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NEW BOOK: 'PATRIOTISM IN ACTION: Goans in Indias Defence Services'
With Foreword by Gen SF Rodrigues, PVSM, VSM, ADC (retd)
former Chief of Indian Army Staff
and Governor, Punjab & Administrator, Chandigarh UT
Copies now available at:
GOA: Literati (2277740), Other India (2263306), Broadway (6647038),
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DELHI: Ritana (24617278)
ONLINE (worldwide delivery): http://www.ritanabooks.com,
http://goa1556.goa-india.org
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Well said, Roland.I think you've hit the nail squarely on the head. This
has been my experience too. When my wife's Goan cookery book was published a
few years ago, some well to do Goans, far from spending a negligible £2(a
percentage of which was going towards charity), even had the cheek to ask
whether they could borrow the book and make photocopies of recipes they
fancied!
I remember being present at the stall where Selma's book was being sold, and
noticing a Goan couple flicking through the pages, commenting "its a nice
book", but then cooling walking away. I expect the Goa sausages and
similar Goan fare were top priority!
As for the fate of my own book, I'll say no more.
Why are some of us so reluctant to support our own?
Mervyn (Maciel)
