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• Terror in Goa? • Baba's Wood Café • India Ideas Conclave • Sonia Shirsat • Vasco Araújo's Videos • Nitin Maganlal • Jazz Festival • Hippie Musician

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Could Terror Strike In Goa? In Some Ways, Goa Is India’s Paris Fortunately, The State Now Has An Anti-Terror Squad

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By Crespo D’Souza

f the goal of Islamic terrorists is to destroy signs of “Western decadence”, Goa could be in trouble. After all, where else in India do women wear what they please wherever they please, showing so many uncovered body parts? Where does alcohol flow so freely? Where else does one find such a melange of cultures, or attitudes as liberal and free?

It may not have a soaring iron tower or palaces of equal grandeur, but it’s fair to say that Goa, at least in some ways, is the Paris of India.

And since the terrorists of ISIS attacked Paris last week, killing 129 people at the sort of sites Goa is also known for – restaurants, bars, a music venue, a sports stadium - some Goans and Goa watchers are asking whether this small corner of India could also be a target.

Judging from history, the answer would be no. After all, Goa has not recorded even a single incident of mass deaths due to terrorism. And yet we all know that yesterdays don’t necessarily dictate tomorrows, especially in this complicated world of ours where growing technological advancement is accompanied by increasingly lethal radicalism. And Goa has served as a preferred rest stop for a number of known terrorists.

Police, who set up a special AntiTerror Squad about a year ago, say they aren’t taking any chances.

"The terror strike in Paris is a lesson for all of us. We are pressing

in 527 additional policemen in view of the tourist season and the IFFI (International Film Festival of India) not just in Panjim but also in places frequented by tourists," said Sunil Garg, Inspector General of the Goa Police.

The bottom line is this. A place like Goa would do well not to assume it can’t happen here. From Bali to Oklahoma City to Lockerbie to Madrid, the list of unexpected terror sites is long.

With security being one of the most crucial aspects of a tourism-based economy like Goa’s, it’s little wonder stakeholders are jittery.

“The police always say they are prepared and that they can tackle any situation. We’re lucky nothing’s

happened so far. I know of instances where a British couple has travelled all over India and not once were they asked to produce their passport,” said a hotelier who did not wish to be named. He was referring to the rule that all hotels identify their guests and, in the case of foreigners, register their passport details in the so-called C-form and share the information with police.

While Goa has shifted the C-form registration process to online, several hotels are still doing it manually, leaving several loopholes. Once a C-form is uploaded online, a flagged name will immediately show up, alerting the hotelier that their guest could spell trouble. With the manual process, it could take months to realise that a terrorist came, stayed and went.

Garg, the Goa police Inspector General, said the state Anti-Terror Squad is fast at work preparing for a serious terror attack.

"We are having a meeting with all police officers above the rank of police inspector where they will be sensitised about preventing and handling such situations," Garg said.

It’s important to note that Goa has had brushes with terror, even if they weren’t outright attacks. Several persons believed to be involved in terror acts have made Goa their home, either to lie low or to rest and recuperate.

Case in point is Abdul Mateen Damda Faquee, hailing from Bhatkal Karnataka, who was arrested by the

Mumbai Police Anti Terror Squad at the Dabolim airport in July 2014. Or more importantly the case of Yasin Bhatkal, a well known Indian Mujahideen terror operative who stayed at a rented accommodation in Chapora for more than a year, and no one knew a thing.

Only after his arrest did the police search the room in which he was staying and find ‘bombmaking equipment’, acid bottles, detonators and other lethal items.

Yasin, the man accused in the German Bakery Bomb Blast in Pune in 2010 that killed 17, is said to be the mastermind of many blasts all over the country and was caught in an operation on the IndoNepal border in Bihar's Raxaul town back in 2013.

More recently the case of 34-year-old Syed Ismail Afaq, another Indian Mujahideen operative who is a suspect in the 2008 Bangalore blasts that killed two people, had undergone training in paragliding near Arambol beach in Goa in 2014, months before he was caught with his colleagues.

Would terror groups carry out attacks in the same areas where they rest, recuperate and hone up on their skills? It’s clearly within the realm of possibility.

With Goa playing host to large late night parties and other events, the scenes could be sitting ducks for Mumbai- or Paris-style attacks.

The Goa Police Anti-Terror Squad has 110 members, including 30 intelligence officers. It places spotters at strategic locations such as markets, tourist sites like Old Goa, the beach belt, party joints and other area, to keep an eye on suspicious activity.

The Anti-Terror Squad has an armed component and an executive component, in addition to the intelligence gathering unit. That unit works full time in gathering information on terror-related activities.

Are Goans afraid?

“Goans are usually very inquisitive people. It isn’t easy to get away without people asking questions. Being a small society in which everyone knows everyone, an outsider will stand out.

This makes it difficult for any terrorist to get away,” said Ralph de Souza, a professional working in Goa. Of course, it must be remembered that committing this kind of atrocity wasn’t particularly easy in Paris, either.

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India Ideas Conclave Free thinkers or rigid traditionalists?

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By Sanket Sharma

he India Ideas Conclave 2015 was held at the Marriott Resort and Spa, Panjim from 15th to 17th of November. This was the second edition of the conference with Goa being the host both times.

Guest speakers and panellists from all over the world with diverse backgrounds were invited, though ideologically they resided in the same region, at least on the topics under discussion. The ‘invites only’ conclave saw chief ministers, prime ministers , governors, columnists, professors and other experts discuss and debate various topics like Radicalism, Gender Equality, Poverty, Money and Social Issues.

The India Ideas Conclave is seen as the brain child of the BJP general secretary Ram Madhav, and is one of the high profile gatherings of right wing intellectuals.

Although some left wingers were also invited, they were mostly kept on panels on which both the right and certain left wingers agree on. Although the conclave was a good platform that invited discussion on pertinent topics, it seemed as though it was a gathering of rigid traditionalists clothed as free minded thinkers.

The inaugural session was held in the evening of the 15th, where the Swarajya Awards were also distributed.

The attendees on stage at this inaugural session were Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar, Goa’s Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar as guests, keynote speaker Sadhguru Jassi Vasudev of the Esha foundation and the chief guest, Prime minister of Bhutan Tshering Tobgay. The host was Suresh Prabhu, the railway minister of India. In total 60 high profile speakers and 350 attendees were present at the conclave.

A conference on the second day had J&K Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Ahmad attend a session called “Kashmiriyat, Jammuriyat and Insaniyat”.

This session covered various aspects

of the troubled state of J&K, the new government of India, and their work together with the new government for the future of the state. Obviously the hot topic of Pakistan and Kashmiri Pandits was raised. On being asked by an audience member about the rehabilitation of the Kashmiri Hindu Pandits Mufti Mahmood replied, “My wish in life is to get all of them back to

With about five talks a day, some held parallel to each other, various speakers and panellists spoke on a variety of topics. There were several Muslim speakers, but they espoused a curiously moderate or even pro-Hindu view. One such speaker, Tufail Ahmed, an Indian origin, US based scholar made some good points on the need for a standard primary education across

the state with full honour. Many of them were doctors, engineers and teachers”.

On Pakistan he stated that friendship must be initiated and maintained. He also had high praise for the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, on whom he commented, “I have worked with former prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, but Narendra Modi has been focused. His watchwords of transparency, development and good governance will make India an emerging power. But of late, the development activities have taken a backseat and loose cannons are spreading hatred and insecurity.”

There were hardly any speakers who spoke against the current government, which was surprising, considering the heavy criticism that has come its way in the media in the last few months. It was easy to deduce, therefore, that the crowd and speakers had been carefully selected so as to build consensus, and not to create healthy debate at all.

religions in the nation. He argued that madrasas should not be allowed to replace standard primary education wherein the child learns mathematics and sciences, and that religion should be taught to the child, if need be, after the necessary school hours. Fair point.

But then he quickly rushed on to add that to implement this, the text books at Indian schools for grade 1-12 should be changed … and that they should take from the Upanishads and the Geeta!

Of course there is the argument that the Upanishads and the Geeta are not really religious books, but whether Mr Ahmed wanted them included owing to this ‘areligiousness’ or because of their deep association with the religion of the organizer, Hinduism, is dubious.

On being asked after the speech if he thought that it was okay for certain parts of the Quran and the Bible to be included in the textbooks as well, Mr Ahmed said “Let us not look at those, we have much better books,” clearly indicating his bias.

There was a clear sheen of Islamophobia coating the entire event, with speakers masquerading as rationalists, but making very questionable statements reeking of bigotry, like “Fascism, Communism and Islamism have been the 3 biggest problems of the last century, and we have defeated 2 of them” (Daniel Pipes, a prominent US columnist). Jokes in poor taste like “A moderate Muslim is one who is sleeping most of the time” (Tufail Ahmed) found much favour in the crowd.

But the highlight of the event was definitely the issue on Radicalism coupled with panellist Tarek Fatah, who stole the spotlight in the event. In this particular debate, everything on Islamic State, Pakistan, Paris Killings and Islam was discussed, mostly by Tarek alone, who went enthusiastically overboard, to be met with cheers from the crowd.

He said that “The killings in Paris are not the result of French bombing Syria, but the fact that Paris is a city of sin.”

He also added,“India is the only country in the world where Muslims can speak their mind and say anything.” He further went on to add that Pakistan was the first Islamic state, a country that he hails from and said that they were a ‘rogue nation’. In a conference that made any unbiased thinking persons’ eyes roll, made them laugh or extremely angry, this speech was a breath of fresh air. It was also, comically, the most popular at the conference. Tarek began by showing a picture of David Cameron bowing to the Saudi King just a day before and identifying him as ‘a man who has no spine’ and then went into a bit of a ramble later on everything from the sales of Mein Kampf in India to the Paris attacks, though it was a ramble that was highly entertaining.

