Charming short stories and reminiscences with Goan sap.

These memoirs highlight powerfully the agony and the ecstasy of a religious vocation and the call to priestly ministry. Through real-life experiences, Fr. George, who is widely known as an engaging storyteller, shares his journeys and discoveries. The narrative covers his childhood and family upbringing, growing up Catholic in India with its multi-cultural and multi-religious landscape and all the joys and challenges of becoming a priest and living the priestly life as an immigrant, international priest in the United States of America. "I am where God wants me to be" is Fr. George's life defining 'aha' moment, which enables him to love being a priest and to conclude that Everything is Grace.

In this volume of poetry, Dr. Antonio Gomes invites the reader to an imaginative journey in finely crafted verse that traverses numerous stages of life, contrasting moods, diverse continents, the compelling faces of love, singular moments in personal history and that of his patients, and the many-splendored dances of life and death. The distinctive art of Vamona Navelcar (Ganesh), adds a unique touch of magic to the evocative words of the medicine man

A very detailed look at the art and architecture of the Jesuit buildings in Goa, once the headquarters of the Portuguese empire in the East. Among the buildings studied are the Colegio de S. Paulo Velho (1541-1578), the male and female catechumenates (1550s), the hospital for indigenous people (1551), the noviciate (1556 1664), the orphanage (1558), the first church of S. Paulo Velho (1541-1560), the second church of S. Paulo Velho (1560 1579), the Bom Jesus (1594-1605), the Colegio de S Paulo Novo (1610-1620), the colegio do Espirito Santo in Salcete, the Colegio de Santo Inacio, Rachol (1606-09), and the recreation site at Santana.

'It was a bright and sunny morning. Moustafa announced that his small family had to move to another oasis....' A charming story set in the Arabian desert, amidst a camel family. The star of the story is the baby camel.

IN ENGLISH: When the Great Mother Earth suddenly decides that She's had enough of the human being, it is Puck, the pixie, who takes up the role of convincing Her of the value of man. Man is valuable because the history of the Earth is written in our stories. Puck sets out to prove this with the help of 13 magical pens, travelling through Goa collecting stories during three nights. That's how long Mother Earth gives him before she destroys man forever. Will Puck achieve his task? Discover the roots of ancient civilizations, the foot marks of contemporary cultures and the pockets of time present in one of the most fascinating regions of India.

When the Great Mother Earth suddenly decides that She's had enough of the human being, it is Puck,the pixie, who takes up the role of convincing Her of the value of man. Man is valuable because the history of the Earth is written in our stories. Puck sets out to prove this with the help of 13 magical pens, travelling through Goa collecting stories during three nights. That's how long Mother Earth gives him before she destroys man forever. Will Puck achieve his task? Discover the roots of ancient civilizations, the footmarks of contemporary cultures and the pockets of time present in one of the most fascinating regions of India.

A German photo-journalist offers an interesting insight into contemporary religion in Goa. Rich in photographs. Interesting insight into contemporary religion in Goa Rich in photographs.

Capt. Rebello has been writing since his school-days, and happens to be the nephew of the pioneers who ran the Konkani weekly 'Cine Times' in Bombay. His earlier novel Memories of Another Day, published in 2008, is set in Eastern Europe, after the 1999 sinking of an oil tanker off the Atlantic coast and the Bay of Biscay in France, causing an economic loss of $500 million. The fleet owner abandoned three other vessels with hundreds of seafarers on board in Montenegro. His next book, now being worked on, is set amidst seamen, and is to be called 'Cruise the Horizon' about the hardships faced in a supposedly cheerful cruise line industry.

