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GOA CM MEETS GOAN POET IN DELHI
On his whirlwind trip to Delhi, Goa CM Digambar Kamat took the time to share a
moment with Goan poet Dr Brian Mendonça - author of the self-published Last Bus
to Vasco: Poems from Goa.
With this rare gesture Mr Kamat showed in action what he said in his address on
Sunday 9th November - the concluding day of the Goa Festival 2008 - on the
spacious lawns of the Goa Sadan, New Delhi. I want Goans to know that the
Government of Goa is with them wherever they are, he said to loud applause.
Though a Goan may be settled elsewhere, his heart always yearns for his land,
Mr Kamat said.
Brian, who compered the widely appreciated cultural evening curated by Blanche
Gomes, articulated this yearning: My heart is roaming in the wild blue yonder
/But where I lie will always be Goa / Between the black soil of the plains /
and the red mud of the coast / There for me is Indias peace. These lines
from the poets poem A Peace of India, form the title of his next book A
Peace of India: Poems in Transit (forthcoming).
Brian presented a copy of his debut volume Last Bus to Vasco containing A
Peace of India to Mr Kamat as a souvenir of the moment.
The previous evening, the poet hauled his personal collection of books on Goa
over the last 10 years and displayed it at the venue in an elegant upright
bookshelf sourced from FabIndia. He also brought a 'moonda' (bamboo stool) for
book lovers to sit by the shelf and browse a book - so chic in the crisp autumn
air! - while munching on a sprig of chicken cafreal from the food stall across.
The initiative generated a lot of interest.
