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Stories through song – Connecting generations
The second volume of Heta Pandit’s well researched book, Grinding Stories Retold: Songs from Goa, is an updated version of her earlier one that takes readers through a fascinating journey in Goa’s tradition of oral history in the form of ‘oviyos’ or songs sung at the grinding stone. Interestingly, this tradition was followed by both the Hindu and Christian community and passed down by women from one generation to the next. Giving us a glimpse into the lives of these women and the shared sense of despair and hope, the book is a remarkable documentation of Goa’s subculture that otherwise stood forgotten in the anals of history
