How stereotypes and cliches have dominated the Goa-Portugal relation and how books like Short Takes Long Memories help in setting the record straight

Commenting on how the Goa-Portugal narrative has been dominated by a sense of victimhood disallowing a proper reappraisal of how the relationship shaped attitudes in both the lands

.... and how books like Short Takes Long Memories - a memoir by a Goan administrator who occupied the senior echelons of both the Portuguese Goan and the Indian (IAS) bureaucracy help set the record straight

In the 13 July 2011 issue of Herald:

Get an insight into how the Portuguese were different from the British (though not always in a bad sense)

in the very-well analysed review of Short Takes Long Memories by Frederick Noronha in the Gomantak Times