Sunday, May 22, 2011

Mango Mood: Bringing out different shades and colours of life

 

“On the first day, he is not unduly perturbed, the taste of yesterday’s fish curry is still fresh, on the second day the memory persists-but only just. On third day, no sooner is the idol of Lord Ganesh given a ceremonial immersion than he’s back to where he belongs – in the fish market, making up for the lost time.”
-from the book ‘Mango Mood’

Bringing out different shades and colours of life and society in a book through writing requires serious observation and presentation skill. When the book comes as a collection of writings the reading becomes more interesting. ‘Mango Mood’ is one of the books falls in this category.


Read the entire review of Mango Mood in the Sunday Book Review at Fachcha by Subhadra


A tangy taste of Goan satire: Mango Mood now at

Replug: Mango Mood on Vodafone Crossword Award Long List

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Galley Cat New Books

A ringside view of the passage to India of Goa, the subcontinent’s beach paradise, from prized jewel in the Ultramar Português. Short Takes chronicles the tale of a land caught between the irresistible pull of free India and the immovable obduracy of Salazarist Portugal. The book is based on the reminiscences of diplomat Prabhakar Kamat.

In the late 1940s, the narrator leaves Goa for war-ravaged Europe. Here, his adventures navigating the minefield of culture shocks are tempered with sobering encounters with revolutionaries from Asia and Africa. He returns to a Goa caught in a tug-of-war between free India and an unyielding Lusitania. A blink-and-you-missed-it Indian Army action lets Goa rejoin India and plunge into its hectic, colourful democracy.

Goa’s date with self-rule galvanises Portugal to follow suit.

Short Takes Long Memories now available on books at rediff.com

Showcasing life as it was (and in many ways, still is) in Goa

Down Memory Lane in Goa - Short Takes




An eyewitness account of Growing up Goan in a land caught between the irresistible pull of free India and the immovable object that was the obduracy of the Portuguese authoritarian regime.