Re: Bandra Books

[augusto pinto]

wot mummy was saying was right.

OK. Wot 2 du. We all got 2 go sum dey. Today. 2 Moro, whensoever! Wot de fark men

Augusto 

On Tue, 21 Apr, 2020, 12:20 PM , <cle...@gmail.com> wrote:

hi Augusto

glad you have BandraBuggers. heres some more which I hope you'll enjoy

Bandrabuggers. Covid inspired.

On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 11:21 PM augusto pinto <pint...@gmail.com> wrote:

I thought I had this Beyond Bandra book but when I went to check I found that I didn't, but I had a book called BANDRABUGGERS by cle...@gmail.com. Yeah that's the information given about the author; and the publisher is given as The  East India Company +91 - 9820074884

What is the USP of BANDRABUGGERS? Well I thought it's the use of an English patois used by the Christian residents of Bandra, (although I guess it's one shared by others of the locality of different religions who share the same schools) and who communicate to each other in this variety of English. 

The book consists of a series of 54 short pieces written in more or less standard English but which threatens to  move to this dialect at any second.

PUTRU MEN BUGGER is the first piece which is the more extreme version of the Bandra patois. PUTRU MEN BUGGER is what Bandra boys shout when playing football when they mean to say, "Now pass the ball thru the defenders between  their legs over their heads anywhere, just get it to me where nobody is covering me and I can score a goal" (sic).

Not all of the pieces are like this. However they get their audience of mainly Catholic readers from Mumbai happy because the subjects are mostly about themselves, their relatives, their neighbours and others who they're familiar with. 

Yvonne, an old lady who has a fall, a FHC (first holy communion); a barber; kachrawalla, doodwalla, jaripuranawalla, machiwalla and such like are some of the for them familiar inhabitants of the book. There's a rough quality about the prose which I find difficult to describe offhand. Still it's a book worth considering if one wants to think about Bandra. 

While searching for the Beyond Bandra book I also came across Bloodline Bombay by Godfrey Joseph Pereira who had come to Goa around 2014 for a session at XCHR I think when I bought this book because my copy is signed by the author. 

It's a novel by this East Indian guy whose narrator lives in a gaon which means a village which is where these East Indian Catholics who were original residents of Bombay used to stay. The language used by the author is the putru men bugger sort and spread all over the book. I haven't reread the book (although I faintly remember it was fairly amusing). 

However I don't have this Beyond Bandra book. Is it possible to get it in Goa? What's it about? 

Augusto 

On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 9:16 PM Edwin Fernandes <eds...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Leroy,

Glad to know that you read my Book Beyond Bandra. How did you come to hear of it?  

BTW Sushma Nursing Home, is just opposite Virendra Colony on the Hill Road side. Good to know of your Bandra connection.

Regards,

Edwin Fernandes 

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On 15-Apr-2020, at 4:26 PM, 'Leroy Veloso' via The Goa Book Club <goa-bo...@googlegroups.com> wrote:


Hi Edwin, 

Thanks for the info! I have read your delightful book. I too have a Bandra connection!, I was born in Sushma Nursing home which you will know , is very  close to St Andrews Church.

My maternal grandparents lived on Kadeshwari Mandir Rd formerly cemetery road, and i spent delightful months every year there.

In fact my batchmates resident of Bombay, at TISS where I did my Masters used to say I know Bombay better then them!

Another coincidence is that , Anjuna is the village my Mother - in - law hails from! 

It's a small world..

Thanks again, 

Best wishes,

Leroy

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On Thu, 9 Apr 2020 at 4:38 pm, Edwin Fernandes

<eds...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Leroy,

Floyd Cardoz grew up in Virendra Colony Bandra, which is opp St Andrew’s Church (Junction of BJ Road and Hill Road). I know, as I too am from Virendra Colony. 

Regards,

Edwin Fernandes

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On 06-Apr-2020, at 8:55 PM, 'Leroy Veloso' via The Goa Book Club <goa-bo...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Thanks Bernice! He might have grown up there..

Best Regards,

leroy

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On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 at 12:37 am, Bernice Pereira

<bernice...@gmail.com> wrote:

Floyd’s mom Beryl Cardoz hails from Anjuna. I don’t know about his father’s village.

Bernice

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On 25-Mar-2020, at 9:54 PM, 'Leroy Veloso' via The Goa Book Club <goa-bo...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

https://scroll.in/latest/957233/coronavirus-chef-floyd-cardoz-co-owner-of-bombay-canteen-dies-of-covid-19-in-new-york-city

Thanks Pamela D' Mello for bringing this sad news to our attention.

Just a couple of months back i had gifted my wife a copy of his excellent recipe book " Flavorwalla" which I would say is a must have..

He traced his roots to Anjuna Village.

May his soul rest in peace..

Leroy

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On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 at 2:33 am, FM N

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Thanks, FN

On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 at 19:41, Frederick Noronha <frederic...@gmail.com> wrote:

Check this out pls: a game has been developed called Shabdarth for Konkani lovers. The link for the game is http://sbsi.unigoa.ac.in/shabdarth Here the players will be given different words and they have to provide the meaning, synonyms, grammatical category and examples for those words. This serves as a part of an initiative taken by Goa University to enhance the  Konkani WordNet (http://konkaniwordnet.unigoa.ac.in) by increasing its vocabulary. Konkani WordNet provides information about a word from different perspectives also giving the relationships between words. This will help in the compilation of all the Konkani words and prevent the authentic Konkani words that are not prevalent in the day to day conversations from becoming extinct. Kindly play this game and extend your support towards this initiative.

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[augusto pinto]

[cle...@gmail.com]

hi Augusto

glad you have BandraBuggers. heres some more which I hope you'll enjoy

Bandrabuggers. Covid inspired.

On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 11:21 PM augusto pinto <pint...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Edwin Fernandes]

Dear Mr. Augusto,

Thank you for enquiring about BEYOND BANDRA.  I am the author of this book written in 2018.

I am a retired senior Banker, who loves to write. I am enclosing 3 reviews, which will give you insights into the Book. 

It is very unlike Bandra Buggers, although my Book too consists of humorous anecdotes, which extend Beyond Bandra too.  

The Book will be available with Frederick Noronha of Goa 1556 (goa...@gmail.com) who is also the Publisher. 

In case you have any difficulty, contact me at my gmail id or WhatsApp me for copies.

Happy reading

Regards,

(Edwin Fernandes)

eds...@gmail.com

M-9870336765