For some time now, given my perchance to collect Goa-related books and trying to keep some track of what Goans elsewhere do, I had know about the journalist Anthony Mascarenhas, and the pioneering role he played in 'breaking' the Bangladesh story. It was a story affecting the lives of millions!
But it was only today that I got a chance to read the 1971 (online) issues of The Sunday Times in London, where his story was broken. While reading the Bangladesh genocide blog (there is some debate over the number of people actually killed (was it three million or less?), one came across scanned images of Mascarenhas' original reports. See http://www.docstrangelove.com/uploads/1971/foreign/19710613_tst_genocide_front_page.pdf and http://www.docstrangelove.com/uploads/1971/foreign/19710613_tst_genocide_center_page.pdf Quite a story! Just last week, the Goan Voice UK (in London) was highlighting the role played by a Goan tailor in discovering the Tanzanite precious stone in East Africa. There must be dozens or hundreds of scattered Goans who have done all kinds of amazing feats, which we are still to adequately understand and appreciate. We discussed the writing of Anthony Mascarenhas earlier on Goanet. But would be grateful if anyone could put me in touch with his family. Strange that Goa has so many big names in the field of journalism -- (the late) Frank Moraes, Ivan Fera, late Samar Halarnkar, Anthony Mascarenhas, and many others even while our state has long lacked formal training in journalism. Eugene may correct me, because I'm sure to have made some errors or exclusions above. But the point is that Goa University is only *now* talking about promises of starting some training in journalism here (the few institutions that run are basically self-funded, non-aided training centres which places a higher fee-burden on students). Rgds, FN -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org Blog: http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com Tech links from South Asia: http://twitter.com/fn
