Vatsala Mendonca is an impressive historical fiction writer who sets her novels 
in controversial time-periods such as the Inquisition and Goa's slave trading 
past. 
Here in conversation with author Jessica Faleiro, Vatsala discusses her latest 
novel, "when god died," a title she explains as a 'metaphor for the loss of a 
universal moral truth.' 
Nothing is off the table in this no-holds barred interview which touches on 
Goa's inglorious past, its patriarchy and the women caught in the crossfire.
when god died — Joao-Roque Literary Journal est. 2017


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when god died — Joao-Roque Literary Journal est. 2017

By Jessica Faleiro Your first book Shadow of the Palm Tree (2019) brought to 
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All best,Selma

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