Back in August 2006 I visited Goa, India. A trip that affected my outlook on life, views on my country and my attitude towards others of all backgrounds. In 2015, I finally decided to put down in writing all the experiences encountered on my journey, not least my admiration for India, it's people and it's culture.

Section A : First Flight (Prose and Poetry) Paper I – Prose 1.A Letter to God, 2 .Nelson Mandela : Long Walk To Freedom, 3. Two Stories About Flying (i) His First flight, (ii) Black Aeroplane, 4. From The Diary of Anne Frank, 5. The Hundred Dresses- I, 6. The Hundred Dresses –II, 7. Glimpses of India, 8.Milbil The Otter, 9.Madam Rides the Bus, 10. The Sremon At Benares, 11.The Proposal, Paper II – Poetry 1.Dust of Snow, 2. Fire Andice, 3. A Tiger The Zoo, 4. How To Tell Wild Animals, 5. The Ball Poem, 6. Amanda, 7. Animals, 8.The Treesm, 9. Fog, 10. The Tale of Custard The Dragon, 11. For Anne Gregory, Section B : Footprints Without Feet (Supplementary Reader) 1.A Triumph Of Surgery, 2. The Thiefs Story, 3. The Midnight Visitor, 4. A Question of Trust, 5. Footprint Without Feet, 6. The Making of a Scientist, 7.The Necklace, 8. The Hack Driver, 9. Bholi, 10. The Books That Saved The Earth, Section C : Grammar (Reading and Writing) 1.Reading Section, 2. Grammar ( Teness, Modals, Passive Voice, Subject-Verb Concord, Reporting, Clauses, Determiners, Preposition), 3. Letter Writing. Board Question Paper

David Tomory traces the continuous western influences at work on Goa from the time of the Portugese to the present day. This entertaining and informative tour through the totality of western contact with Goa reveals what Goa is actually like for both westerners and Goans, and catches Goa as it stands at the brink of a complicated future.

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In December 1961, Indian Troops Marched Into Goa Putting An End To Over 450 Years Of Portuguese Rule, The Longest Spell Of Colonialism On The Subcontinent, And Goa Became Part Of The Indian Union. In Popular Imagination, However, Goa Has Remained A Place Not Quite India, And Stereotypes About Goa And Goans Abound. Maria Aurora Couto S Unique Blend Of Biography, Memoir And Social History Brings Us The Goa Behind The Beaches And Booze Culture That Is Projected For The Tourist And Which Has Unfortunately Come To Define Goa For The Vast Majority Outside The State. Starting With An Account Of The Immediate Aftermath Of Liberation, Couto Goes Back And Forth In Time To Examine The Fundamental Transformations In Goan Society From 1510, When Afonso De Albuquerque Conquered Goa, Up To The Present. Drawing Upon The Experiences Of Her Own Family And Those Of Others, Both Hindu And Catholic, She Writes Of The Influences That Have Touched All Goans The Luso-Indian Culture; Conversion And The Inquisition; Political And Cultural Changes In Europe Such As The French Revolution And The Ideals Of Republicanism; Folk Traditions, Music And The Konkani Language; And, Ultimately, Freedom And Integration With India. In The Process She Reveals How Goa, Which Combines The Best Of Traditional And Cosmopolitan Lifestyles, Has Evolved Into India S Twenty-First-Century Model Of Economic Development And Communal Harmony. Written With Sensitivity, Insight And Scholarship, Goa: A Daughter S Story Is At Once Expansive And Intimate: A Moving Narrative About Home, The Village And The World, In Which The Author Crosses The Boundaries Between History And Memory, Truth And Imagination, To Evoke Personal And Community Experience. It Is As Much An Appraisal Of Goa S Past As It Is An Examination Of Its Present And A Vision For Its Future.

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