Mangalore : The book “Bhangarachem Mazar” (Golden Cat) written by J. F. D’Souza was released by Roy Castelino at Press Club on Nov 29, Thursday.
The seventh volume of these stories, titled “Bhangarachem Mazar” contains entertaining stories for kids, he said. This is the seventh book in his golden series and further wish to complete ten, he said.
He also said that J F D’Souza has contributed a lot to the Konkani language.
Mr. J. F. D’Souza said that he always like to write short stories for kids and wish to complete 10 books in his golden series.
Mr. J. F. D’Souza served in the Karnataka State Forest Department for 39 years before taking up writing and discovering his passion for children’s literature. He said that he has written children’s stories such as “Bhangarachem Masli” (Golden Fish), “Bhangarachem Chithal” (Golden Deer), “Bhangarachem Kurad” (Golden Axe), “Bhangarachem Imaz” (Golden statue), “Bhangarachem Hus” (Golden Duck) and “Bhangarachem Mor” (Golden Peacock). He said that he usually writes for dailies.
His wife Tressy Pinto, Dolphy Lobo and Marcel D’Souza, were also present.