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The Scarlett Keeling murder case takes an interesting turn, as CBI decides to appeal against the judgement passed by the Children’s Court last September, acquitting the two accused
justice for scarlett?
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Uphold Constitutional Honour
Harshvardhan Bhatkuly
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he Goa State Election Commission has evinced its desire to hold elections to 190 panchayats in Goa on 21st May this year. The last elections to the panchayat bodies were held on 16/05/2012. In furtherance of this, the GSEC has moved the Chief Secretary’s office for validating this plan. However, it is learnt that the Chief Secretary’s office has kept the official assent to this on hold, till the results of the recently held elections, which will happen on 11th of March. It is rather preposterous of the GSEC to have moved ahead in making plans for the elections for the panchayat bodies, in the first place. It will not be wrong to attribute malafides if the caretaker government headed by Laxmikant Parsekar has engineered this motion. When elections were called for the state, it should have been the bounden duty of the Chief Minister to tender his resignation and allowed the Governor to issue an order to make him continue as a ‘caretaker’ Chief Minister of the state. Needless to mention, that it is the convention and in good practice, that other state officers who have been appointed by the Chief Minister to various posts or as chairpersons of various state-run corporations, should also tender their resignations. Otherwise the casual reference to ‘free and fair’ elections in the state becomes more of a lip service than intent of constitutional probity. Although there is no clear reference of a ‘caretaker government’ in our Constitution, courts, while examining the scope and powers of the same, take recourse to the Westminster principles. In sum and substance, the office of a caretaker Chief
Minister is only to facilitate the day to day functioning of the state administration. The Governor invites the outgoing Chief Minister to serve as the caretaker of the state administration, in the interim, before a newly elected legislative assembly assumes office. There is a clear cut embargo on the caretaker not exceeding his brief and indulging in taking policy decisions and other functions that go beyond his call of day to day functioning of the state administration. In a curious case, Laxmikant Parsekar did not tender his resignation or ask the Governor to dissolve the House before he went to the hustings. This has given rise to another Constitutional conundrum. According to Article 174 (1) of the Constitution of India, The Governor shall from time to time summon the House or each House of the Legislature of the State to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit, but six months shall not intervene between its last sitting in one session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next session – which means there should not be a gap of 6 months between two Assembly Sessions. The last Assembly Session ended on 31/08/2016 and therefore the next session of the Goa Legislative Assembly has to be convened before 28th of this month. The results to the elections for the Legislative Assembly will be declared only on 11th of March; and it is impossible for the Legislative Assembly to be convened before the desired date. The option before the Governor, is to dissolve the Assembly formally and leave no scope for any constitutional aberration. It is unbecoming of senior politicians to blame the
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International seminar on Regional Cooperation for Safe and Secure Seas the prominent Commemorating law enforcement the 40th agencies in anniversary of the region the Indian Coast also provided Guard (ICG) a platform for and the 10th discussions on anniversary of subjects related the Regional to maritime law Cooperation enforcement, Agreement on marine pollution Combating Piracy response and and Armed maritime SAR. Robbery against Many eminent Ships in Asia idea of (ReCAAP), an international seminar on the week speakers including those from ReCAAP, ‘Regional Cooperation for Safe & Secure Seas’ Information Sharing Centre, Singapore, World was organized in Goa from the 8th to the 10th Maritime University, Indian National Ship of February 2017. The event was inaugurated at Owner’s Association, Indian Space Research the hands of Mridula Sinha, Hon’ble Governor Organization (ISRO), National Think Tanks of Goa in the presence of more than 50 foreign along with Coast Guard Agencies from the delegates from the ReCAAP Contracting Party United States and Japan presented their views during the course of discussions. States, IOR nations and Middle East countries. The seminar aimed at promoting awareness The event concluded with the sea exercise amongst seafarers and policy makers alike, off Goa on 10 Feb 17, where, in addition to the on the importance of cooperation towards various national stake holders, ICG surface ensuring safety of life and property at sea. The and air units; Bangladesh Coast Guard Ship three day event, in addition to bringing together Tajuddin also participated.
in the news Atrey P Sawant will be one of the Indian delegates at the sixth edition of the Australia India Youth Dialogue (AIYD) to be held at Sydney and Melbourne from February 15-18 2017. Held in India and Australia in alternate years, the AIYD hosts 15 of the best and brightest young minds from each country at an annual conference. AIYD 2017 will be focusing mainly on Innovation, particularly relating to the challenges faced by Australia and India, and the potential for collaboration between the two countries in specific areas.
Atrey is the Business Head at Mandovi Drydocks, a company that is into shipbuilding of aluminum and steel vessels based out of Goa. He is the Vice-Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Goa Chapter and also Honorary Secretary of the Shipyard Association of Goa. Besides these, Atrey also
has his name on the Institute Management Committee of the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) focusing on skill development. Atrey Sawant has a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Gogte Institute of Technology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) from the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai. AIYD 2017 will facilitate discussions between delegates led by high-level speakers from different fields, on three specific sub-themes including Health (Day 1, Melbourne), Entrepreneurship (Day 2, Sydney) and Skills (Day 3, Sydney).
Election Commission for what has occasioned. The state has full-time machinery that is supposed to take into account all these nitty-gritties of constitutional compliances. The
Election Commission’s brief is to conduct elections in the state. How can they micro manage the Legislative Assembly sessions? The lapse and tardiness of the state executive is a telling
sign that constitutional norms are treated with a casual and cavalier manner. The only corrective alternative is to dissolve the House and put an end to this stalemate.
