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  A r c h i v e

VOL.3 NO. 2: MAY 2001

EdWords
SUMMER CAPERS: How Goa goes about tackling the sweltering summer with feasts, entertainments, fruits and salt-baths.

Greetings
Merlyn Miranda and Victor Fernandes arrive with more greetings.

GOAspice
A totally new feature with a KONKANI QUIZ, beginnings of a KONKANI-ENGLISH DICTIONARY and some little-known yet interesting things happening in Goa.

Campus
Youth matters.

Cover Story
UNSPORTING, UNGENTLEMANLY: Goa's cricket fans paid to suffer at the hands of corrupt GCA officials and cops at the One-Day International Australia-India cricket match.

Feasts
SEVEN PLUS ONE SIBLINGS: The legend of the Seven Sisters. Have you heard about the "Xempddeanchem Pursanv" at Old Goa?

Environment
Environment takes a severe beating in Goa in various ways.

Personality
Young magician Savio from Calangute has just returned from the Gulf, where he was the only Indian and Goan magician.

People
Goans of all sorts making the meritorious scene. Yeah...read about the LONGEST SUIT ON EARTH...because a Goan was involved in it.

Issues
The Safety Helmet keeps returning to the headlines.

Language
The proceedings of the Konkani Writers' Conference and what we feel about it.

Tiatr
The Kala Academy's annual celebration of the Tiatr Day

ArtNOW
EAST-West: An exquisite exhibition of photographs by Gulbenkian scholar Antonio Julio Duarte at the Fundacao Oriente gallery and other art events.
Crime
CRUEL JOHN: The cruel guy from Calangute who murdered his wife and son and slashed the wrists of his little daughter. 

Goa Books
Goa Books keep coming out.

Entertainment
The Anjuna Fellowship Fete and the Annual Food Festival

Kitchendom
Pavsu matear pavlo mhoje maim, sing Goans as soon as the summer approaches. Joyce Fernandes helps the housewife to prepare for the monsoon, when fish becomes scarce.

Obituary
Remembering fondly those who departed in April.


Overseas
Tribute to the late Amorito Nazareth by Antonio Mascarenhas.

Last Month
That happened recently.


Urba (Konkani Webzine)
He pavtt chodd vachop nam punn Konknni Samelan Goem zalelem tacher thoddo bhov niall ani Romi nagrintlean maimbhaxechi seva zata tacho ul'lekh.

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