[Goanet-News] Author Jerry Pinto to speak at Goa Book Club meet (May 26, 2011, Thursday)
AUTHOR JERRY PINTO TO SPEAK AT GOA BOOK CLUB MEET Jerry Pinto [http://www.jerry.pinto], the prominent Mumbai-based author and journalist, will be a special speaker at the Goa Book Club meet on Thursday, May 26, 2011 at Panjim. The meet will be held at Broadway Book Centre, on 18th June Road, from 5 pm onwards. Pinto (b. 1966) has worked with the Times of India, edited the travel dotcom traveljini.com, was executive editor of Man's World, into corporate communications, and consulted with Man's World magazine and Time Out Mumbai (as Editor, Special Projects). He is the author of many well-received books. Currently, he is a freelance writer and editor, and contributes to several national newspapers and magazines including The Art India Magazine, Femina, Verve, The Times of India, Outlook Traveller. He is also a commissioning editor for Penguin India. His books include Surviving Women, (Penguin India, 2000), "a quirky self-help manual for the Confused Indian Male who needs to deal with the Focussed Indian Female"; Asylum and Other Poems (Allied Publications, 2004); Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb (Penguin India, 2006) which examines the role of a Franco-Burmese dancing sensation who became Bollywood's best-known vamp for an incredible 30 years; and A Bear for Felicia (Puffin, 2008). He has also a authored Bollywood Posters (India Book House, 2008), a coffee table book on Bollywood's posters; Mowgli and the Bear Cub (Disney, 2011), a reworking of the Jungle Book, in which Mowgli helps to rescue a bear cub who is about to be sold to work the roads as a performing animal; and Bombay, Meri Jaan (Penguin India, 2003). The last titled, authored with Naresh Fernandes, is a collection of writings about Mumbai. Confronting Love (Penguin India, 2005), with Arundhathi Subramaniam, is an anthology of poems by Indian writers in English dealing with love. Tracing his roots to the Bardez village of Moira, Pinto's Reflected in Water: Writings on Goa (Penguin India, 2006), is a well-received anthology and a companion volume to Bombay, Meri Jaan. It includes writing on Goa by William Dalrymple, Richard Burton, Graham Greene and Evelyn Waugh. Talk of the Town (Puffin, 2008) with Rahul Srivastava, includes brief biographies of twelve Indian towns and cities. Leela's Quilt; A Life in Pictures (Penguin/Viking, 2010), is on the life of Leela Naidu. His essays have also been widely published and range from subjects such as Banaras; the pressures to marry; Saadat Hassan Manto and his Bollywood journalism; Bollywood; funny short stories; flamingos of Mumbai; the Indian sloth bear; writings on Bollywood; the state of Maharashtra's schools; among others. He is honorary secretary of MelJol, a non-governmental organisation, which has started a savings scheme for tribal and rural children in Maharashtra and a member of the Mumbai Poetry Circle. Contacts for Jerry Pinto are, email: jeronimopi...@gmail.com and mobile: 9821731664. Website: www.jerrypinto.com Goa Book Club meets each month and is co-hosted by the alternative publishers Goa,1556 and premier local booksellers Broadways. Membership is open, and it conducts online discussions at http://bit.ly/lKVMTj ENDS -- FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 (after 2pm) Goa books http://bit.ly/lMEnDC The Last Prabhu http://bit.ly/ipO3Mn Some covers http://bit.ly/k5DqCD Library shift http://bit.ly/lGWqUh Margao titles http://bit.ly/kjeWNC Anti-colonial cousins http://bit.ly/kar4xu A Konkani dictionary, 5 inches thick http://bit.ly/m0G4sj
[Goanet-News] Goa news for May 25, 2011
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Sell Sesa Goa, says Thunuguntla - Moneycontrol.com V, "Whatever is going on the news of Sesa Goa is showing that there are some regulatory concerns and investigation pressures. As you have seen in the past whenever this investigation pressures happens there will be some pressure. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHuZ-Q0ZInlaEE05U68635c0MdV7w&url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/stocksviews/sellsesagoasaysthunuguntla_545890.html *** Nifty ends 100 points lower; BHEL, Sesa Goa, IDFC down - Economic Times in/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/05/23/bloomberg1376-LLMOHU1A74E901-0JQA3N53JIDQMLT5OITIJAUJPV.DTL">India Sensex Index Drops on European Crisis, Inflation Concerns http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHEvB9FwIMVbQWVlMqi0XU8GnAYQA&url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/market-news/nifty-ends-100-points-lower-bhel-sesa-goa-idfc-down/articleshow/8532108.cms *** Goa NCP says academicians should decide MOI issue - indiablooms edium-of-instruction-issue-takes-communal-turn/52747">Goa's medium of instruction issue takes communal turn http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFNijQgYJ3P6HcpR3bwl5djUZYHPQ&url=http://www.indiablooms.com/NewsDetailsPage/newsDetails240511m.php *** Beaches hit by tar balls, Goa tracking rogue vessels - iNewsOne it-by-tar-balls-goa-tracking-rogue-vessels/">Beaches hit by tar balls, Goa tracking rogue vessels http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHoeHhH86tGMoKP1jKuzwW6T2ANlg&url=http://www.inewsone.com/2011/05/24/beaches-hit-by-tar-balls-goa-tracking-rogue-vessels/52639 *** Railways to take on Bengal in semi-final - Calcutta Telegraph in their last league encounter on Tuesday. But Services advanced to the last four on the basis of scoring more goals in the quarter final league, although they were tied ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGZT93-35CXGId56tjt06qoaTYt9g&url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110525/jsp/sports/story_14026947.jsp *** Ban on mining: Goa sand extractors seek govt help - Hindu Business Line ndu Business LinePTI Sand extractors from across Goa, who have been rendered jobless following a court order banning the activity, have now approached the State Government seeking a legal way out. They have requested the Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat, ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEvhDJt8IWy9JRXqKormQN9PFF2Kg&url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/article2044628.ece *** Call girls heading to Mumbai after Goa tourist season ends - Daily News & Analysis ews/9196014-end-of-goa-tourist-season-sees-call-girls-return-to-mumbai">End of Goa tourist season sees call girls return to Mumbai http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEBV5G9SD5Lw7bsmLC9gTUVGf7f-A&url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_call-girls-heading-to-mumbai-after-goa-tourist-season-ends_1546744 *** Sportsman, 4 of family die in road accident on Mumbai-Goa Highway - Daily News & Analysis oa Highway. According to the Sawarde police officials, the accident happened at around 2.50pm when the car that Shete was driving hit against a ST bus. According to Shete's friends in Vashi, ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH6qG2qjkj2lH7wCmn_vjCA3faGBw&url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_sportsman-4-of-family-die-in-road-accident-on-mumbai-goa-highway_1547141 *** Beto and Opara set for Churchill move - IBNLive.com eague next season. Meanwhile, former Air India striker NDOpara is another notable signing made by the Churchill management, ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGuFpYgoL_S9e3CHRYbM5dwoGCWXQ&url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/beto-and-opara-set-for-churchill-move/153993-5-21.html *** GOA calls for speakers - American Printer Magazine erican Printer MagazineThe 37th Graphics of the Americas (GOA) trade show and conference, produced annually by the Printing Association of Florida (PAF), announces the call for speakers for its 2012 show. Speakers wishing to join the esteemed group of conference alumni ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFPIC4u6g32sJGJO_45rFYcrZigUQ&url=http://americanprinter.com/how-to/news/goa-calls-speakers-0524/ Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
