Where can I get this anthology? Anywhere in Vasco is better for me. Or, need to ask Dogears
Eugene On Sun, Feb 11, 2024, 11:53 a.m. Eugene Correia <[email protected]> wrote: > Oops, sorry that I thought "Belonging" is a title of a book. Rereading the > post, I realize it's a subject of GALF talks. I was checking the website or > news in a paper on GALF and I didn't find any "Goan" mentioned. I would > again on the website to check, but would welcome if VM or someone posts a > link to the writers/authors, etc who are taking part at GALF. > > Eugene > > > > On Sun, Feb 11, 2024 at 11:45 AM Eugene Correia <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> The youth-ki-awaaz says the review is "self-published" and doesn't say it >> is responsible for the views. That's a surprise. Yesterday, I attended the >> launch of Becoming Goa and heard the author, Michele Mendonca Bambewale, >> gives the background to what made her write the "home-coming" book >> She said she was born in Pune and lived in many places, including >> Bombay, Dubai, Bangkok and London before come back to her native Siolim. I >> just started reading the book and I feel Michelle had 'rediscovered' >> herself. I feel once a Goan always a Goan and if we are "wanderers of the >> world" or words to that effect, we cannot lose the "Goanness" in us. >> I was told by a NIO scientist that I am not a "Goan" as I was born in >> Bombay but my father was since he was born in Portuguese Goa. It made me >> raise my eyebrows, coming from an educated man. These are types of people >> who raised walls among Goans. >> I will get the full picture of Michelle's self-diagnosis on this vexing >> subject. >> I saw another title, don't remember it fully, but the word 'belonging" is >> in the tile. I have to buy the book, and sure that it's available at one of >> Goa's bookstores. This sudden awareness maybe due to the crisis in the >> political climate of Goa that is stil debating the "Portuguese Goan" issue. >> Trying to seize back our roots, so to say, seems a new game or a new >> subject that writers want to explore. >> it's a interesting topic in the century when the very identity of who is >> a "Goan" seems uppermost in the minds of those searching for an answer. >> >> Eugene Correia >> >> On Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 6:00 PM 'Selma Carvalho' via The Goa Book Club < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear Patricia, >>> >>> Oh gosh, much blushing but ever so grateful for your feedback. The best >>> feedback is the unscripted variety. Much gratitude and hope to meet you at >>> Dogears or GALF. >>> >>> Warm wishes, >>> Selma >>> >>> On Saturday, 10 February 2024 at 08:35:43 GMT, 'Devika Sethi' via The >>> Goa Book Club <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Amazon delivered the book yesterday, Friday Feb 9, and I devoured it >>> the very same day. I simply could not put it down. Absolutely brilliant >>> Selma. Your capacity to weave poetry and rhapsody into a narrative is >>> truly astounding. >>> Congratulations and warm regards, >>> Patricia Pereira-Sethi >>> >>> >>> >>> ******************************************************************************************** >>> >>> On Friday, February 9, 2024 at 05:02:52 PM GMT+5:30, 'Selma Carvalho' >>> via The Goa Book Club <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Overall, Selma Carvalho’s ‘Notes On A Marriage’ is a masterful work that >>> reaffirms her place in the literary firmament. The novel’s mellow, poetic >>> prose captures the essence of a marriage with tenderness and wisdom. >>> >>> I would recommend this book to everyone who enjoys reading literary >>> fiction, contemporary or otherwise. 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