Monday, January 24, 2011

Workflow Writing post announcing Mango Mood review by Galley Cat

Recommending Mango Mood - The Hungry reader

"Today’s world is full of turmoil and tensions. A casual glance at a newspaper makes us realise that murder and mayhem reigns supreme across the globe. Internecine conflicts, regional tensions and the threat of terrorism have combined to make world peace a distant dream. We are fortunate, therefore, to have writers like Sharmila Kamat who, through their witty writings, make us laugh despite all these depressing realities."

Read the rest of the posting on Mango Mood at

http://thehungryreader.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/mango-mood-by-sharmila-kamat/

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Mango Mood publicized in Tehelka magazine

Featured in Rupa Publications' Book of the Month in Tehelka magazine in the issue date January 15, 2011

Story on Mango Mood in Goa Today magazine

An article on the publication of Mango Mood By Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. in the January issue of Goa Today magazine, the well known publication chronicling events in Goa and in the Goan diaspora with a readership based not just in the state but among the expat Goan community across the world.

An extract:
 “A Goan Pot-Pourrie” concerns itself with all things Goan – from the melee that follows the arrival of the first crop of Mancurados to the vegetable market to the game of musical chairs that passes for democracy in amchem Goem. It beams approvingly at the extraordinary leap in the number of wordsmiths penning tomes on Goan history even as it purses its lips in disapproval at the urge to purge Goa of its green and shining shawl shown by wannabe real estate pashas who are then driven by an equally strong urge to splurge the self-same riches on the many floating gaming houses on the River Mandovi."

Read all about it in the January 2011 issue of Goa Today

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Some reviews of Mango Mood posted on egully


Gr8 Holiday Read – Rating 5 Product rating

  1. Posted by Adrian Whitehouse30th Dec 2010
    A fun book with a strong social message that is hugely humorous without being preachy. Terrific wit! Just what the doc ordered for the holiday season!

  2. A Book for all Seasons – Rating 5 Product rating

    Posted by Unknown29th Dec 2010
    The great French dramatist, Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais once wrote, I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep. On going through the book, Mango Mood, one gets the impression that the author, Sharmila Kamat, too, subscribes to the same philosophy.

    Indeed, Sharmila Kamat has an inborn flair for light satire. She has wielded her pen with ease to depict the foibles and weaknesses of human nature without hurting the feelings of the subjects of her pieces. From her writings, one gets the impression that she would like to see a change for the better from those entrusted with the destinies of the common man.

    Her pieces on our society are lighthearted on the surface but, on closer observation, serve as pertinent comments on the way of life in our country. Besides making us chuckle, they arouse our conscience and set us thinking about what we would have dismissed as everyday realities.

    From her articles, one concludes that human behaviour is the same everywhere. The vagaries of human nature are, and will continue to be, a fertile ground for humorous pieces by persons like Sharmila Kamat who possess an observant eye and a witty turn of phrase.

    Today’s world is full of turmoil and tensions. A casual glance at a newspaper makes us realise that murder and mayhem reigns supreme across the globe. Internecine conflicts, regional tensions and the threat of terrorism have combined to make world peace a distant dream. We are fortunate, therefore, to have writers like Sharmila Kamat who, through their witty writings, make us laugh despite all these depressing realities.

    Jean de la Bruyere, a seventeeenth century French essayist and moralist, once wrote, One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all.

    Those who will read Sharmila’s pieces need not have this fear.

    It gives me great pleasure to recommend MANGO MOOD to the reading public.


  3. fun read – Rating 5 Product rating

    Posted by Vineeth G26th Dec 2010
    Series of short pieces commenting on Indian society like political games, Aya Ram and Gaya Rams, bad driving, endless reservations for various 'disadvantaged sections'
    Nice piece on Goa as the choice of lovers down the ages


Goanet News on Mango Mood

From Goanet archives:

[Goanet] Sharmila Kamat's Mango Mood, satirical short pieces from Goa...

Frederick Noronha
Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:59:08 -0800

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http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg71850.html