Men at sea face a new danger off the coasts of Africa and in the Indian Ocean, in the form of piracy. This is the theme of Captain Norbert Rebello's second novel set at sea. Cloaking this serious issue in the garb of fiction, Capt. Norbert takes the reader from the south-eastern Bangladesh and its Karnaphuli river, to the Ivory Coast, and off the coast of Indonesia. But the main action is set off the Somalia coast, where the partly-Indian crew -- a growing reality in the merchant navy these days -- gets caught up with a racy story of desperation, violence, mid-sea piracy and love. Capt. Rebello has been writing since his school-days, and happens to be the nephew of the pioneers who ran the Konkani weekly 'Cine Times' in Bombay. His earlier novel Memories of Another Day, published in 2008, is set in Eastern Europe, after the 1999 sinking of an oil tanker off the Atlantic coast and the Bay of Biscay in France, causing an economic loss of $500 million. The fleet owner abandoned three other vessels with hundreds of seafarers on board in Montenegro. His next book, now being worked on, is set amidst seamen, and is to be called 'Cruise the Horizon' about the hardships faced in a supposedly cheerful cruise line industry.

After winning hearts via her Konkani, Espi Mai is stuck again. Now, she's into speaking fluent Konkani, with her new book. It is written in a very engaging and inclusive style.

Mapusa was once a sleepy small town in Bardez and grew out of the settlement known as Gaunsavaddo that was by the river, and Angodd. Today, the bustling city is the commercial capital of North Goa, has a colourful market, and has produced a number of proud sons of Goa. Former Saudi-based expat, a resident of Anjuna and a writer who honed his skills in cyberspace, Domnic PF Fernandes released his book in October 2012. Fernandes' book is more his own personal reminiscences rather than a formal history. To contrast the change that has come about, he takes a walking tour through the urban area, describing what he knew of it in the late 1950s and what exists today. Many names, both prominent and humble, people its pages. Right from the Viscount of Bardez, to one of the most famous jewellery designers across the world Ambaji Shinde, the Mapusa-linked Aquino Braganca who was aide of former Mozambique President Samora Machel, bishops who trace their roots to Mapusa and the many merchants and businessmen who make Mapusa what it is.

Without doubt, Irene Heredia lived amidst priviledged times. A quick glance through the 28 pages of photographs would tell you that. She was a University of Bombay gold medalist at the B.A. in 1938, rare indeed for a woman student then. Her husband, the late Jimmy Heredia, was the sheriff of Bombay and honorary consul of Brazil. She rubbedshoulders with ambassadors, consuls, the Pope, Cardinal Gracias, President Radhakrishnan, the then Emperess of Iran, queens and Gandhians. Her relatives include missionaries to Malacca and Charles Correa.But she knew tough times too. Then there's early deaths in the family, migration, and the sudden fluctuations between doing well and instant poverty were the stories that many Goan families carry in their hearts. The author's mother was widowed in her 20s. Her father again died quite early too.

Brenda Rodrigues, once known as the 'Connie Frances of Bombay', is as adept in building word-pictures of places she visited. In this travelogue, she takes us across India and the rest of the globe, with her charming mosaic of episodes and sights that she encountered in four decades of being an avid globe trotter. From her visit visit abroad, to London in 1970, we encounter fascinating stories of people and instances that keep the reader glued to her work. Stories come in from France, Goa, Nagaland (The Scotland of the East). To North America and London. We reach North East India again, and then Italy and the UAE. France, Scotland, the rest of the UK, Thailand, Egypt, Israel, Italy, Switzerland, even China, Gilbraltar, the Netherlands...

The definitive work on the history of Goan food. Understand why you eat what you eat. An impressive study, well appreciated already. Goan cuisine contains alluring Christian, Hindu and Muslim strands. It is an interesting fusion from several cultures -- Arab, Portuguese, Brazilian, French, African, Chinese, Malaysian, British, Anglo-Indian and Konkani. In Goa, East did meet West... on the dining table. This book offers an encyclopedic vision of a cuisine with a global touch -- how it was, how it is, and how it came to be. It is written by a veteran Goan historian who knows her food. Cozinha de Goa is one of the outstanding books on the food of a particular Indian region, coming close to Banerji's outstanding book on Bengal. Like that book it had recipes, but it is not primarily a cookbook, focussing more on history and description, for which it brings together what is clearly a huge amount of scholarly research and reading, but combined with warm personal memories that helps bring the subject alive.