My Goa 25 February 2017

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battle of the Postal Ballot The extended period for government officials to vote and deposit their ballot papers via post, is a bone of contention for opposition parties

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Saturday, 25 February 2017

Goa Shipyard’s Indian Coast Guard Ship “Shaunak” Commissioned

Harshvardhan Bhatkuly

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he Carnaval weekend is upon us and the airfare to Goa has shot up like the mercury in the air.

Back home, on our roads, there is already a clamour due to traffic congestion. A fight seems looming to happen as every horn gets blared. One doesn’t only have to navigate through traffic in Panjim these days, but also through tempers of irate (understandably) drivers. So my trademark toothy smile, which is more of a grin, is reserved for such situations... and put into use.

With an occasional “patrao, maatshe sorry aa,” disarms a rival driver before you can say King Momo.

The moot point however remains as to where do I escape from Panjim when the roads get choco-bloc or worse still, when my anger works up, and there’s no one to soothe the same like how I do to others?

My obvious vote would be Baga or anywhere on the stretch till Sinquerim. It is very colourful these days with all the Lamani / Tibetan shops up in true ‘season’ enthusiasm. There is usually an attempt to woo you into buying a knick knack or new ‘antique’ that you have no use for. “Baba, best discount you getting,” says the wrinkled eyed man sporting a ‘Free Tibet’ t-shirt. You try to beat that in Konkani and he immediately loses interest. There are great places to eat every few yards.

But then the traffic scene there makes Panjim roads look like a freeway.

I would venture into Morjim.

I hear there are good clubs there. But something makes me shiver about the latest Russian province – Morjegrad. I have watched one too many movies, where Russian or Ukranian mafia makes mincemeat of anyone trying to make merry on a property that they think is theirs.

Going south is an option.

At least the seashore is pretty clean. The beach at Utorda is quite a marvel and then one could always hop into Sergio’s Zeebop by the Sea and gorge on the seafood. Or the very many nice shacks at Benaulim beach which serve an awesome fare, notwithstanding that the beach is a far cry from the Utordian seascape. Yes, this could be an option. But I often fear that I will fall asleep on the wheel when I drive from down south after feasting on a great Goan meal.

I used to be quite a trekker during school days and in all fairness, the Youth Hostel team would have great hikes, especially during the rains.

Treks to Dudhsagar and Tambdi Surla were famous; and had lots of takers. You would often be regaled by fellow trekkers, while you braved the leeches and took strides forward. But nowadays only memories of long walks keep me fit.

I want to go to the famed Wildernest in Chorla Ghaat (the CM went there to unwind, I hear), the Palacio de Deao in Quepem, the Siolim House in where else? Siolim. I also want to spend some time at the Figuereido Mansion in Loutolim or Victor Hugo Gomes’ Goa Chitra in sylvan Benaulim (this is different from the beachside Benaulim, mind you). I also want to go to Amrut in Karwar and eat fried fish.

As I make my wish list for 2017, stuck in Panjim traffic, I ask myself would I be anywhere else? Nope. Honest?

Honest. “Patrao, maatshi gaadi fudlyaan ghe,” smiles a fellow driver. I return the smile, find a niche to manoeuvre the vehicle, button the windows down and drive towards Miramar.

Because in Panjim, we have to drive towards Miramar beach at least once every day.

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idea of the week Union Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhu commissioned Indian Coast Guard Ship “Shaunak” at Goa Shipyard Port, with Director General Rajendra Singh, President of Goa Shipyard Limited Shekhar Mittal, K. Natrajan, U. S. Pathaniya and T. Sashi Kumar.

The Offshore Patrol Vessel stands at 105 Meters and was designed and built indigenously by Goa Shipyard Limited. The OPV is fitted with state of the art navigation and communication equipment, sensors and machineries and is designed to carry one twin engine Light Helicopter and

in the news shivaji shet Shivaji Mukund Shet from Cumbharjua, successfully completed his PhD in Fine Art from the Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan under the Supervision of Dr. Nirmalendu Das - Graphic Art Department, Kala-Bhavana, Visva Bharati.

His title of thesis was ‘Indian Oleography: An Approach to Mass Communication, Technical and Critical Studies’.

It is interesting to note that none of the researchers have done PhD on this subject so far, in India.

Shet’s final viva voce exam of PhD was held on 18th February 2017 at the Department of Graphic Art,

five high speed boats including two Quick Reaction Inflatable Boats for swift boarding operations, search and rescue, law enforcement and maritime patrol. The ship is also capable of carrying pollution response equipment to contain oil spill at sea.

The ship on joining Coast Guard Fleet will be based at Visakhapatnam and deployed extensively for EEZ surveillance and other duties as enlisted in Coast Guard Charter, to safeguard the maritime interests of India.

This ship will be commanded

by Deputy Inspector General

T Sashi Kumar and manned by a team of 14 Officers and 98 men.

Union Minister for Railway Suresh Prabhu complimented Indian Coast Guard and said, “Commissioning of Indian Coast Guard Ship is a matter of pride for the entire nation as one more ship has been added to protect our Nation.”

