis ... The announcement comes as
a surprise, in view of the January 4 announcement made by the Deputy Chief
Minister and Tourism Minister, Dr Wilfred de Sousa, at an interactive
session with non-resident Indians attending the third Gomant Vishwa Sammelan
that "the government would install fare meter on every tourist taxi, in one
month". http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=011833
Abbé Faria: Father of Hypnosis
17 Jan: Daily News & Analysis. Hypnosis is widely used today for pain
management and emotional trauma therapy. But a Goan, José Custodio de Faria,
or Abbé Faria (1756-1819), laid its scientific foundations.
http://dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1008032&CatID=19
Conservative heading for victory in Canadian Elections
17 Jan: The Daily Telegraph (UK). Canada's Conservatives appear to be
steaming towards a historic general election victory, opinion polls have
predicted. With less than a week until polling day on Jan 23, yesterday
every survey showed that the party that has been out of power for more than
a decade is poised to crush the ruling Liberals headed by Paul Martin, the
prime minister.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/01/17/wcanada17.xml&sSheet=/portal/2006/01/17/ixportal.html
Italian guitarist Piero Bonaguri will hold classes in Goa. By Pamela
D'Mello
18 Jan: Asian Age. Acclaimed Italian classical guitarist Piero Bonaguri is
scheduled to hold a series of masterclasses and workshops as part of a
first-ever International Classical Guitar Festival and national level
competition in Goa next month ... The international festival also brings in
German guitarist Roger Zimmermann ... 253 words.
http://www.asianage.com/main.asp?layout=2&cat1=2&cat2=30&newsid=203419&RF=DefaultMain
Goa tops enrolment in rural schools
17 Jan: WebIndia123.com. Goa has beaten the 100 per cent literate Kerala to
record the lowest number of children out of school in villages. Only 0.3 per
cent of all children in the tiny coastal state do not go to school compared
to 1.6 per cent of Kerala's, says a new national survey.
http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=222551&cat=India
India's contradictory faces
16 Jan: The East African. Kenyan Asian writer Rasna Warah visits India: I
was in Goa and the holy man demanded 50 rupees for taking his photo. Later,
Tony, my Goan taxi driver, informed me that both the holy man and his holy
elephant were fake. In fact, I was lucky I got away with paying just 50
rupees; most tourists had to part with four times that amount for just one
shot. "He comes every day and sits in the same spot," explained Tony. "He
is not a sadhu, he is a businessman." Like all business people, he added,
the sadhu also pays taxes - to the local police in the form of bribes and to
the forestry department, who for some reason have allowed an elephant to
wander around the beaches of Goa, perhaps in the name of tourism. 1775
words
http://www.nationmedia.com/eastafrican/current/Magazine/mag160120062.htm
Passage around India
14 Jan: The Times (UK). By Amrit Dhillon With fares cheaper than train
tickets in many cases, some of the 15 million Indians who travel on the
railways every day can now afford to fly. A flight from Delhi to Bombay
could be the price of a cheap lunch in London - £33 or so ... Visitors can
stretch their budgets, too. Anyone on a charter flight to Goa would think
twice about spending the second week exploring India. The internal flights
were more expensive than getting to Goa. Now they are flying to Bangalore,
Madras, Delhi or Rajasthan ... The only concern is the decrepit state of
Indian airports. Tourists can find it impossible to get a seat in the
departure lounge because it now resembles - yes, you guessed it - a railway
platform. 1097 words.
http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,24630-1982758_1,00.html
Sir Menzies Campbell pips Seraphino Antao (1964)
14 Jan: Various UK newspapers featured Sir Menzies Campbell who is standing
for the election for Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party following the
resignation of Charles Kennedy. Campbell is a former athlete and the
photograph with the article showed the finish of 1964 AAA 220 yards
championship at White City, London, with Menzies Campbell pipping Seraphino
Antao at the post. See the results table at
http://www.gbrathletics.co.uk/bc/aaa.htm
For the GVUK Seraphino Antao profile see
http://goanvoice.org.uk/supplement/SeraphinoAntao.htm
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