Goa Today

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Goa Today is a monthly magazine published from Panjim (Panaji), the state-capital of Goa, India, since 1966,[1][2] featuring news, literature and local issues.[3] Goa Today is considered the "grand-daddy" of all monthly magazines in Goa.[4] It was founded by Francisco Damasceno do Rosario Dantas and former joint-editor of Navhind Times, Lambert Mascarenhas, who was awarded the Gomant Vibhushan Award, the highest civilian award of Goa in 2014.[1]

The main problem facing the magazine in the 2010s is fostering enough advertising to meet publication costs.[4]

It was founded by Lambert Mascarenhas,[5][6] now a centurion[4][7] and F. D. Dantas. During Mascarenhas' and Dantas' ownership, Norman Dantas was first Associate editor and then as Executive editor for the magazine.[8] When Goa Today was sold to Salgaocar Mining Industries, Mascarenhas was followed as editor by , who left in 1987 to become India's ambassador to Angola.[9] He was followed as editor by the poet-journalist Manohar Shetty, who maintained the high standards and promoted Goan literature while keeping the balance between history, political issues and literature.[10] Vinayak Naik is the current editor.[4]

In the mid 1980s, Goa Today was purchased by the , now part of the group of companies, which also own the Salgaocar Football Club of Goa.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Lambert Mascarenhas to get Gomant Vibushan". The Times of India. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  2. ^ ISSN 0017-1484 Currently published by Goa Publications, see Hathi Trust record.
  3. ^ Harding, Paul (2003). Lonely Planet: Goa. Footscray, Victoria: Lonely Planet. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-74059-139-3.
  4. ^ a b c d e Noronha, Frederick (24 March 2014). "The state of Goa's magazine market: Impressive or depressive?". Indian Printer and Publisher Magazine. 36 (3).
  5. ^ Qasim, Seeme (2007). "Inward Journeys". India International Centre Quarterly. 34 (1): 84–96. JSTOR 23006049.
  6. ^ Nazareth, Peter (1985). "Alienation, nostalgia, and homecoming: editing an anthology of Goan literature". World Literature Today. 59 (3): 374–382. JSTOR 40140844.
  7. ^ "To-be-centenarian Lambert Mascarenhas". GoaCom. August 2014. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  8. ^ Mascarenhas, Fr. Nascimento. "Norman Dantas – A Journalist Par Excellence". Saligao Serenade.
  9. ^ de Souza, Teotónio Rosário (12 November 2008). "Dishonouring Our Freedom Fighters" (PDF). The Herald. 108 (317). Goa. p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2014.
  10. ^ Kumar, Shiv (2008). "One Outsider Looks In". In Noronha, Frederick (ed.). Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press. Goa: Goa 1556. pp. 141–142. ISBN 978-81-905682-0-3.

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