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[Frederick Noronha]

 

 

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[Steve R E Pereira]

http://southerncrossings.com.au/arts-and-culture/we-are-all-birds-of-uganda-by-hafsa-zayyan-a-reflection/

 

 

  

I acknowledge the traditional owners whose lands I live and work and pay my respects and support to their Elders, past, present, and emerging.

 

 

[Jeanne Hromnik]

Btw it should be 'a reflection on Hafsa Zayyan etc'.

xx

On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 6:57 PM Jeanne Hromnik <jeanne...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Steve

Thank you for this review. Are you indeed an East African Asian (like me)?

I have read your stories in the Joao Roque Literary Journal with great interest. And more. You are a wonderful writer, and I ascribe that, in part, to the Australian environment. What is it about Australia that produces great actors and directors and writers? The Asia Pacific issue of JRLJ is a case in point.

Anyway, I just wanted to thank you and to ask you if you have read Sana Aiyar's Indians in Kenya. It solved a lot of my Kenya identity issues and made me realise what a different sense of belonging to Kenya I have as compared with, for example, my father.

Best wishes

Jeanne

PS. I hope I've got the right Steve Pereira :-)

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[Jeanne Hromnik]

Dear Steve

Thank you for this review. Are you indeed an East African Asian (like me)?

I have read your stories in the Joao Roque Literary Journal with great interest. And more. You are a wonderful writer, and I ascribe that, in part, to the Australian environment. What is it about Australia that produces great actors and directors and writers? The Asia Pacific issue of JRLJ is a case in point.

Anyway, I just wanted to thank you and to ask you if you have read Sana Aiyar's Indians in Kenya. It solved a lot of my Kenya identity issues and made me realise what a different sense of belonging to Kenya I have as compared with, for example, my father.

Best wishes

Jeanne

PS. I hope I've got the right Steve Pereira :-)

On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 12:15 PM Steve R E Pereira <perei...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Eugene Correia]

Jeanne, Steve RE Pereira is a Canadian and now settled in Australia. He was very much involved in the producing and holding of Desh Pradesh (Home and Abroad) show of South Asians in the 90s, if I remember the period correctly. As one who was in the field of theatre arts, I remember Stev, perhaps with another Goan, a play. The Desh Pradesh was largely the effort of the queer community of South Asians. If's unfortunate that the annual festival had to be shut down. Nice to know that. moving to Australia, Steve is doing his theatrical stuff. 

Eugene Correia

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[Jeanne Hromnik]

Dear Eugene

Steve has written me the most beautiful message in response to my beautiful message to him.

I hope he will appear more often on this site.

All best

Jeanne

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[Steve R E Pereira]

 

Hi  Eugene,

 

Yes, I am the Steve Pereira of Desh Pardesh and I also produced and directed the play It’s A Goan Thing which we did to celebrate the 25^th Anniversary of the GOA in Toronto. I think we met a couple of times, if my memory is correct. I moved to Melbourne, Australia over 20 years ago now. Yes, its a pity the festival didn’t last but it was very much a product of the time and place.

 

Hope you and family are safe and well and well done on the Book club. I really enjoy the exchange of information.

 

Cheers

Steve

 

 

  

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[Eugene Correia]

Hi Steve,

We did meet a couple of times, and I did watch It’s a Goan Thing, and I remember having is flyer. I knew about you going to Melbourne. As you rightly said, Desh Pradesh was right for the times. Another Goan who I met frequently was Nelson Carvalho, and haven’t seen him for years. Remember many of the key players of the festival, and one name that comes immediately to mind is of Rachel James, the artist. 

I also remember another Goan, though forgets her name, but she was daughter of the famous artist Alex Tavares, if I got his name right.

Seeing your name on this forum, it just struck that you are the Steve of Desh Pradesh fame. Yes, the forum does provide lot of information, besides critical appreciation, and, at times, interesting debate.

Were you not writing short stories?

Hope you are safe, and nice exchanging notes.

Eugene

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[AF P]

SAVAC created a mini site for Desh Pardesh...

There were quite a few people with Goan backgrounds involved, scroll down for the list. The original concept expanded to become more of a contemporary South Asian arts umbrella...the visual artists and curators started an active sister org South Asian Visual Arts Collective (SAVAC) ..it's still around today...

