Two prisoners...One jailer .... a ringside seats to both releases

"It falls on but a few, to put it quite immodestly, to be on hand for the release of two prisoners, shackled by the same jailer, on opposite sides of the globe," as Short Takes Long Memories grabs a ringside seat first at the Liberation of Goa in 1961 and then, 13 years later, at the Carnation Revolution in Portugal as a colony and its coloniser are freed from the same jailer - the dictatorial Salazarist regime of Portugal, on opposite sides of the globe.

http://www.rupapublications.co.in/client/Book/Short-Takes-Long-Memories.aspx

A ringside view of the passage to India of Goa from prized jewel in the Ultramar Português. It chronicles the tale of a land caught between free India and Salazarist Portugal based on the reminiscences of a civil servant and diplomat.

Babi, Shabi, pouca diferença

A popular Konkani (well actually, Portuguese) version of that English expression- one and the same thing.

Glance through Short Takes Long Memories to find out the antecedents of this expression and, in the process, learn of the Keystone Cops nature of the law-enforcers in Portuguese Goa

Growing up Goan during its passage to India after 451 years adrift in the Ultramar Português- a rollicking journey in time in the company of serendipity, Salazar and the spirit of socegado
http://www.rupapublications.co.in/client/Book/Short-Takes-Long-Memories.aspx

Penny Pinching unparalled - with fascism as a side order

Take up #ShortTakesLongMemories to learm more about the dictator Salazar who, as P.G. Wodehouse so eloquently put it, "would walk ten miles in tight shoes to pick up tuppence"

Available at:

http://www.rupapublications.co.in/client/Book/Short-Takes-Long-Memories.aspx

New Arrivals at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

http://www.indiahabitat.org/newarrival/

A ringside view of Goa before and after Liberation

http://www.navhindtimes.in/ilive/ringside-view-goa-and-after-liberation

Featuring in Harmony magazine Sept 2011: Between the Lines

Endearing for the warmth in which Goa comes alive in its pages:


http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPageView.jsp?page_id=14856

http://mangomood.blogspot.com/2011/10/short-takes-long-memories-on-goas.html

An amusing memoir.... an affectionate rambling account - In the Times of India Crest Edition

on Short Takes Long Memories

http://www.timescrest.com/culture/gallery/quick-review-5904

See also: http://mangomood.blogspot.com/2011/10/short-takes-long-memories-on-goas.html

Seasons in the Sun: A sneak peak into the land of sun, sand and socegado

Seasons in the Sun: By Sharmila Kamat in the Smithsonian Mag


Think of Goa and the following images spring to the mind - miles upon miles of sun-kissed beaches. Palm trees swaying gently in the mid-morning breeze. Narrow country lanes weaving their way through vast stretches of lush, green paddy fields.

Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/departments/my-kind-of-town/your-kind-of-town/Goa-India.html#ixzz1b0Z8Jxpw

Short Takes on Long "Memories and More" - The Times of India

Different shades of the Indian mindset - Mango Mood Book Review

Sunday Book Review

Filed Under (Books) by siteadmin on 22-05-2011 and tagged book, Mango Mood, Sharmila Kamat

“On the first day, he is not unduly perturbed, the taste of yesterday’s fish curry is still fresh, on the second day the memory persists-but only just.
On third day, no sooner is the idol of Lord Ganesh given a ceremonial immersion than he’s back to where he belongs – in the fish market, making up for the lost time.”
-from the book ‘Mango Mood’
The most common problem with reader is that he used to get addicted to a particular mood. Though there may be different kind of claims by author or publishers or readers of a book or author but the central theme of most of the books is generally one. Love or affection, technology or science, horror, conspiracy, corruption or any other the central theme moves around the one theme whether author does it unconsciously or deliberately.
Bringing out different shades and colours of life and society in a book through writing requires serious observation and presentation skill. When the book comes as a collection of writings the reading becomes more interesting. ‘Mango Mood’ is one of the books falls in this category.
Though the book heavily talks about Goan culture and society but despite it the writings presents different shades of Indian mindset. From fish curry to Ganesh Chaturthi, Wagle ki Dunia to modern politics, Bapu to Las Vegas, common family and social issues… author tried to talk about everything though in a lighter vein.
Book: Mango Mood
Author: Sharmila Kamat
Publisher: Rupa Publication
Category: Non-Fiction
Price: Rs. 195/-

See also http://mangomood.blogspot.com/2011/10/mango-mood-of-people-and-peculiarites.html