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The Rape of Goa - A photo documentary
by
Rajan P. Parrikar
Venue: Menezes Braganza Art Gallery, Panjim, May 21-24, 2008
http://www.parrikar.org/misc/doc-notice.pdf
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A previously unpublished poem on Goa 'The Smell of Burnt Leaves' by Brian
Mendonca, author of 'Last Bus to Vasco:Poems from Goa'(2006) is on view at his
newly created blog www.lastbustovasco.blogspot.com
The blog post uploaded today by the title 'Last Bus to Vasco' also includes 5
selected poems on Goa written between 1987 to 2005. These poems were published
earlier in the book. All poems come with notes and glossary.
After an evening of poetry and dinner at Souza Lobo Calangute, the poet's
father recounted to his grandchildren how he used to love the smell of burnt
leaves when his mother used to keep the water for him on the fire for a bath at
Parra. This poem is dedicated to dad.