Atrey Sawant
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scarlett keeling murder case
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COVERSTORY
The decade-long hope for closure
The Scarlett Keeling murder case takes an interesting turn, as CBI decides to appeal against the judgement passed by the Children’s Court last September, acquitting the two accused My Goa news desk
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am shocked,” said a visibly hysterical Fiona MacKeown, after the Children’s Court had, last September, acquitted two men accused of drugging and sexually abusing her teenage daughter Scarlett Eden Keeling, who was left to die on the Anjuna beach eight years ago. “It was quick and I am shocked. I was not expecting acquittal. I was expecting conviction. I will challenge the order,” Fiona MacKeown had told reporters outside the court hall after Goa Children’s Court Judge Vandana Tendulkar let off both the accused Samson D’Souza and Placido Carvalho in the high profile death case, which had dented the image of Goa, globally After Scarlett’s death in February 2008, Fiona had lived in Anjuna for a couple of weeks trying to piece together the evidence in the case. “We had been waiting all this time and it’s just rubbish. India’s whole judicial system has totally let me down,” she told reporters. “It took a huge effort for me to even get the police to register a complaint,” she said recalling her struggle to get justice for her 15-year-old daughter. She alleged that the Goa police was not interested in prosecuting the killers of her child. “It is clear that they (investigating agencies) are either incompetent or corrupt. I don’t believe they are incompetent. And all I can say is that if any international tourist comes to Goa and gets murdered, they have no hope for justice in this system,” she had said. All that seemed to have changed unexpectedly. The Central Bureau of Investigation has preferred an appeal before the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court, against the September judgment. This case seems to be far from over suddenly. Given India’s infamously meandering justice delivery system, the Scarlett Keeling case continues to drag on for almost a decade, delayed by frequent changes of judges presiding over the case and prosecutors conducting the trial, shoddy investigation on part of the State Police and alleged tampering
Fifteen year old Scarlett Keeling, from Bideford in Devon UK, had been on a six-month holiday with family in Goa. While the rest the family were travelling in the nearby state of Karnataka, Scarlett had stayed in Anjuna with Julio Lobo, a tour guide. On the morning of February 18, 2008, the Goa Police had found Scarlett’s semi-naked body on the shores of Anjuna Beach with evidence. All along, however, the victim’s mother, Fiona MacKeown, has been tirelessly fighting for justice and an answer to her daughter’s murder, while even enduing a fair share close scrutiny of a questionable lifestyle and tasteless coverage in a Bollywood film. Fifteen year old Scarlett Keeling, from Bideford in Devon UK, had been
on a six-month holiday with family in Goa. While the rest the family were travelling in the nearby state of Karnataka, Scarlett had stayed in Anjuna with Julio Lobo, a tour guide. On the morning of February 18, 2008, the Goa Police had found Scarlett’s semi-naked body on the shores of Anjuna Beach.
Getting on with the investigation, the police after the first autopsy, said Scarlett’s death was a case of accidental drowning, despite the pathologist who carried out the autopsy hinting at a fair chance of this being a homicidal drowning. Eyewitnesses reportedly stated that they had seen Keeling, at a local shack at the beach, in the company of Samson D’Souza and Placido Carvalho. According to Murli Sagar, one of the key eyewitnesses, Keeling was allegedly forced into taking drugs by the two accused, Samson D’Souza and Placido Carvalho. British eyewitness Michael Mannion, in his statement too, said he saw the accused D’souza “lying over Scarlette” and fled the scene having panicked. “The case depended on Michael coming forward and giving an official statement. He promised over the years he would. He’s spoken about witnessing the attack many times but backed down at the last, critical moment.He’s a despicable coward and he’s let Scarlett down. I hope he can’t live with himself,” Fiona MacKeown had said. Unconvinced, MacKeown, demanded for a second autopsy after which more wounds were recorded as opposed to the initial report in the first autopsy, and the case was deemed as a homicide. MacKeown’s push for a second autopsy also led to further revelations of substance abuse like cocaine and LSD in the teenager’s body, along with evidence of sexual assault. By the end of March, the accused Samson D’Souza and Placido Carvalho were arrested after eyewitnesses testified against the duo’s involvement with Keeling, the night before she was found dead. On June 5, 2008 the case investigation was transferred from the State Police to the CBI. MacKeown refuted questions by the police on her negligence as a parent for having left her daughter in Goa, saying she left her daughter with trusted people whom she knew quite well. In a statement she admitted, “He may have been involved (in Scarlett’s death), but I don’t think he was the only man. “She was seen with more than one man that night. I think it would take more than one man to do that to her.”
COVERSTORY Amongst the many questions shot at Scarlett’s character, what brought more light to the issue was Scarlett’s diary that pointed out experiences of her life before reaching India and during her stay in Goa. Though Fiona refused to let Scarlett experiment with drugs previously, the diary highlighted that Scarlett had used hallucinogenic drugs and gotten drunk at a farewell party she had attended in Devon before her visit to India. The diary also revealed that she had been sexually intimate with someone in Britain and the tour guide Julio, whom she stayed with while in Goa. The diary becomes progressively darker as Scarlett’s state of mind appears to deteriorate. Her last entry, entered besides a doodle of a hangman writing, “I rele rele don’t know what to do. I wish something big would happen to make my decision final.” More than eight years later, the Goa Children’s Court was set to pronounce the much anticipated verdict on the case hinting at justice that MacKeown had so relentlessly fought for. The case however, took an astonishing turn when the accused Samson D’Souza and Placido Carvalho were acquitted by the Goa Children’s Court Judge Vandana Tendulkar at the end of a trial. The verdict was pronounced after the witnesses involved, who had earlier testified against the accused, failed to stand by their statements made at the trial, and material evidence provided too, stood short. The accused had been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, sexual abuse and drugging despite the evidence supporting drug allegations and abuse. Though there was obstruction to vital evidence that could have supported the case, no convictions were made against any for destruction of evidence. After the proclaimed judgment, the Goa Children’s Court had
vikram varma says...
“It is for the CBI to decide. Facts are that the medical evidence talks of 52 injuries, coke, and eyewitness and forensic supports this. But according to the verdict, no one killed her, hurt her or gave her cocaine. The job of the investigation agency is to find out who has done it and to present evidence to support their case. The present criminal justice system has failed” raised serious doubts about the impartiality of the probe in the case, in the eyes of public and media. Outraged at the judgment passed, MacKeown called on the judge to make public her reasons for acquitting the men, saying “I’d really like to see the judgment. I’d like to see what the judge has to say for herself. I’d really like to see her reasons for acquitting them on everything after the statements clearly said we know about the drugs. So many witnesses said about the drugs, I thought she’d have at least charged them with that.” MacKeown, had been outspoken about the State Police handling of the case, saying she believes police
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Fiona MacKeown and her lawyer Vikram Varma have fought the legal battle for almost a decade
have covered up evidence and bungled the investigation. MacKeown’s lawyer, Vikram Varma, said the criminal justice system had failed, saying, “It is for the CBI to decide. Facts are that the medical evidence talks of 52 injuries, coke, and eyewitness and forensic supports this. But according to the verdict, no one killed her, hurt her or gave her cocaine. The job of the investigation agency is to find out who has done it and to present evidence to support their case. The present criminal justice system has failed.” After nearly eight and a half years of futile wait for the truth, MacKeown in a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requested his intervention in the case through a reinvestigation by a Special Investigation Team. She mentions in her letter which she later made public during a press conference, “The local fishermen informed me (then that) she was murdered by a drug mafia in Goa, but as this drug mafia had strong connections with local police and politicians, it would be pointless for me to approach the criminal justice system.” Advocate Vikram Varma, representing Fiona, said they request the Prime Minister to intervene and set up a SIT or an equivalent agency to reinvestigate the case. The Central Bureau of Investigation has recently
announced its decision to appeal to the High Court against the acquittal of Samson D’Souza and Placido Carvalho who were alleged to have plied Scarlett with drugs, raped her and left her unconscious on the Anjuna beach in Goa where she subsequently drowned. The CBI’s petition challenging the verdict has stated that “The Special Judge had not applied her judicial mind, both on the points of law and on facts of the case. The Judge has wrongly come to the conclusion that there was a delay in recording statement of the witnesses.” Followed by the constant disruption while providing evidence, and the unconvincing judicial process, Fiona MacKeown, Scarlett’s mother, said “I am energized every time things start up cbi’s grounds for appeal
CBI’s petition challenging the verdict has stated that “The Special Judge had not applied her judicial mind, both on the points of law and on facts of the case. The Judge has wrongly come to the conclusion that there was a delay in recording statement of the witnesses.”
