Becoming Goan

Author : Michelle Mendonça Bambawale
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789357083225

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Becoming Goan by Michelle Mendonça Bambawale Pdf

Goa’s magnetism and its promise of a relaxed, almost bohemian lifestyle, have always attracted admirers and colonizers. Before the locals could make up their minds about such interlopers, Covid-19 brought hordes of them to town—Michelle Mendonça Bambawale was one of them. In June 2020, Michelle found herself moving to the 160-year-old house she had inherited in Siolim, a village in North Goa, with her human and canine family. Having never lived in Goa before, she couldn’t help but wonder if her Goan ancestry made her an insider or if she would forever remain an outsider. In this memoir, she confronts her complex relationship with her Goan Catholic heritage and explores themes of identity, culture, migration, stereotypes and labels. She also uncovers some of the uncanniest legends that pervade Siolim, including those of St. Anthony and the Snake, Sao Joao, and the statue of Beethoven. She also takes us back to Siolim and Goa in the 1970s and 1980s, where she spent her summer vacations without paved roads or electricity, pulling water from a well. Today, she dodges reeking septic tankers, earth movers and piling plastic garbage while walking her Labrador, Haruki. Becoming Goan is a heartfelt and charming story of Michelle's love for this land that her grandparents left her. She cares deeply about Goa's biodiversity and is distraught about the environmental impact of tourism, construction and mining. Her devotion to Mother Earth deepens as she learns more about her roots, steeped as they are in syncretic traditions.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0143462369

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Becoming Goan by Anonim Pdf

Author : Andreea Badea,Bruno Boute,Birgit Emich
Publisher : Böhlau Köln
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9783412526078

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Pathways through Early Modern Christianities by Andreea Badea,Bruno Boute,Birgit Emich Pdf

In the midst of a global pandemic, the Frankfurt POLY (Polycentricity and Plurality of Premodern Christianities) Lectures on "Pathways through Early Modern Christianities" brought together a virtual, global community of scholars and students in the Spring and Summer of 2021 to discuss the fascinating nature of early modern religious life. In this book, eleven pathbreaking scholars from the "four corners" of the early modern world reflect on the analytical tools that structure their field and that they have developed, revised and embraced in their scholarship: from generations to tolerance, from uniformity to publicity, from accommodation to local religion, from polycentrism to connected histories, and from identity to object agency. Together, the chapters of this reference work help both students and advanced researchers alike to appreciate the extent of our current knowledge about early modern christianities in their interconnected global context—and what exciting new travels could lie ahead.

Author : Paul Dimeo,James Mills
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781135276508

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Soccer in South Asia by Paul Dimeo,James Mills Pdf

The place of football in the colonial and post-colonial past is explored and both British and Portuguese influences on the development of the game are considered. Contemporary issues such as the impact of the professional league in India and the role of UK Asians in the organization of the Indian game are considered. Future scenarios are explored and models for progression and problems facing the sport in south Asia are outlined.

Author : Talya Fishman
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780812222876

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Becoming the People of the Talmud by Talya Fishman Pdf

Talya Fishman explores the impact of the textualization process in medieval Europe on the Babylonian Talmud's roles within Jewish culture.

Author : Edwin Saldanha
Publisher : Rajhauns Vitaran
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9788185854113

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SUCCESSFUL GOAN HOME WINES by Edwin Saldanha Pdf

An experienced wine maker from Goa, Edwin Saldanha, who has authored a book offering all the secrets of making wine, believed that a tiny bit of wine is healthy. Saldnha has written the book Successful Goan Home Wines. "My book is the only one in the whole world that tells you how to make wine from tropical fruits," he says. The book has recipes on how to make wine from mangoes, bananas, cashews and even kokum and jambul (Portuguese plum).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : EQUATIONS
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Challenge and Prospects of Tourism in Goa Today by Anonim Pdf

Author : Goa Freedom Movement
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015039236354

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Goan Petitioners in the United Nations by Goa Freedom Movement Pdf

Author : Katie Crouch
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780374711368

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Embassy Wife by Katie Crouch Pdf

"A smart, sparkling novel that is one part social satire, one part travelogue . . . Comical and cool.” —Oprah Daily In Katie Crouch's thrilling novel Embassy Wife, two women abroad search for the truth about their husbands—and their country. Meet Persephone Wilder, a displaced genius posing as the wife of an American diplomat in Namibia. Persephone takes her job as a representative of her country seriously, coming up with an intricate set of rules to survive the problems she encounters: how to dress in hundred-degree weather without showing too much skin, how not to look drunk at embassy functions, and how to eat roasted oryx with grace. She also suspects her husband is not actually the ambassador’s legal counsel but a secret agent in the CIA. The consummate embassy wife, she takes the newest trailing spouse, Amanda Evans, under her wing. Amanda arrives in Namibia mere weeks after giving up her Silicon Valley job so her husband, Mark, can have his family close by as he works on his Fulbright project. But once they’re settled in the sub-Saharan desert, Amanda sees clearly that Mark, who lived in Namibia two decades earlier, has other reasons for returning. Back in the safety of home, the marriage had seemed solid; in the glaring heat of the Kalahari, it feels tenuous. And the situation grows even more fraught when their daughter becomes involved in an international conflict and their own government won’t stand up for her. How far will Amanda go to keep her family intact? How much corruption can Persephone ignore? And what, exactly, does it mean to be an American abroad when you’re not sure you understand your country anymore? Propulsive and provocative, Embassy Wife asks what it means to be a human in this world, even as it helps us laugh in the face of our own absurd, seemingly impossible states of affairs.

