Some images from the large book fair currently on at the Kala Academy, Panjim, and which ends on Jan 25, 2015 (Sunday). It's open from 9 am to 9 pm:
Alan Machado, author of Saraswati's Children (a history of the Mangalorean Christians) and Shades Within Shadows (a novel), besides the forthcoming Slaves of Sultans, talks to editor Dilip Borkar and poet-former-All India Radio station director Madhav Borkar (right). https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/16163937360/ Alan Machado https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/16325292116/ Caught unawares. Librarian Maria Lilia (Bunota) D'Souza, at left, former director of education and historian Dr Celsa Pinto (centre) and Dr Isabela Santa Rita Vas, educator and noted English theatre personality. https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/16165085699/ Founder of the prizewinning Literati bookstore at Calangute, Diviya Kapur (whose outlet was rated the top of the best bookstalls outside of Delhi by the Times of India), displays an unusually printed and crafted book: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/16163708128/ Books at a discount https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/16165421937/ It's a steal. Any book for Rs 50 (under US$1). Some good non-fiction too https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/16163721218/ Third Millennium, books in Portuguese too ... and a new title on the Church in modern Goa https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/16326101456/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/16352041905/ Books from near and far https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/16165838279/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/16325995086/ Government publications, some of interest https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/15732070803/ More Literati: Santhosh is an aeronautical engineer who prefers books (and films) to the field he studied... https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/16164651190/ Konkani books... made accessible. Through price and script https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/16351109662/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/16351975655/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/16351080582/ >From story to comicbook, artist Raviraj of Mapusa. You tell him your tale, and he'll sketch it across a few pages. https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/16326114666/ Author Themistocles D'Silva, the US-based scientist of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, who authored a book on his village of Arossim, Mormugao taluka, with his family at the monument to Tristao Braganza Cunha (who's from Cuelim). https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/16350438032/ Sociologist Dr Bernadette Gomes meets up with advocate Gajendranath Usgaonkar for the first time. Both have authored reports on the Dhangar community of Goa: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/15728923614/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/16352074985/ More photos coming up soon at http://photosfromgoa.notlong.com Visit Goa,1556 at Stall # 28. A number of books from Goa. Can also be ordered via mail order: http://goa1556.in or goa1...@gmail.com -- P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha <http://goa1556.in/book/goa-in-sepia-tinted-postcards/>
