FN: Frederick Noronha’s blog

Found FilmsAnonymous.com which calls itself a platform for short films and documentaries.. It explains the concept thus: “Short films - though neglected in comparison to full-length feature films, can be as informative as educational, as entertaining as topical as any other medium. Recent developments across the world have established the fact that short films and documentaries can have large appeal and substantial commercial value. We believe that it is about time there was more viewership and interest amongst Indian filmmakers and audiences as well to give short films its due credit.”
Its goal? To bridge the gap between the film industry and short film filmmakers by showcasing their works in an informal ambience, to an audience that can make a difference.

Quote from the CinemaWoman.com website: Ananya Chatterjee Chakraborti is a filmmaker, television journalist, writer and activist based in Calcutta, India. Ananya’s areas of specialisation are Gender and Human Rights. Ananya is a member of Vikalp (an association of film-makers who are opposed to any form of censorship), IAWRT (International Association for Women in Radio and Television, Norway), NWMI (Network for Women in Media, India), Bengal Network and PIPFD (Pakistan Indian People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy).
Has links to documentary films, feature films, activism, etc…

Check out this Infochange Film Forum which has some interesting links to documentary films coming out of India.

Docuwallahs2 is a network that discusses documentary films in India. It was launched in its earlier form of Docuwallahs by Stalin, a film-maker based in Ahmedabad. It is run on the Yahoogroups.com network.
Other groups of film-makers discussing some interesting censorship and alt-documentary related issues are CACDelhi and Vikalp. Quote from Vikalp: Vikalp - Films for Freedom is a platform to defend freedom of expression and to resist censorship..

Here’s Rajan Parrikar’s link to a picture gallery for Kesarbai Kerkar, the Hindustani vocalist from Goa. And if you’re keen to know more about Kerkar, check out Google.
Parrikar explains on his website which he introduced via the Soc.Culture.Indian.Goa Usenet newsgroup of where the pictures come from.
He wrote: “Kesarbai Kerkar was born in the tiny village of Keri (also spelled “Querim”) in the Ponda taluka, about 15 miles due east of Panaji, the capital of Goa. The hamlet, nestled in an area of exquisite, serene beauty, is home to two temples devoted to Vetal and Goddess Sateri. There are two houses in Keri associated with Kesarbai. One is the ancestral house where she was born, whose occupants today are the descendents of her brother, the sarangiya Anant Kerkar. Following a feud with Anant, Kesarbai built another home less than a kilometre away. This second home is now the site of the Surashree Kesarbai Kerkar High School. Both the homes essentially stand in their original state; extension work on the school continues without disturbing the parent structure. I went to Keri on January 5, 2005 and took some pictures. The entire school staff was warm, welcoming and helpful. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge the pictures and to view the slideshow.”

Here’s a site where you can get someone to help you with blood when you desperately need it. Goa listed too. And don’t forget to become a blood donor yourself; otherwise initiatives like this can’t just work!

Check Dr Neil Rangel’s listing of Christian Goan names which he put together and is on a wiki. Some 3000+ already listed. Your help in updating, correcting, adding (and deleting) welcome.

A youngster’s blog which, as of today, carries as his latest entry the story of how he made his film at IFFI-Goa 2004.This is from the unreals by criz blog on Blogger.com itself.

Malaysia newspaper The Star Online reported on Feb 3, 2005 from Petaling Jaya that a “1,000-year-old lost city, possibly older than Angkor Wat in Cambodia and Borobudur in Indonesia, is believed to have been located in the dense jungles of Johor.”
On Usenet newsgroups, someone had commented that “apparently the first Portugese expeditionary force which landed in Malacca several years before the invasion of 1511 were arrested and put into gaol by the Sultan upon the advice of Muslim court advisors from the Indian subcontinent who saw their business interests in Goa taken over by the Portugese. The did not want to see the same happening in Malacca. The Portugese attacked to the rescue of their compatriots and the rest was history.”
Gabriel de Figueiredo from Melbourne (an “ex-Ponjekar ani Lotlekar”) added to this, via Goanet saying: “See also the site of the Malacca Portuguese Eurasian Association, if interested in that part of the world.” Thanks to all for offering the useful links.
Don’t know how effective this is, but here’s the results for links between Malaysia and Portugal.