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When Old Demons Come Marching In
Long on cliche, short on political judgement, we are left none the
wiser on religious fundamentalism
PRATAP BHANU MEHTA
HOLY WARRIORS
by Edna Fernandes
Viking/Penguin
Pages: 336; Rs: 450
On
HELEN: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb
By Jerry Pinto
Review by: Kaveree Bamzai.
Writing a biography of a person who is either dead or does not cooperate is a
tricky task. But Jerry Pinto is nothing if not clever. He has done away with
the embarrassment of Helen Richarson Khan not answering h
Mario,
Gilbert has either problem understanding what he reads or gets keyed-up when he
finds two Goan names in a single post. The book review of Holy Warriors is by
Pratap Bhanu Mehta which is clearly indicated in the post and in the links
which I forwarded. Here is the link to the archives:
Opinions on the book
http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20060501&fname=Booksa&sid=1
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060415/asp/weekend/story_6081971.asp
--- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gilbert,
> Did you just finish cleaning the baby's poop, or
> were
> you up all nigh
Gilbert,
Did you just finish cleaning the baby's poop, or were
you up all night singing lullabyes? :-))
>
Not having read the book I have no idea whether
Avelino or you are correct, or whether the criticisms
of Edna's book are "cheap" or "in keeping with Goan
character" or whether Avelino was tryin
sh this
country to prosper as a secular democracy.' -Khushwant Singh
I don't understand your comment "In keeping with Goan character", please
clarify.
Best Wishes,
Avelino
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 6:46 PM
To: goanet@goanet.org
Subject:
For crying out loud, couldn't the reviewer be kinder to this book and its
author.
He tried to claw his way up by stomping on someone else's efforts.
Cheap shots. But in keeping with Goan character.
Kind Regards, GL
D'Souza, Avelino:
REVIEW
While Fernandes' heart is in the right place, the resu
When Old Demons Come Marching In :
outlookindia.com
May 01, 2006
REVIEW
When Old Demons Come Marching In Long on cliche, short on political
judgement, we are left none the wiser on religious fundamentalism
PRATAP BHANU MEHTA
HOLY WARRIORS
by Edna Fernandes
Viking/Penguin
Pages: 336; Rs: 450
On
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Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of
Mapusa of the 1950s
http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sidB6
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[Strange. I had not noticed this book nor the review earlier! FN]
http://www.hindu.com/br/2004/11/09/stories/2004110900101600.htm
Criminal justice system in Goa
CRIMINAL JUSTICE INDIA SERIES — Volume 9 Goa: N. R. Madhava
Menon — General Editor; Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., &
National University
Secrets behind church facades
BY MELVYN MISQUITA [Herald]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
What do mermaids, a two-headed eagle, lions, the mythical Cyclops and a boat
have in common? Believe it or not, they all grace the facades of parishes
churches in Goa.
To be honest, a casual spectator may find facades
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When Michelle Ponto, a young Canadian writer, is not busy writing novels,
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The below review appeared in a recent edition of "The Badge" - newsletter of
Toronto Police Services.
- Bosco
Silviano Barbosa has got the write stuff.
Last December, the veteran ITS employee and avid writer authored his first
full-fledged novel.
In The Sixth Night, the Goan-born programmer
http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL
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THE SIXTH NIGHT by SILVIANO C. BARBOSA
I read this recent novel with intense interest, and reasonably quickly, because
it held my interest throughout. Hopefully many others will share my enthusiasm
for the novel
However, as Goa achieves independence from
> the Portuguese
> dictatorship, their respective fortunes take a new
> turn.
>
What independence did Goa achieve? With the occupation
of Dabolim, the theft of our FE what is the present
stance of the author?
B. Colaco
BLOOD & Nemesis
By Ben Antao
Goan Observer Private Ltd.
318 pages, Rs. 250 ($25CN)
A review by Anne Osborne - former Editor of Canadian Author & Bookman, and
currently national Vice-President of the Canadian Authors Association.
First-time novelist Ben Antaos work shows his firm roots in journa
Book Review - The Sixth Night by Silviano C. Barbosa
By ZOE ACKAH
The Epoch Times July 21, 2005
The Sixth Night is a scaled down, James A. Mitchener style historical fiction
set mainly in colonial Goa. Admittedly, before reading the book I had no idea
where Goa was or that it was such a uniqu
Of interest to readers of Goan literature will be a review of the novel "
The Sixth Night " by Silviano Barbosa written by Lino Leitao based in
Montreal which appeared in the April issue of Goa Today :
Book Review
"The Sixth Night"
A novel by Silviano C. Barbosa
Review by Lino Lei
A novel entitled The Sixth Night written by Canadian Goan author Silviano C
Barbosa released in Goa recently, potrays the travails of a Catholic girl
growing up in tradional Goa of the 1950s, during the last decade of the
Portuguese rule.
The novel starts with a detailed nostalgic background of t
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Declares Pereira
Antonio Tabucchi
translated from the Italian by Patrick Creagh
Harvill 1995
136 pages
A book review by Danny Yee
http://dannyreviews.com/h/Declares_Pereira.html
Fascist Portugal in the summer of 1938, with the Spanish Civil War
rag
Hello Dr. D'Cruz,
Thanks for the book review on "Amchi Khobor - Our News - Inside Goa" and
for the kind words of encouragement. This is all the more important
because it comes from someone who knows Goa very well- its history,
culture and everything Goan. I hope the chapter of the health benefits
o
Goanet next meets in Goa: January 7, 4 pm (meeting point: Kala Academy canteen).
Goanet founder Herman Carneiro will be there. See you there!
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Amchi Khobor - Our News - Inside Goa
Book Review by:
Ivan A. D'Cruz. M.D. FRCP (London & Edinburgh), FACC
Professor of Med
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