All in all, it seemed like a great platform for discussion, bringing up India’s much neglected social issues.

Perhaps right leaning bigots should be allowed to hold their own intellectually incestuous mutual appreciation clubs, but whether it should then be called ‘India Ideas Conclave’ is questionable.

If enough dissenters had been invited to such a conference or if one were held with the genuine aim of bridging the gap between these emerging political ideologies in the country, we might have had some great solutions already. 

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Friday, November 20, 2015

Thank You For The Music, Sonia Shirsat And For Bringing Melodious Joy To Our Lives

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That’sFado because herQueen singing of fado – the The Story of Goa’s

By Aliya Abreu

onia Shirsat has been written about many times, and in many ways. I could tell you about what an awesome voice she has, or how well she sings in so many different languages (she sings in 13 of them, and you wouldn’t even be able to guess which one her mother tongue is, as she is at home in all of them!)

I will in fact tell you about all that and more, but I want to make a larger point first. Lest we forget, this state of ours was a Portuguese colony for 451 years. Not 4 years, not 45, but 451! The Portuguese legacy has had time to wane since our liberation 54 years ago, to be sure, but it’s fair to say Sonia Shirsat has done as much as anyone to ensure it does not die.

music genre traced to 1820s Portugal – is nothing short of sublime. And her Portuguese renditions remind us that, for better or worse, those centuries of European influence in Goa now form part of our core.

Back in 2006, when Sonia was on a scholarship to Portugal to increase her knowledge of fado, she used to frequent the fado houses where this soulful music genre was sung every night. At the end of one month, when it was time for her to return to (our amazingly pretty, breezy, and homely home) Goa, she went to say bye to the senior musicians in a fado house. At that time, she couldn’t speak Portuguese (although she sang in it amazingly well, and can speak it fluently TURN TO PAGE 6

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FROM PAGE 5 today). So when she approached the musicians, one of them asked her where she was going. When she said Goa, he looked surprised and said matter-of-factly, “Ah but you’re coming back to Portugal, because you live here, right?” The poor gentleman was convinced she had to be Portuguese because of her accent while singing fado. Sonia considered it a huge compliment.

In which part of tiny Goa did Sonia listen to her mother singing to her as a child, and realise she was a good singer herself? It wasn’t the grand capital on the banks of the Mandovi, or the commercial capital down south. Nope, Sonia was born and raised in a town not known to the rest of the world - before she helped make sure that the world heard about it: Ponda. When Sonia was in the 10th standard, represented St. Mary’s School, Ponda, at a singing competition held in Mary Immaculate’s, Panjim. That was the first singing competition she won. But she didn’t completely believe it was because of her talent. Was it because Presentation Convent from Margao didn’t participate in the competition that year? she thought. Of course, the

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Sonia has been to a great many countries, sometimes performing fado, other times as part of a band, and most recently, participating in two tiatrs. She sang two songs in the tiatrs Tim Thikam Sangelim and Aplea Bhurgeank Sangatak.

Along with the tiatr troupes, she has travelled to Dubai, Oman, Kuwait, London, Paris, New York, and Houston. But Sonia says that the country she enjoys performing in the most is Portugal, because it is home to the fado.

Says Sonia, “I’m singing their music in their language, so their reaction is most valuable to me.

That doesn’t mean that people in other places who speak Portuguese don’t appreciate the fado, neither does it mean that people who don’t know the language don’t appreciate the fado, because they do.” In August, Sonia was called to Canada by the Goan Overseas Association of Toronto, where she sang Konkani numbers to a crowd of 3000 Goans who were delighted to hear Konkani songs, and started dancing to her tunes. Next month, she will travel to Mangalore to perform.

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channel UTV Bindaas came up with a unique concept to get the people of India interested in the regional songs of each state. But how can you get a Goan interested in an Assamese folk song, or a Kannadiga interested in a Gujarati folk song?

The key lies in music that unites the whole of India: Bollywood music.

So the channel decided to remix a popular Bollywood song, with a folk song of each state. For Goa, they chose the fado, since it is a genre that has been recently revived in Goa, and gets people interested in Goa’s colonial past.

So Sonia, along with a troop of guitarists, were filmed by UTV performing a remix of the Bollywood hit Yeh Rishta Kya Kehalata Hai and the Portuguese fado Barco Negro. The performance was aired on UTV for a fortnight, and can be viewed now on Youtube.

As for what comes next, Sonia has a Portuguese album release slated for early 2016, to add to her three CDs released during the course of her career. So keep your ears tuned.

Sonia has kept Goans and others around the world entertained for many years now, and is sure to do so for a long time to come. Obrigada, Fado Queen from Goa!

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Friday, November 20, 2015

Swami Nafi and His Invention

By Claron Mazarello

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he story of a musician called Nafi Harald Weibe gives one an insight into the lives of the hippies from an earlier time in Goa, and also from a musician’s point of view.

“Yes, I always sang hippie sentimental songs and still do. In fact, somewhere down the line, I even tried creating techno of the earlier times, but did not think much of it viz-a-viz many more good producers of this genre of beat music. So I decided to stay with my sentimental hippie songs,” Nafi laughs aloud.

A jovial person even as he gears up for his 64th birthday this December, the man has spent 24 years of his life in Germany and 40 in Goa. “I was travelling around the globe till I met this English girl in Torremolinus in Spain. Looking for a long journey ahead, we finally decided to travel to India for spiritual reasons. We came by bus through what was earlier called Yugoslavia, to Greece, Turkey, to again what was then called Persia, then Afghanistan, Pakistan and finally India,” Nafi tells of the journey that bought him to India in 1974.

“Apart from Goa, we travelled India considerably, right from south to north.

This is where I met Goa Gil, at a full moon party in Anjuna. While there are many full moon parties taking place during recent times right from Baga to Candolim, during those times, in the seventies, everyone would anxiously wait for this one full moon party every month. And so I began playing the bass guitar for such parties.” Nafi unveils the picture of a dreamy Goa, with musicians playing live instruments and the true flower power generation taking advantage of this free spirited atmosphere created to dance one’s blues away.

“Then we drove this bus of ours to Nepal where it got sold for a good price; good enough to buy another van like the first one. A year later again in 1976, we decided to do this all over again, given how epic it was. And this time, I was extremely prepared. I had loaded this van with parts of diesel engines that I had figured out were a rarity. We easily lasted about five years with the money from the sale of these parts.

The English girl however left me when in Goa. She split to Poona,” says Nafi as he introduces the legendary Osho (Bhagwan Rajneesh) and his ashram at Pune into the narrative of his life.

“So since this new van was in this girl’s name, I travelled to Poona to get her consent to sell the vehicle again and

it also has a earphone made of coconut shell,” he explains as he strums the instrument and holds the inverted coconut shell to the ear of an onlooker, the shell being located near the neck of the fret board right next to the string tightening keys.

Sounding like a cross between a sitar and a guitar, every single piece made is different and unique and costs a total of about 700 Euros now. And what does he call this instrument?

“Well, after the first one I made, I made the second one for Elvis Rumion, and he called it the bumskin. But yes, it can be named whatever one feels like naming it. From the time I started making these; I have sold about 58 of these all over the world, including many in Goa as well. The fifty ninth one is now lying in my room. If this gets sold, then I can think of making the next one,” says the white haired chubby looking German.

Nafi Harald Weibe is as conspicuous to spot as his hybrid invention, and you may soon quite possibly spot both at a place hosting live music close to you. 

split the profits. But when I reached the ashram in Poona, I was already known for playing the bass, and so ‘Harry the bass player’ began playing with the boys at the ashram. Then one of the musicians one day asked me if I wanted to meet the man himself. And although I was not so kicked about meeting this charismatic person, I thought I should since I was there already. And so we met, and fell in love with each other,” he breaks out into another laugh with this smirk of sarcasm. “Then on, with a stroke of a tikka on my forehead, I was Swami Anant Nafi,” he reveals, going on to show us the mala, thick wooden beads, given by the Master himself from the Poona ashram, with the picture of Osho on it.

Nafi however had already set his heart on Goa, and after a while returned here to settle down with his then wife who gave birth to Chinvar, the name of the small nook in Anjuna as referred to in the earlier days. Nafi today has three children: two girls and a boy.

Ever since 2007, Nafi has been building the hybrid version of the sitar.

“It started with this hybrid version that I played on right from ’76, that got stolen from a Prem Joshua show at a place called Dunes in Mandrem. I was devastated,” he says as he walks around and gets the new instrument out to show me.

The instrument has six strings, all of the guitar, but strung on differently, in an unconventional manner. “Ever since I lost that instrument I had, I wanted to make something similar but with more resonance like that of the guitar. So I thought of using the kalabasa pumpkin from the island of Seychelles.”

According to Nafi, since the Kalabasa pumpkin came in different shapes and sizes, some of these could be used to build the resonating box of this hybrid instrument. The fret board of this instrument is made from bamboo, “while

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oa International Jazz Live Festival (GIJLF) is back to thrill all music lovers, in its 3rd glorious year.

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Gone are the days when jazz was considered staid and old school, for the fuddy duddies or the suit-clad Scotch sipping aficionados. It is not just the saxophone and the piano or the swarming lament of a lonesome song. It’s no longer underground or for the forlorn. Jazz has a spunky spirit now. There is a new pulse, a new attitude and a new take on Jazz. It resembles our lives today, where there is a hint of modern to the traditional, and a new twist to the old.

It’s funky, it’s cool. Just like the cool cat that is part of the event graphics!

