Discuss the theme of nostalgia with reference to the chapter, "Baker from Goa."
Solution
The author of ‘A Baker from Goa’ cherishes the traditional practises in Goa. He is nostalgic about the bakers and the traditional cakes of Goa. He tells us that when he was a child, he had a good companionship with a baker. He says that the bread was baked in the furnace. The bakers were called the paders. He recalls those good old Portuguese days of traditional bread making and their love of bread and loaves. The author remembers the old days.
The author of ‘A Baker from Goa’ cherishes the traditional practises in Goa. He is nostalgic about the bakers and the traditional cakes of Goa. He tells us that when he was a child, he had a good companionship with a baker. He says that the bread was baked in the furnace. The bakers were called the paders. He recalls those good old Portuguese days of traditional bread making and their love of bread and loaves. The author remembers the old days.