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Sep 12, 2013
Dr. J. Anthony Gomes takes the reader on a voyage in verse that traverses the globe – from Goa (India) to Staten Island (NY), the Algarve in Portugal, Rio in Brazil, the Asturias in Spain, Caracas in Venezuela, and Yagamata in Japan.

Apr 22, 2012
This book offers a peek into the wonderful days of a bygone-era in a typical village of Goa, India, a land with a rich history and a diverse society.

Dec 25, 2011
Goa's international Catholic community has emerged over the last century or so and now transcends geographic boundaries. It retains multiple links to Goa and between "satellite communities" worldwide, says a just-published book on the subject.

Dec 03, 2010
Called 'Patriotism in Action: Goans in India's Defence Services' a new book lists details of close to 400 officers in the three wings of India's armed forces, from British times to the present, across its 344 pages.

Dec 03, 2010
US-born, Goa-based novelist Margaret Mascarenhas has come out with a new edition of her novel Skin -- the fourth so far. It tells a story linked to the former Portuguese colony Goa, and connected with the Americas, Africa and more.

Dec 03, 2010
Goa (India)-based K.G. Gupta writes about the growth of a tiny ophthalmic venture, that started five decades ago, from the backyard of a home in Agra (North India) and has today exported lenses to over a hundred countries worldwide.

Aug 25, 2010
'Goa Masala', a new anthology contains essays by Goans based in Canada. The aim is to keep alive memories of another time; a task specially crucial amidst a community believed to have one of the highest per capita out-migration rates in the world.

Aug 25, 2010
'Follow Me, Volume 3' is a detailed chronology of parish priests and parishes of two prominent coastal sub-districts of Goa. With this book, Fr Nascimento has authored his sixth title. Goa has an interesting past and is a former Portuguese colony.

Aug 25, 2010
'Into the Diaspora Wilderness', a 290-page book, digs up significant new information about the Goan diaspora specially about the British Empire (East Africa, the Gulf, UK itself) and the 'New World' (primarily the US).

Aug 22, 2010
'Song of Goa', which was released in Goa on July 30, 2010 focuses on the Mando, a dance-song. Its main themes are love and reports of events (fobro), social and political in nature.


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