A well-researched, rock-solid documentation written by a writer who knows his ammo. For anyone interested in Goan history, culture, social life, architecture, cuisine, stories from Goa and stories about Goa, I suggest you read the Political Timeline carefully. It is a summary of the history of Goa and helps us understand the backdrop against which all the action that happened prior to and in 1961.

We have been subjected to history that has always come from top down. Now comes the time to look at our own history from bottom up....