Short Takes, Long Memories

Short Takes, Long Memories is an account of late 20th century Goan history in the form of a career memoir of a government official. A ringside view of an eventful period in Goa’s history – its transition from being a Portuguese colony to becoming Indian, this is a tale of a land caught between the irresistible pull of India and the immovable object that was the inflexible colonial regime. The book is based on the reminiscences of I.A.S. officer and diplomat Prabhakar Kamat.