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Margaret Mascarenhas
Margaret Mascarenhas is a transnational novelist, poet, essayist, and independent curator. She is the author of Skin (2001), set in Goa and Angola; The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos (2009), a novel set in Venezuela, where she grew up; and Triage (2013), a collection of poetry, sketches and flash fiction. She has contributed to numerous literary journals and anthologies, the most recent being Walking Toward Ourselves (2016). Mascarenhas was the Founding Director of the Sunaparanta Goa Centre for the Arts (2008-2011). She is presently working on her third novel, a collection of short stories, and recently completed a second collection of poetry titled Kintsugi: This is How You Fix What is Broken. Mascarenhas is an author-member of PEN USA, PEN Delhi and a Goa delegate for PEN South India. She is a recipient of the Luso-American FLAD award.
Mustansir Dalvi
Mustansir Dalvi is a poet and translator, and teaches architecture. Brouhahas of Cocks (2013) is his first book of poems in English. Dalvi's poems are translated into French, Croatian, and Marathi. His 2012 English translation of Muhammad Iqbal's Shikwa and Jawaab-e-Shikwa from the Urdu, Taking Issue and Allah's Answer, is described as 'insolent and heretical'. The book was Runner-Up for Best Translation for 2012 at the Muse India National Literary Awards. His translations of the Sufi mystic poet Rahim are included in Arundhati Subramanium edited Eating God: An Anthology of Bhakti Poetry (2014). In Struggles with Imagined Gods (2014), Dalvi translated poems of the noted Marathi poet Hemant Divate. He is currently editing (with Sampurna Chattarji) a book of the collected translations (by Dilip Chitre, Sarabjeet Garcha and Mustansir Dalvi) of Hemant Divate’s Marathi poetry.
Odette Mascarenhas
Odette Mascarenhas is a TV host, columnist, food critic, and author with 10 books of different genres to her credit. She won the Special Jury Award 2008 at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards for her first book Masci: The Man Behind the Legend. Another book, The Culinary Heritage of Goa (2014) won her the Gourmand Award for historical recipes. She has also written the The Shadow of the Temptress (2016). Mascarenhas is the co-founder of the Goan Culinary Club, which is dedicated to preserving the authenticity of Goan cuisine and researching long-lost recipes. She is he co-curator for ‘Food as Art’ for the Serendipity Arts festival. Mascarenhas is the recipient of the Orchid Award 2017 for Women Achievers in the field of Art and Culture, and the Trinity Medallion for outstanding contribution towards Goan cuisine.
Pantaleão Fernandes
Pantaleão Fernandes is a Goa-based writer, photographer and ethnographer. His books include 100 Goan Experiences (2006); Goa Remembered (2011); Traditional Occupations of Goa (2015); and a children’s book Once Upon a Time in Goa (2015). Fernandes scours Goan villages, for hidden cultural stories which he tells with his short documentary films entitled ‘Untold stories from Goa’. He was recently conferred with an international award by the Instituto Felga I Gracias in Brazil for excellence for his contribution using photography towards the cause of preserving Goa’s art and culture. His photographs have been displayed at an exhibition “Goa – Fusao de Culturas” at Lisbon.
Prabodh Parikh
Prabodh Parikh retired as Head of the Department of Philosophy at Mithibai College, Mumbai. He is a poet and fiction writer. Parikh studied philosophy at Bombay University and Oklahoma State University, Stillwater and is currently Faculty In-charge of International Art Literature and Culture, Whistling Woods International, a film school in Mumbai. His lifelong love for jazz, beer and Sada Dosa (tiffin services in the streets of Thiruvananthapuram) has taken him to many cities around the world, where he has also lectured on contemporary Indian Literature, Arts and Cinema. He completed a film on Labhshankar Thaker, a Gujarati Poet, in 2016. He is currently making a film on another Gujarati poet, Sitanshu Yashchandra, and a collection of his poems (in Gujarati) is due to be published in early 2018.
Volga
Volga (Popuri Lalita Kumari) is Executive Chairperson and founder member of Asmita Resource Centre for Women, and one of the most significant figures in Telugu Literature today. She has authored, edited, and translated more than 50 books. Her novel Sweccha (1987) marks a watershed in women’s writing in Telugu and is now being published in all Indian languages by the National Book Trust. She edited the first volume in feminist philosophy in Telugu: Maku Godalu Levu (1989). Her anthology of stories, Rajakiya Kathalu (1992) paved the way for more feminist stories in Telugu. Her novels include Sahaja (1986); Kanneeti Keratala Vennala (1988); Maanavi (1989); Akasham lo Sagam (1990); and Gulabilu (1993). Volga is the recipient of several awards including the Sahitya Akademi Award (2015) for her short story compilation Vimukta Kadha Samputi in Telugu.
Neeta Raghunath Torne
Neeta Raghunath Torne is a well-known poet and writer. She has excelled in the field of literature through her poems, articles, and other writings. An Associate Professor at SSA, Government College, Pernem (Goa), her published work includes Ek Oll Kavitechi (2011) and Jagtana… (2013) while leaving (a multilingual way of expression), a collection of multilingual poems translated in three different languages Konkani, Hindi and English (also translated into Kannada by Mohan Habbu in 2016). She won the Kavi B Award (2012); the Kavi Narendra Bodke Smruti Puraskar (2012); and the Kavita Shree Award (2014) by Ankur Sahitya Akola. She has presented several research papers at various seminars and conferences in Goa and elsewhere in the country.
Sushila Sawant Mendes
Sushila Sawant Mendes (PhD, Goa University) heads the Department of History at the Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Quepem (Goa). Her doctoral dissertation was on the impact of Luis de Menezes Braganza on Goa's anti-colonial struggle, and later became a book: Luis de Menezes Braganza: Nationalism, Secularism and Free-thought in Portuguese Goa (2014). Mendes regularly presents papers at various seminars in India and abroad, many of which are included in books on Goa’s history. The Government of Goa has appointed her on the Expert Committee for revision of the Goa Gazetteer. The present Std X history text of the Goa Board was finalized under her guidance as Chairperson. Mendes is a Trustee of the Manovikas Public Charitable Trust, and a Founder Trustee of Silver Star Appeal.
Janeita (Jugneeta) Sudan
Janeita (Jugneeta) Sudan is an academician, literary critic, columnist, and a visiting faculty for English literature at colleges in Goa. As a consultant for schools, she develops workshop modules for book reading activity. As a literary critic, Sudan comments on classical literature and art for various publishers and is closely associated with Speaking Tiger. She also curates films, literature and art events. Sudan writes on art and culture for Daily O as well as for international literary journals. She heads a Poetry Appreciation Group (PAG), at Bookworm, Goa. Her ongoing projects include coordinating ‘Raza Dialogues’ – talks on contemporary arts with Raza Foundation (Delhi) and Museum of Goa. She is working on a set of five graphic novels on human sexuality, which she hopes to soon publish.
Sathya Saran
Sathya Saran has been a journalist for over three decades. She edited Femina for 12 years during which time the magazine became a superbrand. She was also part of the core team of the Femina Miss India Contest which saw two Miss Universe and four Miss World winners from India during her tenure. After leaving Femina, Sathya started the path breaking Me magazine for DNA. She has written best-selling and critically acclaimed biographies on Guru Dutt, and SD Burman. Baat Niklegi toh Phir: The Life and Music of Jagjit Singh is her latest published biography. All three books have been adapted by the author into hour long multi-media presentations. Sathya also has a book of short stories titled The Dark Side. Her next book How to look like Miss India is due for release in January 2018.