again, but I’m exhausted by it all. I want it to be over. I want the courts to do the right thing and investigate this properly. I want to know who murdered Scarlett and why, but I don’t believe that will ever really happen,” she admitted. “What I hope will happen is just to know that some justice has been served, so the life of the rest of my family can get back to something like normal.” The High Court still has to take its decision on whether the appeal should be admitted or not; nonetheless, Vikram Varma, Fiona MacKeown’s advocate has shown confidence in the approval of the petition and also mentioned that he is very hopeful of the petition and the conviction of the two men, as the CBI wouldn’t have applied for the appeal if there wasn’t a good chance of success. He admitted that, “I do think there’s a good chance of us getting a conviction of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against both men but we cannot hope to get a conviction of murder; substantial evidence was destroyed and there was conscious delay in handing over the investigation to the CBI. The criminal justice system consists of many cogs and wheels, anyone of which can subvert the entire system. This has been such a case so far.” The continuing fight for justice for the past eight years has left Fiona helpless, “I’m verging on bankruptcy, going back and forwards to India,” MacKeown added. “I’m in all sorts of financial trouble, but can see the difference it makes to my case every time I’m present. My presence gives energy to the hugely supportive press there, and that in turn puts pressure on the government and the whole judicial system.” The case, since 2008, has drawn international attention to the Goa tourist ‘haven’, nudging the state’s concern for safety of its tourists and the questionable security of women in the country.
Panchayat Elections to be scheduled on May 21
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anchayat polls in Goa will be held on May 21. Goa State Election C om m i s s i on’s (GSEC) date proposal comes as the five-year term of 189 Panchayats is slated to end in May this year. The next government of Goa will take the final call on the date following the March 11 results. Goa has 190 village panchayats. In 2016, a new panchayat was formed in Quelossim, separating it from Cortalim. “The five-year-term of the village panchayats ends in the last week of May and as per the Constitution, we have to conduct the elections before the term ends. We have proposed May 21 as the day to hold the elections,” State Election Commissioner R K Srivastava informed in a media address. Srivastava added that a decision on the proposal would be taken by the new government which will be formed after March 11. Goa Forward Party, in its press brief, has issued
The SEC should know that consultation with a caretaker CM is no consultation at all while fixing the election date. Delimitation is an issue critical to any election and a statutory body like the SEC cannot leave this work to a government that is fading out warning to the State Election commission that holding of polls early during the rule of a caretaker government will affect the free and fair poll participation, as the current government will consult on delimitation of the Panchayats wards. “The GSEC should know that consultation with a caretaker CM is no consultation at all, while fixing the election date. Delimitation is an issue critical to any election and a statutory body like the GSEC cannot leave this work to a government that is fading out,” President, Goa Forward Party, Prabhakar Timble said.
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Parsekar confident of retaining his position as Chief Minister
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axmikant Parsekar has declined to dissolve the state legislative assembly and has maintained that he would attain his position as Chief Minister even after polls. As per Article 174 of the Indian Constitution, the state legislative assembly should meet at least once in every six months, failing which the Governor has to dissolve the legislative assembly. As the model code of conduct was imposed, the Governor could not summon the Assembly Session which was due before February 28. CM Parsekar said, “Though there is restriction on the government, the
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administration has continued its work. It won’t be a big challenge to place the budget before March 31. The new CM gets 15 days before it,” he said. Regarding the upcoming Budget Session, Parsekar said it would not be difficult to table the Budget before March 31 as the respective departments are
already working on compiling their work. The Central government was early by a month to present the Union Budget. “The government continues to function, the cabinet also continues to exist but we are not holding any meetings as we can’t take policy decisions,” Laxmikant Parsekar said. Election results will be out on March 11. Government has also informed that all pensions and fund for social welfare schemes are getting released as per schedule. However the state government has barred new sanctions for the month till new government is in place.
Poll expenses in Goa stay moderately low
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s per the information released by the Election Commission of Goa, it is noted that most of the candidates have failed to utilise the poll funds and election expenses has stayed moderately low. Election commission had prescribed a limit of `20 lakh for the polls; however expenditure for most candidates remained at 5% to 35%. Candidates have submitted their poll spending from January 1 to February 1 to the Chief Electoral Officer. Forest and Environment Minister Rajendra Arlekar has shown the least spending at `78,647. While Cumbharjua MLA Pandurang Madkaikar spent the highest at `6.23 lakh.
Followed by Rohan Khaunte whose poll spending stood at `4.16 Lakh. Pratap Singh Rane spent third highest with an expenditure of `3.72 Lakh. BJP MLA from Calangute constituency Michael Lobo who had declared highest asset before the polls, spent `3.23 Lakh on his campaign. St. Cuz MLA Atanasio Monserrate declared his election expenses
at `1.48 lakh. Expenses of Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar stood at `2.18 Lakh According to State Election Commission, South Goa candidates and few from North Goa have not declared their poll expenses as yet. As per reports, no candidate could touch the halfway mark of the prescribed EC limit on poll spending.