He said Indian Coast Guard is a protection cover for the Nation. India has around 7600 km coast that stretches across 13 States and 2 Union Territories which the Coast Guard is working tirelessly to protect.

The title of Shivaji Shet’s thesis was ‘Indian Oleography: An Approach to Mass Communication, Technical and Critical Studies’

Shivaji Shet

Santiniketan - West Bengal.

On 20th February 2017, Visva Bharati University officially declared the result in Shet’s favour.

Shet has dedicated his doctoral thesis and success to his wife Trupti, who passed away last year. “She always supported me to go forward with this research and she has been a pillar of strength.

Shivaji Shet has also dedicated his PhD thesis and success to his father, freedom fighter, Mukund Mortu Shet and to his mother Laxmibai.

In 2015, Shet had bagged the Goa State first Award for printmaking at Kalananda organized by Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation.

He has many accolades to his credit.

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Battle of the Postal Ballot

COVERSTORY

An All-Party Conclave discussed the alleged procedural lapses during the postal ballot voting in this Assembly Elections

All Party Conclave

The All Party Conclave broadly discussed the alleged procedural lapses that are being witnessed during the 35 day long postal ballot procedure conducted by the Election Commission. Attendant political parties arrived at a “broad consensus in the best interests of the electorate of Goa and the need to maintain the confidence of the people in the process of free and fair elections” My Goa news desk

There were expectations of a Biharlike grand alliance to stop the BJP juggernaut in the state for the 2017 Assembly Elections; which did not materialize, despite several attempts to stitch one. Opposition parties in Goa were fragmented and fought their battles separately, even though there was a general sentiment that a grand alliance would have been a weapon of choice against the might of the BJP. Yes, there were certain friendly understandings in a few constituencies, but the true purport of these machinations will reveal their efficacy only after the election results on March 11.

However, post polls; the political unity that was unseen during the election battleground was witnessed on the 23rd January when an all political party conclave was called in to question the postal ballot process conducted by the Election Commission. The conclave was initiated by Congress Party Secretary Girish Chodankar. Apart from Goa Pradesh Congress Party, the meet also saw representations from Goa Forward

Party, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, Goa Vikas Party, Goa Su-Raj Party and the Nationalist Congress Party.

According to Girish Chodankar, Aam Aadmi Party and Goa Suraksha Manch had confirmed their participation, but chose not to remain present. Chodankar had even informed of inviting the Bharatiya Janata Party state President for this meeting. Girish Chodankar demanded that, “The team of Election Commission of India should immediately come to Goa and take corrective measures on the lapses that have happened in the (postal) voting procedure.”

The conclave broadly discussed the alleged procedural lapses that are being witnessed during the 35 day long postal ballot procedure conducted by the Election Commission. Attendant

political parties arrived at a “broad consensus in the best interests of the electorate of Goa and the need to maintain the confidence of the people in the process of free and fair elections.” The all political party meet discussed and clarified their united stand on seven key agendas in this conclave.

Girish Chodankar told reporters, “All the parties have raised their concern on the Postal Ballot issue.

The issue was not of who will win the election or who will lose, but about the credibility and the sanctity of the Election Commission.

Trust on the government institutions like

“All parties have raised their concern on the Postal Ballot issue. It is not about who will win the election or who will lose, but about the credibility of the Election Commission. Trust on the government institutions like Election Commission is in danger today; and we, as all the political parties are trying to convey that through this conclave” Girish Chodankar

Election Commission is in danger today; and we, as all the political parties are trying to convey that through this conclave.”

At the outset, Girish Chodankar highlighted that political parties are not objecting to the concept of postal ballots. The Conclave expressed their support to the mechanism of postal balloting as they believe it provides opportunity to the service voters to exercise their right to vote. “The Conclave would like to clear the misconception that political parties are opposed to postal balloting.

Postal ballots have existed in the past and it will continue to stay.

No political party has any issue with the service voter. It is the ECI which has made a mockery of postal balloting,” said the release issued at the conclave.

The minutes of the meet shed light on the “mess that has been created due to the indiscretion of the Election Commission of India which has kept the voting lines for postal ballots open for over

COVERSTORY 35 days.” Girish Chodankar said, “When 10 lakh people can cast their vote on a single day, it is not justified to keep 36 days for a mere 18000 service voters. This postal ballot voting should stand cancelled as it didn’t happen as per the guidelines,” he claimed.

Narayan Sawant, Working President MGP said, “Back in 1994, postal ballots were given a time frame of 10 days.

However, this time it has almost tripled. We demand that all of this procedure should be done within a day. We also feel that this (postal ballot voting) was not conducted in a fair manner.”

Avinash Bhonsle of the NCP accused the BJP of influencing the service voters.

He said, “36 days given to service voters is enough time for them to be influenced

by BJP. The ruling party is resorting to such a thing as their frustration is visible. They are on the brink on a slippery surface; and in order to save their face they are resorting to such tactics.”

Girish Chodankar added, “We were not informed on the facilitation centers that were supposed to be held for service voters to cast their vote. Also doubts are raised on the guidelines on the maintaining of the secrecy of the voter.

Today, the voting is not happening to its mark because the government servant fears that vote secrecy won’t be maintained.”

