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From: "shirley fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I am enquiring from London U.K.( Slough Berks actually) about konkani books > for our local library in Slough. We have a very large Goan Community but not > even one book on our Goan Culture,langauage etc. is on the shelves. From: "Eugene Correia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi Shirley, > Organize a raid to steal Eddie's library :-) ======================================= Don't! I hardly have anything in Konkani because such items are quite difficult to get hold of. Even when visiting Goa, one hardly comes across Konkani items in bookshops. Dealers say they do not stock them since they do not get a resonable discount. The publishers do not advertise such books. Even if one is aware of the existence of konkani books and has the full bibliographical citation, trudging through backstreets and villages looking for the publishers offices is a wearisome affair. Some solutions: 1. Check Joel list of Konkani books at http://www.goacom.com/goanow/2004/jun/GoaBooks.htm and order them online from OIBS Mapusa at http://www.goacom.com/oib/ 2. www.amazon.co.uk and www.amazon.com stock Konkani dictionaries, grammars, language aids, proverbs etc. 3. Subscribe to Konkani periodicals - IXTT, Goan Review, etc. Also Goa Today, of course. 4. Raid the vortex at the Portuguese National Library - after all, it our stolen heritage that is there :-) Good hunting!!! Eddie Fernandes
