http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Destroying-Miramar-Goa-tourism-blunders-again/articleshow/46279240.cms
The latest announcement from state authorities gives citizens of
Goa—especially tourism stakeholders—very good reason to recall the late
American President Ronald Reagan's famous
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Sufi-refrains-of-Goas-history-of-Arab-connections/articleshow/46168427.cms
Delight overflowed Panaji's waterfront this week, when Sufi Sutra
brought joyous dance and music from around the world to Kala Academy.
Huge credit is due to Prasad Lolayekar's
Dear friends,
Today we lost a singular Indian of his generation, and one of the true
giants of Goa's art and culture. Dr. Jose Pereira's monumental work
and contributions are irreplaceable building blocks of the continuing
quest to understand and appreciate Goan identity.
A small personal
http://www.tambdimati.com/article/earth-and-heaven-in-conversation/
Earth and heaven in conversation
Isabel Santa Rita Vás
Limits are challenges, even when the wide world is your canvas. The
earth has charmed him with its natural beauty; the things of the
earth, its songs, its languages and
http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=10732boxid=17260109uid=dat=1/25/2015
A conversation between Vivek Menezes and Charles Correa about the
Inaugural Address of the 5th anniversary edition of Goa Arts +
Literary Festival in December 2014.
VM: Mr. Correa, you entitled your Inaugural
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150119/jsp/opinion/story_9012.jsp#.VL04odKUflv
by Mukul Kesavan
The successful persecution of the Tamil writer, Perumal Murugan, is an
individual tragedy and an illustration of the limits within which
writers, film-makers and artists work in our country.
These
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/booksandartsdaily/creative-commons-follow-up3a-writers-return-from-india/5963148
http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/chinablog/book-china-crowd-missed-lawrence-osbornes-ballad-small-player/
The Book the China Crowd Missed – Lawrence Osborne’s The Ballad of a
Small Player
January 14, 2015 LARB Blog Leave a comment
By Paul French
Every so often, a novel that captures the essence
I need soft copies (electronic texts) of a collection of around a
dozen books and 100 essays. This requires reliable transcription,
reading from the page and entering as text files. Is there any
company/agency or individual in Goa willing to take on this project?
Please advise. Very reasonable
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Blazing-a-trail-with-The-Story-of-Light/articleshow/45838391.cms
Science and art. Performance, philosophy and design with an emphasis
on interactive education along with barrels of fun. These are the
ingredients assembled for a homegrown international
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/unmournable-bodies
BY TEJU COLE
A northern-Italian miller in the sixteenth century, known as
Menocchio, literate but not a member of the literary élite, held a
number of unconventional theological beliefs. He believed that the
soul died with the
http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/Nzbmh7nEhywenTkdLWk6IJ/Book-Review--Iqbal-The-Life-of-a-Poet-Philosopher-and-Pol.html
Even in a country distinguished by its serial forgetfulness, the
once-looming figure of Muhammad Iqbal has been treated exceptionally
shabbily by history. His is a paradoxical,
http://www.caravanmagazine.in/poetry/%E2%80%98-death-stella-d%E2%80%99cruz%E2%80%99-and-other-poems
Afzal Ahmed Syed is one of modern Urdu literature’s most highly
regarded poets, and certainly its most original one. As the poems here
show, he animates and variegates lyric feeling with splashes
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Can-tourism-use-watershed-year-as-turning-point/articleshow/45670588.cms
It had to happen sometime. After more than a decade of terrific
surging growth and steadily increasing numbers of arrivals, it has
been a bad year for tourism in Goa. The expected
Dear Friends,
The eminent Konkani writer Damodar Mauzo is visiting Abu Dhabi until
the first week of January. It is a great opportunity for Goans and
Goan associations in Abu Dhabi to interact and meet with one of the
pre-eminent litterateurs of our time, whose novels and short stories
about Goa
One of the series of GALF2014's exclusive sessions on significant
books of the year, Rajdeep Sardesai joins Dilip D'Souza to discuss the
latter's 'Final Test, Exit Sachin Tendulkar', a tick-tock narrative
and an unusual cricket book, being both unyieldingly microscopic and
sweepingly
Another in the series of GALF2014's exclusive sessions on significant
books of the year, Advocate (and Padma Shri awardee) Norma Alvares
joins Ratna Vira to discuss 'Daughter by Court Order'
(http://www.daughterbycourtorder.com). Review from the New York Times
attached below.