As per the press brief, political parties in attendance agreed that “This is carelessness, imprudence and injudiciousness which has brought postal balloting to public ridicule.” The conclave

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“This is the first time in my career that I have seen such a long time granted for postal ballots. This needs to be seriously monitored by the Election Commission.

I have every doubt that the votes would be purchased by the opponents” pratapsingh rane also called for the Election Commission of India to own up the responsibility. “The man on the street perceives the entire process of postal balloting as a joke which adversely affects the public confidence in the electoral process and thereby in the Indian democracy,” Chodankar stated.

The Conclave expressed its criticism of Special Camp for postal voting organized by the Chief Electoral Officer, Goa which they believed had violated the guidelines for conduct of postal balloting; and which amount to tampering with the already laid out process for postal balloting.

The Conclave also demanded that the ECI and CEO explain under what provisions of law/

The Chief Electoral Office has warned to initiate an action under the law against anyone offering a bribe or putting pressure on anyone; or accepting a bribe or demanding a bribe. Additional Chief Electoral Officer Narayan Navti has appealed to people to file a complaint on a toll free number 1950, if anyone comes across such acts by government servants

guidelines, the said Special Camp for postal balloting was conducted.

Further the conclave discussed the “hidden enrollment” of “army voters” in certain constituencies. “We expect the ECI to investigate into whether the laid down procedures are followed in this regard as the numbers enrolled in the final round of revision of electoral rolls has cast doubts on the election machinery,” Chodankar told pressmen.

He added, “When a voter is coming from some other state, they have to give a declaration that he is not a voter of any other place. The Returning Officer has to check with that particular place where he has come from; and make sure that he is not a voter at two places. These lapses were there.

Suddenly 600 voters can’t come into a constituency.”

The representative of the Goa Su-Raj Partym Inacio Vaz informed that a Writ Petition had been filed before the High Court, praying for the revision of the electoral roll of Navelim, Ponda and St. Andre constituencies.

Durgadas Kamat, spokesperson, Goa Forward Party said “From 6 January to 18 January, when there was supplement 2 revision, 642 new voters were enrolled in the Navelim constituency; and all of them were army voters. It is clear from this that there was some supernatural power from Delhi, as some Union Minister was giving diktats to people here.” He added, “If enrollment was done before, then we wouldn’t have had a problem.

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But I feel that this was done deliberately.”

Political parties also took note of the expenditure connected with the conduct of elections and called for transparency in expenditure by the ECI and CEO. Further the release stated, “The Conclave strongly maintains that the issues flagged by the political parties need to be addressed by the Election Commission of India. These issues are more in the interests of the ECI than the political parties, as the confidence of the people in the constitutional authority is more important for the health of Indian democracy.”

The conduct of the postal ballot voting has received this importance by the political parties as they form a significant number in the Goan election scenario, Goa

“From 6 January to 18 January, when there was supplement 2 revision, 642 new voters were enrolled in the Navelim constituency; and all of them were army voters.

It is clear from this that there was some supernatural power from Delhi, as some Union Minister was giving diktats to people here” durgadas kamat being a small state. Division of alliances and splitting of votes makes it even more important.

Swing in votes by service voters can end up changing the result of many constituencies.

The State had a record turnout on the 4th February Assembly Elections. However, the postal ballot polling is rather too slow. There are total 17500 odd

postal ballots in the state, of which the state Chief Electoral Officer has received 9,579 ballots as of now.

Leader of Opposition and Poriem MLA Pratapsingh Rane had raised concerns that delay in postal ballot votes is due to influence by the political parties. He said, “This is the first time in my career that I have seen such a long time granted for postal ballots.

This needs to be seriously monitored by the Election Commission. I have every doubt that the votes would be purchased by the opponents.”

The Election Commission has responded to complaints raised by political parties that government servants are being threatened for postal ballots. The Chief Electoral Office has warned to initiate an action under the law against anyone offering a bribe or putting pressure on anyone; or accepting a bribe or demanding a bribe. Additional Chief Electoral Officer Narayan Navti has appealed to people to file a complaint on a toll free number 1950, if anyone comes across such acts by government servants.

Opposition parties have accused that Government servants are being threatened by the ruling party. In Chief Minister’s constituency (Mandrem), there are 750 postal ballots. It is believed that the contest is being closely fought between Laxmikant Parsekar and Congress candidate Dayanand Sopte.

The MGP bastion Marcaim constituency has the highest number of postal ballots with 826. Pernem, which is also witnessing a keen fight between BJP’s Rajendra Arlekar and MGP’s Babu Azgaonkar, has 840 postal votes, Poriem with 808 ballots and 804 votes in Canacona. In Bicholim, Ponda, Shiroda, Quepem, Curchorem and Sanvordem there are over 500 postal ballots. Political unity that was seen at this All Party Meet might also pave the way for post poll alliance and understanding between the parties in attendance.

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CM requests PM to reinstate ASG Atmaram Nadkarni in Mhadei Case Union Law Ministry had revoked permission granted to Additional Solictor General Atmaram Nadkarni to appear for Goa in the Mhadhei dispute. The matter is heard by the Mhadei Water Dispute Tribunal for water sharing issue between Karnataka and Goa. Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar has written to the Prime Minister, seeking his intervention in getting the Additional Solicitor General Atmaram Nadkarni reinstated as the legal representative for Goa in the same case.

