See Peter Ronald deSouza's 1822-word review titled "Between Aurora and Maria: Being and becoming in Goa" recently published in The Book Review (Delhi). Volume xxix No 1 January 2005 and online at
http://goabooks.swiki.net/81 QUOTE: Yet popular perception is only ever aware of the ubiquitous Goan ayah, cook, butler or popular musician who set up a mini Goa in Dhobi Talao, Charni Road and Dabul.' (p361) Why 'Yet'? Why are these ayahs and cooks and popular musicians also not worthy of pride? After all does not the metropolis also derive its metropolitanism from the fusions that such labouring classes create?. The multiple cuisines of the city, the enchanting music of Bollywood, the deep devotion by people of all groups at Mahim Church, the trade unionist Peter Alvares who brought Lohia to Goa, and from the history of the folk the ubiquitous Pao Bhaji. Where would it be without the maca pao? ENDQUOTE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Frederick Noronha 784 Near Convent, Sonarbhat SALIGAO GOA India Freelance Journalist TEL: +91-832-2409490 MOBILE: 9822122436 http://fn.swiki.net http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks fred at bytesforall.org http://www.bytesforall.org