Electricity Department threatens to cut power supply of Panaji market
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n a latest move, State Electricity Department has threatened to disconnect power supply of Panaji market complex over unpaid dues of `3.12 crore. The Corporation of the City of Panaji has failed to pay electricity dues since October 2015. CCP officials have pointed out that power bills should be directed to Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) as its
named same. CCP officials stated that GSIDC had applied for water and electricity connections for the municipal market complex and thus the bills continue to come in GSIDC’s name. The Electricity Department has issued a warning – where failure to pay dues within 7 days will lead to disconnection. In 2015, the unpaid dues for the electricity bill amounted to `1.5 crore even as CCP failed
Panaji market complex was built by GSIDC in 2004 and has always stayed in controversy for multiple reasons. CCP was also accused over its mismanagement and irregularities. In other news, Panaji CCP has approached the High Court over the scrapping of Outline Development Plan 2021 of the city.
to recover revenue of `2-3 crore from the commercial
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Aggressive Election Commission ensures a record turnout T he election fever in Goa has ended on a high note, registering a record voter’s turnout. The Election Commission left no stone unturned to reduce the regularly practiced Poll malpractices. EC managed flying squads, quick response teams, expenditure monitoring groups, video surveillance teams and the state police were proactive on duty. Apart from that, there were statewide election awareness teams having several brand
ambassadors to promote the cause. All these has come with a cost, a total expenditure which has almost doubled from the previously held Atate
Assembly Elections (2012). The statewide campaigns organised by the Election Commission stressed on getting maximum
participation from the first time voters. Campaigns were run on social media and colleges to ensure that. While pens were distributed to first time male voters. Even more importance was given to the first time women voters, wherein they were handed a pink teddy on voting from the exclusive pink poll booth present in each constituency. “As a trend, our pink polling stations got 2% more voting than the average polling rate in all the other regular polling booths. People received the idea well,” said Chief Electoral Officer, Kunal. As soon as it was recorded that women voters figures had outnumbered males in Goa, political parties have been jumping their guns that it is a clear sign of their victory. The incumbent party BJP said, it is because of their social security schemes due to which there was high women’s turnout the election. Dismissing the statement of the BJP, Congress credited the record polling as an anti-BJP sentiment. “Majority of women in Goa are angry with BJP. Rising crimes against women and the matters that landed their families into crisis have resulted into generation of antiBJP sentiments,” said AICC Secretary, Girish Chodankar. “It sounds so cheap to hear that women would vote for any particular party for a paltry sum of `1,500. The women in Goa are educated, independent and have their self-respect,” the Congress leader said. Even otherwise, all the major parties in Goa have hinted of securing a clear majority in the State Assembly Elections and say that they are ‘comfortably’ forming the next government. However, if one looked at the female contestants, the percentage was a mere 7% or 17 out of 251 candidates. While perks were given to first time voters, on the other side, voters vented their ire
first time female voters
“Voting for the first time was a moment to rejoice because I felt like a responsible member of society who can contribute towards its progress” Jeena Jose “It was liberating; but then, I had the constant fear or confusion may be. People change, promises fade. I was afraid of being a part of choosing someone wrong” Sangeeta Lamani “Though I’m 22 years old, I enrolled myself as a voter, just because of the MLA election. The ‘pink booth’ excited us all – first time lady voters. The decision by Election Commission was good but I noticed that none of the girls got pink teddy bear. No action was taken even after complaining. I always wanted ink on my finger. And I was so excited to have it on my finger finally. Now I can really raise my voice for the problems we face.” Skyla Periera
that necessary arrangements weren’t done in some constituencies and voting booths, wherein public had to queue up in scorching heat. The Election Commission was applauded for many reasons and also criticised by the political parties for putting strict instructions in place even on a social media platform. The Election Commission had put certain guidelines for advertising on social media in Goa. AAP Chief Ministerial candidate Elvis Gomes has accused the Election Commission for its failure in stopping the distribution of money in the poll bound state. “I will say it on record that the Election Commission has miserably failed to stop distribution of money and liquor across Goa on the eve of the polls,” said Gomes. People have come out in large numbers to vote and since the Supreme Court has banned all the exit poll in the country, it was difficult to gauge which way the votes have swung.
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interview
“The aim of ‘Difficult Dialogues’ is to bring about change in the legislation and policies by linking the grassroots with decision makers and academicians” My Goa news desk
Last year was the first time Difficult Dialogues took place. How was it different from this time? The first year is always a bit tricky. Learning from the past, we have decided to bring all the stakeholders under one roof. The methodology of doing an event is different. We had asked a white paper from all the panelists to give them the right people to be effective, but some haven’t arrived yet. It has had a tremendous effect on the people that were here, it had a great impact on them. This time, policy makers have been included in the discussions. Rather than have them given a white paper, we decided to have them there. Conversations will start right here. What do you hope to achieve by bringing together so many different aspects from civil society to discuss India’s health? My experience of working with NGOs spanning over 20 years has given me a deep understanding of the pressing need to work with policies. Brilliant ideas fall short at the formation, implementation and dissemination stage. Difficult Dialogues is endeavouring to provide a common platform to bridge this very gap between policy makers and NGOs involved with implementation, by bringing them together to arrive at a common ground. Why is ‘Health of the Nation’ a topic of discussion? Topics such as gender, education, law and health affects us in many ways, and all fall under the health of the nation. Although they come
Surina Narula, Founder of Difficult Dialogues speaks about the conference
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after food and shelter, we need to bring this out to the public to understand this and have the government give it to us. What kind of issues are you trying to tackle? We are trying to tackle the most important issues, law, education and health – sort of our fundamental rights. But the poor and middle class cannot access lawyers, health, education is becoming more expensive. We have created a platform to discuss gender, health, education and law. What is the aim of the conference? The aim is to bring about change in the legislation and policies by linking the
We are trying to tackle the most important issues, law, education and health – sort of our fundamental rights. But the poor and middle class cannot access lawyers, health, education is becoming more expensive grassroots with decision makers and academicians. To move beyond just diseases and focus on healthcare as a sector and deliver them to lower strata, who find it difficult to
avail of basic health benefits. What are the other different aspects that will be talked about at the conference? We will discuss different topics like lifestyle diseases, increase in cases of cancer, mental health and issues facing doctors in the State. What kind of impact do you hope to see in the people that attend Difficult Dialogues? The public needs to understand that these topics are not unimportant. They need to be talked about and worked on, to bring about a change. We will have panel discussions and workshops, so everyone can take part, share, and discuss and have the government
give everyone equal access to lawyers, doctors, health and education. What kind of people would be speaking and sharing at the panel discussions? Though the first edition had people share their experiences, this year, over 20 ASHA (accredited social health activist) workers from Ranchi and youth workers implementing government health policies will be included in the deliberations. Also, Vikram Patel, faculty at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine will be there, mental health activist Ratnaboli Ray, founding editor of The Wire, Siddharth Varadharajan, and Manisha Koirala, the actress who is also a cancer survivor, will be there at the discussions. Why does South Asia need a forum such as this? Because there is no collaborative forum for South Asia that focuses on single issue topics. Some countries in the region have found solutions to health issues; whereas others are lagging behind. As countries facing similar obstacles and constraints, we must work together to share best practices and formulate optimal policies. What do you plan to do in the future? Difficult Dialogues has committed to working with partners in Goa and the UK for the foreseeable future. We tackle a different topic every year, and next year, we will return to the International Centre Goa to discuss gender in South Asia. We are currently working to make sure there is a panel discussion with high level representatives from every single country in South Asia. We will continue to grow in influence, both in terms of the stakeholders we work with, and the regions that we involve in the forum. Difficult Dialogues is being held at International Centre from 10 to 12 February
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D.D. Kosambi Festival of Ideas
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.D.Kosambi Festival of Ideas is an initiative by the Directorate of Art and Culture to collectively reminiscence of the work done by and the legendary Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi. One of Goa’s largest event of its kind, the D.D. Kosambi Festival of Ideas has been has a decade long legacy, having hosted more than 50 globally celebrated icons sharing great ideas. The 10th edition of the D.D. Kosambi Festival of Ideas is scheduled to be held from February 13 to February 17, 2017 at Kala Academy, Panaji. This year, the Directorate of Art and Culture invited speakers with the capacity to ignite great ideas. They include:
D.D.Kosambi Festival of Ideas is an initiative by the Directorate of Art and Culture to collectively reminiscence of the work done by and the legendary Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi. The 10th edition of the D.D. Kosambi Festival of Ideas is scheduled to be held from February 13 to February 17, 2017 at Kala Academy in Panjim
Sandesh Kadur (13 Feb) National Geographic Explorer and Wildlife Photographer, who is known for his award-winning wildlife documentary films and photography books which expose the dire need to conserve threatened species and habitats from around the world. His wildlife themed documentaries have been aired worldwide on the BBC, Discovery and National Geographic networks. A Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP), his photographs have been published widely in a number of books and magazines. Over the years, Sandesh’s work has garnered recognition and many awards including the CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year, Nature’s Best Photography Award, and International Conservation Photographer Award.
