The real Goa, with its petty rural politics, ecological exploitation, gender inequality, and contrasting lives, comes through brilliantly. The Greatest Goan Stories Ever Told Edited by Manohar Shetty Aleph Book Company Pages: 320 Price: Rs.799 Once colonised by the Portuguese, rediscovered by the hippies, and now invaded by tourists arriving en masse from Indian cities and the hinterlands, Goa has …
Goa’s Damodar Mauzo won the 57th Jnanpith Award in November, becoming the second Konkani writer to win India’s highest literary prize. The 77-year-old writer, who spent many years running a shop, has been a part of Goa’s contemporary roller-coaster history, having fought for its Statehood and the constitutional recognition of Konkani. Winner of several awards, including the Sahitya Akademi for …
Panaji: The Goa Police has provided security cover to eminent writer and Sahitya Akademi award winner Damodar Mauzo following intelligence inputs from the special investigation team probing the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh in Karnataka about a threat to his life, a senior official said on Friday. The cover will continue till a further review of the threat perception," the …