The Goa International Jazz Live Festival (GIJLF) showcases new age Jazz in all its splendor. A belief in exposing Goa to new fresh sounds, spreading peace and happiness through a collective experience and a philosophy that says music knows no boundaries has seen Vinesh & Darryl (the founders and seekers of Art Escape- The live music Project) and Emma (Founder of Gatecrash & Jazz in India) call no stops to bring this festival to us.

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Friday, November 20, 2015

Nov 20 to Nov 30 46th International Film Festival of India, Goa Opening film- The Man who Knew Infinity

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At Shala 142, Assagao 8 am to 9.30 am +91 9821138131 Salsa Workshop A Series of Salsa Classes will be conducted.

At Carpe Diem, Majorda 6 pm to 7 pm +91 88888 62462

Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Yoga With Nikhila Trikha at Carpe Diem At Carpe Diem, Gomes Waddo, Majorda 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm +91 832 2881 035/+91 8888862462

Dance Classes David Furtado Dance Classes Salsa & Waltz for beginners At Casino Motel, Porvorim 6.40 to 7.40 +91 9975914195

Jason & Sylvia Dance Academy At Las Viegas Dance Studio, Taleigao +91 9822161652/ +91 9822151614 Snaden Shawn Dance Academy Dance Style: Hip hop, Bollyfunk, jazz, contemporary At All Over Goa +91 7798609859/ +91 9890163433

Great Goan Experience

Froggy Land Froggyland is a venue for all the water lovers. Some of our activities would include the wave pool, lazy river, slides, rain dance, children’s pool etc.

At Pateipur, Nuvem +91 9823480057 Birds & Breakfast Have your morning breakfast watching birds The Best time of bird watching is October to Mid April.

At Gauro Waddo, Calangute +91 832 2276711/ +91 9822149002 Horse Riding Majorda Beach Horse Riding It offers riding on Goa’s longest beach At Majorda 5 pm to 7 pm +91 9822586502 Wildernest Crocodile Safaris Offers boat safaris starting from Britona Jetty (Near Panjim) through the backwaters and mangrove-lined canals, which are home to fresh water crocodile locally called ‘Muggers’.

At Kamat Centre, D.B Marg, Panjim +91 9595553799/ +91 9341112721 Seaeaglecruises.com Canopy Eco – Tours Offers a wide variety of experiences including nature-treks, butterfly tours, dragonfly & damselfly tours, and boat safaris on the Zuari River as well as their original bird watching tour.

At Housing Board Colony, Margao +91 9764261711, +91 9764052225 Canopygoa.com Goa Butterfly Park & Conservatory A small park on a hill that’s a great place to spot stunningly beautiful butterflies.

Near Tropical Spice Plantation, Ponda +91 832 2985174, +91 9822125474 Bcogoa.org The Bushmasters Owner Rahul Alvares is one of our state’s most experienced snake rescuers. Snake Watch programmes costs Rs. 1600 per person inclusive of transport and breakfast.

At Almeida Vaddo, Parra 6.30 am to 9.30 am +91 9881961071 Rahulalvares.com Off the Grid Offers a unique home stay experience in a secluded village in the Western Ghats At Western Ghats John +91 9623451758 Sylvia +91 9049081097

Go Karting

Track I Goa Karting Single and tandem go karts are available for Rs: 180 for ten laps or Rs 200 for ten lap’s tandem At Panjim - Margao Highway, Nuvem 4 pm to 10 pm +91 832 2757899/ +91 9850736334

Track II Goa Karting Single and tandem go karts are available for Rs: 180 for ten laps or Rs 200 for ten Laps tandem At Anjuna - Calangute Rd, Arpora 4 pm to 10 pm. +91 832 2914526

Outdoors

Tropical Spice Plantation The Tropical Spice Plantation guided tour is certain to refresh your senses and make you feel at one with Mother Nature.

At Arle Bazar Keri, Ponda +91 832 2340329 Abyss Spice Farm Located on high hills amidst stunning surroundings near Ponda. Many tourists visit it for the medicinal herbs grown here on a large scale. The Plantation also offers ayurvedic massage.

At Sai Farm, Savoi Verem, Ponda Pascoal Spice Village A wide variety of spice plants and cash crops is grown here. For visitors there is a restaurant with an open-air party facility along with boating At Khandepar, Ponda +91 832 2344268/ +91 832 2344536 -39 Atreya Vedic Farms Set amidst nature’s abundance at the foothills of the Western Ghats in Molem is Atreya Vedic Farm, a unique ecotourism venture.

At Bondu Mol, Mollem 9 am to 5 pm +91 832 6570877 Sahakari Spice Farm Relax under a dense forest cover and take in the aroma of a variety of spices grown in the farm. Also, enjoy a traditional Goan lunch served in earthen pots & banana leaves.

At Ponda­Belgaum Highway, Curti, Ponda +91 832 2312394 Email: info@sahakarifarms.com

Book Centres

Literati It’s a Bookshop and Café At Gauro Vaddo, Calangute 10 am to 6.30 pm +91 832 2277740 Broadway Book Centre Broadway Book Store offers great books at amazing prizes to passionate readers of all ages At Aguada Fort Road, Candolim 10 am to 9 pm +91 9860030339

Notable Forts

Aguada Fort Fort Aguada and its lighthouse is a wellpreserved seventeenth-century Portuguese fort Daily 10 am to 5.30 pm At Candolim Reis Magos Fort This Fort, surrounded by sturdy laterite walls studded with typically Portuguese turrets, was erected in 1551 to protect the narrowest point at the mouth of the Mandovi estuary. The fort stands on the north bank of the Mandovi River at Reis Magos, and is visible from the Panjim side of the Mandovi River.

At Verem 10.30 am to 5.30 pm +91 832 2410711/ +91 832 2410715

Tiracol Fort The fort was originally built by Maharaja Khem Sawant Bhonsle, the Raja of Sawantwadi, in the 17th century. Now, in a state of ruins, Fort Tiracol has been converted into a luxury hotel, the Fort Tiracol Heritage.

At Tiracol, Keri

Goa Science Centre The Centre has a science park with interactive exhibits, 3D shows, galleries on oceanic science, explaining mysteries of the underwater world.

At Miramar 10 am to 6 pm +91 832 2463426

Cabo de Rama Fort Interesting fort named after Lord Rama.

Inside the fort, check out the church of Santo Antonio, still used by devotees.

At Cola Beach

Xavier Centre of Historical Research See exhibitions of paintings, browse through rare books and attend symposiums with particular emphasis on contemporary cultural & social issues affecting Goa. At BB Borkar Road, Porvorim +91 832 2417772

Chapora Fort One of the most loved forts of Goa; it was built in place of an older fort on the same location after the Maratha-Portuguese war.

At Vagator Chapora Fort One of the most loved forts of Goa, it was built in place of an older fort on the same location after the Maratha-Portuguese war.

At Vagator MUSEUMS Museum of Goa Art Museum At Pilerne Industrial Estate, Pilerne 10 am to 6 pm +91 7722089666 Goa Chitra With a collection of over 4,000 artefacts, Goa Chitra is an ethnographic museum that focuses on Goa’s traditional agrarian lifestyle and technology.

At Mondo Waddo, Benaulim 9 am to 5 pm +91 832 6570877 Email: goachitra@gmail.com Naval Aviation Museum Displaying a number of vintage aircraft and armaments used at different stages by Naval Aviation dating back to the 1950`s and a vast number of memorabilia related to Naval Aviation history.

Near Bogmalo Beach 10 am to 5 pm +91 832 2538668 Wax World Museum A brainchild of Mr. Shreeji Bhaskaran, the man behind India’s first wax museum at Ooty, here’s Goa’s very own Madame Tussuad’s. With over 30 lifelike wax statues of the who’s who of India, including the most eminent personalities from culture, religion, politics, heritage and more, it’s a huge attraction.

At Gandhi Circle, Old Goa 9.30 am to 7.30 pm +91 9970126202 Museum Of Christian Art Open all days of the week Located at the Convent of Santa Monica, you may pray if you wish to, else just soak in the ambience of peace.

At Old Goa From 9:30 am – 5 pm +91 832 2285299 Goa State Museum Has some 8,000 artifacts on display including carvings, paintings, manuscripts, rare coins and stone sculptures. A museum shop is planned soon with the aim of popularizing Goan culture through museum objects.

At EDC Complex, Patto, Panjim 9.30 am to 5.30 pm +91 832 2438006 / +91 832 2437306

Archaeological Museum Check out the sculptures of Hindu gods and goddesses, antiques from the Hindu period and currencies leftover by the Portuguese.

At Old Goa 9 am to 5 pm +91 832 2285333 Monsoon Heritage Studio Treat yourself to some amazing collection of mirrored mosaic art and handpicked artifacts at this upscale studio by Yahel Chirinian.

At Mainath Batti, Arpora 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM +91 9822122771 Pilar Seminary It's one of the surviving two seminaries out of the four built by the Portuguese. Though it looks run of the mill from a distance, once inside you'll be in for a surprise with the posh new chapel. It has an impressive marble platform and altar. The strikingly beautiful stained windows are the brainwork of a Goan artist and were made in Germany.

Resting in the seminary grounds is the tomb of Father Agnelo, a notable point of interest for the ones on pilgrimage. Its location on a solitary stretch lends it an aura of reserved grounds and visiting it is a feat for many. A one room museum at the Once here, you can get a bird's eyeview of St Andrew Church of Goa Velha down below, while the whispers that echo from the tree leaves make it an ethereal experience.

At Pilar 8.30 am to 5.30 pm +91 832 2218521

Water Sports

Champion’s Yacht Club Unlimited fun on water. Drive exciting luxury cruise boats and enjoy other rides.

At Mayam Lake, Bicholim +91 832 6517080 www.championsyachtclub.com Water Splash Cruises A large fleet of Catamarans, Boats, and Cruisers & Yachts: take to the water, the sea, the sky.