As a guest speaker at this edition of the DD Kosambi Festival of Ideas, Sandesh Kadur will talk about “India’s Mountains of Life”. Dr. Shubha Tole (14 Feb) is an Indian neuroscientist, and Principal Investigator at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. She is famous for having discovered a gene that is crucial to the proper formation of the hippocampus, amygdale, and cortex of the brain, winning the Infosys Prize in the Life Sciences category in 2014. Tole’s work does not end in her lab, she is dedicated to fostering an appreciation and application of the sciences among students through public outreach talks, posting about scientific issues and topics on the internet, and mentoring pre and post – doctoral students. This year, Dr.
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The tenth anniversary of the intellectually empowering festival promises outstanding speakers
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Shubha Tole will speak on the subject “Wiring up the brain: Jab Yuraj Singh ne Stuart Broad ke bowling pe che chakke mare, tab unke dimaag mein kya chal raha tha? Prof. Sugata Mitra (15 Feb) is Professor of Educational Technology at the School of Educational, Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, UK. He conducted the Hole in the Wall (HIW) experiment, where, in the year 1999, a computer was embedded within a wall in an Indian slum at Kalkaji, Delhi and children were allowed to freely use it. The experiment aimed at providing that kids could be taught computers very easily without any formal training. Sugata termed this as Minimally Invasive Education (MIE). The experiment has since been repeated at many places. Dr. Sugata Mitra will deliver the lecture on “The Future of Learning” at this edition of the festival. Vikram Patel (16 Feb) is a Professor and Welcome Trust Principal Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He will join Harvard Medical School as the Pershing Square Professor of Global Health in April 2017. He is Joint Director of the Centre for Chronic Conditions and Injuries at the Public Health Foundation of India and is a co-founder of Sangath, and Indian NGO which won the MacArthur Foundation’s International Prize for Creative and Effective Institutions in 2008 and the WHO Public Health Champion of India award in 2016. He
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is a Fellow of the UK’s Academy of Medical Sciences and has served on several WHO expert and Government of India committees. He is a recipient of the Chalmers Medal (US Institute of Medicine), an Honorary Doctorate from Georgetown University, the Pardes Humanitarian Prize (the Brain and Behaviour Research Foundation), and Honorary OBE from the UK Government and the Dharmaj Ratna from his ancestral village in Gujarat. He was listed in TIME Magazine’s ‘100 most influential persons of the year’ in 2015. Vikram Patel will shed light on India’s health concerns with a lecture on “People’s health in people’s hands: reimagining health care”. Jack Sim (17 Feb) Founder BOP HUB, World Toilet Organization, Jack Sim has been a successful businessman since age 24. Having achieved financial success in his 40s, Jack felt the need to change his direction in life and give back to humanity. He discovered that toilets were often neglected and grew concerned that the topic was often shrouded in embarrassment and apathy, talking toilets was taboo. In 1998, he established the Restroom Association of Singapore (RAS) whose mission was to raise the standards of public toilets in Singapore and around the world. At the finale of the DD Kosambi festival Jack Sim will deliver his lecture on the subject “Creating a Global Movement for Sanitation”. A live telecast of all these lectures are also screened on the local channels and on the website of Directorate of Art and Culture.
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4th Edition of the Goa Triathlon 2017
Goa Triathlon 2017 Press Conference Joseph Rodrigues and Elias
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nduro Sports Goa, trailblazers of India’s finest endurance events in aid of COOJ mental health foundation, announces the 4th edition of The Goa Triathlon that will take place on the 12th of February 2017. This event, which has gained immense momentum over a period of time, is set to attract close to 500 athletes, both beginners and professionals from India and across the world. A triathlon is a multiplestage competition involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance disciplines and involves swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances. The Goa Triathlon is the only Triathlon event in India to include an open water sea swim as well as a cycle and running course closed off to vehicular traffic. From having around 100 participants in the first edition, to having crossed 500 registrations this year, the Goa Triathlon is lauded by present and former athletes as one of India’s best Triathlon events. The event, last year, saw more than 300 participants. “The beauty of Goa, the hospitality of the local community and the organizers, and the exotic character of the event itself makes the race a truly unique and memorable experience,” says Pablo Erat, Swiss International Triathlete and winner of Goa Individual
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Olympic Triathlon on all three occasions. The Goa Triathlon offers athletes the choice of 3 categories; the Super Sprint Triathlon, The Olympic Triathlon and the Team Olympic Triathlon and is open to participants over the age of 16. The Olympic event begins at around 7am with a 1.5 km swim gracing the shores of the serene Bambolim beach. The 40 km bicycle course starts off flat around the Goa University road circuit, before getting to a small incline and then taking the athletes through a series of curves and loops along the beautiful Bambolim plateau which is also the setting for the 10 km run that concludes the race. Each category, Super Sprint, Individual and the Individual Olympic team, has winners awarded in the first, second and third place. A special prize cash prize is also awarded to an All Women’s Team. “We are extremely excited to welcome triathletes from across the world and show them true Goan hospitality. Safety of participants is our primary concern and all efforts have been made to ensure a smooth experience for them. It has been a brilliant journey so far, we are overwhelmed with the response from the triathlete community and will continue to strive for perfection as we always do.” says Elias Patel, Founder and Partner of Enduro Sports Goa. For the 2017 edition, The Goa
Athletes from the women’s category receiving their winners trophy
Triathlon will feature an event expo from 11 am on February 11th till 3 pm on February 12th at the Bambolim Beach Resort.
