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Casa da Moeda Nova Goa: 175 years

Posted in Goa, History on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

HISTORY HOUR
XAVIER CENTRE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH
Cordially invites you to a talk on
Casa da Moeda Nova Goa : 175 years
by
Dr. Luis Dias
Xavier Centre of Historical Research
Alto Porvorim
Thursday, 22nd October 2009
5. 30 pm
Tel: 2417772 ; 2414971
deliom@dataone.in
The heritage building in Panjim, ‘Casa da Moeda’, functioned as a Mint from 1834 [...]

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Haydn Seek!

Posted in Goa, In Print, Music, Photography, Photos, Reviews on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

 Haydn Trio Eisenstadt – a review
 By Dr. Luis Dias
 Harald Kosik, piano
Verena Stourzh, violin
Hannes Gradwohl, cello
 “Architecture is music frozen in place and music is architecture frozen in time”.
A happy marriage of the two took place in the splendid setting of the recently refurbished St Inez church last Saturday evening.
The Haydn Trio Eisenstadt, formed in [...]

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Busking for Musequality & Child’s Play India Foundation

Posted in Goa, Music on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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Victor Manuel Dias: a Renaissance man

Posted in Goa, History, In Print on June 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

 By Dr. Luis Dias
(Published in Herald Sunday Mirror, Goa, 7 June 2009)
11 June marks the 60th death anniversary of a truly remarkable man, Colonel Doctor Victor Manuel Dias, Director of Health Services in pre-Liberation Goa.
His sudden death, at 57, at the peak of his illustrious career, due to a cerebral haemorrhage, in 1949, sent shock [...]

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Why did the snake cross the road?

Posted in Goa, Wild life, environment on May 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »

We’re accustomed to see traffic snaking its way down a busy road….not a snake gliding across it!
Today as I drove down the road between the “Film” circle and the Panjim bus stand, I found that a couple of cars ahead of me had stopped. Was it an accident?
As I peered ahead, a magnificent brown snake came [...]

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In memoriam: Engineer Julio Fleming Dias

Posted in Goa, History, thoughts on May 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Born: 9 Dec 1927 Died: 11 May 2009
Ex President Hewlett Packard, California, USA.
Son of late Eng. Luis Bismarck Dias and late Ilda Rodrigues Dias (Campal).
Husband of Frances.
Brother/brother-in-law of late Elsa/Rui Lopes (Vasco), Maria dos Anjos/late Albert Joanes (Margao), Maria de Lourdes/late Filomena Pereira (Bandra) and Maria Luiza/late Kevin Vaz (Miramar).
He was a prolific inventor. Here [...]

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Let us save our frogs—and ourselves

Posted in Goa, Wild life, environment on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Summer is here, and monsoon winds are already blowing. In a matter of weeks, we in Goa will hopefully hear a familiar sound – the croaking of frogs in the fields and forests as they call to each other during their mating season.
Some of you may remember last year’s campaign to Save the Frog. Recently [...]

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Happy Carnaval!

Posted in Fun, Goa, Photography, Photos on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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Goa has one of the highest literacy rates in the country

Posted in Fun, Goa on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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Yes, we cane!

Posted in Goa on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We had the privilege of having a really skilled artisan in our home. Roopchand has been in Goa for the past 15 years or so, and picked up the cane-weaving art here.
In case you’re wondering what I’m on about, cane-weaving refers to the cane-work on the seats and backs of chairs and other furniture, quite common [...]

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