At Models Status, Dona Paula www.watersplashcruises.com +91 8888864347 Sea Wave Water Sports Enjoy parasailing, boat rides, banana rides, bump rides, jet skiing, water skiing, dolphin trips and more.

At Calangute +91 832 2276362 Atlantis Water Sports Everything under the sun and in the water, with a premium placed on safety and quality service.

At Baga Bazar, Next to Tito’s Lane +91 9890047272 www.atlantiswatersports.com

10 IFFI special

The 46 IFFI: The First Week th

With A Focus On Spain, Some Poignant Post-Paris Moments, And Master Classes By Film-Making Greats, Expect An Eventful, Entertaining and Edifying Festival

By Sheela Jaywant

B

y the time this gets into print, IFFI 2015 would have been inaugurated by Anil Kapoor, I would have enjoyed the song and dance celebrations and watched Matthew Brown's 118 minute-long "The Man Who Knew Infinity", starring British actor Dev Patel, who has Indian roots. This movie depicts the friendship between Indian mathematics genius Ramanujan and Professor G.H. Hardy.

My eyes are (or somewhat literally are going to be) on the Spanish films, for Spain is the country of focus this year. Films by master Spanish filmmakers Carlos Saura and Pedro Almadovar along with contemporary filmmakers like Alejandro Amenabar are going to be screened. On my must-see list is Spanish actress Leticia Dolera's directorial debut 'Requirements to Be a Normal Person' and ‘Isla Bonita’ by Fernando Colomo.

On Saturday, 21 November, at 1400 hrs, in lieu of what just happened in Paris, I’m going to watch ‘May Allah Bless France’ (‘Qu’ Alla Benisse La France’) by Abd Al Malik.

Of the 187 films from 89 countries in the World Cinema section, there will be 26 Feature and 21 Non-Feature films in Indian Panorama section. If possible, I’ll try and see all 15 films in the ‘International Competition’. BTW, one member of the jury for the International Competition is South Korean film-maker Jeon Kyu-Hwan who, I read, had some years back asked in response to an interviewer’s question: “What’s Bollywood?” I love the man.

For the first time, IFFI, in collaboration with the ICFT, Paris, and Unesco will be presenting the ICFT-Unesco Fellini Prize to a film which reflects the ideals of peace, tolerance, non-violence and friendship promoted by Unesco. (ICFT=International Council for Film, Television and Audiovisual Communication). Again, this promises to be an especially poignant moment, considering last week’s unspeakable bloodshed in Paris. Then, in association with the

Oscar Academy, IFFI will organize master classes with Academy members Mark Mangini, Milt Shefter and Humphrey Dixon on topics like sound designing, film archive and film editing. IFFI will also showcase young talent through the 'First Cut' section. This time emerging filmmakers like Brian Perkins ("Golden Kingdom", US), Michael Klette ("Solness", Germany) and Piotr Chrzan ("Moskvich-My Love", Poland) are going to be featured. In another unusual series, 'In Conversation', Indian filmmakers Shyam Benegal, Vettrimaran, Kaushik Ganguli and Anand L. Rai will discuss films and the art of filmmaking with the audience. All these, and the special seminar on Film and Cultural diversity are on my must-watch list. Considering my concurrent needs for food and sleep, this is likely to be a very busy week.

Since I get to see Indian-language films on television at some time or the other, I’ll skip the Indian Panorama, though the 'Focus on North East Cinema' has a Special Retrospective on Sharma, an eminent filmmaker, actor and music composer from Manipur.

'World Cinema Restored Classics' will highlight film restoration and screen some classics to put the spotlight on the National Film Heritage Mission. Likely to be a big draw with the senior citizens: Michael Curtiz’s ‘Casablanca’, 1942, USA. My experience with Pakistani films has been so good (‘Bol’, ‘Khuda ke Liye’) that I’m planning to see Jamshed Mehmood Raza’s ‘Moor’.

Goan films have been improving by the day. Ok, that’s an exaggeration, let’s just say Goan films are finally worth watching.

‘Nachom-ia kumpasar’ has received accolades and awards in foreign countries. I’m going to see this with pride. I missed it when it was screened in Panjim long months ago.

The master-classes at the Maquinez: • On Film Production by Edward Pressman (Producer) USA • On Sound Design by Mark Mangini (Sound Designer) USA • On Film Archive And Preservation by Milt Shafter (Film Preservationist), USA. • On Costume Design In Cinema

by Rosalie Varda (Costume designer), France • On Casting For Directors And Producers by Nancy Bishop (Casting Director) USA.

Sachin Bhave’s Marathi play-turned-film, ‘Katyar Kalzhat Ghusli’ is another. I’ve seen ‘Katyar…’ many times in its musicaltheatre form. My mother and grandmother saw it too, over the decades, for it’s an old play. Now a film. Times change, but a good production/script holds its own.

A draw for the cops and budding reporters might be the boycott proposed by the Film Federation of India and Federation of Western India Cine Employees. This was/is to be in support of the students of the Film and Television Institute (FTII) who disapprove of the Chairperson selected by the present government as well as the writers/artists who have returned their awards to the government for its ‘intolerant’ attitude towards certain people. Whether or not it (the boycott, not the attitude) happens remains to be seen.

Just getting the registration card does not mean I won’t have to stand in queues. The queue experience is hard on the feet, but does wonders to one’s IFFI social life. I’ve made friends with the regular visitors here, from Gauhati, Calcutta, Hyderabad, Mumbai (but of course), Chennai, even smaller towns like Surat. These serious cinema lovers are paediatricians/chartered accountants/ government officials in their real lives.

Reel acquaintances here, they are actually the kind of tourists Goa should be wooing.

Ah well, someday we’ll see IFFI and the classical music and the Literary and Arts Festivals on Goa’s tourism brochures/ posters... Until then, I’m going to enjoy 10 days and some hours after sunset, in armchair travel, enjoying other places, times, cultures, war-stories, humorous takes on politicians, serious historical tales and more at the 46th IFFI, Goa. 

Spanish films that will be screened: • Isla Bonita/ Isla Bonita/ Fernando Colomo/ Spain/ 2015/ 101 • Requirements To Be A Normal Person/ Requisitos Para SerUna Persona Normal/ Leticia Dolera/ Spain/ 2015/ 95 • The Sea Inside/ Mar Adentro/ Alejandro Amenabar/ Spain, France, Italy/ 2004/ 125 • Thesis/ Tesis/ Alejandro Amenabar/ Spain/ 1996/ 125 • Goya in Bordeaux/ GOYA EN BURDEOS/ Carlos Saura/ Spain, Italy/ 1999/ 100 • Tango/ Tango/ Carlos Saura/ Spain, Argentina/ 1998/ 115 • Bad Education/ La mala educacion/ Pedro Almodovar/ Spain/ 2004/ 106

Ministry of Information & Broadcasting SCREENING SCHEDULE - KALA ACADEMY (November 21 – 25, 2015) (FOR PRESS & DELEGATES ONLY)

46th INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA - 2015 Time

Date

08.45 A.M.

21.11.2015 (Saturday)

22.11.2015 (Sunday)

23.11.2015 (Monday)

REPEAT SHOW OF OPENING FILM

JIA ZHANGKE: A GUY FROM FENYANG (MS) (R) Dir: Walter Salles Brazil/2014/99 min/DCP

MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART (SHAN HE GU REN) (MS) (R) Dir: Jia Zhangke China/France/Japan/2015/123 min/ DCP

RYUZO AND THE SEVEN HENCHMEN (RYUZO TO 7 NIN NO KOBUN TACHI) (MS) (R) Dir: Takeshi Kitano Japan/2015/111 min/DCP

ISLA BONITA (CF-SPAIN) (R) Dir: Fernando Colomo Spain/2015/101 min/DCP

MARGUERITE (MS) Dir: Xavier Giannoli France/2015/129 min/DCP

BLEAK STREET (LA CALLE DE LA AMARGURA) (MS) Dir: Arturo Ripstein Mexico/2015/99 min/DCP

OUR LITTLE SISTER (UMIMACHI DIARY) (MS) Dir: Kore-Eda Hirokazu Japan/2014/123 min/DCP

LABYRINTH OF LIES (IM LABYRINTH DES SCHWEIGENS) (IC) Dir: Giulio Ricciarelli Germany/2015/124 min/DCP

MUSTANG (IC) Dir: Deniz Gamze Ergüven Turkey/France/Germany/Qatar/ 2015/97 min/DCP

JOURNEY TO THE SHORE (KISHIBE NO TABI) (IC) Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Japan/2015/127 min/DCP

SWEET RED BEAN PASTE (AN) (MS) (R) Dir: Naomi Kawase Japan/France/Germany/2015/ 113 min/DCP THE MAN WHO BECAME A HORSE (MARDI KE ASB SHOD) (IC) Dir: Amir Hossein Saghafi Iran/2015/110 min/DCP

SWEET RED BEAN PASTE (AN) (MS) Dir: Naomi Kawase Japan/France/Germany/2015/ 113 min/DCP

LABYRINTH OF LIES (IM LABYRINTH DES SCHWEIGENS) (IC) (R) Dir: Giulio Ricciarelli Germany/2015/124 min/DCP

TRAP (TAKLUB) (MS) Dir: Brillante Mendoza Philippines/2015/97 min/ DCP

THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY Dir: Matt Brown UK/2015/110 min/Col/DCP MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART (SHAN HE GU REN) (MS) Dir: Jia Zhangke China/France/Japan/2015/ 123 min/DCP ENCLAVE (IC) Dir: Goran Radovanovic Serbia/Montenegro/Germany/ 2015/89 min/DCP

