PANAJI
The book release function of a collection of short stories in Romi Konkani titled Xirputtam authored by Late Bailon Neville Mascarenhas was held recently at MDC Hall, Quepem.
Deputy CM Chandrakant (Babu) Kavlekar was the Chief Guest. The Guest of Honour was Tomazinho Cardozo, former Speaker of the Goa Assembly. Premanand A. Lotlikar, ex-president of Dalgado Konknni Akademi and a renowned tiatrist also graced the function. Kavlekar acknowledged the straightforwardness in Late Bailon Neville Mascarenhas’s writings as a journalist and further added that just like Neville Mascarenhas all of us should strive hard to hone our skills. The Guest of Honour, Tomazinho Cardozo said that the stories were of a high standard and the same should not only be transliterated in Nagari Konkani but also translated into English so that these stories reach a larger audience. After Mascarenhas’s untimely demise, his brother Sebastiao Mascarenhas along with his family took the initiative to get his work published. Tomazinho and Irene rendered editorial assistance and helped the family to publish the collection, Premanand Lotlikar informed.
