Acing the Athletic Track at 80+, 91
By Pamela D’Mello Posted on 3 June 2026 This article on veteran/masters Goan athlete Maria Imelda de Sousa was written and published in Dignity Dialogue magazine in October 2014, when she was nearly eighty years old. On 31 May 2026, a 91-year-old Maria Imelda showed…
“I guess I happened to be at the right place at the right time.” Mario Miranda (1926-2011)
Pamela D’Mello First appeared in Sunday Midday, Mumbai in February 2011, based on an interview conducted in January 2011, several months before his passing in December 2011. Reposted here on 7 May 2026, on the occasion of the Mario Miranda centenary celebrations. At a recent launch…
Sister Noemia de Souza: Educator, Administrator, Religious
Carving a separate niche from her more famous siblings — former Goa chief minister Dr Wilfred de Souza, and Jesuit institution builder and management educator Fr Romualdo de Souza, SJ —- Sister Noemia de Souza has walked her own impactful path. She was one of…
The Art of Angelo da Fonseca: Life, Times, Context
ANGELO DA FONSECA — the Poona-based artist, renowned for Indianising Christian icons, and painting the Madonna in the Indian revivalist neo-Bengal art styles of Santiniketan — is back in the public consciousness with two recent exhibitions of his work in Goa, and a handsome new…
“I have been obsessed with death, since I was a child”
BINA NAYAK — graphic designer in the Mumbai advertising world, creative director of Goa based ad-agency Slip Disc, and co-founder of the “Battle of the Bands” live rock band competition, that ran for fifteen years in North Goa —- tells Goa Journal the intriguing backstories…