11.15 A.M.

02.15 P.M.

OPENING OF COUNTRY FOCUS-SPAIN

04.45 P.M.

ISLA BONITA (CF-SPAIN) Dir: Fernando Colomo Spain/2015/101 min/DCP JIA ZHANGKE: A GUY FROM FENYANG (MS) Dir: Walter Salles Brazil/2014/99 min/DCP

07.15 P.M.

RYUZO AND THE SEVEN HENCHMEN (RYUZO TO 7 NIN NO KOBUN TACHI) (MS) Dir: Takeshi Kitano Japan/2015/111 min/DCP

09.45 P.M.

11.45 P. M.

(MS) = MASTERSTROKES Date

Time

08.30 A.M.

11.00 A.M.

02.00 P.M. 04.30 P.M.

07.00 P.M.

09.30 P.M. 11. 30 P. M.

INAUGURATION OF RESTORED CLASSICS CASABLANCA (RC) Dir: Michael Curtiz USA/1942/102 min/DCP ENCLAVE (IC) (R) Dir: Goran Radovanovic Serbia/Montenegro/Germany/ 2015/89 min/DCP

25.11.2015 (Wednesday)

THE DANISH GIRL (CW) Dir: Tom Hooper USA/2015/120 min/Col/DCP BADLANDS (RC) Dir: Terrence Malick USA/1972/94 min/DCP

MUSTANG (IC) (R) Dir: Deniz Gamze Ergüven Turkey/France/Germany/Qatar/ 2015/97 min/DCP

TRAP (TAKLUB) (MS) (R) Dir: Brillante Mendoza Philippines/2015/97 min/ DCP

(CF-SPAIN)23.11.2015 = COUNTRY FOCUS – SPAIN

(Monday)

MID-FEST FILM

REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (RC) Dir: Nicholas Ray USA/1955/111 min/DCP

46th INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA – 2015 MARGUERITE (MS) (R) BLEAK STREET (LA Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Dir: Xavier Giannoli CALLE DE LA SCREENING SCHEDULE - INOX SCREEN-I France/2015/129 min/DCP AMARGURA) (MS) (R) Dir: Arturo Ripstein (November 21 - 25, 2015) Mexico/2015/99 min/DCP (FOR PRESS & DELEGATES ONLY)

(IC) = INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 21.11.2015 22.11.2015 (Saturday) (Sunday)

24.11.2015 (Tuesday)

JOURNEY TO THE SHORE (KISHIBE NO TABI) (IC) (R) Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Japan/2015/127 min/DCP

(RC) = RESTORED CLASSICS 25.11.2015

(Wednesday)

OF THE WORLD PARTISAN (CW) (CW) = CINEMA FATHER (BABAI) (CW) (R) Dir: Ariel Kleiman Dir: Visar Morina Australia/2015/98 min/DCP Germany/Kosovo/Republic of Macedonia/France/2015/98 min/ DCP

(R) = REPEAT SHOW (CW) (R) THE SUMMER OF FROZEN COSMOS Dir: Andrzej Zulawski FOUNTAINS (GAKHINULI SHADREVNEBIS TSELITSADI) France/Portugal/2015/103 min/ DCP (CW) (R) Dir: Van Burduli Georgia/Russia/2015/102 min/ DCP

LAND OF MINE (UNDER SANDET) (CW) (R) Dir: Martin Zandvliet Denmark/Germany/2015/ 100 min/DCP

THE TERRITORY (TERRITORIYA) (CW) Dir: Alexandr Melnik Russia/2015/150 min/DCP

FLOCKING (FLOCKEN) (CW) Dir: Beata Gardeler Sweden/2015/110 min/DCP

THE NEW WORLD (YENI DUNIYA) (CW) Dir: Caner Erzincan Turkey/2015/97 min/DCP

YOU CARRY ME (TI MENE NOSIS) (CW) Dir: Ivona Juka Croatia/Slovenia/Serbia/2015/ 155 min/DCP

MAY ALLAH BLESS FRANCE (QU’ALLAH BENISSE LA FRANCE) (CW) Dir: Abd Al Malik France/2014/95 min/DCP MUCH LOVED (CW) Dir: Nabil Ayouch France/Morocco/2015/108 min/ DCP

THE MOVING FOREST (A FLORESTA QUE SE MOVE) (CW) Dir: Vinicius Coimbra Brazil/2015/99 min/DCP SNOW PATHS (CW) Dir: Kim Hee-Jung South Korea/2015/96 min/DCP

MOOR (CW) Dir: Jamshed Mahmood Raza Pakistan/2015/135 min/DCP

COSMOS (CW) Dir: Andrzej Zulawski France/Portugal/2015/103 min/ DCP

THE SUMMER OF FROZEN FOUNTAINS (GAKHINULI SHADREVNEBIS TSELITSADI) (CW) Dir: Van Burduli Georgia/Russia/2015/102 min/ DCP MUCH LOVED (CW) Dir: Nabil Ayouch France/Morocco/2015/108 min/ DCP MAY ALLAH BLESS FRANCE (QU’ALLAH BENISSE LA FRANCE) (CW) (R) Dir: Abd Al Malik France/2014/95 min/DCP

FATHER (BABAI) (CW) Dir: Visar Morina Germany/Kosovo/Republic of Macedonia/France/2015/98 min/ DCP

( C ( C

WONDROUS BOCCACCIO (MARAVIGLIOSO BOCCACCIO) (MS) Dir: Paolo Taviani & Vittorio Taviani Italy/France/2015/120 min/DCP DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID (MS) Dir: Benoit Jacquot France/Belgium/2014/95 min/DCP

24.11.2015 (Tuesday)

BATTLE FOR SEVASTOPOL (NEZLAMNA) (CW) Dir: Sergei Mokritsky Ukraine/Russia/2015/123 min/ DCP LAND OF MINE (UNDER SANDET) (CW) (R) Dir: Martin Zandvliet Denmark/Germany/2015/ 100 min/DCP BULGARIAN RHAPSODY (CW) Dir: Ivan Nichev Bulgaria/2014/108 min/DCP

WHY ME? (CW) Dir: Tudor Giurgiu Romania/Bulgaria/2015/132 min/ DCP

THE FENCER (CW) Dir: Klaus Haro Finland/Estonia/Germany/2015/ 93 min/DCP

MAGALLANES (CW) Dir: Salvador Del Solar Peru/2014/106 min/DCP

ANTONIA (CW) Dir: Ferdinando Cito Filomarino Italy/2014/96 min/DCP

MY MOTHER’S BLUE SKY (CW) Dir: Ali Ghavitan Iran/2015/82 min/DCP

VALLEY OF LOVE (CW) Dir: Guillaume Nicloux France/Belgium/2015/91 min/ DCP

THE TERRITORY (TERRITORIYA) (CW) (R) Dir: Alexandr Melnik Russia/2015/150 min/DCP

PARTISAN (CW) (R) Dir: Ariel Kleiman Australia/2015/98 min/DCP

EVA DOESN’T SLEEP (EVA NO DUERME) (CW) (R) Dir: Pablo Aguero Argentina/Spain/France/2015/ 85 min/Col/DCP MOOR (CW) (R) Dir: Jamshed Mahmood Raza Pakistan/2015/135 min/DCP

THE LAST REEL (CW) Dir: Sotho Kulikar Combodia/2014/105 min/ DCP

(CW) = CINEMA OF THE WORLD

(R) = REPEAT SHOW

FLOCKING (FLOCKEN) (CW) (R) Dir: Beata Gardeler Sweden/2015/110 min/DCP

13 Friday, November 20, 2015

Baba’s Wood Café Dine As The Italians Do

At A Quaint Trattoria In The Heart Of The Goan Capital Baba’s Wood Café Is The Real Deal, Folks!

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By Rahul Rivonkar

his is a story about the perfect antidote for Italian hunger pangs.

Sometimes qualifications are required to describe local restaurants featuring foreign cuisines. “This Chinese food is good for Goa”, for instance, or “Not bad for Continental food outside the Continent!” No such caveat is needed for Baba’s Wood Café, the delightful Italian restaurant in Panjim that would actually be considered good even if it were located in Rome, Venice or Milan.

Perhaps this shouldn’t surprise us, given that the establishment’s warm and worldly proprietor, Maria Grazia Raschi, does, in fact, hail from Milan. But let’s face it, just being run by an Italian does not an excellent Italian restaurant make. It’s not so much where Maria is from that does the trick, but the heart and soul – and incredibly delicious, home-style recipes – she and her team put into Baba’s Wood Café that make this restaurant one of the best Italian eating establishments in this part of the world.

Once located on a quaint street of Mala – Fontainhas, Baba’s Wood Café has now shifted to Miramar, not far from the not-so-commercial beach of the same name.

As you dine here, you will notice furnishings around you that are as extraordinary as the flavours of the pizzas

and pastas that make up the bulk of the menu. Chairs, tables, chandeliers, lamps, cupboards, mirrors, candle stands, glass jars, clocks and other items add to a rather stunning ambience that evokes the cultures of Italy, Vietnam, China and France.

And here’s the fun part: Pretty much everything you see is for sale! Yes, one of the finest Italian restaurants on the Indian sub-continent doubles as a furniture store!

When you walk into Baba’s Wood Café, it’s hard to fathom that this space once housed the now defunct Pan Asia Bowl. Does the Taj Mahal resemble the Goa Medical College?

This space has been completely transformed, and in a good way. Add to

this the fact that you can now also dine in the open air on the upper floor terrace that used to be part the Mekong Lounge, which is also no more. This means you can now sit outside with your food and/ or cocktail, watching the passersby of beautiful Miramar, with music in the background and a wide TV screen featuring your favourite sports picks.