Another in the GALF2014 Book Focus series on the books of the year
features the award-winning 'A Southern Music: The Karnatik Story',
described by Amartya Sen as one of the best books I have ever read.
In this video, the authors, inger, and magnetic performer TM Krishna
is conversation with
Three senior journalists (who share Goan ancestral roots) discuss the
question of compromised media independence in India and Pakistan:
http://youtu.be/6VnquL7gS3A
Samar Halarnkar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samar_Halarnkar
Rajdeep Sardesai http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajdeep_Sardesai
Cyril
Fitz de Souza, Luis Assis de Correia Teresa Albuquerque in
conversation with Eddie Fernandes
http://youtu.be/YNEHsaeYlbE
On the 53rd anniversary of the demise of the Estado da India, I am
taking the liberty of re-posting this short essay written for Caravan
Magazine in 2011.
http://www.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/goa%E2%80%99s-golden-jubilee
EXACTLY 50 YEARS AGO, world attention pivoted to focus on Goa and the
http://boomlive.in/three-poets-sea/
Three of the finest and most acclaimed contemporary Indian poets,
Arundhathi Subramaniam, Ranjit Hoskote and Sridala Swami talked to
Boom Media about their work on the sidelines of Goa Arts + Literary
Festival 2014.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-meditative-master-on-v-s-gaitonde-painting-as-process-painting-as-life-at-the-guggenheim-museum-1418773456
V.S. Gaitonde’s art shows that the West didn’t hold a monopoly on abstraction.
By
MICHAEL FITZGERALD
Dec. 16, 2014 6:44 p.m. ET
After several decades as one
Congratulations, Bhai!
http://scroll.in/article/694845/The-best-book-covers-of-2014
http://boomlive.in/whats-right-lit-fests/
Lit fests are mushrooming. Do they encourage the habit of reading or
merely preach to the converted? Boom spoke to a few eminent writers
and poets at the fifth Goa Arts And Literature Festival and found out
what they get out of these plethora of
Microsoft’s Skype software will start translating voice calls between
people today. As part of a preview program, Skype Translator makes it
possible for English and Spanish speakers to communicate in their
native language, without having to learn a new one. It sounds like
magic , but it’s the
http://takshashila.org.in/media-centre/takshashila-hosts-panels-at-the-goa-litfest/
The Takshashila Institution partnered with the Goa Arts + Literary
Festival 2014 to present two exclusive panel discussions on public
policy.
The first panel on How to become a policy wonk? featured Sachin
Kalbag
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Souza-Gaitonde-Goan-art-continues-auction-bull-run/articleshow/45507894.cms
Big numbers again characterized Christie's 'The India Sale' of modern
and contemporary South Asian art in Mumbai this week, as 225 bidders
racked up sales of over 75 crore for
http://www.heraldgoa.in/Review/Kenya%E2%80%99s-Lasting-Goan-Connection/82174.html
Kenya’s Lasting Goan Connection
On December 12 Kenya celebrated 50 years of its proclamation as a
Republic. It had got its independence a year earlier. Of the thousands
of Goans who had made Kenya their home, a few
http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=9871boxid=174024515uid=dat=12/14/2014
After the Inaugural session of the fifth anniversary edition of the
Goa Arts and Literary Festival (GALF) in Panjim last week, Sagarika
Ghose was asked if the free-wheeling, frank conversation she had just
held
http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/78AaiYI2Q87uR5aaP67CQK/Photo-synthesis.html
Until recently renowned for its laid-back susegado, Goa now brims with
cinema, music, literature and art festivals and ambitious cultural
events all through the peak months of the tourist season from
November-March.
It
Among Goa Arts + Literary Festival 2014's many highlights was the
presence and many positive contributions of Edwin Thumboo, who
virtually daily asked me again why his old friend Peter Nazareth could
not be persuaded to join.
