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It’s 1510. The Portuguese arrive in Goa armed with guns, swords and crucifixes to the agricultural village of Adolshi, where Hindus have been living peacefully. A sense of foreboding fills them as tigers prowl, cow bones appear in wells, chariot wheels break on festival day. The Portuguese king has licenced Jesuits to take over and staunch white men move about preaching the word of the Son of God. Land is seized, families broken. But Padre Simao Peres is ...
Poverty, debt, and starvation are the conditions that define the existence of a group of labourers. As outcastes they face extreme resentment from other village folk and journey to a faraway place in search of sustenance. Once there, another series of nightmarish events unfolds and their lives continue to mirror the age-old clash between the wealthy and the downtrodden. In a desperate attempt to return home, the group escapes to a forest where it encounters ...
Kali Ganga, tells the story of a young girl Suman, growing up in a small village on the banks of the River Kali Ganga. With a rare descriptive clarity, the novel recreates a piece of life with its endless cycle of births and deaths, the river with its varying moods, the village and its people and the many festivals and fairs, all seamlessly woven to create a well crafted piece of fiction. One of the finest novels to have emerged from Konkani literature.