How can Gaitonde be famous? He ran away from Goa post 61 after seeing his motherland drop into abyss. Em soglem fokona by the NRI chief.
BC Commissioner for NRI Affairs, Eduardo Faleiro felicitated Edila Gaitonde and launched her new book, Tulsi and Other Short Stories from Goa, at the Global Goans Convention, held in London, 23 July, 2011. Ms Gaitonde, the wife of famed freedom fighter, the late Dr Pundalik Gaitonde, wrote the collection of short fiction stories taken from her own personal experiences in Goa as seen through the eyes of a young Azorean Catholic girl. These are intimate stories which poignantly represent the human condition. Other books released at the Convention in London were Francisco Luis Gomes 1829-1869 by Luis de Assis Correia, Delights of Goa by Alda Figueiredo and Cozinha de Goa by Dr Fatima da Gracias.