When it comes to the food at Baba’s Wood Café, you will be met with a winning combination of fresh market produce and imported ingredients from Italy.

Upon arrival, you will be greeted with a complimentary bruschetta.

On one recent night, we went with a recommendation from Maria – a woodfired pizza, featuring mozzarella cheese, salmon, rocket lettuce and sour cream.

We loved the delicious thin crust, with its whiff of the wood-fired oven, and the toppings, too.

Next came the Beef Fillet with Porcini Mushroom, served with freshly cut salad and perfectly mashed potatoes. This dish was superb, as were the pork ribs served with sautéed vegetables. All of this was happening while we were sipping down our whiskies. Baba’s Wood Café also

offers a wide range of wines and spirits to quench your boozy thirst.

For dessert, there are gelatos, pies, tiramisus and other Italian delights. On Maria’s recommendation, we ordered ‘Coppa Ameretto & Chocolote’ and ‘Affogato Al Caffe’. Coppa Ameretto & Chocolate featured chocolate and mascarpone, topped with Amaretto cookie crumbs and chocolate – all soaked in Brandy! The Affogato Al Caffe features a scoop of vanilla gelato with a shot of hot espresso.

Baba’s Wood Café makes home deliveries within the Miramar-Dona Paula area.

This is the ideal choice for Italian comfort food adhering to world-class standards. It’s places like this that help make the Goan capital one of India’s most livable cities – and we have an Italian immigrant named Maria to thank for it.

• Meal for Two: INR 2000 - 2500.

• Location: Bela Goa Annexe, Opposite Carasid, Miramar.

• Contact: 9168804018, 9823714098, 9923414098.

• Email: babagoa2009@gmail.com • Web: babaswoodcafe.com • Closed on Mondays

Bicholim, Goa M. +91 9822582331

Veg & Non Veg

Prop: Shankar Kudalkar Hotel Madhav, Shop No. D-8, Pancharatna Complex, Behind Borkars Super Stores, Margao.

Tel. 9822167830

14 FOOD & DRINKS Nov 6 to Nov 22 'South East Asian Food Festival' Journey across Far East Asia as you indulge in savoury delights from China, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia at the 'South East Asian Food Festival'. From flavor some starters to zesty sauces, aromatic mains to divine desserts, the 'South East Asian Food Festival' is an indulgence all set to delight your palate with the tastes of the orient.

At “Chilli 'n' Spice - Carnival of Cuisines” Hotel Fidalgo, Panjim +91 9545554244/+91 9158055222.

Nov 6 to Dec 6 Treasures of the Fareast the Oriental Food Fiesta Master Chef specially presents unique, exclusive & exotic oriental delicacies from china, Mongolia, Thailand, Indonesia and Japan.

At Goenchin Restaurant, the Mandovi Hotel, Panjim +91 832 2227614

Nov 14 to Nov 24 Jashn - e - Panjab Satiate your taste buds with some mouth - watering Punjabi cuisine in the most traditional style at Festa At Festa restaurant, Grand Mercure, Candolim 7 pm to 11 pm +91 832 249 4949

Every Saturday

Super Brunch The Super Brunch at Vivanta Panaji is a decadent affair with an astonishingly wide selection of Live grills. Serving up the finest cuisine from around the world.

At Vivanta by Taj, Panaji, Off D B Bandodkar road, Panaji +91 832 6633636

A Tartaruga Multi – Cuisine This eating space is a great venue for weddings and parties with sprawling beach front lawns that can accommodate up to 1000 pax.

At Colva Beach, Salcete 7 am to 11 pm +91 832 2788068/69

Sunday Family Brunch Live Music by The Actacy At Gawin's Restaurant, Verna 12 pm to 3 pm +91 9822177179

Casa Sarita For truly outstanding authentic Goan Food.

Open only for dinner, this classy fine dining restaurant is a delightful place to explore Goan and Portuguese cuisine.

At Park Hyatt Goa, Cansaulim +91 832 2721234

Bikini Brunch Sunday BBQ Brunch @ Rs. 950 ++ with unlimited drinks Enjoy Live Karaoke with Emmanuel At The Park, Calangute 12.30 pm to 4.30 pm. +91 8805028194/ +91 832 2267600 resv.goa@theparkhotels.com www.theparkhotels.com Sunday Brunch Highlights: Free Use of Swimming Pool, Rain Dance with DJ, Lavish Buffet with live counters, unlimited house brands alcohol & cocktails & games & Activities Cost: Rs. 1500/- inclusive of all Taxes (with alcohol); Rs. 1100/- inclusive of all Taxes (without alcohol) At Resort Rio, Tambudki, Arpora 12 noon to 3 pm +91 8322267300 / +91 8322267302

Cheese and Wine @ Grand Hyatt Enjoy Grand Hyatt Goa's finest selection of wines and cheeses every Saturday at The Verandah. Treat yourself to an exclusive wine tasting and exotic cheese table, carefully crafted by our very talented Executive Chef Mark Long At The Verandah, Grand Hyatt, Bambolim 7 pm to 11:30 pm +91 832 301 1234

Myra Vineyards presents 'Sangria Sunday Brunch' at Sol de Goa Sangria Sunday Brunch with the amazing Helen and Xavier Peres.

Complimentary use of the pool for all customers.

Italian, Spanish and Mexican delights and unlimited Sangria, beer and cocktails.

Sunset set with Dj David Phimister Rs: 1200+ taxes per head, Rs: 600+ taxes for kids.

At Sol de Goa, Nerul 12:30 pm onwards. 0832 671 4141

Brunches Every Sunday

South Goa Restaurant

Sunday Brunch Family Quiz at Cotinga This Sunday, it's all about fun, facts and food! Test your knowledge of the world with our brunch-time quiz hosted by quiz master Rajiv Dsilva, and you’ll be in for a chance to a tantalizingly delicious cake!12:00 pm onwards At Café Cotinga, Near St. Michaels Church, Anjuna +91 9822851155 Brunch at Cantina Bodega This is one of the more interesting spots in town to have a meal. Under the supervision of Vandana Naik, a former top chef in New York City and easily one of Goa’s most notable culinary experts, there’s a wide variety of delights on offer, including pizzas, soups, salads, hummus and meat balls, plus an eclectic mix of Indian, Mediterranean and other world cuisines.

That’s not to mention the desserts, another top draw here. Noon to 4 pm At Cantina Bodega, Sunaparanta, Panjim. +91 832 2421315 info@sgcfa.org | www.sgcfa.org

Palms Restaurant The Beachside Restaurant Palms with the Peruvian delicacy for the first time in Goa. Enjoy Ceviche delicacies and Peruvian drinks all night long! At Park Hyatt Goa Resort and Spa, Cavelossim +91 832 2721235 Allegria Goan, Portuguese This fine-dining restaurant at the Taj Exotica serves mouth watering food.

On offer are all the classic Goan dishes like Chicken Cafreal, Pork Sorpotel, and Kullanche Mass Kottnim, which is crab meat in a shell, and of course, the all time favourite, Fish Curry Rice.

At Taj Exotica, Calwaddo, Benaulim, Salcete 7.30 pm to 10.45 pm +91 832 6683333 Peppers Gourmet Cuisine Seafood, Tandoor Indulge in innovative desserts and local flavours at this exciting food joint.

Near Child Care School, Margao +91 832 2711125, +91 9822133506

Tato’s Fine Dining Goan, Indian, Chinese Tato’s fine dining makes its presence felt in the culinary circles in Margao.

Opp. New Collectorate, Margao 12 pm to 3 pm and 6.30 pm to 11 pm +91 832 2758590 Fisherman’s Wharf Authentic Goan It’s a fantastic restaurant to celebrate a special occasion.

At the riverside, near Holiday Inn, Cavelossim – Salcete +91 832 2871317 Soul Soufflé Goan, North Indian, Continental, Chinese, Seafood Casual Dinning At Off The Old Verna Highway, Near UDddear Water Fall, Ambulour Village, Verna, Margao +918322782100 Gawin's Restaurant & Pub Seafood, Goan, Continental, Chinese Enjoy Sunday Brunch every week At Cansaulim Road, Verna +91 9822177179 Cherry Tomato Burger Cafe and Italian Restaurant At Vanelim, Colva +91 9561379963 Dropadi Restaurant Casual Dining North Indian, Chinese, Continental, Seafood, Goan At Palolem Beach, Palolem, Goa +91 832 264 4555 Vasco Square Casual Dining North Indian, Goan, Continental, Seafood At 211, Joseph Vaz Road, Vasco, Goa +91 832 250 0644 Coconut Creek Serves Non veg, Alcohol, Outdoor Seating Goan, Continental, Chinese, North Indian, Seafood At Bogmalo, Bimut Ward, Bogmalo +91 832 2538100/+91 9823117647 Konkani Restaurant Casual Dining North Indian, Konkan, Goan, Seafood At Jigisha Building, Varde Valaulikar Road, Margao +91 97638 22983

Pentagon Restaurant & Garden Pub Eclectic Asian, Indian and European menu.

Sizzle your taste buds with awesome food at pentagon from starters to main course we have it all for you At Majorda Beach Road, Opp. Majorda Beach Resort, Salcete 12 pm to 12 am +91 832 2881402/ +91 9822091402

North Goa Restaurant Marbela Beach Italian, Seafood One of the finest beach resorts in the state, Marbela Beach is the ultimate destination to party or to unwind during the sunset with refreshing cocktails and decent food to hog on to.

At Morjim –Ashvem Road, Morjim 7 am to midnight +91 832 8450599 Goa Marriott Resort & Spa Open for dinner 7 pm onwards every day, Wan Hao is also open for lunch on Saturday and Sunday.

Re-orient your taste-buds with the choicest of Oriental cuisine all this season only.

