Hi Patsy Could pick both for you if I find them and send them to you in Canada through a friend.
Let me know Zelma On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 5:53 PM, 'Patricia Nazareth' via Saligao-Net < [email protected]> wrote: > I would also love to have a copy of this book. Didn't get around to > getting a copy of Yvonne's first book. Will hopefully be able to get both > at some stage - soon. > > Patsy > > > Zelma Gonsalves De Souza <[email protected]> wrote: > > Would like to buy a copy of the book please. Can you please advise where I > can pick a copy in Panjm? > I have the book published earlier by Yvonne > > My Mum's family was one of the families that were in Rangoon, Burma > > Thanks, Have a great day. > Zelma > > On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 6:09 PM, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या > *فريدريك نورونيا <[email protected]> wrote: > >> http://www.deccanherald.com/content/528706/escape.html >> >> The great escape >> Latha Venkatraman, February 14, 2016 >> >> Lead review >> [image: Forgotten exodus Some of the families that managed to flee Burma >> during World War II. Courtesy: 'New Songs of the Survivors'] >> >> *On the morning of December 23, 1941, Japanese Air Force carried out air >> raids on Rangoon in Burma killing many Indians among others settled there.* >> >> Rangoon, then, had a sizeable Indian population and many of the Indian >> settlers were Goans. Residents of the city were anticipating the arrival of >> war in Burma following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor just 15 days ago. >> Nevertheless, the air attacks came as a major shock as many were in the >> thick of preparations for Christmas, just two days away. >> Many were killed in the air raids that continued over the next few >> months. >> >> The city was thrown into a complete state of chaos as Indian settlers who >> managed to escape the attack started fleeing to India through various >> routes. Those who could afford flew home. Many fled by ship, braving aerial >> and submarine bombardment, but hundreds and thousands walked to Manipur >> through mountains and then Assam while many others walked across the >> Hukaung Valley, also known as the Valley of Death. >> >> Writer Yvonne Vaz Ezdani has come up with her second book on the subject, >> New Songs of the Survivors, in which she has recorded stories of survivals >> and trauma experienced by Goans during the 1941-1945 air raids by Japanese >> forces. >> >> This book is her account of the horrors of the attacks and the trauma >> people experienced while fleeing the country and of the difficulties of >> those who chose to stay back in Burma, now Myanmar. >> >> The earlier version of the book titled Songs of the Survivors that was >> published in November 2007, is a collection of stories of trauma written by >> Goan survivors who suffered following the Japanese invasion of Burma, and >> during their exodus from the country back to India. Ezdani, as the editor >> of the book, also speaks about her experiences in the postscript of the >> book. >> >> In New Songs of the Survivors, Ezdani comes up with her own account of >> the events that unfolded during those years, reframing accounts of the >> earlier book into one narrative but making a distinction between events and >> thematically arranging the narrative. >> >> She first heard of the horror stories from her father Lucio Alexander >> Vaz. When she first began to write this book, she sought survivors who >> would corroborate her father’s story. >> Even as hundreds of people fled the country, there were many who stayed >> back in Burma. To them, just as British had colonised Burma, the Japanese >> were another coloniser of another colour. “But they would carry the >> physical and psychological scars of this experience for decades. They often >> told of those dark days, the horror and the hardships they faced, and how >> they lived in fear of the Japanese soldiers,” says Ezdani. >> New Songs of the Survivors has distinctly two sections — one, detailing >> the story of Goan voices, and the second, half-focusing on other individual >> voices. >> >> She starts her narrative with idyllic, peaceful times in Burma, throwing >> light on the relatively carefree lives enjoyed by the settlers there. But >> with the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the threat of war in >> Burma becomes real. Schools in Rangoon had closed down because of this >> threat. “Everyone knew that war was coming, but no one could really believe >> that the city would be bombed,” says Ezdani. >> >> Air raids commenced on December 23, 1941. And so did the exodus. But not >> everyone could leave. The British government had arranged to evacuate >> people but only a lucky few could avail of this arrangement. >> >> The government of British Burma failed to provide a systematic plan for >> civilian evacuation, says Ezdani. Weaving accounts of survivors who trekked >> across mountains, open country roads, forests, Ezdani brings to the reader >> stories of courage, compassion and suffering. >> >> Amidst the stories of the various facets of the Japanese invasion and the >> impact on Indian settlers and refugees, Ezdani also spends time >> highlighting the prevalent political situation in Burma then. The Burma >> Campaign that ran from 1942 to 1945 was one of the longest and the most >> difficult campaigns in the Second World War. The campaign that ended in the >> victory for allies and Burmese people has been fought over difficult and >> dangerous terrain by troops a long way from home. Burmese people welcomed >> the British as liberators and not conquerors. Many Goan survivors did go >> back to try and see if they could re-establish their lives. >> >> The latter half of the book that focuses on other voices or non-Goan >> voices, provides glimpses into survivor tales of actor Helen, Benegal >> Dinkar Rao, Shakuntala Peter, Gerry O’Connor and M P Vedachalam, who was a >> school student when he trekked to safety. >> >> Ezdani has woven several survivor stories in her narrative, almost >> lending a story-like feel to the reader. The book makes for simple and >> engaging read but survivor stories tend to merge into one another because >> of the striking similarity in the experiences faced by people who fled. >> Nevertheless, an important read as you get to read a slice of history laid >> out from real experiences of people. >> >> *New Songs of the survivors* >> *Yvonne Vaz Ezdani* >> *Speaking Tiger * >> *2015, pp 264, Rs 350* >> >> -- >> >> _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ >> _/ >> _/ Frederick Noronha | http://about.me/noronhafrederick | >> http://goa1556.in >> _/ P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha >> _/ Goa,1556 CC shared audio content https://archive.org/details/goa1556 >> _/ >> >> _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ >> >> -- >> -- >> Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe email [email protected] >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Saligao-Net" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe email [email protected] > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Saligao-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe email [email protected] > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Saligao-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. 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