Profusely illustrated.
Bombay opened up a new world to the Goan, both Christian and Hindu. They rode high on the crest of the wave of priviledge, grabbed opportunity, worked hard at whatever they took up — not baulking at menial service, so long as it improved their standing.
Thus they were able to set up their own educational institutions, their own press. Other Goans strove to rectify their society, to actively promote education at the highest level, and organise reform movements. This book focuses primarily on the nineteenth century.
Bombay’s Beginnings Finding Their Way Early Professions The Rich and Famous Intellectual Stalwarts
Eminent Physicians Some Notables Goan Press and Literature Marathi Press and Literature Early Churches, Priests
Welfare Services Sports and Entertainment Bibliography: Books, Journals, Articles, Unpublished Theses About the Author
Dr. (Mrs.) Teresa Albuquerque is a Fellow of the Heras Institute of Indian History and Culture, St. Xavier’s College, Bombay, and a member of the Bombay Museum Society, the Asiatic Society of Bombay, the Church History Association of India, the Heras Society and the Bombay Local History Society. She was awarded the Senior Mahindra Research Scholarship by the Heras Institute to undertake research on the Goans of Kenya. Currently, she is the recipient of a Senior Fellowship Award of the Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi. In her micro-historical studies she has delved into the colonial past of Bombay and Goa, with special emphasis on the Portuguese impress. She has traveled widely and lectured on the subject both at home and abroad. Besides contributing articles to historical journals, international seminars, art magazines and newspapers, she has authored nearly a dozen books.
