A Rainbow and a Star

Author: Tithi Tavora
Pages: 99
Year of Publication: 2002
Price: HB Rs 200, FB Rs 100
ISBN:
HB 81-7595-964-9 (8175959649)
FB 81-7595-965-7 (8175959657)

About the Author:
Tithi Tavora was born in Pune in 1960 to Bengali parents. Tithi worked at Marie Stopes’ Clinic in New Delhi after the completion of her medical studies. During the aftermath of the riots in Delhi in 1984, she volunteered to join a medical team to treat the wounded in camps set up for the Sikh victims across the Jamuna in Delhi. In 1987, Tithi married Carlos. She established her clinic in Panjam and was a consultant to the INS Mandovi, Naval Base. She also worked at the Goa Cancer Society’s Hospital in Panjam and, with her husband, regularly visited Peace Haven, a home in Caranzalem for the mentally challenged.

Teaser:

Search

Will I never find you,
even when I die?
Will my last, rasping breath
meet yours in the sky?
After life’s endeavor
is it you I will find?
Or am I doomed forever
to roam fatherless and blind?
Will your ashes embrace mine
at the bottom of the sea?
Will the mighty Ganges
unite you and me?
Will I become like you
a star in my children’s sky?
Father will I meet you
at l(e)ast when I die?

Contents:
Search / 11
My Father in Heaven / 12
The Grande Finale / 13
A Farewell / 14
Rainbow Funeral / 14
Generation Gap / 15
Donna Maria / 16
Mother / 17
Haldi-Kumkum / 20
The Keys / 21
Evening News / 23
Famine Miss India 1947-97 / 24
A Letter from a Son / 25
I Cannot Say… / 28
National Flag / 29
Partition / 30
A Day in the Life of a Newspaper / 31
Holi / 32
The Emperor’s New Clothes / 33
The Farmer’s Feet / 34
Optics / 35
A Letter to You / 36
Sweet Slumber / 38
Bouquet / 39
Why I Pressed a Flower / 40
Call on Me / 41
Lifeline / 42
Brandy Eyes / 43
Kiss Me / 44
No More Nights Please / 45
Desolation / 46
A Drive / 47
Rage / 48
The Wind Is a Heavenly Body / 49
Reunion / 50
Across the Courtyard / 51
Highlights:
DAWN / 45
DUSK / 55
SUNSET / 56
GLORY / 56
The Conifer’s Complaint / 57
At the Table / 58
The Coconut Tree / 59
The Communion / 61
The Lily / 63
Geranium / 64
Nasturtium / 65
A Miner / 65
Question / 66
Dharma Cola / 67
“Bad Karma…” / 70
Hey Jalebi / 70
The Name of the Game / 71
Panjim City / 72
The Mixed-up Farm / 73
STORIES
Nani / 77
D. Serefina Magarida Soares e Souza / 95