Books... on and from Goa

[Frederick Noronha]

Well, it looks like I am among the 'more serious' when it comes to jettisoning the books I have extra copies of, while also seriously picking up Goa-related books. This is what I collect (rather seriously, since my early 20's ... don't ask how far back that was!) As I was discussing with Pantaleão (another serious Goa book collector) yesterday, the reason why I started collecting books was primarily to help me myself understand a tiny-but-complex Goa which I could hardly comprehend much of in my younger days!

Anyway, to get to the point, these are among the books I picked up at Nuvem (H&H /Homegrown & Homemade Market) and Calangute (Literati, Second Hand Books Section) over the past two days. If you don't have a copy, eat your heart out (you know Goa books can be rather hard to come by, especially when you desperately want them!). Also keep in my that when it comes to loaning books, I strictly go by the principle: Only a food loans his or her books, and only a greater fool returns a book they have borrowed!

• Goan Short Stories: Paddy Farming (Carmelito Andrade) @Carmelito RII

• Quick Start Guide to Learning Linux on the Raspberry Pi (Carmelito Andrade)

• Musings of a By-Lane Walk: Tales from Goa (Dr Edgar C Menezes) @Dr Edgar Menezes

• The Last Prabhu (Bernardo Elvino de Souza), we published this book, but very rare and out-of-print now. Another author-published version is available on amazon.com

• Marriage Lawns: Towards union of minds, hearts and bodies for harmony and happiness in marriage (Mateus Inaciio de Souza of Revora)

• Full Disclosure: New and Collected Poems (1981-2017) (Manohar Shetty)

• Tujea Jivea Devak Ôllkhun Ghe: Know your living God (Bro Ligorio Fernandes)

• Yêshuah Tumkã Rauta: Jesus is waiting for you (Bro Ligorio Fernandes)

• Sot tê Sotuch (Truth is Truth) (Bro Ligorio Fernandes)

• All'en Love (Princess Tara)

• In the Sanctuary of a Poem (Salil Chaturvedi)

• _Goa: Yesterday & Today: A photography exhibition by CM Estibeiro (Booklet, 24 pages, some good old photos though)

• Nazaretcho Jezu: Char-ui Xubhvortotomanantlem guntlolem ek kothon (Fr Vasco do Rego SJ, 2001)

• Goan Village Communities: The Ganvkaris or Comunidades of Goa (Visatação Bonaventura Monteiro)

• Mandó and its Presentation: The Goan Cultural Heritage (CGM Agapito de Miranda)

• A Description of Konkani (Mathew Almeida SJ, 1989, based on his PhD thesis from Georgetown)

In addition, these are from *Literati* bookshop, second-hand (inexpensive!) books section:

• Xavier Walks (Michael Soper)

• Inner Duet: A play on the life of St Francis Xavier (Carmo D'Souza)

• José's Dreams: A new world order (Carmo D'Souza)

• Catarina, etcetera: unsung heroines of Portuguese expansion (Mario Cabral e Sá

• Papa Dearest: A Sup-rise Package (Fr Neville Fernandes)

• Cultural Culturitis: How to rid your company of this toxic disease and build a winning culture (Ashok Miranda)

• Eve's Revenge: Stories of Nemesis (Ethel Da Costa)

• Right to Information Act: Central Act No 22 of 2005 and State Rules, 2006), Government of Goa, booklet.

Feel free to discuss any from the above list, which you might have read or seek more details about.