Gilbert, could you please tell us where the book may be bought. I would definitely be interested in reading it. Not from a health point of view (though who knows, I may be converted to old ladies' ways) but merely reading about stuff I didn't get the opportunity to be a part of, like you presumably did, on account of being a city slick and all.
For Fred Noronha: I know that some of the books written by Goans that you mention from time to time may be available from Jerry's and Norma's (is it called the Old Goa bookstore) in Mapuca via a hardcopy catalog request. However does anyone maintain a cyber catalog comprehensively listing all books written by Goans in all parts of the world, contemporary and past with info on how to get them? For example I read the chapter on the Goa Inquistion written by Alfred D'Mello (son of the famous Froilano D'Mello) on Jose Colaco's website. It made for such rapt reading that it would be foolish not to read the whole book. I wrote to the email address of the author, but it seems that it was an old one as my note got bounced. The Goa Inquisition has me hooked. I am gleaning info from many websites on the subject and the more I read, the more my attention is drawn to the subject. It seems a fact that the inquisition in Goa was one of, if not the most cruel in the entire infamous history of the inquisitions anywhere in the world and I grieve for my Hindu ancestors who had to endure it. I sympatize with an RSS call for the Pope to apologize for it, just as the Church finally apologized to the Jews, the call made in retaliation for the visiting Pope's call to Indian officials to loosen up on the anti-conversions laws of today's India. Another one of definite interest to me would be Theresa Albuquerque's book on the history of Bombay and Bombay Goans. Really good stuff from synopses I read some time ago. _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
