Joseph Furtado was an early South Asian poet and novelist who wrote in the English language. He has been praised as ‘one of Goa’s best poets’ but now his memory is long forgotten. Recently, CinnamonTeal Design and Publishing, Margao, published and released ‘The Collected Works of Joseph Furtado’ as the son of the village returned to Pilerne for the ‘Pustokachem Fest’