At Wan Hao, the Goa Marriott Resort & Spa! +91 832-246 3333.

Avanti Bar & Restaurant Indian, Goan & Seafood Serves Goan specialties like Rawa fried prawns, stuffed squid, and gratinated stuffed crab masala among other Goan delights.

Near Patto Bridge, Panjim 11 am to 3 .30 pm, 7 pm to 11.30 pm +91 832 2435884/ +91 832 2427179 hotelavanti@yahoo.com Peep Kitchen Indian, Continental, Goan, Chinese A family restaurant with a bar run by a Goan family serves food with an authentic Goan and homely touch.

At Caranzalem, Near Petrol Pump, Panjim Noon to 2.30 pm and 7 pm to 10.30 pm +91 832 6454474 Hotel Sanskruti Chinese, Goan, Indian, Oriental It’s a pure vegetarian restaurant which is packed during lunch time. It’s really good for South Indian food, Thali, and chaat.

At Near HDFC Bank, Porvorim 8 am to 11 pm +91 832 2414400/ +91 94233323822 Casa Bhonsle Indian & Goan All meals here are prepared in the authentic Hindu Goan Style.

Above Café Bhonsle, Near Cine National, Panjim Noon to 3.30 pm & 7 pm to 11 pm +91 832 2222260/ +91 9822100684 O’Asia Pan Asian This is the ultimate destination for your pan Asian culinary fix.

At The O Hotel, Dando, Candolim Noon to 3 pm, 7.30 pm to 11 pm +918323047000

A Lua Chinese, European, Goan, North Indian, Seafood 11 am to 11 pm At, Bella vista, Sangolda +91 832 2416671/ 73 At Porie Bhatt, Verna Contact: +91 832 2782760/ +91 9881272080 At Bhueem Bhatt, St Cruz, Merces +91 832 2448172/ +91 2448757 A Pastelaria Bakery An ideal place for pastries, cakes, cookies and other baked offerings.

9 am to 9 pm At Hotel Mandovi, Panjim +91 832 2426270/ 73 Anandashram Hotel Chinese, Goan and Seafood This is one of the oldest eateries in Goa and is something of an institution for its affordable and delicious Goan Fare.

At 31st January Road, Panjim 1 pm to 10.30 pm +91 9823195245 Edu’s Restaurant Indian, Chinese, International and Goan Pizzas are one of their specialties.

There’s nothing fancy about it but it has the vibe of a street café.

Next to Magsons on the main DB Road in Panjim, Miramar. +91 832 2463777, +91 832 2463888 Sol de Goa Relax over the weekend with lazy Sundays by the poolside. Sol de Goa presents Mexicana-Spanish Brunch with Sangrias, unlimited food and LIVE acoustic entertainment.

At Sol De Goa, Nerul 11.30 Onwards +91 9552134385 Go With the Flow Brazillian, Mediterranean, Fusion In an enchanting location on the Baga river bank, offering stunning views of the river, and sea beyond. Oh did we mention? The food’s really good, too.

Chef Guto from Brazil really knows what he’s doing. We mean it.

At Calangute, Baga +91 7507771556 contact@gowiththeflowgoa.com www.gowiththeflowgoa.com Koi True Asian, very tasty At Taj Road, Gauravaddo, Calangute 12 pm to 1 am +91 98733 42567 koigoa.com Mustard A Flavour to Savour Serving Bengali and European food, using mustard as a key ingredient.

The only Bengali restaurant in Goa! At House No 78, Mae de dues Vaddo, Chogm Road, Sangolda +91 9823436120 Facebook: /mustardgoa

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Friday, November 20, 2015

Viewing the Human Condition

Video Art By Portugal’s Multi-Media Maestro Vasco Araújo

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By Perin Ilavia

unaparanta-Goa Centre for the Arts recently opened up yet another explorative genre of the avant garde arts. A remarkable video exhibition titled ‘Hereditas’ by Portuguese artist Vasco Araújo was unveiled at the Centre on the 14th of this month.

Video art, named after the original analog video tape, started out in the late 1960s and early 70s, as new consumer video technology became available outside corporate broadcasting. It does not necessarily adhere to conventions that define theatrical cinema.

“Video art is the cutting edge in art today,” said Mr. Dattaraj Salgaocar, director of Sunaparanta, as he introduced the exhibition.

Four videos with sub-titles in English were displayed in specially designed spaces. The dialogues are composed

by Lisbon-born Vasco and performed by professional actors, with orchestral music in the background. Vasco himself is a trained opera singer. The four works are deeply contemplative: Hereditas (Heritage in Latin), made in 2006 – The location suggests something strange, yet magical. The work explores childhood, loneliness, pain, love, death

and the desire for knowing and understanding the great enigmas and interrogations of our all too human condition.

Insula, (2010) – ‘We are an island’ leaves space to compare an island and a human being at a physical and psychological level. It is a metaphor highlighting notions of one’s inner loneliness.

This video work reinvents identity, where the physical or non-physical change is the modification of a circumstance and situation.

Telos (The Declaration), 2011 – “Saying the opposite of the truth is more unjust, than the one who cheats

not declaring the truth. Worse than the mistake is ignorance.” This is based on the life of the great philosopher Diogenes of Sinope, called ‘The Cynic’. He became a beggar, making his extreme poverty a virtue. It is said that he lived in a barrel instead of a house, and wandered the streets carrying a lantern during the day trying to find an honest man. An incessant quest for truth and happiness, the work is a tireless campaign and search for the inner truth of things that doesn’t depends on the lusts of civilization.

Retrato, Portrait, (2014) is memory of a place, a home and a family. Several portraits (reproductions of paintings by Eduardo Malta) guide the walls of a house devoid of people, a motto for a dialogue between characters who talk about their feelings, power games, relationship with others, creating an atmosphere of mystery and seduction.

Though Vasco has no personal relationship with India, he looks into the other side of his heritage and

history of a country which was a colonial power.

“Our history is so different. I believe difference defines us and if we don’t respect difference, we don’t respect ourselves,” says Vasco.

Dr. Rui Carvalho Baceira, the Consul General of Portugal, invited Vasco to Goa, and inaugurated the show. “This is a new art form in India, and especially in Goa,” said Baceira.

“I wonder how the audience will respond.”

I found many guests involved more in social banter than the art. Those who watched the videos were awed by the diversity of stories narrated in just around fifteen minutes.

Vasco opened up in a conversation about the exhibition, his first show in India: Perin - How did your interest in art and photography begin?

Vasco- My interest started since I was a child. I always wanted to be an artist.

P-You trained as a lyric singer before becoming a visual artist. Does music augment your profession?

V- I trained as an opera singer while studying fine art. Then, I had to choose between being an artist or an opera singer. Since I choose to be an artist, I incorporate opera and the study of the voice in my work, so yes, it really influences my practice as an artist.

P- When did you approach video and installation?

V-Since I started my career in art.

P- Do video and installations have a greater impact on viewers? Or are these art forms going to fade away as other Art movements have?

V- These two medias have been used for more than 50 years, so I think that we cannot say if they will or not. Also,

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Nov 20

Kerkar Art Gallery Exhibition of recent works of Subodh Kerkar “The Pepper Cross” & “Indigo”.

Besides a new series of Laterite Stone Sculptures on display.

At Gaura Vaddo, Calangute 10 am to 7 pm +91 9326119324

'Pilar Art Exhibition, "The Bible" At Pilar Theological College, Pilar, Goa 10am - 7pm +91 9822814957 artworksgoa@gmail.com

Monsoon Heritage Studio Treat yourself to some amazing collection of mirrored mosaic art and handpicked artefacts at this upscale studio by Yahel Chirinian.

At Mainath Batti, Arpora 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM +91 9822122771

'Exhibition of organic tees, pants and cosmetics' At Archies Art Gallery, Chandor 10am - 5pm achiesartgallery@gmail.com +91 9822814957

Nov 22

Abraxas Team Abraxas in association with Tito's, Museum Og Goa & Madame Rosa.

Celebration of Art & Music At Tito's Courtyard, Baga 7.30 pm onwards +91 832 672 6767

Nov 21 to Nov 26

Art Exhibition Dr Anthony Lawrence Gomes will hold a solo exhibition.

10 am to 7 pm At Carpe Diem Art Gallery Majorda +91 88888 62462

Nov 5 to Jan 25

‘GOPAKAPATTANAM – Exploring Goa’s histories through the lens of contemporary art’ Curated by Dr. Subodh Kerkar & Mr. Peter Mueller 10 am to 6 pm everyday At Museum of Goa, Plot No. 79, Pilerne Industrial Estate, Pilerne Email: subodh@museumofgoa.com / mail@museumofgoa.com Web: www.museumofgoa.com www.facebook.com/museumofgoa

Nov 6 to Dec 6

'Kite Mika' 'Drawn into Black and White' Curated by Katherina Domscheit.

At The Cube Gallery, Moira Satinderbir@yahoo.com +91 832 2470415/+91 8422806748

Every Saturday

Expressions

By Artist Vaishali Lall, with a focus on exploring the skills of embroidery and mix media in painting.

At The International Centre Goa, Dona Paula +91 9420820890

Galleries of Note

The Cube Gallery Every architect, since the beginning of time, has secretly tried to create a vision of paradise in the buildings they design.

Discover one such paradise and much more.

At The Cube Gallery, Calizor Vaddo, Moira.

11 am to 7 pm +91 832 2470415/ +91 9422806748 thecubegallerygoa@gmail.com Surya Art Gallery This gallery is situated in a quiet location where contemporary works of canvas paintings from Goa and artifacts are displayed.