https://savac.net/collection/desh-pardesh/

Rachel Kalpana James is not Goan if I recall....maybe I'm mistaken

http://www.rachelkalpanajames.com/cv.html

Albert Peres

On Thursday, September 16, 2021, Eugene Correia <eugene....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Steve,
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> We did meet a couple of times, and I did watch It’s a Goan Thing, and I remember having is flyer. I knew about you going to Melbourne. As you rightly said, Desh Pradesh was right for the times. Another Goan who I met frequently was Nelson Carvalho, and haven’t seen him for years. Remember many of the key players of the festival, and one name that comes immediately to mind is of Rachel James, the artist. 
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> I also remember another Goan, though forgets her name, but she was daughter of the famous artist Alex Tavares, if I got his name right.
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> Seeing your name on this forum, it just struck that you are the Steve of Desh Pradesh fame. Yes, the forum does provide lot of information, besides critical appreciation, and, at times, interesting debate.
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> Were you not writing short stories?
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> Hope you are safe, and nice exchanging notes.
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> Eugene
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> On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 10:32 PM Steve R E Pereira <perei...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi  Eugene,
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>> Yes, I am the Steve Pereira of Desh Pardesh and I also produced and directed the play It’s A Goan Thing which we did to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the GOA in Toronto. I think we met a couple of times, if my memory is correct. I moved to Melbourne, Australia over 20 years ago now. Yes, its a pity the festival didn’t last but it was very much a product of the time and place.
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>> Hope you and family are safe and well and well done on the Book club. I really enjoy the exchange of information.
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>> Cheers
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>> Steve
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>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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>> From: Eugene Correia
>> Sent: Thursday, 16 September 2021 1:29 AM
>> To: goa-bo...@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: [GOABOOKCLUB] A Reflection of Hafsa Zayyan's We Are All Birds of Uganda
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>> Jeanne, Steve RE Pereira is a Canadian and now settled in Australia. He was very much involved in the producing and holding of Desh Pradesh (Home and Abroad) show of South Asians in the 90s, if I remember the period correctly. As one who was in the field of theatre arts, I remember Stev, perhaps with another Goan, a play. The Desh Pradesh was largely the effort of the queer community of South Asians. If's unfortunate that the annual festival had to be shut down. Nice to know that. moving to Australia, Steve is doing his theatrical stuff. 
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>> Eugene Correia
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>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 3:59 PM Jeanne Hromnik <jeanne...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Btw it should be 'a reflection on Hafsa Zayyan etc'.
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>> xx
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>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 6:57 PM Jeanne Hromnik <jeanne...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Dear Steve
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>> Thank you for this review. Are you indeed an East African Asian (like me)?
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>> I have read your stories in the Joao Roque Literary Journal with great interest. And more. You are a wonderful writer, and I ascribe that, in part, to the Australian environment. What is it about Australia that produces great actors and directors and writers? The Asia Pacific issue of JRLJ is a case in point.
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>> Anyway, I just wanted to thank you and to ask you if you have read Sana Aiyar's Indians in Kenya. It solved a lot of my Kenya identity issues and made me realise what a different sense of belonging to Kenya I have as compared with, for example, my father.
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Jeanne
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>> PS. I hope I've got the right Steve Pereira :-)
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>> On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 12:15 PM Steve R E Pereira <perei...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> http://southerncrossings.com.au/arts-and-culture/we-are-all-birds-of-uganda-by-hafsa-zayyan-a-reflection/
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[Steve R E Pereira]

HI Eugene,

 

Nelson is still around, I am in touch with him and we catch up when I visit Canada.

 

Rachel James and Sheila James (her sister) were both involved in Desh but they are not Goans – they originate from South India –

 

Alex Tavares, daughter is Natasha, and I’m in touch with her as well. She is a teacher in Northern Ontario (somewhere remote) and is doing well.

 

I am writing short stories and plays here, working in community arts. – my website is linked to the logo below for your reference.

 

It’s good to be connected to the Global Goan network. Australia can be a bit isolating.

 

All the best

http://southerncrossings.com.au/arts-and-culture/we-are-all-birds-of-uganda-by-hafsa-zayyan-a-reflection/

 

 

  

I acknowledge the traditional owners whose lands I live and work and pay my respects and support to their Elders, past, present, and emerging.

 

 

To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-book-club/CAJhbo_61K8GKaOYci39Dr1PWMLTLhQhj%3D1%2BdF%2BgD%2BL4s7bD07A%40mail.gmail.com.

[Eugene Correia]

Albert, yes Rachael is not Goan. I knew her well and met her quiet often during the Desh-Pardesh time and after. I forget her sister's name. She was very much involved with SAVAC. Don't know if the body still exists. It used to hold visual arts shows. If I remember correctly, SAVAC came into a full-fledged group after Desh-Pardesh closed down. 

Eugene

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[Eugene Correia]

Rachel's sister is Sheila James, and, I think, she's into theatre arts. Some of the names under the Desh Pardesh menu are of those writers, such as Vassanji, Shani Moottoo, Ondantje, are those who read from their works. The South Asian community is Toronto haven't seen anything like Desh Pradesh. 

Eugene

[Eugene Correia]

Steve, thanks for the info. I will try and get in touch with Rachael. I used to visit SAVAC at Richmond Street, and don't know if it still exists there. The sisters were probably from Kerela or Hyderabad. Good that you are still in touch with your Toronto friends. There's not much social activity in the South Asia community now. Perhaps, the new adults are too busy in their personal lives. The old guards of keeping South Asian activities alive are now old and tired. Unfortunately, the new generations hasn't the will nor the inclination to take over or venture into new social activities.

Eugene

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[Frederick Noronha]

This conversation could be carried on at the personal level, as the issue seems to be getting too niche and hard to follow for many of us. If others have a different suggestion, it's welcome. FN

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