Parsekar said, “It appears to be that on account of some political influence wielded by the state of Karntaka and its politicians. The steps have been taken by your (law) ministry without even calling for views of the state of Goa or without in any manner putting me to notice as it were at my request to the Hon’ble PM that the permission was granted”.

“In the media as well as in the political dispensation of the state, this action of the union ministry has

Atmaram Nadkarni

The Union Law Ministry, by an order dated February 3, had withdrawn permission given to Atmaram Nadkarni, to represent Goa government in the Mhadei water diversion case before the Mhadei Water Dispute Tribunal caused flutters and is likely to aggravate the situation”, Parsekar said in the letter.

Parsekar added, “There are several instances where the law officers of the Union of India,

have been permitted to appear against the state government, the Chief Minister said adding that “Cases in this regard are well known and have been highlighted in the media too. At this juncture when the dispute is at an advanced stage to bring in a new person and replace the Mhadei team would be not only a very tough and difficult job but rather grossly unjust for the state to be denied this permission.”

“At this juncture it is virtually impossible for the state to engage any other lawyer who will have such depth, touch and acquaintance of the matter as well as the location”, he said while appealing the PM’s intervention to recall the law ministry’s order and reinstate Nadkarni as the legal head for Goa in the Mhadei dispute.

The Union Law Ministry, by an order dated February 3, had withdrawn permission given to Atmaram Nadkarni, to represent Goa government in the Mhadei water diversion case before the Mhadei Water Dispute Tribunal.

Parsekar’s Facebook pic goes viral

Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar uploaded a photo on his Facebook page on February 23. The first caption, which accompanied Parsekar’s photo, which went viral, quizzed his followers playfully. “Relaxing after elections. Guess who?

Guess where?”

This elicited a few trolls and good wishes, alike. Soon after the comments, the photo caption was edited to read “Communing with nature. A refreshing experience.”

The photo went viral on social media platforms instantly.

Guessing by the comments made on his timeline, the picture seemed to be taken at the nature resort Wildernest at Chorla Ghat

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BJP Poriem candidate claims innocence in an alleged murder case

Vishwajit Krishnarao Rane has claimed innocence in the murder claims alleged by his former driver. He further stated that allegations leveled against him are “politically motivated”. He said, “The allegations are baseless. I had removed the driver from his job two months before election as he used to pick up quarrels with people,” Rane told reporters.

Rane said, “The conduct of the driver would have worked against me during the elections, so I relieved him of his duty and sent him back home.” He added, “During election campaigning, he often called me and requested to take him back in service, but I did not entertain him as I was busy in the campaigning.”

The Poriem BJP candidate who fought against Leader of Opposition Pratap Singh Rane stated that he was “shocked” after a video surfaced on social media in which his driver purportedly claimed he was a witness to Rane “shooting” one Shanu Gaonkar dead in Sattari. “He has been used by my political opponents for their gains. The allegations are politically motivated,” the BJP candidate maintained.

Valpoi Police in its

preliminary inquiry have started its investigation by calling the people who are seen in the viral video where Ardarkar (the driver) has leveled the charges against the BJP leader. Valpoi police have not arrested anyone in connection with the case so far, but claims that the statements of all the people named by Ardarkar would be recorded.

Search operations are also being carried out by Valpoi Police related to the case.

A social media video had gone viral where BJP Poriem candidate Vishwajit Krishnarao Rane’s ex-driver claimed that he witnessed Rane shooting Ganonkar dead in Honda, Sattari in 2006 to avange the killing of his brother Prithviraj Rane. Prithviraj was murdered at Saleli village of Sattari in 2005.

Rane’s driver Pandurang Adarkar who is from Kolhapur, Maharashtra was immediately detained by Goa Police. “Pandurang Adarkar has confessed to being witness to the murder of Shanu Gaonkar, who is missing since 2006,” said Police Inspector Dipak Pednekar. Preliminary inquiry has begun under the supervision of Superintendent of Police Karthik Kashyap.

Panaji Mayor Surendra Furtado cracks on beggars. Files complaint with cops

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Mayor of Panaji, Surendra Furtado has written to the police to take immediate

action against the nuisance created by beggars in the capital city. “You are requested to take immediate action to stop the public nuisance and take action against the beggars under the Anti-Begging Act urgently,” Furtado has written in his complaint.

Citizens, in the past, have raised their concerns over the growing number of beggars in the capital city

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Churchill, Caitu and the Facts

Ashwin Tombat The writer is former editor of Gomantak Times, Herald and The Navhind Times Online Edition

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hurchill publicly

Alemao declared

has that

Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar “pressurised and shunted out” an officer in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to help Benaulim MLA Caetano Silva alias Caitu and save him from being disqualified in the citizenship case instituted by his daughter Valanka and John Fernandes.

Is he right? We will look into that a little later, but the fact is that the latest order of the MHA on the question of

Churchill

registration of birth in Lisbon and acquisition of Portuguese

The writer draws out facts to weigh Churchill Alemao’s allegations against Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in the Caitu case

Caitu

citizenship has brought clarity and logic to a complicated question that affects hundreds, if not thousands of Goans.

