The Heavier Cross: Layman’s Burden
While ‘conversion’ is perhaps the hottest and most debated topic elsewhere in the country, in Daman, its meaning is limited to the amount of rupees you get when you exchange British pounds, even to catholic priests! This isn’t surprising as religious conversions into the catholic faith are unheard of in this tiny former Portuguese enclave […]
Viva Damao! The Indo-Portuguese Subculture of Daman
I finished writing “CULTURE WISE INDIA” and submitted it via email to Survival Books Ltd., UK on the 31st of July ’07 – a day after I turned 50! Here’s news for my fellow Damanenses: I just bought a domain name for my next book, “Viva Damao! The Indo-Portuguese Subculture of Daman,” tentatively, a 200-page […]
Interview with Aneeta Sundaraj of ‘HowToTellaGreatStory’
I was recently interviewed by Aneeta Sundaraj of ‘HowToTellaGreatStory’ vis a vis WB’s Writer of the Year 2007 award. Here’s the link to the interview page: http://www.howtotellagreatstory.com/byot/byot67.html Aneeta is the editor of ‘How To Tell A Great Story,’ a website for all relevant information on the art of storytelling, story writing, storytelling ideas, skills, methods […]
