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A level playing field? Sport and racism

by admin | Apr 17, 2012 | Africa, Colonialism, Goa, Indians, Inequalities, Migration, Multiculturalism, Power relations, Racism

At the weekend it was my parents’ wedding anniversary. They got married in Dar es Salaam and one of the distinguishing features of their wedding was the hockey stick “guard of honour” that their friends created for them outside the church after the...

All of me meets here, an alchemy of parts – Negotiating my identities in New Zealand

by admin | Feb 25, 2012 | Africa, Colonialism, Goa, Indians, Migration, Writing

Originally published in:  DeSouza, R. (2011). ‘All of me meets here, an alchemy of parts’ – Negotiating my identities in New Zealand. In P. Voci & J. Leckie (Eds.), Localizing Asia in Aotearoa (pp. 231-245). Wellington: Dunmore Publishing. He could not see that i...

Are we there yet?

by admin | Oct 3, 2011 | Africa, Colonialism, Goa, Indians, Migration, Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi, Writing

This piece was originally published at Tangatawhenua.com http://news.tangatawhenua.com/archives/14051 On October 3rd 2011 as part of the series: Are we there yet? These articles are being written as a prelude to the election in November, and focus on the ‘wish list’...

A view from a Goan in Aotearoa/New Zealand

by admin | Nov 30, 2009 | Africa, Colonialism, Goa, Indigenous, Migration, Racism, Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi, Writing

The ocean is what we have in common: Relationships between indigenous and migrant people. This piece was previously published in the Goanet Reader: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 Legend has it that Lord Parashuram (Lord Vishnu’s sixth incarnation) shot an arrow into the...

Shifting Out the Sweetness: Migrant Motherhood in New Zealand

by admin | Apr 7, 2007 | Goa, Maternity, Migration, Women

DeSouza, R. (2007). Sifting out the sweetness: Migrant motherhood in New Zealand. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Reproduction, Childbearing and Motherhood: A Cross-Cultural Perspective (pp. 239-251). New York: Nova Science Publishers. Abstract Migration leads to...

The ultimate engagement of life: Being mentally healthy

by admin | Mar 11, 2007 | Goa, Mental health, Migration, Multiculturalism

Published in (2007) Asian Magazine, 4. I came across a wonderful definition of health by Jesse Williams in 1928 the other day in a book that I was reading. Williams defines health as being “the optimal condition of being that allows for the ultimate engagement...
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