Caetano Rosario Silva registered his birth with the Central Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths of Lisbon on 21 July 2010.

Registration of birth in Portugal accords the registrant the right to obtain Portuguese citizenship. Article 5 of the Constitution of India does not envisage a dual citizenship.

Those who become citizens of another country automatically cease to be citizens of India.

But is registration of birth in Lisbon the same as acquisition of Portuguese citizenship? Not quite. Registration of birth is essential, but it is only the first step of a process. There are other steps, like a clean criminal record. The applicant must go through a personal interview before Portuguese citizenship is granted.

The actual document that confers Portuguese citizenship is not a Portuguese birth certificate, but a citizenship card; the ‘Cartao de Cidadao’, which has replaced the older ‘Bilhete de Identidade’. Those who possess either of these two documents (or a Portuguese Passport) are Portuguese citizens. Therefore, they can no longer be citizens of India.

But it could happen that one’s children, who were born after Goa was liberated on 19 December 1961, wish to acquire Portuguese citizenship.

The only way they can get it is by registering in Lisbon

the birth of any one of their parents – who were born in Goa before 19 December 1961.

While this may entitle the registered parent to Portuguese citizenship, it does not automatically confer this citizenship on the parent concerned.

In Caitu’s case, the MHA, in its order of 20 November 2013, had stated: “Caetano Rosario Silva ceased to be a citizen of India from the date he registered his birth with the Central Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths of Lisbon as Portuguese national, wef 21/07/2010.”

Silva challenged this decision before the Bombay High Court. On 20 October 2016, the High Court noted that Silva had not taken Portuguese citizenship or nationality, set aside the Home Ministry order, and directed the MHA to examine the matter afresh and as per law.

The fact is that the MHA had come to the conclusion that registration of birth in Lisbon is by itself not the same as acquiring Portuguese citizenship in 2015, long before its earlier order was struck down by the High Court. However, the matter was before the Court, and it could do very little at the time.

A high level interministerial meeting in New Delhi on 5 June 2015 in the presence of the Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Law and Justice went further to suggest a ‘one-time amnesty’ be granted to Goans to retain Indian citizenship.

But this proposal could not be implemented without an amendment in the Citizenship Act and Rules, and was therefore dropped.

Churchill may have his political instincts and savvy in the right place, but his accusations against Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar fall flat. His timeline is all wrong...

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So Goa, it’s time to go Green, and go natural

Cholayil Pvt Ltd rallies to create awareness on Ayurveda in Goa

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oa with all its pristine beauty was the right place for Cholayil Pvt Ltd, the brand custodians of the Medimix brand of products, to create an immense awareness about the benefits of Ayurveda. Come the later part of this month, and the whole of March, the roads, busy market places and the famous temple and churches of Goa, will witness a new sort of revolution – Go green, Goa go natural.

Dressed in all greens, youngsters from all walks of life in the state will campaign to the people on the benefits of going natural, keeping in mind good health, hygiene, and unblemished skin care.

The campaign will highlight to the consumers about the benefits of the 18 most chosen Ayurvedic ingredients that go into making of the company’s flagship product, the all green Medimix soap.

This journey of taking the benefits of Ayurveda to the

common man began with the founder of the Cholayil Group, the widely respected Late Dr. V. P. Sidhan, who through a lot of research eventually discovered the wonder bar, the Medimix ayurvedic soap.

The birth of Medimix dates back to a time when the Cholayil family used Viprathi oil as a cure to ailments of the skin. The year 1969 proved pivotal in the family’s legacy as Dr. Sidhan combined a timeless tradition with a sharp acumen for business to develop a green bar of soap that could nourish and protect

the skin. Medimix, over time, grew synonymous with ‘skin care, the natural way’.

Medimix ayurvedic soap caught the imagination of the consumer, and soon became a household name in many parts of the country.

“Probably, no other company in the world can boast of products that are fully handmade. The Medimix all new 18 herb soap is a handmade soap, made using traditional ayurvedic processes and ingredients. No chemicals are used in the making of this product, which means

every ingredient that goes into making is carefully chosen to benefit the consumer and her health/bodycare. The Medimix classic with its 18 Herb Ayurvedic Formula nourishes and protects your skin. This traditionally handmade product is effective in treating acne, blemishes, prickly heat and other skin ailments. This 18 Herbs unique formula has been enhanced to make the soap effective and last longer to keep you and your family naturally protected,” says a press statement.

The road shows in Goa in

India’s only live volcano is erupting once again

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he Barren Island volcano, located 140 km Northeast of Port Blair in the Andaman Sea, dormant for more than 150 years started erupting in 1991 and has since then shown intermittent activity. A team of scientists led by Dr. Abhay V. Mudholkar, from CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, reported that the volcano is active and spewing smoke and lava once again.

On the afternoon of 23 January 2017, the scientific team on board CSIR-NIO’s research ship RV Sindhu Sankalp were busy collecting sea floor samples in the Andaman Basin near the Barren volcano when it suddenly started spewing ash.

