Prutha Goa

The dynamic duo of the publishing world in Goa, Leonard and Queenie Fernandes, prove that partnerships can be successful at every level: as spouses and as business partners. Their award winning publishing company CinnamonTeal Publishing, now called CinnamonTeal Design and Publishing, has come a long way since the initial stirrings of their book publishing venture. Leonard has a Bachelor of Engineering from Goa University and an MBA from the Ohio State University. He has worked at Tata Infotech Solutions, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in Cincinnati, CarrefourSA in Istanbul, and at Bank One in Columbus. Queenie, a former student of Carmel College for Women, Goa, has a Master of Economics from the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune and has experience in working on research projects for Maharashtra Industrial and Technical Consultants Limited (Mitcon) and the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics. She has also been part of the India-Irrigation Impact Study Project of t

Fundação Oriente India prides itself on embracing languages that reflect Goa’s rich linguistic history within the sphere of its biennial Goan Short Stories Competition. The participants can submit their entries in Konkani (Romi or Devanagari scripts), English, Marathi and Portuguese in 1,000 to 3,000 words. The competition began in 2011 and following every edition of the competition there has been a release of a book containing stories by the winner and finalists. The 2015 edition of the Goan Short Stories Competition resulted in Monsoon Winds: Short Stories from Goa . Nayana Adarkar’s ‘Rakhondar: The Protector’ is a reminder of the patriarchal system that has its vice grip on Indian women wherein women are passed on from one male family member to another under the guise of protection. She derides this system of protection by pointing out that it is she who ends up doing all the protecting. The position of the middle class and lower middle class Indian woman is still to a large extent

Peregrinação is a Portuguese literary work that was a bestseller in its time and its popularity has not waned even in the 21st century, given the number of languages into which the work has been translated. The book contains the memoirs of Fernão Mendes Pinto, expounding the details of his travels and consequently his life. Originally translated as Pilgrimage, the latest English translation is titled Peregrination , which has been deemed to be much more appropriate to the subject matter presented. Fernão Mendes Pinto was born in Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal in either 1509 or 1510. He went from being a servant boy to being captured by pirates as a ship boy. He later left Portugal to join the Portuguese India Armadas, but not before serving under Francisco de Faria, a knight of Santiago and Jorge de Lencastre, a master of the Order of Santiago. He undertook numerous voyages: through the region of the Red Sea, from the coast of Africa to the Persian Gulf and from India he travelled to Siam