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...
by admin | Mar 31, 2012 | Africa, Multiculturalism, Women, Writing
I was honoured to be invited by the African Community Forum Incorporated to attend and speak at an event on March 10th 2012 to celebrate International Women’s Day. I have written elsewhere about my links with East Africa. Briefly, I was born in Tabora Tanzania...
by admin | Sep 9, 2007 | Mental health, Nursing, Professional development
First published in Mindnet Issue 11 – Spring 2007 Recently I’ve come through a series of life changing stresses and learned what true love; friendship and personal strength were about. In particular the words of wise Rabbi Hillel, a Jewish scholar &...
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...
by admin | Jun 11, 2006 | Cultural safety, Inequalities, Mental health, Migration, Racism, Women
First published in Mindnet Issue 6 – Winter 2006 When my family arrived in New Zealand in 1975 there were very few people from Goa living here. We quickly got know every Goan in the country and, in hindsight, this connection provided me with an early interest...
