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Appetite
New Writing from Goa
A vivid collection of voices from Goa, Appetite: New Writing from Goa explores the tangled web of human desire in its various manifestations and the deeply rooted traditions that define (a form of) Goan identity today.
From stories of late-night feasts gone awry in bustling family living rooms to poems that trace lustful longing and essays that reflect on diaspora and in-migration, each piece captures what it feels like to truly yearn. Edited by Shivranjana Rathore and Tino de Sa, the anthology moves effortlessly between the intimate and the expansive, from the salty tang of the sea and the delicate twang of a rebec to the inner landscapes of complex characters wrestling with love, loss, sexuality, and identity.
Grounded in the state’s history yet alive to its present, Appetite is a heartfelt tribute to Goa itself―its salt-washed shores, spice-laden air, delectable cuisine, and the unquenchable appetite that pulses at the heart of the land and its people. The Goa Writers invite readers to savour not only the stories told, but the world that makes them possible.
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Heta Pandit
Heta Pandit is an independent researcher and writer on Goan heritage. She has 11 books to her credit including translations of oviyos, songs sung at the grinding stone by women in rural Goa. She serves on the Museum of Christian Art Committee and is the co-founder of a not-for-profit organisation called Heritage First Goa. Ms. Pandit lives in Saligao with her dogs Goru, Potio and Vahiti. She is currently working on a book titled, Objects and Memories from Goa.
Pamela D’Mello
Pamela D’Mello is a widely published independent journalist, writer, and researcher who has worked in the newspaper, magazine, and online media space for over three and a half decades, reporting and analysing the political economy of contemporary Goa for a host of national publications. She writes the odd short story, while her research interest has led to seminar papers on Land Relations, Political Defections and the Tenth Schedule, Goa’s Civil Code, and the Role of Private Schools in 19th and 20th Century Education in Goa. Her online blog is goajournal.in
Tino de Sa
Tino de Sa, an IAS officer, is twice winner of the Times of India National Short Story Competition. He has three books to his credit, and was shortlisted for the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Several of his poems have appeared in anthologies in India and abroad.
Shivranjana Rathore
Shivranjana Rathore is a writer and maker whose work engages existentialism, often leaning into the absurd and the surreal. For over a decade now, her practice has moved across mediums and disciplines, intersecting with research. She is currently developing Sense of a Place, a multimedia project exploring place-making through narrative and embodied relationship.
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