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Girls in Green

Memoirs from St Mary's

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An edition of Girls in green (2009)

Girls in Green

Memoirs from St Mary's

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A book about alumnae memories from a prominent school for girls in Goa, India. In English. Talks about life in Goa in the 1960s and 1970s. Specially at times when many students here 'boarders', as their parents worked overseas and transport facilities were limited. Interesting narration about the tough and challenging, though interesting, lives of those times. Many seem to agree that the school made them what they were, and some of the chapters underline how the Goan educational system of those times worked well for the upcoming generations from here, despite all its problems!

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Language
English
Pages
116

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Cover of: Girls in Green
Girls in Green: Memoirs from St Mary's
April 2009, Goa,1556 http://goa1556.goa-india.org
Paperback in English - 2nd edition

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First Sentence

"In the good old days, St Mary's Convent at Mapusa was a home away from home for most of us who spent our entire mornings there."

Table of Contents

1. Wood floors, leaking roofs... (by Arlette Azavedo) Page 5
2. Maths via Archie comics (by Yma Pinto) Page 7
3. Memories from Scandinavia (by Caroline Andrade) Page 13
4. School, boys, college, love... (by Ingrid Valles Po) Page 16
5. Citius, Altius, Fortius (by Lumen de Souza) Page 20
6. Strict, handsome, understanding (by Arlette Azavedo) Page 23
7. Love, kisses and letters (by Anna D'Souza) Page 28
8. After dropping the chalk (by Lydia de Souza) Page 33
9. Moira to Mapusa, on 40 paise (by Sr Margaret Correa) Page 39
10. Friendships re-found (by Caroline Andrade) Page 41
11. Laughter, punishments (by Arlette Azavedo) Page 45
12. That which lasts a lifetime (by Anna D'Souza) Page 51
13. Those wonder years... (by Hazel Pereira) Page 56
14. Who'd miss boarding school? (by Agnes B. D'Souza) Page 61
15. Can't find my keys (by Joyce Heredia Fernandes) Page 66
16. Boarding fondness (by Anna D'Souza) Page 70
17. Those days (by Blanche D'Souza e Fernandes) Page 72
18. Writing on the convent wall (by Lavie Fernandes) Page 75
19. The spice of my life (by Miguel Arcanjo de Braganza) Page 77
20. How we got networked (by Arlette Azavedo) Page 80
21. Pupil, teacher... and grand-mom (by Raida Duarte) Page 85
22. Days worth dreaming about (by Dorothy DeSouza Almeida) Page 87
23. Boarding pass: circa 1967-70 (by Lumen de Souza nee Pereira) Page 90
24. Oh, that chicken biryani (by Selina Elaine DeSouza e Fernandes) Page 92
25. Over the years, in verse (by Yolanda D'Lima e Lobo) Page 94
26. So long, farewell (Hazel Pereira) Page 99
27. Nostalgia, and more (Odilia das Chagas e Silva) Page 103
28. Linking up once more... (Anna D'Souza) Page 108
28. Encore in Toronto (Karyn Beckett) Page 110

Edition Notes

FROM THE BACK COVER: What was it like to study in a convent with wooden floors and a leaking roof? What does it mean to nostalgically walk down the past and remember our schooldays, even as the next generation takes our places at benches we once sat on? What does puppy love mean to a convent girl? And what did boarding life translate into in a Goa of the seventies?

Alumnae groups have a useful role to play in any society, more so in an emigration-oriented one like Goa.

This book is made up of essays penned by past-pupils of St Mary's Convent. This prominent six-decades old institution is based in the North Goa town of Mapusa, in coastal western India. The network that contributed to this book emerged from a virtual community built in cyberspace by past-pupils of that institution, and an electronic mailing list called GreenChillies.

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Goa, India
Genre
non-fiction

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
112+ iv pages photographs
Number of pages
116
Dimensions
8.25x5.5 inches

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23137518M
ISBN 13
9788190568227
Goodreads
7067729

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June 2, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Updated format 'Pb.' to 'Paperback
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