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Bella Comelo, a budding new writer, has just published her first Childrens
storybook "Raju and
the Snake Charmer". A regular supporter of Goa Sudharop, we are very pleased at
Bella's
accomplishment. See
http://www.lulu.com/browse/book_view.php?fCID=711353&fBuyItem=5 to purchase
the book or download it. The theme is the environment, coinciding with Goa
Sudharop's YEAR OF THE
ENVIRONMENT theme for 2007.
Description from www.lulu.com:
QUOTE: Teachers, Parents, Environmental Educationists - do you want kids to
know about our Good
Earth? Do you want kids to be aware of saving our environment? Then this is the
book-Raju and the
Snake Charmer. It is about Raju and his Grandmother and how they saved the two
snakes. The message
in this book is that all creatures help to "Keep our Earth Green". UNQUOTE
The book will soon be available at Barnes and Nobles bookstore, Amazon.com and
other sites. Bella
is from Carona, Aldona, located in North Goa. She currently lives in San
Leandro, California
with her husband Ernest. They have four children - Anil, Anita, Anibel and
Anirudh. She lived in
Bombay in her early years and speaks and writes Konkani and Hindi fluently.
Bella has a Masters
degree from Mysore University and B.Ed. from Bombay University and has been
working for the
Oakland Unified School District (California) for the last 23 years. Her passion
for writing is
seen through her contributions of her articles to India West, Catholic Voice
and the Two Cents
Project of San Francisco Chronicle.
Bella is an active volunteer on the Ethnic Council of the Oakland Diocese and
in EBASE-Board
Member (East Bay Alliance of Sustainable Economy). She serves on the East Bay
Alliance for
Sustainable Economy Board. She had an active role in the Union holding various
positions,
including being a founder member/President of Alameda Chapter of APALA (Asian
Pacific American
Labor Alliance) a national part of AFL-CIO.
We wish our new writer of this Childrens book the very best as she embarks on
her new writing
career.
Goa Sudharop
www.goasudharop.org
World G.O.A.N. network
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CONVENTION OF THE GOAN DIASPORA FROM GOA INTO THE WORLD
Lisbon, Portugal June 15-17, 2007 Details at:
http://www.goacom.org/casa-de-goa/noticias.html
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