The event has been supported by Department of Tourism, Govt of Goa. Fans will not want to miss this world class
sporting event where they can see the swim start and end, the athlete transition area and finish line.
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Inception 2017 all set to celebrate 7 years
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oa Institute of Management will host ‘Inception 2017’ on 11th and 12th February at their college campus in Sanquelim. The 7th edition of the event will witness the talented Goan lad Daniel Fernandes, currently based in Mumbai, in a stand-up comedy act. Daniel is known for his most surreal style of comedy with references to social issues in India. He has hosted the Forbes India’s entrepreneurial awards event in 2015 and has also collaborated with several eminent Indian stand-up comedians including Aditi Mittal, Gursimran Khamba, Abish Mathew, Sundeep Rao, Kanan Gill, Biswa Kalyan Rath and Radhika Vaz. The event will also have one of the most versatile musician’s in India, Elvis Lobo, a guitarist and composer who hails from
The 7th edition of the event will witness talented Goan lad Daniel Fernandes currently based in Mumbai in a stand-up comedy act. Daniel is known for his most surreal style of comedy with references to social issues in India. He has hosted the Forbes India’s entrepreneurial awards event in 2015 and has also collaborated with several eminent Indian stand-up comedians
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Goa. Also performing at the two-day event would be some of the top bands, dancers, singers, and photographers from colleges across the country battling to take home
the winner’s title and a striking cash prize. Inception 2017 will also provide a platform for the students of GIM and other colleges to reveal the untold story of their lives
through lyrics and music where the perfectness of their pitch will be displayed in front of a packed amphitheatre. Having always been one of its most popular events, the
solo singing competition at Inception 2017 is expected to display lots of competition, as participants clash for the title. Having been full of frolic, great dancers together will show their moves, feel the beats and dance like nobody’s watching at the group dance competition. Budding photographers will get a chance to showcase their creative skills through many exposures. Individual brilliance, elegance and chemistry will be seen through the best moves on stage at the solo/duet dance competition. The most awe-inspiring event of the evening, Inception’s top draw during the two days will feel the ripples throughout, leaving the audience spellbound simultaneously raising the bar at the war of the bands competition.
Two-day HR symposium Anveshan to be held at GIM Yuvaraj Srivastava
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nveshan 2017, a national level HR Symposium organized by HRiday, the HR club of Goa Institute of Management (GIM) is set to be held over the weekend with an aim to create a forum where management students across the country get an opportunity to interact with industry experts and showcase their skills in the field of human resources. This year, Anveshan centers around the theme ‘Reinvent the Ordinary’. The two-day event to be held on 11th and 12th February will be an intensive affair,
boasting of an illustrious panel of speakers, workshops, a national-level case study competition, among others. The various activities under the umbrella of Anveshan include events titled Inquizitive, Gyaanodaya, Margdarshan, Samiksha and Yukti. Anveshan 2017 kick started on 9th February with Inquizitive, a national level quiz by HRiday which attracted participation from across the country. Gyaanodaya, a series of talks organized by HRiday provides a platform for students to interact with industry experts
and imbibe lessons from their experiences. During Anveshan, Gyaanodaya will feature Yuvaraj Srivastava, Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) at MakeMyTrip. com, India. Yuvraj will impart his take on ‘Reinventing the Ordinary’ from the perspective of a corporate HR Manager. Yuvraj has an experience spanning 17 years in the industry, including over five years as a Commissioned Officer with the Indian Armed forces. In order to bring in a new flavour to Anveshan this year,
Margdarshan was added to the banner. Margdarshan is an industry-student mentorship program which involves industry experts coming on campus and guiding the top six chosen teams through an exciting and electrifying simulation game. This event promises to keep the participants thinking on their feet. It also demands that students apply their theoretical knowledge during the simulation game, while being guided by experienced professionals in the field of HR. Case studies have always been an integral part of B-school education. Samiksha, a national level case study competition provides an opportunity to the country’s management students to make solutions available to a live case study written by members of HRiday in collaboration with an organization. A flagship event of Anveshan, it has garnered participation from nearly 200 teams among the
top elite business schools of the country, including IIMs, XLRI, XIBM,SIBM-Pune, SCMHRD, NMIMS Mumbai and TISS, to list a few. The event will end with Yukti, a workshop by an external trainer in the field. This workshop will be conducted by Rahul Yadwadkar, Sr. Vice President and Head-Business Processes at Reliance Energy on coaching and leadership for the students of GIM. Goa Institute of Management was started in 1993 by Fr. Romuald D’Souza supported by a team of professionals and industrialists. Ever since its inception, Goa Institute of Management has systematically built a rich learning environment through engagement with academia, industry and alumni; and has risen to one of the finest management schools in India. GIM offers a bouquet of programs that meet the challenging needs of the industry.
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‘Notes from the Zeitgeist’ by Praveen Naik
I’ve Got My Eyes On You
Gallery Gitanjali Art Gallery announces the opening of “Notes from the Zeitgeist”, a selection of Praveen Naik’s latest works, which reflect his tongue in cheek musings on the spirit of the times that we live in and are part of. Opening on 18 February 2017, this vibrant and emotive suite of works promises to engage viewers with several lines of thought that reflect on patriarchy, consumerism and the impact and opportunity costs of the pervasiveness of the internet in our lives. Developed over a period of two years, this suite of twenty five works are striking, witty takes on the several serious and controversial issues that plague India and the world at large today. The exhibition continues through to the 4 March, 2017. Praveen, a graduate in Visual Art from Goa College of Art, has been part of several groups and solo shows in India and Germany. His recent and most noteworthy exhibitions are The Unbearable Lightness of Being at Kala Academy Goa in 2012, Bioscope at IFFI in 2013, Kama, Interrupted at Gallery Gitanjali in 2015 and Pushing Boundaries in Bonn, Germany of the same year. Skilled and confident, he continues to be committed to steadily develop his talent in painting, sculpture and drawing, set designing and teaching, as he experiments and renders acrylics with a variety of mixed media and collage techniques, often using stencils and textured layering that pulsate with colour and
My Queen Doll
Generation Wind Up
Praveen Naik
Developed over a period of two years, this suite of twenty five works are striking, witty takes on the several serious and controversial issues that plague India and the world at large today epigrammatic imagery. In earlier works, Naik devoted himself to selfdiscovery; however, he continues to portray his personal perspective of faith, marital and sexual desires, the circle of life and importantly, human rights. He merges global religions, mythologies and cultural symbols harmoniously. He reveals a unique empathy with his environment, the sociopolitical context and how those affect the people around him. He hits the nail on the head by critically and truthfully addressing burning issues, illustrating cultural and religious conflicts as well as political and economic policies in which people are often marginalized and question their identity and place of belonging.