He delivered a great Inaugural address, and was a hot favourite of the
Four the love of art
American artist and writer Daisy Rockwell has a special connect with
India and is excited to have her first exhibition outside the US, in
Goa. With 26 paintings on display, Daisy talks about love for painting
and books
By Dolcy D’Cruz | 03 Dec, 2014, 11:13PM IST
http://www.navhindtimes.in/i-have-janam-janam-ka-rishta-with-india/
BY ARTI DAS | NT BUZZ
Daisy Rockwell, USA-based artist, author and academician, feels
strongly about India and its culture and believes that her
relationship with India goes beyond this life. “I have a janam, janam
ka rishta
http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=5468
Singapore writer to open Goa Art Lit Fest on 4 Dec
GOANEWS DESK, PANAJI | 01 DECEMBER 2014 22:01 IST
The fifth edition of four-day Goa Arts Literary Festival (GALF 2014)
will be inaugurated by Prof. Edwin Thumboo, Professorial Fellow of
The programme (subject to minor changes) is linked here:
http://goaartlitfest.com
Hope to see you at the gallery opening of 'Odalisque', paintings by
Daisy Rockwell to be inaugurated at 5.30 PM today (2nd December) at
the art gallery of Sanskruti Bhavan (new Central Library) at Patto, at
the
FROM: Times of India: December 1 (Link not available)
When the International Film Festival of India tried Panjim out for the
first time in 2004, the entire waterfront came to a standstill. Tens
of thousands of curious visitors clogged the promenade each evening,
and traffic remained snarled to a
Dear friends,
Please try and make it tomorrow Dec 2, 5.30pm at the art gallery at
Sanskruti Bhavan, Patto for the India debut exhibition - 'Odalisque' -
by the wonderful painter/novelistt/academic and translator (from
Hindi) Daisy Rockwell. Artist Yolanda de Souza will inaugurate the
exhibition,
http://www.goastreets.com/goan-arts-literary-festival/
Five years after being founded to “celebrate the margins,” the
fiercely independent, non-profit and no-logos Goa Arts + Literary
Festival (GALF) has unexpectedly emerged as one of the premier
cultural showcases of the subcontinent. The fifth
http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/d5KCF2SKnacqfMiuVCzObL/Photo-Essay--Fireworks-at-Fatorda.html?
Football frenzy has been building up in Goa for a long time. Five
years ago, the state team won the Santosh Trophy against once-dominant
West Bengal, prompting The Times Of India to trumpet that “the
NOTE: Maya de Souza is of Goan origin and lives in London. She works
as a senior environmental policy adviser in the UK government, and
cycles across London to work in Westminster from her home in Tufnell
Park most days of the week. For many years, she has been involved in
local politics as a
Dear Ben + Augusto et al,
It is simply a fact that Goan contribution to the making of modern
Kenya - including decolonization - is far disproportionate to
community numbers. Every Goan was not an anti-colonial rebel, most
Goans were not anti-colonial rebels, but that's no reason to minimize
the
For the second time in three years, the winner of the Shakti Bhatt
First Book Prize has a strong connection to Goa and the Goa Arts +
Literary Festival. As with 'Taj Mahal Foxtrot', the 2012 Prize winner
by Naresh Fernandes, The Scatter Here is Too Great by Bilal Tanweer
had its exclusive
http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=9432boxid=172419187uid=dat=11/23/2014
Rapping his way out
Indian born rapper Chee Malabar uses his music to express his
immigrant experiences in America where he grew up as he is set to
release his new album, Feral Child at Goa Art and Literary
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Indian-Football-Is-Anyone-Listening-to-Zico/articleshow/45252670.cms
The buzz is undeniably back in Indian football after decades of
doldrums. The slickly-packaged Indian Super League (ISL) has
engineered lots of glitz and glamour, prominent television
http://scroll.in/article/690666/I-love-Yoda-for-being-wise-and-childlike-So-I-named-my-publishing-firm-after-him
PUBLISHERSPEAK
Even Arpita Das herself may not have imagined that her indie
publishing house Yoda Press would complete a decade. Das answers ten
questions on the first ten years.
Q:
http://www.dailyo.in/art-and-culture/my-ten-wishes-for-the-book-trade-in-india/story/1/747.html
In 2004, when I co-founded Yoda Press with an old friend, it felt like
my most heartfelt wish had come true. It was almost unreal to plan an
entirely new-fangled list of books sitting in our lovely
http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/1L5qSweciU8uoBN85igB4J/Far-from-the-beach.html
Fifty years ago, on 12 December 1964, the Republic of Kenya was
proclaimed, with Jomo Kenyatta as the new country’s first president. A
proud moment in the decolonizationg of Africa—and centrestage were
several
Dr Anita Heiss was the first to introduce Koori chick- lit in
Australia. She will be visiting next month to talk about her work.
LISA ANN MONTEIRO
Australian Aboriginal author and activist Dr Anita Heiss engineers
social change through her writing.She writes to bring communities
together.
