The Wagle's Goan Jaunt - excerpt from Mango Mood By Sharmila Kamat, Rupa Books, 2010

 The Wagles' Goan Jaunt - a spoof written during the airing of the original Wagle ki Duniya that was shown on Doordarshan from 1988-1990. 

This is a fictional account of the Wagles' going to Goa for a vacation. This is when Raju and Manoj, the Wagle sons, were young boys. 

In the new Wagle ki Duniya - Nayi Peedhi, Naye Kissey, Raju, now a householder with two children of his own, wants to go to Goa for a holiday with his parents, wife and children. His plan is stymied when he injures his foot. 

 Still, what if things turned out different and the Wagles travelled to Goa for sun, sea, sands and  serenity?

Would things be different this time around?

Here is a look at what happened on the last Goan Holiday:

 

 Illustration: Naguesh Sardessai

 

 

 

It's all about making a choice by Sharmila Kamat- Sunday Herald Articulations

https://www.deccanherald.com/sunday-herald/sunday-herald-articulations/it-s-all-about-making-a-choice-815676.html

The power and the passion : The music of Kishori Amonkar

Music is a manifestation of feelings that are unseen and untouched; only classical music has the power to sustain, Kishori Amonkar tells Sharmila Kamat (FEMINA magazine, March 15, 1998 and on femina.in)


http://www.femina.in/celebs/indian/the-power-and-the-passion-43938.html

A rare interview of Kishori Amonkar by Sharmila Kamat (FEMINA, MArch 15, 1998)

 

Story on femina.in

Liberalism's Annus Horribilis by Sharmila Kamat, The Hindu Jan 2, 2017

 

 

The year bleeding hearts went out of fashion

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/article16979270.ece

On hypochondria and how one inevitably falls victim to it

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/272518/medical-mystery.html

Monkey See and Monkey Do

In those days, the country was still young and humble. So were its monkeys. The little rhesus monkeys who had made South Block their base minded their own business, steering clear of the babus who hustled files up and down the august corridors.

In later years, as the country assumed its natural role as the leader of the developing world, some of its confidence rubbed off on the primates.

They became increasingly aggressive. If India’s talks with its neighbour, usually Pakistan, were not to their liking, they swung down from the trees and screeched their disapproval. Occasionally, they lay in wait for the under secretary drafting the final communiqué and dropped a large object – a flowerpot or a brick – on his head. If a file included a decision to which they objected, they snatched it from the babu’s hands, strewing its contents all over the floor.

As long as they picked on the small fry, the mayhem proceeded uninterrupted. Unfortunately, they became ambitious. Bored with pulling out power cords of office desktops and snatching lunch-boxes from passing attendants, they headed off to Rashtrapati Bhavan to check out the scene in the most prominent address in the country.

That was a gross error of judgment. The Government was compelled to deal with this threat to its internal security. A team of langurs was recruited to police and control the smaller-sized simians. Their reward - a monthly salary paid in luscious yellow bananas.

Read more about the mokey business that erupted in Goa just before and soon after its Liberation from Portugal and its joining India as New Delhi had just completed one war (Goa's Liberation) while about to be dragged in another (the India-China conflict) in

Short Takes Long Memories by Prabhakar Kamat and Sharmila Kamat

Available at:
http://www.amazon.com/Short-Takes-Long-Memories-Kamat/dp/8129118211
http://www.rupapublications.co.in/client/Book/Short-Takes-Long-Memories.aspx

after reading some of the reviews like

http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/short-takes-long-memories/13/18503/s

and elsewhere in http://shortsnipz.blogpspot.com

Danse Macabre - The Times of India by Sharmila Kamat

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/Danse-macabre/articleshow/12693593.cms

The doctor is in - Times of India by Sharmila Kamat

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/The-doctor-is-in/articleshow/12598587.cms

Prabhakar Kamat's book Short Takes Long Memories co-written with Sharmila Kamat on Amazon

http://www.amazon.ca/Short-Takes-Memories-Sharmila-Kamat/dp/8129118211

Available on Amazon: Short Takes Long Memories by Prabhakar Kamat and Sharmila Kamat

http://www.amazon.com/Short-Takes-Long-Memories-Kamat/dp/8129118211

Video of the release of Prabhakar Kamat"s Short Takes long Memories co-authored by Sharmila Kamat

Goa LitFest, Goa International Center, Dona Paula, Goa on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Goa's Liberation from Portuguese rule

Books recommended by DNA

http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/slideshow_book-shelf_1588699-4#top

On being asked to donate money for charity - almost at gun point!

On ER, Health care and being Completely Informed while sick

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/207491/wellness-woes.html

A ringside view of Goa’s passage to India after 451 years adrift in the Ultramar Português:  http://tinyurl.com/7lcux2o

Of men, matters and madcap capers in the part of India that once spoke with a Portuguese accent: http://tinyurl.com/6o53eby

Tandemoments

My interview with Indian fusion group Colonial Cousins written for Femina that 'miraculously' made it into the Sunday Mirror, Lanka

At the start of this sorry fable were the Reds, the Yanks and the Afghan people

in The Hindu Open Page

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/article2521197.ece

Universe expansion accelerating; Interview of Nobel Physics Prize 2011 by Sharmila Kamat in New Scientist

The real merit of the book is showcased through the understanding of history, geography and polity

Short Takes Long Memories reviewed in The Sunday Indian

http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/short-takes-long-memories/13/18503/

His liberal use of his knowledge of languages adds colour and character to the narration

Read it here: