The Wagle's Goan Jaunt - excerpt from Mango Mood By Sharmila Kamat, Rupa Books, 2010

THE WAGLES' GOAN JAUNT 

Excerpt from MANGO MOOD 

by SHARMILA KAMAT

 

The Wagles' Goan Jaunt - a spoof written during the airing of the original Wagle ki Duniya that was shown on Doordarshan from 1988-1990. 

This is a fictional account of the Wagles' going to Goa for a vacation. This is when Raju and Manoj, the Wagle sons, were young boys. 

In the new Wagle ki Duniya - Nayi Peedhi, Naye Kissey, Raju, now a householder with two children of his own, wants to go to Goa for a holiday with his parents, wife and children. His plan is stymied when he injures his foot. 

Still, what is things had worked out different and the Wagles travelled to Goa for sun, sea, sands and serenity?

Would things be different this time around?

Here is a look at what happened on the last Goan Holiday:

                                                            Illustration: Naguesh Sardessai

 

A Doggy Tale - Sharmila Kamat

 

Underdog Day Afternoon - Sharmila Kamat

https://www.deccanherald.com/sunday-herald/sunday-herald-articulations/it-s-all-about-making-a-choice-815676.html

A rare interview of Kishori Amonkar by Sharmila Kamat

Published in Femina magazine March 15, 1998 as also on femina.in

Kishori Amonkar : The Power and the Passion (Interview by Sharmila Kamat)

FEMINA March 15, 1998  posted on femina.in

http://www.femina.in/celebs/indian/the-power-and-the-passion-43938.html

Reading about diseases can cause you to fall prey to one - hypochondria

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/272518/medical-mystery.html

Hiding in the Shadows : of paranoid politicos and delusional dictators

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-02/edit-page/32495636_1_missile-development-programme-agency-head-isi

by Sharmila Kamat

Sun Sand and Scandals

Once upon a time there was a land blessed with miles upon miles of sun-kissed beaches, a countryside of verdant splendor and a people who wanted nothing more from life than a “a homely home and simple pleasures, enough to eat and enough to wear.”

That was Goa, before the advent of the tourists.

They came in waves – the conquering hordes, eager to stake their claim to the virgin sands that hugged the coastline, hungry to explore the coconut tree-lined winding lanes that snaked their way through a countryside ensconced in a gorgeous cloak of foliage.

The initial invasion was driven by Flower Power. Roused into anger by the Vietnam War, propelled into protest by the student uprising in Europe, the rebellious youth headed east in search of Shangri La.

Read more in http://www.rupapublications.co.in/client/Book/MANGO-MOOD.aspx

In the thick of the Mango Season!

Everyone is talking mangoes these days. Conversation nowa­days centers solely on the King of fruits in its various incarnations. Eavesdrop on two householders chatting, and you can be sure to count four Alphonsos, three Mancurados, and even a Mussarado, popping up in the discussion, all within the space of two minutes.
The Mango season has arrived.
At the start of the season, the man staying next door went to the market and bought mangoes worth five hundred rupees.
How many would that make? All of one single golden yellow specimen.
Extravagant, would you say? Not at all! For this was no ordinary fruit, but one of the first crop to arrive at the stalls, captured after a no-holds barred fight with six other hopefuls in the marketplace.
He took it home and cut it in three pieces, a slice apiece for himself and his wife, and the central portion for his seven-year-old daughter.
For a while, silence reigned as five hundred rupees’ worth of fruit paused for long moments in the mouth, then made its way down the gullet to find temporary residence in the stomach.....
.......

Sample the rest of the servings in Mango Mood by Sharmila Kamat, Rupa Publications, India



Available at:

http://www.amazon.com/Mango-Mood-Sharmila-Kamat/dp/8129117223/ref=la_B004KQMSCI_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1338349497&sr=1-2

and at:
http://www.rupapublications.co.in/client/Book/MANGO-MOOD.aspx


Some reviews here:

http://fachcha.com/books/4865/

and here:

http://thehungryreader.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/mango-mood-by-sharmila-kamat/

The Doctor is In - and the patient just went into Intensive Care - by Sharmila Kamat

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-10/edit-page/31313643_1_medics-specialists-doctor

Danse Macabre - Sharmila Kamat

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/Danse-macabre/articleshow/12693593.cms

The ethos of the Goemkar has remained - Review of Short Takes by Sharmila Kamat and Prabhakar Kamat in The Afternoon

Goa as it then was, and is, now

http://www.afternoondc.in/book-review/goa-as-it-then-was-and-is-now/article_29006
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