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 of the Goan diet is apropos reading as it very much covers your field of cardiology and the prevention of coronary heart diseases.
As an author of many books yourself, on cardiology and echocardiography, you know the challenges of making the writing readable to a wide range of readers. This specially applies to a wide subject. The challenge is how to make the text both interesting and informative. As you rightly put it, the next step is how to get the information out of the book and into the hearts and minds of Goans and others. So in a year we will know if "it achieves a wide readership". I appreciate you recommending it "as the best available source of information on Goa". Regards and Good wishes for 2004. Gilbert Lawrence Amchi Khobor - Our News - Inside Goa Book Review by: Ivan A. D'Cruz. M.D. FRCP (London & Edinburgh), FACC Professor of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Director, Echocardiography Labs, U.T. & V.A. Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee I find the book "Amchi Khobor - Our News - Inside Goa" extremely informative about all things Goan. I can imagine the tremendous research efforts which must have gone into it, followed by organizing the material and writing the chapters in readable prose. I must compliment the authors also on the fact that I did not encounter a single typo, spelling or grammatical errors, which always accompany other Indian books. I hope it achieves a wide readership. I recommend it as the best available source of information on Goa Ivan D'Cruz. ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
