A melange of fiction and non-fiction by Goa Writers, a group of writers based in and/or writing about Goa, including a novella titled Kusum about the life of a concubine set in Margao.
As for the title, ‘Outside’ suggests outsiders—the diaspora, the newcomers, the disenfranchised and dispossessed, even the tourists that visit Goa. The ‘In’ provides the balance.
The contributors to this anthology include Ben Antao, Salil Chaturvedi, Bina Datwani, Nathaniel da Costa, Yvonne Vaz Ezdani, Jessica Faleiro, Pantaleao Fernandes, Edith Melo Furtado, Jeanne Hromnik, Sheela Jaywant, Bina Nayak, Veena Patwardhan, Anita Pinto, Kornelia C. Rebel, Alisha Souza and Alexyz.