The James Hardley Chase ... of Konkani Bonaventura d'Pietro, Konkani writer from Anjuna, has come out with 18 books. He earned the sobriquet of the James Hardley Chase of Konkani for his tales of suspense and murder. The writer from Anjuna talks to FN about his work and difficulies, and smiles thinking back of how he faced them in those tough times. http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=sZcYZnK9SSc
The changing face of the Goa village Konkani poet Shashikant Punaji introduces his poem 'Mhozo Ganv'. In it he expresses the impact of urbanisation on the Goan village, and how all that has stopped. "Somebody has buried a time-bomb in my village..." The poetry is in the Pernem dialect of Konkani. The poet writes in Konkani, but takes the trouble to explain his work in English here. http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=WFVzfluvVqk Oh, the rains are here Konkani poet Shashikant Punaji reads and explains his poem on the charms of the Goan rains. Everyone here recalls times in living memory, when the rains were far more torrential and came in heavy showers. With global climate change fears, will we have only words to bequeath to the next generations? http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=q9vhcme7YHQ -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org M: +91-9822122436 P: +91-832-2409490