Songs of the Survivors
By: Edited by Yvonne Vaz Ezdani. Multiple contributors.
Contributors: Vaz Ezdani, Yvonne (Editor) Frederick Noronha (Publisher)
Edition: First edition, 2007
Publisher: Goa 1556; Sole distributor: Broadway Book Centre
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Panjim
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9788190568241
Subjects: Goan -- Burma
First sentence: Stories of World War II continue to absorb the interest of readers, and there are a great number of books on the subject.
Description: Collection of memoirs of Goan diaspora in Burma during World War II. Tells of stories of courage and determnation, as the Japanese invaded Burma (now Myanmar) around 1942. Also tells a wider story of migration out of Goa, a former Portuguese colony known for its migration to diverse quarters of the globe.

Heartwarming and inspirational. These memoirs illuminate the pioneering spirit, humanity, courage and faith that have     sustained Goa  through the ages. -- Dr. Maria Aurora Couto, author of Goa: A Daughter's Story  (Viking/Penguin 2004) couto.aurora@gmail.com

A piece of oral history that documents poignantly the travails and suffering imposed on the ordinary people by wars. It reminds
one of Brecht's Saga of Mother Courage and Her Children. -- Pramod Kale, Ph.D., (Univ of Wisconsin) Sanskrit, Marathi and
Hindi scholar specialising in Indian drama. pram203@yahoo.com 

Vivid recollections of an exodus, hardships and determination. -- Dr Délio de Mendonça, director, Xavier Centre of Historical    -- Research. deliom@dataone.in

I had no idea of the experiences or extant of the (Goan) community in Burma.... A brilliant portrayal of the experiences 
of the Goan[LaTeX Command: index] diaspora in Burma during the Second World War, for which we clearly have to acknowledge all contributions and fine editing by Yvonne Vaz. -- Cliff Pereira FRGS, Historical Geographer, London.       
cliffjpereira@hotmail.com

`Songs of the Survivors' brings to the world the difficult experience of the Goan  diaspora in Burma during WW II, but also illustrates a little-remembered chapter in human history.... a valuable addition to Goan   Studies as well as to the history of that period in Asia  . -- Dr Robert S Newman, anthropologist and author of Of Umbrellas Godesses and Dreams kachhua2@hotmail.com

Songs of the Survivors sheds much-needed light on a little known facet of Goan diasporan history, and will take a treasured place in my library. Victor Rangel-Ribeiro, author of `Tivolem', Milkweed National Fiction Prize, and ``one of the twenty notable first novels'' of 1997-98 by Booklist, journal of the American  Library Association.vrangelrib@yahoo.com
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Acknowledgements; title: INTRODUCTION; title: FURTHER READING / MAPS; title: Chapter 1 NO CHRISTMAS TOYS; title: Chapter 2 TRAGEDY ... AND THE TREK; title: Chapter 3 BUTTERFLIES ... BUT NO FLOWERS; title: Chapter 4 BONDED BY THE GREAT BURMA TREK; title: Chapter 5 A STREET NAMED D'SOUZA; title: Chapter 6 ALL WAS CALM, UNTIL...; title: Chapter 7 THE HATBOX THAT MADE IT; title: Chapter 8 IT WAS 10.10 AM; title: Chapter 9 AND YET, THE MUSIC DIDN'T DIE; title: Chapter 10 LIVING WITH THE JAPANESE; title: Chapter 11 NO WAY OUT!; title: Chapter 12 WARTIME SHEPHERDS; title: Chapter 13 A BLACK CHRISTMAS, 1941; title: Chapter 14 A MEMORY; A LAMENT; title: Chapter 15 OUR BURMA HERITAGE, MY RECOLLECTIONS; title: Chapter 16 NO CLUB DANCE THIS CHRISTMAS; title: Chapter 17 A LASTING LEGACY; title: Chapter 18 WE SURVIVED AND RETURNED; title: Chapter 19 IN GOOD TIMES AND IN BAD; title: Chapter 20 HIGH DRAMA AT `BURMA CAFE'; title: Chapter 21 CORPSES AT THE MUSIC SHOP; title: Chapter 22 FROM PROSPERITY... TO NOTHING; title: Chapter 23 THE STORY BEYOND THE HEADLINES; title: Chapter 24 ANECDOTES ... IN A LIGHTER VEIN; title: Chapter 25 POST-SCRIPT: ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER SONG