Author : Sandra Ataíde Lobo,Jessica Falconi,Remy Dias,Dave A. Smith
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429516825

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The Colonial Periodical Press in the Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions by Sandra Ataíde Lobo,Jessica Falconi,Remy Dias,Dave A. Smith Pdf

This book clarifies the crucial role of periodical press in the advance of colonial print cultures and public debates in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The Colonial Periodical Press in the Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions is a venture of the International Group for Studies of Colonial Periodical Press of the Portuguese Empire (IGSCP-PE), which also invests in comparative studies and conceptual discussions. Moving around urban shores of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, it approaches the crucial role of periodical press in the development of colonial print cultures and public debates in these regions. By being mostly focused on press from spaces and peoples under the domain of the Portuguese Empire, it addresses a bibliographical gap in international discussions moved by the field. The outcome reflects an investment in offering decentred and de-nationalized approaches to the colonial print cultures and press histories under study, working as a platform for regional dialogues and comparative perspectives. The studies presented allow a better understanding of transits and connections of both an imperial and a trans-imperial nature, contributing to the consolidation of comparative approaches in the studies of European empires and colonialisms. This volume is indispensable for scholars and students in media studies, modern history, cultural studies, literary studies and political science.

Author : Kenneth Ballhatchet,John Harrison
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000819885

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The City in South Asia by Kenneth Ballhatchet,John Harrison Pdf

First published in 1980, The City in South Asia is a collection of papers which were presented at an inter-disciplinary seminar on The City in South Asia: pre-modern and modern, held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, under the auspices of the Centre of South Asian Studies. Some of the papers in this volume are comparative; others are concerned with specific cities – Allahabad, Dacca, Delhi, Karachi, Lucknow and Murshidabad. They deal with three main themes: the city and the state, the city and society, the city and the surrounding country. The book is appropriately embellished with maps and contemporary illustrations, and will be of interest to students of history, ethnic studies, and South Asian studies.

Author : David E. Sklare
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004494824

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Samuel ben ḥofni Gaon and His Cultural World by David E. Sklare Pdf

Samuel ben ḥofni Gaon was head of the Yeshiva of Sura in Baghdad during the cultural renaissance which characterized the Buyid period. His writings reflect the impact of Arabic literature on Jewish intellectuals at this time. The first part of this volume presents the known details of his life and extensive writings and describes the dynamics of contemporary, tenth-century Jewish culture: the decline and temporary restoration of the yeshivot and the intellectual activity outside of them. Additionally, some of the basic concepts of his thought, strongly influenced by Mu‘tazilite Kalām, are explained. The book provides the Judeo-Arabic text and annotated English translation of two of his works on legal theory, his Treatise on the Commandments and Ten Questions, reconstructed from manuscript fragments from the Cairo Geniza.

Author : Maria Couto
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Goa (India : State)
ISBN : 0143033433

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Goa by Maria Couto Pdf

In December 1961, Indian Troops Marched Into Goa Putting An End To Over 450 Years Of Portuguese Rule, The Longest Spell Of Colonialism On The Subcontinent, And Goa Became Part Of The Indian Union. In Popular Imagination, However, Goa Has Remained A Place Not Quite India, And Stereotypes About Goa And Goans Abound. Maria Aurora Couto S Unique Blend Of Biography, Memoir And Social History Brings Us The Goa Behind The Beaches And Booze Culture That Is Projected For The Tourist And Which Has Unfortunately Come To Define Goa For The Vast Majority Outside The State. Starting With An Account Of The Immediate Aftermath Of Liberation, Couto Goes Back And Forth In Time To Examine The Fundamental Transformations In Goan Society From 1510, When Afonso De Albuquerque Conquered Goa, Up To The Present. Drawing Upon The Experiences Of Her Own Family And Those Of Others, Both Hindu And Catholic, She Writes Of The Influences That Have Touched All Goans The Luso-Indian Culture; Conversion And The Inquisition; Political And Cultural Changes In Europe Such As The French Revolution And The Ideals Of Republicanism; Folk Traditions, Music And The Konkani Language; And, Ultimately, Freedom And Integration With India. In The Process She Reveals How Goa, Which Combines The Best Of Traditional And Cosmopolitan Lifestyles, Has Evolved Into India S Twenty-First-Century Model Of Economic Development And Communal Harmony. Written With Sensitivity, Insight And Scholarship, Goa: A Daughter S Story Is At Once Expansive And Intimate: A Moving Narrative About Home, The Village And The World, In Which The Author Crosses The Boundaries Between History And Memory, Truth And Imagination, To Evoke Personal And Community Experience. It Is As Much An Appraisal Of Goa S Past As It Is An Examination Of Its Present And A Vision For Its Future.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Wedding supplies and service industry
ISBN : UOM:39015070108124

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Getting Married in Goa by Anonim Pdf

Author : Malyn Newitt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190613266

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Emigration and the Sea by Malyn Newitt Pdf

Today Portuguese is the seventh most widely spoken language in the world and Brazil is a new economic powerhouse. Both phenomena result from the Portuguese 'Discoveries' of the 15th and 16th centuries, and the Catholic missions that planted Portuguese communities in every continent. Some were part of the Portuguese empire but many survived independently under other rulers with their own Creole languages and indigenized Portuguese culture. In the 19th and 20th centuries these were joined by millions of economic migrants who established Portuguese settlements in Europe, North America, Venezuela and South Africa - and in less likely places, including Bermuda, Guyana and Hawaii. Interwoven within this global history of the diaspora are stories of the Portuguese who left mainland Portugal and the islands, the lives of the Sephardic Jews, the African slaves imported into the Atlantic Islands and Brazil and the Goans who later spread along the imperial highways of Portugal and Britain. Much of Portugal's contribution to science and the arts, as well as its influence in the modern world, can be attributed to the members of these widely scattered Portuguese communities, and these are given their due in Newitt's engrossing volume