The team moved about one mile from the volcano and

began closely observing it. The volcano was erupting in small episodes, lasting about 5 to 10 minutes. During the daytime, only ash clouds were observed.

However after sundown, the team observed red lava fountains spewing from the crater into the atmosphere and hot lava flows streaming down the slopes of the volcano.

The volcano was revisited in the early hours of 26th January, 2017 again during the second leg of the cruise led by Dr. B. Nagender Nath.

The team has witnessed the continuation of spurts of blasts and smoke. They have sampled the sediments and water in the vicinity of the volcano and recovered

these 2 months are meant to create more awareness about the power of using Ayurveda in skincare, more so in a coastal state where the tinge of salt in the sea breeze would also affect the skincare of the people.

Commenting on the launch of the “Goa green, go natural” campaign, Pradeep Cholayil, MD and CEO, Cholayil Pvt Ltd said “In our overall strategy, people in the state of Goa play a key role. We see this as a huge opportunity to promote traditional Ayurvedic values, which are at the core of our brands. Through this campaign, we will aim to seamlessly bring together the Ayurvedic essence of our Medimix Ayurvedic 18 Herb Classic Soap and the natureloving people of Goa. “Made from a base of coconut oil, infusing 18 rare herbs, the Medimix Ayurvedic 18 Herb. Classic Soap is best suited to the climate and lifestyle of the Goan people and tourists alike”, he added.

NIO Goa Scientists sight volcanic eruptions on Barren Island in Andaman

coal-like black pyroclastic material representing proximal volcanic ejection.

Clouds were seen at the crater mouth where the smoke was bellowing out in otherwise clear sky. These samples will help in deciphering the nature of the present and past volcanic activity in the region.

Researchers from CSIR-NIO have been studying the past volcanic events in Andaman Basin based on the ash layers in a sediment column. The team observed the activity for about 4 hours before continuing with their research cruise. Landing on the volcanic island was not attempted as it was too dangerous.

The Andaman Basin is an active back-arc spreading basin and is known for its strong seismicity and many submarine volcanoes and

hydrothermal activity.

Scientists from CSIRNIO have been surveying the Andaman Basin and they have identified many small submerged volcanoes in a linear chain called a volcanic arc. These volcanoes are formed due to the rising magma formed deep in the mantle due to the melting of the sub ducted Indian Ocean crust. A few of these submarine volcanoes have been dredged for samples and pumice type of light volcanic rock have been recovered.

The volcanic island is uninhabited and the northern part of the island is barren and devoid of vegetation.

Private citizens of India can visit the volcanic island by chartered boats after obtaining permission of the Forest Department in Port Blair.

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A tribute to the warrior

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King Shivaji’s birth anniversary observed with educational events; and homage paid to the founder of the Maratha empire

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oa on the 19th of February 2017 paid tribute to Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the legendary Maratha warrior on the occasion of his birth anniversary at a state level function held at Farmagudi Fort premise in Ponda.

The function was organised by the Department of Information and Publicity in association with the zilla panchayat members of Kavlem and Village Panchayat of Bandora. The function commenced by garlanding the statue of Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj at the hands of the Chief Secretary of Goa, Dharmendra Sharma; Secretary for Information and Publicity, Daulat Hawaldar; Director of Information and Publicity, Jayant Tari, key note speaker Arjun Jadhav from Usmanabad, Maharastra. The function also marked the presence of Chitra Phadte, member of Zilla Panchayat, Sarpanch of Bandora Panchayat Nayan Naik and other Senior Government officers.

Speaking at the function held in the precinct of the Ganapati Devastan,

Daulat Hawaldar highlighted the great contribution of Shivaji Maharaj for the upliftment of the weaker sections of society and strive for building of Hindavi Swaraj.

Being the only King who treated people in his kingdom with equality irrespective of caste, creed, religion and class, Shivaji Maharaj always gave priority to the downtrodden section of society and initiated various measures to achieve betterment of common people.

Shivaji Maharaj fought and conquered the land to establish the Maratha empire. A unique King who built his kingdom on his own and propagated human values by implementing various visionary decisions and was hence called the King of people.

Hawaldar further spoke of how Shivaji Maharaj dismantled the system of governance which tried to suppress downtrodden people, farmers, working class and gave protection to each and every weaker section. This is the reason Shivaji Maharaj is still remembered with high respect and

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Historian Arjun Jadhav explored various facets of Shivaji Maharaj’s life. He said that, Shivaji Maharaj had the courage to challenge the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, as he imposed the ‘Jiziya’ tax on farmers. Securing the interests of the poor farmers, Shivaji wrote a letter to Aurangzeb as to convince him for discarding the ‘Jiziya tax’. Jadhav in his speech informed that, Shivaji is acknowledged worldwide for his great achievements and contribution to humanism.

As part of the celebration, an intercollegiate quiz competition on the Life and Times of Shivaji Maharaj along with a solo fancy dress competition was held. Jayant Tari, Director of Information and Publicity gave away the prizes to the winners of the competitions. Among the ten teams from various colleges across the state, the quiz competition saw teams from Govind Ramnath Kare College of Law, V. M. Salgaocar College of Law, Miramar and Dnyanprasarak Mandal’s College and Research Foundation, Assagao perform spectacularly on the

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Harsh Samant of K.B. Hedgevar Vidhyalaya bagged the first place for the solo fancy dress competition with Dialogue on the Life and Work of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The second and third position saw Prayag Tari of Sharada English High School, Marcel and Sarvadnya Patil of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Ponda respectively.

