33 new book launches at Lit Fest: 10 books of 8 Goans
GOANEWS DESK, PANAJI | 02 December 2013 23:36 IST
Meera Kosambi's new book on D D Kosambi will be released
The 4th Goa Arts and Literary Festival (GALF) will witness 33 book launches – all new – in four days, including 10 books belonging to eight Goans.
The major books launches, as mentioned in the GALF press release, are Meera Kosambi’s book on her father and great Indian scholar D D Kosambi, titled “Unsettling the Past: D D Kosambi.”
The other equally acclaimed new books are Chetan Raj Shrestha’s “The King of Harvest”, Prajwal Parajuly’s “Land Where I Flee”, Gaiutra Bahadur’s “Coolie Woman”, Bilal Tanweer’s “The Scatter Here is too Great” and Damodar Mauzo’s “Tsunami Simon.”
The book launches also include Neeta Torne’s poetry collection translated also in Konkani, Hindi and English as well as journalist Sandesh Prabhudesai’s books in Konkani and Marathi, besides English.
Goan author Maria Aurora Couto’s new book “Filomena’s Journeys” will be launched as a curtain raiser, on the eve of the Lit Fest, on 4 December, by veteran Indian novelist Shashi Deshpande.
All other books are in English.
Following are the authors and their books:
|
NO |
DATE |
TIME |
AUTHOR |
BOOK |
LANG |
PLACE |
|
1 |
4 Dec |
5.30 pm |
Maria Aurora Couto |
Filomena’s Journeys |
English |
Goa |
|
2 |
5 Dec |
5.00 pm |
Meera Kosambi |
Unsettling the Past: D D Kosambi |
English |
Pune |
|
3 |
5 Dec |
5.00 pm |
Damodar Mauzo |
Tsunami Simon |
English |
Goa |
|
4 |
6 Dec |
11.00 am |
Vijay Vardhan |
Kurukshetra – Timeless Sancity |
English |
Chandigarh |
|
5 |
6 Dec |
11.10 am |
Neeta Torne |
Jagtana |
Multilingual |
Goa |
|
6 |
6 Dec |
11.35 am |
Ayaz Memon |
Jaico Cricketers’ Series |
English |
Mumbai |
|
7 |
6 Dec |
12.05 pm |
Nandita Haksar |
Travels through the Chicken’s Neck |
English |
Goa-settled |
|
8 |
6 Dec |
12.55 pm |
Veena Sikri |
India & Malaysia: Interwined Strands |
English |
Delhi |
|
9 |
6 Dec |
2.30 pm |
Bina Ramani |
Bird in a Banyan Tree |
English |
Delhi |
|
10 |
6 Dec |
4.00 pm |
Prajwal Parajuly |
Land Where I Flee |
English |
Oxford |
|
11 |
6 Dec |
5.10 pm |
Sandesh Prabhudesai |
Taalgadi |
Konkani |
Goa |
|
12 |
6 Dec |
5.10 pm |
Sandesh Prabhudesai |
Ghusmat |
Marathi |
Goa |
|
13 |
6 Dec |
5.10 pm |
Sandesh Prabhudesai |
Clear Cut |
English |
Goa |
|
14 |
6 Dec |
7.30 pm |
Samar Halarnkar |
A Married Man’s Guide to Creative Cooking |
English |
Goa |
|
15 |
6 Dec |
7.30 pm |
Odette Mascarenhes |
A Culinary Heritage of Goa |
English |
Goa |
|
16 |
7 Dec |
11.00 am |
Kiran Rai |
The Sacred Indian Tarot |
English |
Delhi |
|
17 |
7 Dec |
11.20 am |
George Menezes |
The Naked Liberal |
English |
Goa |
|
18 |
7 Dec |
11.35 am |
Robin Gupta |
And What Remains in the End |
English |
Delhi |
|
19 |
7 Dec |
12.05 pm |
Rahul Alvares |
Birds of Goa |
English |
Goa |
|
20 |
7 Dec |
12.10 pm |
Vinita Dawra Nangia |
It’s Your Life… |
English |
Delhi |
|
21 |
7 Dec |
12.30 pm |
Shubha Vilas |
Ramayana: Rise of the Sun Prince |
English |
Mumbai |
|
22 |
7 Dec |
1.00 pm |
Jerry Pinto |
Cobalt Blue |
English |
Mumbai |
|
23 |
7 Dec |
4.00 pm |
Vishwajyoti Ghosh |
This Side That Side |
English |
Delhi |
|
24 |
8 Dec |
11.45 am |
Ramesh Chauhan |
Thunder Ubottled… |
English |
Mumbai |
|
25 |
8 Dec |
11.45 am |
Jeronino Almeida |
Karma Kurry- for the mind, heart.. |
English |
Mumbai |
|
26 |
8 Dec |
12.20 pm |
Bilal Tanweer |
The Scatter here is Too Great |
English |
Pakistan |
|
27 |
8 Dec |
12.45 pm |
Aftab Khan Farooqui |
Notes to Meher |
English |
|
|
28 |
8 Dec |
2.30 pm |
Manjiri Prabhu |
The Cosmic Clues |
English |
Pune |
|
29 |
8 Dec |
4.00 pm |
Gaiutra Bahadur |
Coolie Woman |
English |
USA |
|
30 |
8 Dec |
4.55 pm |
Chetan Raj Srestha |
The King’s Harvest |
English |
Sikkim |
|
31 |
8 Dec |
5.30 pm |
Anil Zankar |
Mughal-e-Azam |
English |
Mumbai |
|
32 |
8 Dec |
5.30 pm |
Meghanad Desai |
Pakeezah |
English |
UK |
|
33 |
8 Dec |
5.30 pm |
Sidharth Bhatia |
Amar Akbar Anthony |
English |
Mumbai |
