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Praise for Beyond the Newsroom
Oswald Pereira's debut novel Beyond the Newsroom received some good reviews in Indian publications including the Times of India (TOI) Mumbai, What's Hot (TOI) in Delhi and Mumbai, DNA, Mumbai, Deccan Herald, Bangalore, among others.
Beyond the Newsroom also got good reviews from customers on Amazon and the international book site, Shelfari, where the book has a good fan following of book lovers from India, the US, Philippines and Iran.
 Times of India
A very good read. To use a journalists' cliché, this book is a 'scoop'; the 'real' deal about the unholy nexus between the underworld, the government and the Fourth Estate. A fast-paced, no nonsense novel, it explains in surprising detail, the intertwined fellowship between the system and the 'unsystematic' underworld … it beautifully explores the various minutiae of Mumbai's dreaded underbelly … enunciates the multifaceted working of a news house and the typical rapport shared between the scribes and the police as also the scribes and the mafia.
Daily News & Analysis (DNA)
This book is a film crying to be made. A racy read, it is also a roman à clef of sorts that lifts the lid on the murky goings-on in the world of newspapers, the police, the underworld and politics … a scathing indictment of corruption in newspapers … details the way articles are planned and stymied and even planted. If you want to know about life in Mumbai before the invasion of television and long before Dawood Ibrahim took over, this book is a wonderful ride.
Deccan Herald
The unholy nexus between politicians and journalists has been written about but very little is known about the underworld clout with the fourth estate. Beyond the Newsroom fills this void. Through this work of fiction, journalist Oswald Pereira manages to bring out the bitter truth of what goes behind the news … It is more like investigative journalism at its best but won't find a place in any newspaper. The harsh truths tumbling out are severe indictments of a noble profession debauched by unscrupulous scribes. Pereira's expose on the dirty deeds of some black sheep is a timely reminder when the Indian media scene is witnessing a churning process.
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Revenge of the Naked Princess
Even before its publication. Oswald's second novel, Revenge of the Naked Princess, has received enthusiastic response from readers on the blog http://revengeofthenakedprincess.wordpress.com. Here's a brief on the book:
About Revenge of the Naked Princess
This is a story on the dark age of forced conversions. It shows how nebulous the lines between religion and carnage can be.
When the joint forces of Portugal’s ‘Grocer’ King John III and the Holy See, with an eye on the market for spices and sacred crosses, set out to spread the message of love and compassion, they leave behind a deathly trail of murder and mayhem.
The story begins on a hot, humid May morning in 1560. A powerful conversion brigade with a monstrous six-horse driven cannon raids the palace of the beautiful tribal Princess Darshana Kamya Kathodi in Yehoorwada.
The brigade’s temporal and spiritual leaders seem to be working at cross purposes. While the fat but ferocious Brigadier Antonio de Braganca’s aim is to gain his king’s favour, the kind and frail Franciscan Father Pascal Francisco’s goal is to win a higher place in God’s Kingdom. But what binds the cruel commander and the compassionate missionary together is their weakness for big conversion figures and the business for spices and sacred crosses.
The brigade bears the king’s conversion order for Princess Darshana and her people, sealed by the Holy See’s promise of a new heaven. When Princess Darshana refuses to comply, she is raped and killed. But the indomitable, sometimes playful spirit of the young princess returns to seek revenge.
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