hello my grand mom in law and Aunty Couto were friends from the time when Mr Couto was in Central services MY grand father in law was at one time the governor of Goa I met Aunty Couto in 2017 at her home is there a way anyone can get me in touch with Veena Couto please
On Friday, January 14, 2022 at 8:09:54 PM UTC+5:30 Valmiki Faleiro wrote: > A sad loss. > More than a writer, author and college lecturer, Maria Aurora Figueiredo > Couto was a diehard daughter of Goa. > Heaven will surely be kind and grant her eternal rest. > v > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 6:14 PM Frederick Noronha <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Maria Aurora Couto >> >> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia >> Jump to navigationJump to search >> Maria Aurora Couto >> Couto at her home in Carona, Aldona in 2015 >> Died14 January 2022 >> Occupation >> Writerprofessor >> >> Notable works >> Goa: A Daughter's StoryFilomena's Journeys >> >> Notable awards Padma Shri (2010) >> >> Maria Aurora Couto (died 14 January 2022) was an Indian writer and >> educationalist from Goa. She was best known for her book Goa: A >> Daughter's Story. She lived in the North Goan village of Aldona. She >> helped start the DD Kosambi Festival of Ideas and has been involved in >> activities of Goa University. >> >> Contents >> >> 1Early life >> 2Career >> 3Personal life and death >> 4Works >> 5Awards >> 6References >> 7External links >> >> Early life[edit] >> >> Couto's family hails from the Roman Catholic Goan community. Her >> parents, Francisco (Chico) Figueiredo and Filomena Borges, were both >> from Salcete. She moved to Dharwad with her parents and six siblings >> when she was a child, in the hope of eliminating her father's >> alcoholism because alcohol was banned there. Instead, her father chose >> to abandon his family, return to Goa and die prematurely from >> alcoholism.[1][2] Couto went on to teach English literature in >> colleges[3] like Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi and Dhempe College, >> Panaji[4] and has contributed to periodicals in India and the United >> Kingdom. >> >> Career[edit] >> >> Couto's writing career began with her 1986 book about Graham >> Greene.[3] Her 2004 book, Goa: A Daughter's Story, covers the history >> of Goa along with being an autobiography. The book discusses Goa, from >> the prehistoric times to its Portuguese colonialism to its Liberation >> and subsequent loss of culture.[5] In 2014, Couto released her book >> Filomena's Journeys, which delves into the life of her mother, >> Filomena Borges, covering "Goa’s dying Catholic elite" as it shows the >> shift of society and culture in Goa.[3] >> >> As the Chairperson of the DD Kosambi Centenary Committee in 2008, >> Couto helped initiate the DD Kosambi Festival of Ideas, a lecture >> series sponsored by the Department of Culture, Govt of Goa.[6] Couto >> has also been actively involved with the Goa University.[4] >> >> Personal life and death[edit] >> >> Her husband, Albano Couto, belonged to the Indian Administrative >> Service. She met him in Mumbai and they had three children together, >> one of whom is named Veena.[4] Due to the nature of his work, they >> would travel and stay across the country. They almost settled in >> Chennai, before finally choosing to live in Aldona, Goa,[7] in his >> ancestral house. She enjoyed listening to South African jazz and was >> passionate about films, having started a film club when she was a >> teacher.[4] Albano Couto died in June 2009.[8] Maria Couto died on 14 >> January 2022 after a brief illness.[9] >> >> Works[edit] >> >> The works of Couto include: >> >> Couto, Maria (1988). Graham Greene: On the Frontier, Politics and >> Religion in the Novels. London: Macmillan. >> Couto, Maria (2004). Goa: A Daughter's Story. Penguin Books India. >> ISBN 978-0-14-303343-1. >> Pereira, A. B. de Braganca (2008). Ethnography of Goa, Daman and Diu. >> Penguin UK. ISBN 978-93-5118-208-5. (a translation of Etnografia da >> India Portuguesa by A.B. Braganza Pereira from Portuguese) >> Couto, Maria (2013). Filomena's Journeys: A Portrait of a Marriage, a >> Family & a Culture. Aleph Book Company. ISBN 978-93-82277-04-0. >> >> Awards[edit] >> >> In 2010, the Government of India, awarded Maria Aurora Couto the Padma >> Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.[10][11] >> >> References[edit] >> >> ^ Couto, Maria Aurora (2013). Filomena's Journeys: A Portrait of a >> Marriage, a Family & a Culture. New Delhi: Aleph Book Company. >> ^ Moniz Barbosa, Alexandre (4 December 2013). "Maria Aurora Couto: A >> Goan daughter's story of her mother's inspiring journey". The Times of >> India. Retrieved 18 March 2020. >> ^ Jump up to:a b c Pisharoty, Sangeeta Barooah (26 March 2014). "A >> sketch in time". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 March 2020. >> ^ Jump up to:a b c d Coutinho, Tonella (10 May 2015). "Goa's daughter >> tells her story". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 March 2020. >> ^ Hoskote, Ranjit (4 April 2004). "Apparent divide, actual bridges". >> The Hindu. Archived from the original on 14 April 2004. Retrieved 21 >> March 2020. >> ^ "Dr Kosambi an active fighter for peace: Ansari". One India.com. 4 >> February 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2020. >> ^ "Mega debate at Canacona remains inconclusive". Herald Goa. 18 >> August 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2020. >> ^ "Alban Couto no more". The Times of India. 28 June 2009. Retrieved 4 >> April 2020. >> ^ Noted Goan Writer And Academic Maria Aurora Couto Passes Away >> ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. >> 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2014. Retrieved >> 21 July 2015. >> ^ "List of Padma awardees 2010". The Hindu. 26 January 2010. ISSN >> 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 March 2020. >> >> External links[edit] >> >> Media related to Maria Aurora Couto at Wikimedia Commons >> >> hide >> Authority control >> General >> >> VIAF 1WorldCat >> >> National libraries >> >> United StatesNetherlands >> >> Categories: 20th-century births2022 deaths20th-century Indian >> educational theorists20th-century Indian historians20th-century Indian >> novelists20th-century women educators20th-century Indian women >> writersGoan CatholicsWomen writers from GoaScholars from GoaPeople >> from North Goa districtIndian Roman CatholicsRecipients of the Padma >> Shri in literature & educationIndian women novelistsIndian women >> historiansIndian women educational theoristsNovelists from GoaWomen >> educators from GoaEducators from Goa >> >> -- >> *** Please be polite and on-topic in your posts. *** >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Goa Book Club" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-book-club/CAMCR53JrzgjBdoAZtZx1vxq0L9%2B%3DF8XRP6tzfMUgjLvadmNDMA%40mail.gmail.com >> . >> > -- *** Please be polite and on-topic in your posts. *** --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Goa Book Club" group. 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