Naik questions and thereby raises awareness on the issues of marginalization, domestic violence, lack of respect for women, gender inequality, religious and cultural clashes and tension between modernity and tradition. His desire to break free from conservatism and sociocultural constraints are evident in each and every painting.
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Music
The Ketevan World & Sacred Music Festival
The Ketevan World & Sacred Music Festival combines musical traditions from different eras from the East and the West. This is a melodious project of musical and artistic coexistence: a space where the language of music becomes a bridge to connect and foster dialogue among cultures. The Ketevan Festival offers concerts, workshops and conferences with artists from
several traditions around the world: Western Classical, Carnatic, Christian, Sufi, Hindustani, Jewish and many more. It is an eclectic and vibrating experience of music, ethnicities and traditions, where past and present become one to propitiate coexistence between cultures. The Festival was born to inspire a place of artistic, educational, spiritual and
musical dialogue. At the staged concerts, artists can share their art with their contemporaries from other traditions, to develop the idea of the artistic blending, as an engine of cultural, social and human coexistence.
In the first weekend, The Ketevan World Music Festival will have interreligious musical dialogues by Ignacio L. Monteverde and Ahmed Mukhtar with a performance By Ustad Chote Rahmat Khan. The evening will
include music performances by Vandalia from Spain, St. Ephraim Choir from Hungary, Goa University Choir, and conductor Santiago L. Girelli, and Marialena Fernandes & Trio. Kantata Ketevan (World Premiere) presents a Cantata specially composed for the Ketevan Festival by the 2017 resident Composer, Maestro Vasco Negreiros (Portugal). This original piece combines a baroque ensemble, with an Indian Ensemble, Choir, and Soloists. Concerts and activities like a Musicology Symposium, Social and educational concerts by the Ketevan Music Academy, and Viola Da Gamba & Traverso follow through the following week on 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th of February.
Cinema
14th edition of the ‘We Care Film Festival’
Disability Rights Association of Goa (DRAG) in association with Brotherhood New Delhi organized the internationally travelling We Care Film Festival on disability issues in various schools and colleges in Goa from the 6th to the 11th of February 2017, to sensitize school and college students on disability issues. The Festival is an advocacy tool that seeks to bring about attitudinal and behavioural changes in approaches to disability, promote the inclusion of people with disabilities, and rid people of misconceptions, myths and prejudices surrounding disability issues. The film festival was held all across the state at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao, GVM’s GGPR College of Commerce & Economics, Ponda, Don Bosco Complex, Quepem, St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa, Ravindra Bhavan, Sankhali and Sant Sohirobanath Ambiye Government College of Arts and Commerce, Pernem. Rajendra Talak was the chief guest for the inaugural function of the film festival.
Addressing the gathering Avelino de Sa, President of Disability Rights Association of Goa (DRAG) said “The purpose of the film festival is to make people aware of the capabilities of persons with disability and to change the myths and misconceptions in society about them. Satish Kapoor, Founder and Director We Care Film Festival and Anuradha Joshi, State Disability Commissioner were also present for the inaugural function. Krishna Shetye, Rev. Fr. Domnic Savio Fernandes, Lisha Florence and Dr. Pramod Sawant inaugurated the film festival at the other venues. State Bank of India, Estrela do Mar and Rotary Club of Panaji
Riveira were the sponsors of the film festival. Around 3400 school and college students were sensitized towards persons with disability through the film festival. Persons with disability who were felicitated at the various venues for their achievements were Flossy Fernandes, Mahanand Satarkar, Likhil Kavalekar, Laxmikant Mhalagi and Vishant Nagvekar. With over 900 short films and documentaries concerned with disability, including more than 100 award winning films from across the globe, the film festival has reached out to more than 1.5 lakh audiences at over 160 venues in India, Mauritius, Dubai and France. The festival has also travelled to Iran in December 2015. Brotherhood, New Delhi brought the festival to Goa in association with its founding partners – the United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan (UNIC), the UNESCO, the National Trust and educational partner Apeejay Institute of Mass Communication since 2003.
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Pre-Valentine’s Day with Aditi Mittal and Nitin Mirani
Conceptualized by Komic Sutra and curated by The Goan Comedy Club, a pre-Valentine’s Day show will be held on the 12th of February 2017 at The Goa Marriott Resort and Spa. Enjoy rib-tickling laughter with the funky duo of India’s top 10 comedians Aditi Mittal and world renowned comedian Nitin Mirani coming together for the first time to present a one of its kind comedy show called ‘He Said, She Said’. The show would include their inmitable take on relationships and will also include improvisations, audience interactions, a hilarious Q and A and more. Aditi Mittal has been a speaker at India’s WIFT India (Women in Film and Television), the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad and comedy festivals across the country. Mittal is a columnist for DNA, and Firstpost India and has appeared in various television specials such as Phenking News with Cyrus Broacha, Ripping the decade with Vir Das, Fools Gold Awards with Cyrus Sahukar
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and is a regular on India’s award-winning online comedy show, Jay Hind. She was featured in the American documentary ‘’Stand-Up Planet’’ and she is also the first Indian comedian to perform at the home of stand-up comedy in the world ‘’The Laugh Factory’’ in Los Angeles, California. Mittal was featured on BBC World and BBC America among “India’s Trailblazers’’ and appeared on BBC Asia with RJ Nihal. Nitin Mirani has been on the comedy circuit for the last 8 years with his show Komic Sutra. He has
performed all over the globe at various venues including Laugh Factory Chicago, Laugh Factory Mumbai, Carolines on Broadway in New York, the Comedy Store in India, Yuk Yuk’s and Absolute Comedy in Canada, and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with top acts such as Maz Jobrani, Max Amini, Azhar Usman, Mo Anwer, Ava Vidal, Patrick Monahan, Vidur Kapur to name a few. He recently introduced his unique tailor made corporatebased comedy concept “Laugh Your Assets Off!’’ which is a first in the region.
