BOOKS ON GOA

RAJHAUNS VITRAN (SWAN PUBLISHERS) is a small publishing firm run by Mr. R. Bhidye of Panjim. He has been doing yeoman service to Goa, by publishing (against the odds, one feels, as a reviewer of Goa books) a number of titles related to this tiny region, in Konkani, English and Marathi. For these titles, the market is small. When a book is published, nobody seems interested. By the time interest is built up, the book is out of print. There is not much money in this. These are the travails which people like Bhidye have to put up with. To add to the problem, many Goans don't seem to think its worth investing in books (and relevant information). Rajhauns offers a mail-order service. If interested, contact them directly:
Rajhauns Vitran, 1 Meenakshi Building,
Dr. Wolfango da Silva Marg,
Panjim 403001.
It is located just opposite Junta Building, in the heart of the capital.

The Government Printing Press in Panjim also has a large amount of old books, dating back to the Portuguese regime, and offered for sale at prices as ludicrously low as Rs 1 or 2 each. Worth checking out too.

Research publications on Goa's History produced by the Xavier Centre of Historical Research may be obtained directly from that Institute at
Alto Porvorim,
Goa 403 521
(Fax: +91-832-217772),

or from

Concept Publishing Company,
A/15-16,
Commercial Block ,
Mohan Garden,
New Delhi 110 059
(Fax: +91-11-559 8898).

Goa University and Konkani Akademi also have their publications, including an excellent first volume of the Konkani Encyclopaedia (Konknni Vishvakosha).

The other great distributor of many reprints of valuable books on Goa is
Mr. J. Jetley,
Asian Educational Services,
C-2/15, S.D.A.,
Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016
(Fax: +91-11-6852805).
A detailed catalogue may be ordered.

A wide spectrum of books on Goa may be ordered by e-mail from The Other India Book Store (Mapusa, Goa). For a catalogue on books available at this store, check out http://www.mnet.fr/aiindex/i_oibs/OIBS.html

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