Consolation prizes went to Sanghavi Samant Dessai of New Educational Institute, Curchorem and Laxmi Morajkar of Saraswat Vidhyalaya.

A display of fireworks was held in front of the Farmagudi fort premise.

Marathi drama Kondyanyacha Sinh

by Ravalnath Prasadik Natya Mandal, Nagueshi Bandora was also staged.

Students of Bal Bhavan Kendra, Bandora and R.P.R.S.School, Bandora presented Powada and a welcome song. Students of the Dada Vaidya High School Curti, Ponda presented a Lezim Show. Freedom Fighter Audumber Shinkre was also present on the occasion.

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Fragrance of the East

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5th Assagao Mehfil presented an evening of Hindustani, Carnatic, Bhakti and Sufi melodies with a sprinkle of IndoJazz, Funk, and Bossa-Nova.

This new encounter of local and international musicians unraveled a new story as paths crossed, hearts met, and voices soared. The artist line up for the concert presented Derek Julien, Sandhya Sanjana, Sandeep Srivastava, Or Balak and Mayank Bedekar.

Derek Julien, India’s grand maestro has been playing professionally for 50 years.

Derek played in Bombay during the exciting 1970s and in ’71 he joined the legendary progressive rock band, Waterfront; which was considered one of the best rock bands to ever come out of India. He along with a couple of friends established the first digital recording studio in Pune in 1996. In other words, Derek Julien is true ‘Rock Royalty’ in India.

Sandhya Sanjana is a Bombay-born Amsterdammer who has been bridging musical genres all her life, starting with DIVYA in Bombay. She developed a keen interest in Hindustani and Carnatic music, jazz, funk, and bossa nova, which are now her favourite genres.

Sandeep Srivastava is a gifted and dedicated vocalist and composer, whose voice lends itself to a variety of styles in Hindustani classical; light classical and devotional (Bhakti/Sufi) and his recent venture with fusion forms. Among his notable achievements in the music

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Sandhya Sanjana

industry, he has composed music for theatre and dance; and helped an NGO with outreach projects, documentaries and films. His solo CD ‘Pilgrimage’ was released on Malimba Records (USA). In Goa, his year-round, weekend Mehfils have grown to become an event one simply cannot miss.

Bringing in melodies from the East, the Mehfil also had Balak, an Israel Indian lyrical drummer who is a very well-known name in the jazz scene. Joining the group on stage was Edwin Braganza with his knowledge of sound engineering and funky bass grooves. Though born and raised in Goa, Edwin now lives in Hamburg.

Mayank Bedekar, a top table player in Goa, is a regular at the Assagao Mehfil. A highly sought-after teacher and accompanist, he began training in tabla since the age of three and is currently learning under the Guru-Shishya Parampara (tradition) from great Tabla Exponent Padmashree ‘TaalYogi’ Pt. Suresh Talwalkar in Pune. Mayank is an extremely versatile percussionist and has extensive experience playing with fusion artists around the world.

The 45th Assagao Mehfil brought on stage heady individual musical flavours that combined to form the ‘Fragrance of the East’. Assagao Mehfil began when Chinmaya Dunster, a renowned World Music maestro, and Sandeep Srivastava, singer, and composer, created the concept of monthly concerts.

Over the past two years,

In yet another extravagant music festival, the 45th Assagao Mehfil presented an enthralling performance by artists from around the world

Sandeep Srivastava

the Assagao Mehfil stage has hosted impressive performers from across the state, country and from around the world as well. All the artists are selected after the submission

Mayank Bedekar

of videos or recording samples of their original composition performances.

Assagao Mehfil believes in producing professional standard events with an attentive and

Derek Julien

appreciative audience. The evening performances by the Assagao Mehfil is hosted by the uniquely Goan, ‘Hotel Astoria’ offering the most appropriate backdrop since 2013.

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The eventful night of ‘Inception 2017’ at GIM

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oa Institute of Management (GIM), one of the premier B-schools in the country, recently organized ‘Inception 2017’. Starting out as a small event in 2011, Inception has grown to be one of the best musical events there is across B-Schools in India.

Over 6 years of its existence, Inception had some of India’s most popular musicians playing at the campus. The star performers included Dill Vineet, Manmohan Raj, Welsey Aaron, Mohd. Arif Ali, Chaitanya, Ravindra Chary, Satyajit Talwalkar, Sangeet Haldipur, Gino Banks, Sheldon D’Silva and Anusha Mani.

The event kicked off with ‘Bailamos’ – the solo and duet

Comedian Daniel Fernandes

dance competition, followed by a beat boxing performance

by Sylvester Stephens. The show began with GIM’s own students displaying their talents on stage. The evening was truly a fusion of different genres of music and an ensemble of various musical instruments.