The
http://indialegalonline.com/goas-common-man/
Goa’s common man
This tiny state’s first-ever cabinet minister has many similarities
with Modi. His performance as CM provides a salutary lesson in what to
expect from Modi’s Prime Ministership
By Vivek Menezes
Music and politics
Ali Aftab Saeed, journalist and member of Beygairat Brigade,
Pakistan’s first political rock and roll band will be participating at
the Goa Arts and Literary Festival next month.
By LISA ANN MONTEIRO | 16 Nov, 2014, 12:31AM IST
In January 2011, Salman Taseer, senior member of
See:
http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=9287boxid=184833171uid=dat=11/16/2014
From Dr Heiss's website: http://www.anitaheiss.com/
Dr Anita Heiss is the author of non-fiction, historical fiction,
commercial women's fiction, poetry, social commentary and travel
articles. She is a
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Parrikar-Vaz-Costa-Trailblazer-politicians-with-Goa-in-their-veins/articleshow/45153335.cms
Jubilation across the state this week when Manohar Parrikar made his
first trip back home as India's Union defence minister, the first
member of the cabinet ever
http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/on-xavier-cotas-english-translation-of-damodar-mauzos-teresas-man-and-other-stories/article6590190.ece
Xavier Cota’s English translation of Damodar Mauzo’s “Teresa’s Man and
Other Stories” is bound to appeal to non-Konkani readers
Life is full of
See: http://vedanet.com/india-ideas-conclave-2014-goa/
This is the context:
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-11-10/news/55955947_1_prime-minister-narendra-modi-sangh-parivar-think-tank
If the first wave of government formation under Narendra Modi
revealed the role of think
http://www.cntraveller.in/story/finding-goa-europe
An irrepressible feeling of déjà vu started bubbling up the moment I
walked into Lisbon’s brilliant sunshine, and lingered every day that I
spent in the city. Though I’d visited Portugal’s capital many years
earlier, almost everything I was now
http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=9140boxid=18146296uid=dat=11/9/2014
The Goa Arts and Literary Festival will celebrate its fifth edition this
year. Herald Review looks back at how the fesitval has grown, putting Goa
on the literary landscape.
by LISA ANN MONTEIRO
It doesn’t receive
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Fighting-for-Goas-cosmopolitanism/articleshow/45075589.cms?
A few days ago, the freedom fighter Gurudas Kunde returned to Reis
Magos after more than 55 years. The spectacularly situated historical
monument has been sensitively restored by architect
Goa Arts + Literary Festival 2014 (goaartlitfest.com) in partnership
with the pioneering, independent think tank Takshashila Institution
(takshashila.org.in) will present exclusive panel discussions on
public policy on December 7 within the GALF programme schedule. For
anyone with an interest in
Goa Arts + Literary Festival 2014 will be tastier than ever for food
lovers and hungry readers, with daily sessions showcasing the best
food books and blogs from Goa and beyond. Do not miss this
unprecedented banquet! Free registration is open goaartlitfest.com
Pamela Timms writes the popular
Both winners of the Tata Literature Live's 'First Book Award' will be
in Goa for the 5th anniversary edition of Goa Arts + Literature
Festival (December 4-7, free registration is open at
goaartlitfest.com)
While the first book award in the fiction category went to debut
novelist Mahesh Rao for
Nearly 50 years after his death, the superb + unique modernist painter
Angelo da Fonseca has made it to the cover of Art India, the country's
most prestigious art publication.
The groundbreaking cover story by Rupert Arrowsmith (which I wrote
about here
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Gaitonde-at-the-Guggenheim-Rethinking-Indian-Modernism/articleshow/44999746.cms
A breakthrough moment for Indian art last week as the first-ever
museum exhibition dedicated to Goa's own Vasudeo Santu Gaitonde
(1924-2001) opened at the Solomon R
Three internationally acclaimed new non-fiction books have emerged at
the same time from/about Nepal at the end of 2014.
Thanks to the initiative of Abhay K(umar), diplomat/poet/artist at the
Indian embassy in Kathmandu, all three authors and books will be part
of an unprecedented Nepal showcase
More than a dozen writers and poets who are scheduled to appear at the
2014 Goa Arts + Literature Festival (December 4-7 goaartlitfest.com)
will arrive early in the state, in order to visit interested schools
and colleges on the 2nd and 4th December mornings, and interact with
students and
The renowned Carnatic musician and author TM Krishna will attend Goa
Arts + Literary Festival 2014 (December 4-7, goaartlitfest.com)
A spectacular, iconic vocalist, TM Krishna draws huge audiences to
every performance. ...for the seasoned listener he came in to the
concert scene bringing back
In partnership with Fingerprint Books, the Goa Arts + Literary
Festival 2014 (goaartlitfest.com) will showcase Ratna Vira's acclaimed
debut novel 'Daughter by Court Order', including a panel discussion
and Q+A with the author.
