Category Archives: Non-English books
Os Brahamanes (romance)
Francisco Luís Gomes’ novel is available online. Incidentally, it has been seen [http://1857revolt.wordpress.com/2010/09/07/titles-in-portuguese/] as one of the three titles in Portuguese which count as a response “in Europe” to the 1857 revolt in North India. The other two are Dr Felix Maynard’s translated
Os Brahamanes (romance)
Francisco Luís Gomes’ novel is available online. Incidentally, it has been seen [http://1857revolt.wordpress.com/2010/09/07/titles-in-portuguese/] as one of the three titles in Portuguese which count as a response “in Europe” to the 1857 revolt in North India. The other two are Dr Felix Maynard’s translated
Konkani’s humorous plays… (review by J.P.Pereira)
By J P Pereira ‘Natt’yangan’ is a collection of humorous one-act plays in Konkani, written by Brenda Menezes and published by Cindy Publications, Quepem through the sponsorship of Goa Konknni Academy. The book comprises of five plays, written in a
Konkani’s humorous plays… (review by J.P.Pereira)
By J P Pereira ‘Natt’yangan’ is a collection of humorous one-act plays in Konkani, written by Brenda Menezes and published by Cindy Publications, Quepem through the sponsorship of Goa Konknni Academy. The book comprises of five plays, written in a
Publica Livraria, nuggets from an old institution (by Lourdes Bravo da Costa)
Maria De Lourdes Bravo Da Costa Rodrigues The Central Library has its beginnings in the Academia Militar established in 1817. In 1832 it became a public library during the tenure of the Vice-Roy Dom Manuel de Portugal e Castro and
Publica Livraria, nuggets from an old institution (by Lourdes Bravo da Costa)
Maria De Lourdes Bravo Da Costa Rodrigues The Central Library has its beginnings in the Academia Militar established in 1817. In 1832 it became a public library during the tenure of the Vice-Roy Dom Manuel de Portugal e Castro and
A life less known (Walter Menezes reviews Renderamam’ ani Tachem Jivit)
Book Review of “Rendermam Ani Tachem Jivit” Author and Publisher: Fr. Ave Maria Afonso Pages: 64 Price: Rs.60 By: Walter Menezes I met Fr. Ave Maria Afonso at Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr, Alto Porvorim on a day when Fr. Mathew
A life less known (Walter Menezes reviews Renderamam’ ani Tachem Jivit)
Book Review of “Rendermam Ani Tachem Jivit” Author and Publisher: Fr. Ave Maria Afonso Pages: 64 Price: Rs.60 By: Walter Menezes I met Fr. Ave Maria Afonso at Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr, Alto Porvorim on a day when Fr. Mathew
Learn Konkani… the Romi way
How do you sell a book in a scattered market like Goa, complicated by the fact that, despite our literacy, we are not quite a heavy-reading population? Jesuit linguist-priest Dr Pratap Naik pnaiksj@yahoo.co.in; recently announced that the TSKK Konknni Course
Learn Konkani… the Romi way
How do you sell a book in a scattered market like Goa, complicated by the fact that, despite our literacy, we are not quite a heavy-reading population? Jesuit linguist-priest Dr Pratap Naik pnaiksj@yahoo.co.in; recently announced that the TSKK Konknni Course
A decades-old monthly… Romi poems for children
The Porvorim-based Thomas Stevens Konknni Kendra keeps on quietly and actively publishing. Recently, one came across two, slim inexpensive publications from there. ‘Dor Mhoineachi Rotti’ is a decades-old monthly (once even published from Karachi, Pakistan) in Konkani that focuses on
A decades-old monthly… Romi poems for children
The Porvorim-based Thomas Stevens Konknni Kendra keeps on quietly and actively publishing. Recently, one came across two, slim inexpensive publications from there. ‘Dor Mhoineachi Rotti’ is a decades-old monthly (once even published from Karachi, Pakistan) in Konkani that focuses on
Remembering the Fall of Portuguese India in 1961
Contributed by: Teotonio R. de Souza Francisco Cabral Couto, O Fim do Estado Português da Índia, Lisboa, Tribuna, s.d, ISBN.10:972-8799-53-5, pp. 136. Priced at € 21.60 by FNAC in Lisbon, this hard cover coffee-table publication is perhaps the latest addition
Remembering the Fall of Portuguese India in 1961
Contributed by: Teotonio R. de Souza Francisco Cabral Couto, O Fim do Estado Português da Índia, Lisboa, Tribuna, s.d, ISBN.10:972-8799-53-5, pp. 136. Priced at € 21.60 by FNAC in Lisbon, this hard cover coffee-table publication is perhaps the latest addition
Roman script Konkani… in new form
Dev b^ro dis di~v. Tu~ k^so asay? Ha~v b^ro asa~. Tuje~ na~v kite~? Mh^je~ na~v Pedru. Tu~ kh^~y ravtay? Ha~v Go~ya~ ravta~. Ko~knni Go~ychi razbhas. Tuzo bapuy kite~ k^rta? Mh^zo bapuy xeta~t kam k^rta. Tu~ mhaka ek narl ani pa~ch
Roman script Konkani… in new form
Dev b^ro dis di~v. Tu~ k^so asay? Ha~v b^ro asa~. Tuje~ na~v kite~? Mh^je~ na~v Pedru. Tu~ kh^~y ravtay? Ha~v Go~ya~ ravta~. Ko~knni Go~ychi razbhas. Tuzo bapuy kite~ k^rta? Mh^zo bapuy xeta~t kam k^rta. Tu~ mhaka ek narl ani pa~ch
The Goa Review of Books 