At Bandawal Wada, Pernem 10 am to 6 pm +91 9404149764/ +91 9422064754 Galleria Esperance Retrospective Art in oils, watercolours, crayons, still life photographs etc. on display Near Our Lady of Merces Church, Merces 4 pm to 7 pm +91 9922509704

Off The Wall Discover a collection of deeply astounding works of art displayed on a daily basis at this thoughtful art cafe.

Fort Aguada Road, Sinquerim, Candolim 10:30 am to 11:30 pm +91 9820083497, +91 9823289123 Panjim Art Gallery Get a dose of the local culture with figurative works of Goan artists.

Near Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church, Panjim 9:00 am to 8:00 pm +91 9822168703 Mario Art Gallery Discover the original paintings and other memorabilia of the great Goan artist/ cartoonist Mario Miranda. Here you can buy “The Life of Mario”, as well as prints, mounted prints, frames, tiles, mugs, card sets and other books.

At ‘Houses of Goa’, Salvador-do-Mundo, Porvorim area 9:00 am to 5:30 pm +91 832 2410711 archauto@gmail.com www.mariodemiranda.com Gallery Gitanjali An elegant art gallery in Panjim’s Latin Quarter is worth hopping into when you’re in the area.

Fontainhas, Panjim 9:00 am to 9:00 pm +91 9823572035 gallerygitanjali@gmail.com www.gallerygitanjali.com Art Chamber: Galleria de Belas Artes One of the more interesting and pleasant art centers in the state featuring confident acrylic strokes that are somewhat three dimensional, put across the canvas

by Yolanda De Souza and others. The musical acts here are worth looking out for too.

Gaura Vaddo, Calangute 10:00 am to 1:00 pm & 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm +91 832 2277144 artchamber@gmail.com www.goa-art.com Moksa Art Gallery Here you will find some immensely conceptual paintings by Salvadoran Fernandez and others.

Naik Waddo, Calangute 9:30 am to 8:30 pm +91 832 2281121 mokshart@gmail.com www.mokshartgallery.com Sunaparanta- Goa Centre for the Arts The centre houses several exhibition galleries, a large multi-functional space for workshops and lectures, an in-house film club, sketch club, open air amphitheatre, pottery studio and an open courtyard that houses the al fresco café, Bodega.

The red velvet cupcakes at Bodega are a must try!

At Altinho, Panjim 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. +91 832 2421311 info@sgcfa.org | www.sgcfa.org

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I don't care about the media. I use this as other media, like sculpture, drawings, photography, to express my best, my idea. I care most about the concept, and then the media that will express the best of the concept.

P- Has India influenced your work?

V- This is my second visit, and I’ve never been influenced

by India. I do think it’s a very special country, heard that many artists get a lot from here, it just hasn’t happened to me yet.

P- Where does the inspiration to do these videos come from?

V- It comes from reading a lot, and looking into the human being, to reflect the psychological and political view of human conditions.

P- How frequently do you approach various subjects, and how long does it takes to assemble a video?

V- Sometimes it is very fast, like two months, but other times it can take two years doing research before I start.

Vasco has not studied the relationship between Portugal and Goa, but notices a similarity in the architecture of the churches and the ceilings of old Portuguese homes. His work has been published in various books and catalogues, and represented in prestigious museums in Portugal and other countries in Europe, and in the USA. On view till 26th November. At Sunaparanta – Goa Centre for the Arts, Altinho, Panjim

Make a splash at Froggyland

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Goa's largest water park

roggy Land is Goa’s newest and largest water park, sprawling across 35,000 sq.m. of barren hilly land.

This massive water world is the brainchild of entrepreneur Cancio Mascarenhas, who also hails from Nuvem. The park features varied slides and rides for children and adults, a Children’s Play Pen, Wave Pool, Lazy River and an enclosed rain-dance hall among its attractions. There’s a separate pool for bumper boats and zorbing – where one can get inside a transparent inflatable wheel and have fun getting it to roll across the water.

The water park is located two kilometres off the National Highway 17, right next to the Village, an event venue also owned by Cansio. A crew of over 45 attends to the operations, including 16 lifeguards, security guards, cleaning and parking staff, and technicians. The park is open from 10 am to 6 pm. Its entrance fee is Rs 450 for adults and Rs 250 for children, the distinguishing criteria being a height of 4 feet.

“We have also built facilities for a range of adventure activities, including rock climbing, rappelling, river crossing, zip-lines, a mechanical bull and a bungee trampoline as well as a miniature obstacle-golf course,” adds Cancio.

“The Lazy River is a water channel where one can float along 230 metres of meandering curves. The Wave Pool is a man-made sandy beach where our wave generator gives you the feeling of beach waves of up to one metre height. The wave maker is turned on four times a day.” The Rain-dance floor is a cavernous space with dance lights and a sprinkler system that offers rain on demand, a welcome treat in Goa’s hot summer months. The décor inside the Raindance cave features a kingly octopus and psychedelic colours that simulate an underwater look.

A lot of attention has been given to activities for little kids, with special small pools with ‘Lily Pads’, ‘Mushroom Bath’ and kid-size bumper boats. A coffee shop provides snacks and refreshments.

Froggyland is a safe environment with lifeguards swarming everywhere, and there’s loads of rides and slides and adventure events, all at one cool place. And frogs? If we look under the rocks and trees at Froggy Land, we might find those croakers chilling out there too.

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Friday, November 20, 2015

Nitin Maganlal: Businessman Philanthropist Makes His Mark In Goa

By Dr. Charlane Pereira e Rebello

Nitin Maganlal is a successful businessman, philanthropist, active member of Lion’s Club and a dedicated family man. This hard-working 56 year old has made a lasting impression on all those who know and admire him. Not too long ago, he sat down for an exclusive tête-à-tête with Goa Streets’ Dr. Charlane Pereira e Rebello.

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f you’ve lived a significant amount of time in Goa – and not spent most of it in a cave – then undoubtedly you’ve heard of Magsons, best known for its chain of high-end supermarkets in various points around the state. In fact, the Magsons brand and the Maganlal family are involved in quite a few businesses beyond grocery stores.

One of the Maganlal brothers, Kirit, runs the supermarket chain. Another brother, Raj, has been supplying fresh and frozen foods to 5-star hotels for decades. Ketan is into motor innovation products, plus track and adventure sports. And brother Nitin, the subject of this article, is involved in Indian sweets manufacture, real estate and food consultation.

It’s not hard to ascertain that business is in the brothers’ blood, especially if you consider that their father Jaisinh Maganlal was a mining pioneer, and their grandfather made a name for himself by importing Japanese, Chinese and German products.

Nitin’s first food venture, back in 1987, started out with both veg and nonveg options, but it wasn’t long before he recognized a niche for himself in strictly vegan offerings. Soon, he also forayed into the manufacturing and retail of milk products such as ice-cream, plus Indian sweets.

“It was my passion and then the agony of vegetarian people who were visiting Goa in the 1980s since no decent, clean homely vegan food was served. Later, their requests for sweets over meals gave me motivation to nudge into ice cream and mithais. I smile when I look back at the 20 plus years that have flown by. All is well.”

A graduate of Food Management from Mumbai, Nitin, after nearly three decades of entrepreneurship, now has the luxury of sitting back somewhat and enjoying the fruits of his labour.

“My business works on remote, thanks to the wonderful staff force of mine. Most of my boys are with me for the last 15 years and more. Those who leave come back as they cannot adjust in other places,” says a proud Nitin.

Nitin adds, “I call myself an all-round food critic – a very strong one if you ask me. Being a foodie, I respect all foods and churn some dishes in the kitchen. I love

the Goan lifestyle and cuisine although I am yearning to settle overseas in my retirement years.”

Inspired by the late Mr. Narendra Phadte, an industrial consultant, Nitin says, “I dedicate all my business achievements to him.”

He recalls, “A few years back, I had booked a train ticket to Mumbai and boarded the Ernakulum train by mistake, as I had stood on the wrong platform.

I ended up with better offers for the sourced product and I have been happy doing business with them ever since.”

Despite being in this line for almost three decades, Nitin opines, “Twentyeight years is a short time in business but for me it has been a lifetime.

I practice consultancy and enjoy being a critic now.”

A great philanthropist, Nitin explains, “Philanthropy is in our bloodline. We don’t keep a note of our givings. They say the right hand should not know what the left is giving so we do what and where the need arises. Every individual should give back to the society irrespective of whether it has given us or not.”

“Becoming a District Governor has been the biggest happiness in my life.

My credit to my buddies, Vasudev Valawalker and Dr. Chandrakant Hiremath.”

Maintaining a healthy work-life balance, Nitin says, “I kick out of bed by 6.30 am and bask in the aroma of a warm breakfast. This routine continues till 9 am as I screen correspondence, catch up on daily news, surf the net, etc. Business beckons and then the day just rolls by.

Evenings are reserved for my family.”

“Rita, my wife, is more than a diamond and she knows,” Nitin says.

His elder son, Dr. Rikhit, is a radiologist practicing in Pune, and his younger son, Pranav is studying to become a commercial pilot.

“The hunt is on to search beautiful brides for my handsome sons,” says the happy father.

With no immediate plans for further businesses, Nitin says, “It is time to devote myself to social causes. I definitely believe in making my dreams come true.”

Asks who he now models himself after, he quips, “My mirror. Sadly, but true.”

Though his sense of humour is never

far away, Nitin does sound some serious notes as well.

“India is a place of umpteen opportunities,” he says. “Anybody can make money legally provided he/ she studies the market and works efficiently. The ‘Make in India’ campaign is going to need more and more entrepreneurs.”

He recommends joining Lions Club to “improve networking” and says working “toward societal upliftment” must be paramount.

Nitin Maganlal has seamlessly combined entrepreneurship with working to make the world a better place. He knows this recipe worked for him, and believes it can work for all of India. 