Thank you. will pick one up from Broadway. Congratulations again ! We hope to see a third book...in the future.
Good Wishes Zelma On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 3:53 PM, Yvonne Vaz Ezdani <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for inquiring about my book Zelma. Broadway bookshop in Panjim may > have ordered more copies . About a fortnight ago someone told me he bought > the last copy. Literati in Calangute has some books too. Many people have > ordered through flipkart or amazon. The link to order direct from speaking > tiger is > > http://speakingtigerbooks.com/books/new-songs-of-the-survivors-the-exodus-of-indians-from-burma/ > Nice to know that you have a Burma connection. > warm wishes > Yvonne > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 11:33 AM, 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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