POETRY BY THE SEA, PLAINS AND HILLS Goan traveller-poet Brian Mendonca is just back in Delhi from a whirlwind sea- plains-hills poetic tour, reading and writing poems in the rain at calangute near the sea; at the secunderabad sailing club overlooking the angry Hussainsagar lake on the deccan plains and at Nainital among the idyllic lakes of Bhimtal and Naukuchiya Tal.
Choreographed over 3 consecutive weekends brian seized the day stealing red hot monsoon fares on low-cost flights to goa and hyderabad. Cafe Literati, Calangute hosted Brian on Sat 22 July as rain beat down on Diviya Kapur's old Goan house and the windows swayed to the breeze. Renowned author Maria Aurora Couto introduced brian by candle-light in the absence of electicity. She later wrote in the Visitors's Book-'Deeply moved by Brian's passionate and and wistful evocation of the Goa we love - his deep feelings for the environment, the liveliness and wit that binds the community, the poetry of life on the move!' Brian's PhD supervisor Prof Lakshmi Chandra and her mother Ms Ruttonsha hosted brian's poetry reading at the prestigious secunderabad sailing club the following weekend on sat 29th July. Brian also read at his alma mater the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (CIEFL),where brian did his PhD on madness, on Sunday. The lakes at Bhimtal and Naukuchiyatal beckoned the last weekend 3-5 August. This was an official chillout and Brian came away with 3 new poems - the latest being 'My Innisfree'. For recent net reviews of Brian's 'Last Bus to Vasco: Poems from Goa' see the links below: 1. Muse India - Current Issue- Neeti Sadarangani: On 'Last Bus to Vasco' Last Bus to Vasco is a first book of poems by Brian Mendonca, a Goan poet who works with a publishing house in New Delhi. ... www.museindia.com/showcon.asp?id=337 - 7k - Cached - Similar pages [ More results from www.museindia.com ] 2. Heartfelt and very Goan - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition Deccan Herald Now Available Globally in Print Format ... Brian Mendonca looks at Goa with the same passion, love and respect. ... www. deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jul162006/books1858522006714.asp - 46k - Cached - Similar pages _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