Daughter by Court Order (see http://www.daughterbycourtorder.com/)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Strategy-needed-for-Goa-as-ocean-levels-rise/articleshow/44928364.cms
The rains over, with tourists back in full force, the impact of the
2014 monsoon can finally be properly assessed on Goa's coastline.
There is very little good news: severe erosion is
note: Samar Halarnkar will attend GALF 2014 (Dec 4-7
goaartlitfest.com). if there is interest, a session on non-profit
media and publishing could be scheduled.
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A very big week for Goan art and culture, as the first-ever
retrospective exhibition of Vasudeo Gaitonde's paintings opened in New
York's Guggenheim Museum. See this excellent
review/essayhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/g-roger-denson/the-light-in-the-cave-vas_b_6036602.html
More quietly (as is her
http://www.navhindtimes.in/story-writer/
BY ARTI DAS | NT BUZZ
Konkani writer Damodar Mauzo is in many ways the face of Goan
literature. He recently completed 50 years as a writer, but still has
within him the same urge and restlessness of a budding writer, which
according to him is essential if
Acclaimed author and journalist Dilip D'Souza will attend Goa Arts +
Literature Festival 2014, to release his new book 'Final Test: Exit Sachin
Tendulkar'. This unusual cricket book rec'd some terrific advance reviews
over the past few days:
-Tunku Varadarajan in Open magazine:
The longlist for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2015 was
announced today:
http://dscprize.com/global/updates/dsc-prize-2015-longlist-announced.html
Chairman of the DSC Prize jury, Keki Daruwalla will attend GALF 2014
(December 4-7 goaartlitfest.com).
Two of the short-listed novelists
Thanks to the initiative of poet/artist/diplomat Abhay Kumar
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhay_Kumar) of the Indian Embassy at
Kathmandu, the fifth anniversary edition og Goa Arts + Literature
Festival (December 4-7 2014) will feature an unprecedented lineup of
new writers and books from Nepal, who are
Oxford University Press's new translation of award-winning Konkani
writer and novelist Mahabaleshwar Sail's ARANYAKAND (translated by
Vidya Pai) will be launched at the Inaugural ceremony of Goa Arts +
Literature Festival 2014 on December 4.
ARANYAKAND is the latest volume in an acclaimed series
http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/silent-voices/article5876012.ece
Set in the clutch of small islands that dot the backwaters off the
bustling city of Kochi, Johny Miranda’s novella tells the compelling
story of a Creole people haunted by their real and unreal pasts and by
a present
Dear Friends,
Thanks to a unique collaboration between the Pakistan Embassy in New
Delhi and Goa Arts + Literature Festival, the remarkably
multi-talented writer, journalist and singer Ali Aftab Saeed of
Pakistan will attend GALF 2014 (December 4-7, goaartlitfest.com).
Saeed's band, Beygairat
Dear Friends,
In just a few days, the first-ever serious retrospective of Vasudeo
Gaitonde's work will open at the Guggenheim museum in NYC: See:
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/upcoming/v-s-gaitonde-painting-as-process-painting-as-life
To commemorate, Mint newspaper has a
Dear Friends,
Goa Arts + Literature Festival 2014 (goaartlitfest.com) will host four
of the five finalists for the inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize
for Poetry, the winner of which will be announced at the Zee Jaipur
Literature Festival next year. See attached article.
Do not miss the
Dear Friends,
The fifth edition of Goa Arts + Literature Festival has confirmed an
exciting lineup of exclusive book releases (Rajdeep Sardesai, Mamang
Dai, Hindol Sengupta, Janice Pariat + several Goa volumes in Konkani
and English), strong delegations from Singapore, Australia, Nepal and
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-in-the-Age-of-Extinction/articleshow/44255703.cms
It's worse than Hollywood's imaginings: the latest Living Planet Index
released earlier this week by the Zoological Society of London and the
World Wildlife Fund estimates a staggering 52% of all
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Charles-Correa-Indias-Next-Bharat-Ratna/articleshow/43744567.cms
Another milestone in Charles Correa's already spectacular career last
week, when the $300 million Aga Khan Museum and Ismaili Centre opened
in Toronto. The museum was designed by
http://www.navhindtimes.in/galf-2014-promises-goans-broad-literary-treat/
Full version of official release:
The fifth anniversary edition of the pioneering Goa Arts and Literary
Festival will be its best ever, with strong delegations from
Australia, Singapore, Nepal and Pakistan, as well as the
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/goan-writer-invited-to-participate-in-frankfurt-book-fair/article6445393.ece?homepage=true
Goan writer, Damodar Mauzo, has been invited to participate in the
Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) as part of a five-member Indian Writers’
delegation.
