------------------------------------------------------------------ Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of Mapusa of the 1950s
http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sidB6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Headline: Foreign reporter in fly-over land By: Peg Meier Source: 10 April 2006. Star Tibune (Minneapolis) at http://www.startribune.com/389/story/358435.html Excerpts: For 20 years, Fred de Sam Lazaro has been a St. Paul-based correspondent for public television's "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer." He has reported from some of the poorest and most remote, exotic and dangerous parts of the world De Sam Lazaro was born in India 49 years ago. His father married twice and had six children with each wife. Fred was the 12th. The family name is Portuguese. His father, Bernardino de Sam Lazaro, was from Goa, a tiny Portuguese enclave on India's west coast. Bernardino grew up in poverty with only a third-grade education and became a street musician at 13. His career blossomed in the 1920s and '30s in Shanghai, China, where he manufactured "Sam Lazaro" pianos The family fled Mao's regime in 1951. His mother graduated from medical school in India. She didn't practice in China, but to support the family later in India, she hung up her shingle and started a maternity clinic. More incredible, her son says, she was determined to practice medicine when the two of them moved to California in 1975. "She was bored out of her wits at age 57 or 58 and hadn't realized how expensive it was to live in America," he said. She passed her boards on her first try and hand-wrote letters to the directors of 75 residency programs. Three agreed to accept her, and she chose Warren, Pa., where she worked until shortly before she died Lehrer said that while de Sam Lazaro is valued for the breadth of his knowledge and interests, "his reports from India are particularly special for us because most of the rest of the U.S. journalism world is seldom, if ever, there." For full text, 1203 words, see http://www.startribune.com/389/story/358435.html [Freds parents are from Margao and Mapuca. He lives in Saint Paul with spouse, Kay, and three children. In recognition of his work, Fred was awarded an honorary doctorate by St John's University, in Minnesota]. For the First Holy Communion photo of Fred check out http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/ For the link to some of his reports see. http://www.pbs.org/search/search_results.html?q=Lazaro&btnG.x=10&btnG.y= 2 For the link to some of his reports about India see http://www.saja.org/lazaro.html In particular, check out his report FAVORING BOYS IN INDIA which is available in print, audio and video formats by going to http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/july-dec01/india_boys_8-16.html# Another prominent Goan journalist in the US who comes to mind is Bertram De Souza. The American Journalism Review ran a feature article [3408 words] profiling him. Extracts: De Souza arrived in the United States in 1969, an eager 19-year-old from Kampala, Uganda In 1972, after obtaining his bachelor's degree in journalism at Kansas State University, he lost his home De Souza's parents and sister fled to England, his brother to Canada. Bertram De Souza remained in Kansas He sent out 300 résumés before receiving a call from the Vindicator editor. His opponents have urged him for years to "get on his elephant" and go back to Africa or India. Others privately spew derogatory epithets for Indians. For links to his photo and full text of the article see http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/newsletter/2005/Sept/issue2/ Cheers, Eddie Fernandes _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)