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An era of medical history ended on November 24, 2006 when Dr.
Joe de Mello closed his medical practice in the west Toronto
area. Dr. Joe served as a family physician for 35 years and
was the founder of the Lakeshore Medical & Professional Centre
at 3170 Lakeshore Blvd West.
Known as Dr. Joe in Canada, he was born Assumption Joseph de
Mello in Kenya, and went to Dr. Ribeiro Goan School, Nairobi,
(Class of ’57). He received his medical training at King’s
College Hospital Medical School, London, England, and was one
of the first Goan family physicians in the Greater Toronto
Area. He served on the Staff of St. Joseph’s Health Centre.
Toronto and Trillium Health Centre, Mississauga.
His practice brought quality medical care to the depressed and
neglected New Toronto Area as it was then. He developed a
special interest in the non-surgical treatment of varicose and
spider veins, and also undertook eye examinations for those
needing eye glasses. He played a pivotal role in establishing
the Lakeshore Village Walk-In Medical Clinic – delivering much
needed prompt health care to area residents.
Dr. Joe was also appointed Medical Examiner to Citizenship and
Immigration Canada, and to the Workplace Safety and Insurance
Board of Ontario.
In his retirement, Dr. Joe will assiduously continue studying
the piano, an activity he took on late in life to fully
exercise his mind as he says. He will continue practicing
medicine part-time in his Walk-In Clinic, and doing Eye
Examinations.
Dr. Joe & his wife Madeline have made regular trips to Goa for
over 20 years every December, to visit his parents. His late
father, Mr. Pascoal de Mello, served in the Kenya Government
Administration and received the M.B.E. in 1963. (See
publication A Life Well Spent – by Teresa Albuquerque
http://www.goacom.com/village/anjuna/demello/chapter17.html)
His mother, Mrs.Esmeralda de Mello (86), the matriarch of the
family, resides in the family home in De Mello Vaddo in Anjuna.
Dr. Joe’s three brothers are also well known in the community;
Tim – A pioneer on the Goa Internet scene, -Raymond’s band Les
Ombres, well known in entertainment circles, and Stan, a
Social Science Professor on the West Coast.
Historical Note:
The Internet was introduced to the Toronto Goan Community in
1995 at a meeting held in 1995 in the Board Room of Dr. de
Mello’s medical building. An account of this meeting is
archived at:
http://www.goanvoice.ca/2005/issue18/Maurice
Gracias letter.pdf
Following the meeting in 1995, a simple survey was taken of
the audience to ascertain how many saw the Internet as a boon
and would be willing to try it out. There were no takers!!! |
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Mrs.
Maria “Jane” Braganza Celebrates 95th Birthday
 December
2nd. 2006 was a milestone year in the life of Maria Braganza,
better known as, "Jane" to family and close friends. To
capture this momentous occasion a small party was held in her
honor at Cawthra Gardens, Mississauga, and the home of Maria.
In attendance were her three daughters, Juliet Rebello
(Mississauga), Isabel Harvey (UK) and Dolly Vienna
(Mississauga), her grandchildren and her 4 great
grandchildren, and some of her close friends. Maria joined her
friends in a sing-along of both Konkani and English songs.
All, especially Maria, had a good time. |
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Goan Hip Hop Artist from Toronto
Graham D'Souza aka Camoflauge, is a Goan
Hip Hop Artist from Toronto, Canada. His music is becoming
well known and grown in the youth community, especially the
South Asian community. We are working hard to promoting him
and getting him exposure in Toronto and outside to the US &
UK. The attachment is one of the famous track in the city,
which you might be familiar with. Give it a hear, visit his
website, check out his music video and sound bite.
http://www.myspace.com/camoflaugetoronto |
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Reflected in Water: Writings on Goa
Edited by
Jerry Pinto
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Published by Penguin Books India
• Published: November 2006
• Imprint: Penguin
• Special Price: Rs 395.00
• Cover Price: Rs 395.00
• ISBN: 0143100815
• Edition: Paperback
• Format: Demy
• Extent: 312pp
• Classification: Anthologies
• Rights: World
Excerpt
Reflected in Water is a collection of essays, poems, stories
and extracts from published works that bring to life both the
natural beauty and the changing social and political ethos of
India's smallest state. From Mario Cabral e Sa's delightful
take on the earliest Portuguese women to come to India to Gita
Mehta's description of hippies at Calangute, from Alexander
Frater's mesmerizing account of Goa in the monsoon to Manohar
Malgonkar's ode to the Mangeshi temple, this anthology
celebrates the irreverent and the sacred in equal measure.
Teotonia R. de Souza's profile of the little-known ‘opium
smuggler who tried to liberate Goa' is as captivating as
Frederick Noronha's portrait of Abbé Faria, eighteenth-century
priest, mesmerist and revolutionary, and one of the region's
most famous sons. While Antoine Lewis fleshes out Goa's
culinary delights, Frank Simoes pays a tribute to feni, the
quintessential spirit of the place. Naresh Fernandes's
obsessive search for the elusive humerus of St Francis Xavier
echoes Vivek Menezes's quest for a painting by F.N. Souza,
arguably the greatest painter the state has produced. And
various aspects of Goa's history and society, arts and
architecture engage the interest of writers as diverse as
William Dalrymple and Graham Greene, Maria Couto and Armando
Menezes.
Insightful essays, intense poetry and evocative fiction, as
alluring as the place they describe, make Reflected in Water
redolent of the very essence of Goa. |
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