North East Panorama Director of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), Sanjoy Hazarika will screen two documentaries at 6 Assagao on Monday, 13th February from 7 pm onwards. Sanjoy Hazarika is credited for having set up the first Centre for North East Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi, and the innovative Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES). The C-NES runs the pioneering boat clinics of Assam in partnership with the National Health Mission and has successfully reached over 4 lakh people with health care concerns especially vulnerable women and children residing on islands along the Brahmaputra River. Researcher, innovator, teacher, policy analyst and activist, Hazarika has also
Sanjoy Hazarika
Researcher, Innovator, teacher, policy analyst and activist, Hazarika has also authored five books and recently completed his sixth manuscript authored five books and recently completed his sixth manuscript. He has
over fifteen documentaries, spanned over the last 30 years. His documentaries explain the nuances and contours of the North Eastern Region and its neighbourhood, to audiences and readers across India and around the world. Hazarika will screen two of his films at 6 Assagao, one of which is based on his own work with the boat clinics at the Brahmaputra River titled ‘Where there are no roads’. The other film is his latest documentary titled ‘Mizoram, Rambuai’ Mizoram’s ‘Trouble’ Years, which raises questions about how ordinary people of the region continue to struggle to cope with their experiences, violence and different approaches to peace and peacemaking and how some key questions remain unaddressed.
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The Pop-Up Bizzare Bazaar
The Bizzare Bazaar is a one day pop-up market that offers an opportunity to young and old artists, food lovers, art enthusiasts, merchants, small time and entrepreneurs, junk lovers, beauty enthusiast, music lovers, home cooks, antique lovers, fashion stylists, photographers and more, to come exhibit their crafts and art. The Bazaar will be held on Sunday, 12th February at Panjim Community Center From 11am to 9pm. The Bizzare Bazaar will have over 80 stalls by many Goan vendors exhibiting their craftsmanship
and talent – from designers, home decorators, accessories, bags, personal care products, handcrafted items, confectionery and a food court serving delicious food. The organizers Sohail Khan and Jyoti Maurya, students of Goa University created the Bizzare Bazaar as paradise for shoppers who love to glam up their lifestyle, are on the hunt for something new and unique. The bazaar has something new for shoppers this season of love! It is the ideal place to shop with eye catching offers and gifts that will spread the cheer.
The biggest HOG makes its way to Goa Harley-Davidson India is all set to host its biggest HOG Rally from February 16 to February 18, 2017 in Goa. The rally continues to evolve and curate exciting experiences for the growing community in the country, with around 3000 HOG members from 26 chapters expected. Setting the tone for the five year celebration of the rally in Goa is India’s leading comedy rock band Vir Das’ Alien Chutney. Promoting the leisure motorcycle culture in the country, this year too, the rally hopes to draw biker enthusiasts who are passionate about motorcycling and the brand. Every year, the chapters in the country organize multiple events and ride out to various far flung locations in the quest for the coveted ‘Chapter of the Year’ trophy reserved for the most active Chapter, and for the most active Chapter and for the collective effort and contributions made by
the members in their Chapter in one year. The Big 5 riders’ descend Five HOG rallies are held every year in India, four zonal rallies – Western HOG Rally, Eastern HOG Rally, Northern HOG Rally, Southern HOG Rally and one National rally – HOG India Rally. Bikers who complete all five national rallies receive a title of ‘BIG 5’. Nationally, the HOG Rallies have witnessed riders from across the country, driven by the spirit of biking. HOG members can also compete in the Custom Champion Contest to display their customization skill. This year, 130 members out of the strong 12000 HOG members in India have completed the big five. The Triple Five have arrived – if Big Five wasn’t enough, 8 HOG members are on their way to join the ‘Triple Five’ honor. All these riders from across India have covered 1 lakh plus kilometer individually on their Harleys.
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Reira Group Football Tournament kicks off in Saligao CDJ Ribandar went down fighting against Holiday SC Arpora in the inaugural match with a score of 0 - 2
Darryl Pereira,Director,Reira Group along with Oswald De Melo, Director,Classic Squares at the inaugral match between Holiday SC Arpora and CDJ Ribandar at Saligao, where Holiday SC Arpora won 2-0
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he eleventh edition of the Reira Group Football Tournament, kicked off with the inaugural match at Saligao played between CDJ Ribandar and Holiday SC Arpora.
The guest of honour for the tournament was Director of Classic Squares, Oswald De Melo, who inaugurated the tournament that has grown to become an annual fixture.
Also present at the kick-off ceremony was President of Saligao Sporting Club, Tony Remedious along the Director of Reira Group, Darryl Pereira and others. A total of
Goa State Karate Team selection for KAI Nationals 2017
16 teams will participate in the tournament in the weeks ahead. The winners will bag `40,000 while the runnersup will pocket `30,000. In the inaugural match of the Reira
Group Football Tournament 2017 the winning team Holiday SC Arpora defeated CDJ Ribandar by a margin of 2–0 (Pallvo Murali, Bhavesh Gawas) to move on to the next round. The tournament is organized annually by the Saligao Sporting Club in association with the Reira Group. The following weeks will see local football teams from across the state, battle it out. The Reira Group Soccer Tournament is an annual sporting event held in the village of Saligao. The initiative is part of Reira Group’s constant commitment to supporting local Goan talent in the field of sports, as it has been doing so over the years.
Fourth edition of the ‘Cidade De Goa Open 2017’ to be held
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he Traditional Karate Association of Goa conducted the selections for Karate ‘Team Goa’ to represent the State of Goa at the Karate Association of India (KAI) Senior National Karate Championship 2017 scheduled
to be held on the 26th February 2017 at the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium, Taleigao, Goa. More than 1000 players from all over India are expected to participate for the championship. The Karate Association of
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A TALK BY Mr. Jack Sim (Founder BoP HUB, World Toilet Organization)
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Friday 17th Feb. from 5.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.
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A TALK BY Prof. Vikram Patel (Professor of International Mental Health & Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow in Clinical Science, UK)
"PEOPLE'S HEALTH IN PEOPLE'S HANDS: REIMAGINING HEALTH CARE"
Thursday 16th Feb. from 5.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.
A TALK BY Dr. Sugata Mitra (Professor of Educational Technology, Newcastle University, UK)
"THE FUTURE OF LEARNING"
Wednesday 15th Feb. from 5.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.
A TALK BY Dr. Shubha Tole (Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,Mumbai)
"WIRING UP THE BRAIN: JAB YUVRAJ SINGH NE STUART BROAD KE BOWLING PE CHE CHAKKE MARE, TAB UNKE DIMAAG MEIN KYA CHAL RAHA THA?"
Tuesday 14th Feb. from 5.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.
A TALK BY Mr. Sandesh Kadur
Monday 13th Feb. from 5.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. Inaugural ceremony of D.D. Kosambi Festival of Ideas. From 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. "INDIA'S MOUNTAINS OF LIFE"
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