This is an excerpt from Augusto Pinto's review of the Yvonne Vaz-Ezdani-edited 'Songs of the Survivors', published in today's (Feb 24, 2008) edition of the HERALD. The book is available at Austin's Saligao Supermarket for Saligaokars ... you'll come across the stories of many persons you know ...
* * * The aroma of Saligao, the village of North Goa which is otherwise noted for its Neo-Gothic church, pervades the pages of Songs of the Survivors. Not only is the editor Yvonne Vaz Ezdani from Saligao, but so is the publisher, the cyber-pundit Frederick Noronha, for whom this book is the first child of his new publishing venture - Goa 1556 (so named because 1556 is the year that marks the arrival of Asia's first printing press in Goa). But not only that, no less than 16 out of the 24 contributors are from or have close ties with Saligao. It is not clear why so many of the essayists come from the village and most of the others come from North Goa - but there's probably an element of cunning here - if they had written a book about Saligao, the readership for it would have been severely restricted, but now these Saligao-kars have an audience of not only of those interested in Goa but also those interested in Indo-Burmese as also World War 2 history. Not for nothing are the denizens of Saligao known as "kolles" or foxes! Except that the animals that howled in their paddy fields at night and which gave them that appellation, may not be foxes at all, but rather jackals..... -- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph +91-832-2409490 _______________________________________________ Saligao 403511 website http://saligao.goa-india.org Saligaonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goacom.org/mailman/listinfo/saligaonet
