FROM AROUND GOA
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Varsha Book Stall – Panjim, Goa
If you like to browse your books to the music of honking cars and bikes, Varsha Book Stall is your cuppa tea. It is located near Cafe Prakash, that hoary old haunt of journos and armchair philosophers near Azad Maidan. This shop has a good selection of magazines and newspapers from the rest of the country and abroad. Its frontage is tiny, but the shop extends deeper like a book lined tunnel. Its owner Vaman Bhate happily opines that book reading is on the rise in Goa.
So quit cribbing about how there’s ‘nothing to do’ in the monsoon, go lose yourself in the pages of one of these lovely book dens of Goa!
Bookworm- Taleigao, Goa
Bookworm is not just a bookstore, but a place for children to discover, understand and enjoy books. This bookstore’s programme consists of four parts ― Library, Book Treasure, Mobile Outreach and Publishing. The library is the main idea behind the store, where children from anywhere can borrow books and enjoy them.
Book Treasure provides books and support to under-resourced schools and Mobile Outreach takes books to the poorest groups of people. The store also holds various events and workshops for children and parents throughout the year.
Golden Heart Emporium – Margao, Goa
This book shop in Margao has been around for decades, providing Salcete with fiction and non-fiction as well a large collection of textbooks in a separate section. Combined with its lending division, the Confidant Lending library, this nondescript shop on Rua Abade Faria holds thousands of books. Run by Walburg Coutinho and his family, Golden Heart is thriving today, proof that bookshops are still good business in Goa, despite tales of book-shop woe from around the world.
Singbal Book House – Panjim, Goa
Matt Damon famously walks past this bookstore in the movie Bourne Supremacy, giving it its 15 seconds of background fame, enough for locals to boast about. Located opposite the Panjim church on the corner of the unusual 5-road intersection, this bookstore is as much a newspaper stand as it is a bookshop. It hosts a wide range of local and international newspapers and magazines (including, of course, Goa Streets), some of which are quite rare, and a decent international book section.
Lotus Eaters – Anjuna, Goa
‘Lotus Eater’ means a person who lives life in a fog of laziness and dreams and is indifferent to the life outside of him, a sentiment embodied at this bookshop. The youngest of the shops in this list, it is located close to the Anjuna petrol pump. This book shop only deals with second hand books, and also buys old/used books. Apart from books, they also hold small communal gatherings for readers, where they read verses from favourite books and share ideas. Currently on a small break until August.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LotuseatersBookstore
Weekend Gateways
- October 21, 2016
Casa dos colacos
- October 19, 2016
Vazra Sakla Falls
- October 21, 2016
Anjuna Beach
- November 11, 2016
Shri Mahalasa Temple, Mardol
- October 24, 2016
Reis Magos Fort
- October 25, 2016
Museum of Goa
- October 17, 2016
Sal River Goa
- November 10, 2016
Carlo Menze Art Gallery
- October 21, 2016
Pinto de Rosario mansion
- October 19, 2016
Arvalem Waterfall, Goa
- October 18, 2016
Kakolem Beach Goa
- October 21, 2016
Solar dos Colacos mansion
- October 21, 2016
Baga Beach
- November 11, 2016
Shri Nageshi Maharudra Temple
- October 18, 2016
Terekhol River Goa
- October 18, 2016
Galgibag Beach Goa
- November 10, 2016
Gallery Attic
- October 19, 2016
Froggyland Water World
- October 25, 2016
Indian Naval Aviation Museum
- October 22, 2016
Chapora Fort
- October 15, 2016
Mandovi River
- November 11, 2016
Convent of Santa Monica, Old Goa
- October 21, 2016
Silva Mansion
- November 8, 2016
Sunaparanta Goa Centre for the Arts
- October 17, 2016
Zuari River
- November 11, 2016
Shri Mangueshi Temple, Mangeshi
- October 21, 2016
Palolem Beach
- October 21, 2016
Candolim Beach
- October 19, 2016
Rivona Waterfall
- October 18, 2016
Xendrem Beach Goa
- November 11, 2016
Three Kings Church, Cansaulim, Goa
- October 25, 2016
San Thome Museum
- November 11, 2016
Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church, Panjim
- November 11, 2016
Shri Kamakshi Temple, Shiroda
- October 21, 2016
Agonda Beach
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