The
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4313691c-3513-11e4-aa47-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz3EIwjJktw
Who funds the arts and why we should care
By Rachel Spence
Anyone passing through Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall one recent Saturday
might have witnessed an unscheduled performance by a group of people
writhing
http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/aizawl-for-example/99/
Aizawl, for example
Sanjoy Hazarika
A visitor to Aizawl, state capital of Mizoram, will drive through
hills wrapped in green and swathed in mist. But as she nears the
capital, the landscape changes. Multistoreyed buildings
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-to-Sri-Lanka-From-Blessed-Vaz-to-Acharya-Kosambi/articleshow/42927389.cms
Well-deserved celebration in Goa as the longstanding candidature of
native son Joseph Vaz has finally been approved for sainthood. He will
be the first saint to Sri Lanka but
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Preparing-for-the-inevitable-Goa-in-the-age-of-climate-change/articleshow/42380437.cms
Heart-breaking images from Kashmir dominate the news. The fairytale
Himalayan valley is drowning under the worst floods in memory. The
Jhelum river burst bunds, and
Dear friends,
One of the most delightful participants at the last two Goa Arts +
Literature Festivals has been the elegant, outspoked Neerja Mattoo -
writer, educator, and literary activist of Kashmir. She and her
husband, the tough Mr. Mattoo never left the valley despite the
lengthy times of
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Reverberations-in-Goa-from-Chinas-property-market-collapse/articleshow/41812544.cms
Reverberations in Goa from China’s property market collapse
TNN | Sep 5, 2014, 12.30AM IST
Vivek Menezes
Bankers and investors around the world are extremely nervous
http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/9n9YFf7araO0jO8TxFQCqL/Homi-Adajania-Love-and-longing-in-Goa.html?utm_source=copy)
...Cecil Pinto, who is a Goan writer, was my bouncing board for
accuracy and cultural research, but then I pushed it into a fictitious
space
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Where-is-Goa-in-Indias-internet-Big-Bang/articleshow/40311761.cms
2014 has already seen a cataclysmic shift in Indian politics with the
rise of Narendra Modi's BJP, but even that milestone takes second
place to another, related phenomenon—by the end of
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Giving-voice-to-Goa-again/articleshow/39908968.cms
Is there any place anywhere with such a disproportionately significant
relationship to music as Goa? It's hard to think of any serious
contender.
The most recorded musician in the world is Asha
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Freedom from plunder | Norma Alvares Claude Alvares
Looking back on four decades of marriage and an intensely close
working relationship with his wife, the Padma Shri awardee Norma
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Giving-voice-to-Goa-again/articleshow/39908968.cms
Is there any place anywhere with such a disproportionately significant
relationship to music as Goa? It's hard to think of any serious
contender.
The most recorded musician in the world is Asha
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Goa/Goas-heritage-under-threat-The-ongoing-museum-scandal/articleshow/39445523.cms
This column is repeatedly compelled to point out no part of India
treats its own artistic and cultural legacy more disgracefully than
Goa. It's an ongoing problem lasting
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Of-Goa-and-literature-Unexpected-growth-and-dividends/articleshow/38637759.cms
Meena Kandasamy had many suitable places to choose for her book launch
last month. The brave, brilliant poet, translator and activist's first
novel was already garnering
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Letter-from-Lisbon-Lessons-for-Goa/articleshow/38502391.cms
The news from Portugal is full of doom-and-gloom on its foundering
economy, but you would not know it from walking the streets of Lisbon.
Of course, data doesn't lie: Portugal's debt is more
EXCLUSIVE RELEASE:
The Goa Arts + Literary Festival team is delighted to host the India
launch of 'The Gypsy Goddess', the debut novel by acclaimed
poet/writer/activist Meena Kandasamy, at International Centre Goa
(www.internationalcentregoa.com/) at 6pm on June 15. All are warmly
invited.
'The
It is widely known and accepted that Portugal is the least educated
country in Europe, and has remained so for hundreds of years, besides
another severe setback relative to other Western countries during the
Salazar years.
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