Winners of the Group Dance competition team Wockeez of Goa University

In the ‘Pitch Perfect’ solo singing competition, Blossom D’souza from GIM was declared the winner and won the cash prize of `3000 while Tanvi Matonkar from Chowgule College received the first runner up position and a cash prize of `2000.

The most awaited

GIM hosts the fifth edition of ‘Anveshan 2017’ Rahul Yadwadkar of Reliance Energy conducting a workshop

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nveshan 2017, a national level HR Summit was organized recently by Goa Institute of Management.

Two eminent personalities from the industry were invited to share their thoughts and speak on the theme ‘Reinvent the Ordinary’, Yuvaraj Srivastava, Chief Human Resource Officer at MakeMyTrip.com and Rahul Yadwadkar, Sr. Vice President and Head-Business Processes at Reliance Energy. Yuvraj shared his perspective of a corporate HR Manager. Rahul, an external trainer in the field, conducted a workshop on coaching and leadership for the students of GIM. The event showcased, ‘Samiksha’, a National Level case study competition at Anveshan 2017.

The event received close to 110

entries. Six teams battled it out for the top position and a cash prize of `50,000.

The winning team was ‘Foxtrot’ represented by Arjun N and Akshay Singh from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune and the runner’s up spot was bagged by team ‘Phoenix’ represented by Rahul Royand and Pulkesh Mittal from Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development, Pune.

Industry experts on campus for the student mentorship program were Vishakha Kharangate, Head-HR, Crompton Greaves, Isha Nadkarni, Management Consultant, KPMG Advisory Services Pvt Ltd, Dattaraj Samant, Management Staff-HR, CIPLA, Gaury Salelkar, Assistant Manager – HR, Teva and Waman Pednekar, handling HR Portfolio for South Asia.

Colorcon Anveshan 2017 ended with an insightful workshop on ‘Introduction to Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) and its application in Coaching and Organizational Development’

by Rahul Yadwadkar. This workshop provided basic knowledge of REBT, and self-development.

competition of the night was the ‘Battle of the Bands’, won by ‘Within Ceres’ who won a cash prize of `15000. The first runner up position was grabbed by ‘Midnight Jam’ who received a cash prize of `10000.

Inception 2017 witnessed a stand-up comedy act for

the third time in a row. The talented Goan comedian Daniel Fernandes, currently based in Mumbai performed at GIM for the very first time.

He showcased his rib-tickling humour on Indian social issues such as free speech, death penalty, student suicide, marital rape and a host of other topics. Elvis Lobo, guitarist and composer from Goa, along with his colleagues, made the crowd groove to his enthralling Blues, Jazz and Funk music to spice up the event. Sushma Chandrika, alumni showcased a spectacular performance through her dance.

To add to the ambience of the musical event, the students at GIM also set up a food court offering a variety of treats.

St. Xavier’s students participate in international conference

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tudents of the Department of Psychology, St Xavier’s College, Mapusa participated in the International Conference on Life Skills Education on the theme “Life Skills for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals”, at S.M. Joshi College, Hadapsar, Pune, from the 3rd to 5th of February, 2017.

The conference also provided a platform for 12 student researchers to present research topics related to Psychology.

Severita Souza and Mitchelle Souza presented a paper titled “Psychological problems encountered by youth in Goa”; Talasha Sawant and Vivian Fernandes presented a paper titled “An Investigation into the relationship between Emotional intelligence and Psychological Wellbeing among college students”; Tanya Coutinho, Latoya

Souza and Charlene Pereira presented a paper on “Parenting Styles: A path to Wellbeing; Beverly Monteiro presented a paper on “Sleep Deprivation: A Teenage epidemic”, Vaibhavi Naik and Xama Kerkar presented a paper on “Understanding the role of family environment on adolescent adjustment”; Zaneta D’Mello and Lareina D’souza presented a paper titled “Assessing the quality of Inclusive Education in select schools in Goa”.

The three-day Conference witnessed well educated trainers, scholars, practitioners of life skills from across the globe share their expertise and skills, inviting discourse on interesting and current issues such as technology and humanism, mind education, gender and life skills, quality education, prevention science and positive and inclusive development.

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A preview of the Goa Carnaval 2017

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n 25th February 2017, the Grand Carnaval Parade will begin from Panaji. The Parade will commence at the Santa Monica jetty at 3.30 pm, moving along the river front on Dayanand Bandodkar Marg, and will end at the Kala Academy circle.

On the second day, 26th February, the carnaval spirits will reach Margao with the float parade beginning from the Old Market circle and proceeding to the Pandit

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium via Ravindra Bhavan. Sitting arrangements will be made from the Old Market circle right up to Ravindra Bhavan on the right hand side of the road. The floats are expected to be held in six categories – traditional, club/institution, family, sponsor, fun junk and clown/joker. Prize money amounting to `6 lakh which has been sanctioned by the State Government will be distributed to the prize

winners in each category.

On 27th February, the floats will head to Vasco, Shiroda and Curchorem. The final day will witness Carnaval excitement in Mapusa and Ponda. The Mapusa Carnival festival celebration committee will organize a four-day food and cultural festival in addition to a shopping exhibition to celebrate carnaval festivities.

A host of events will be lined up at Ponda for the four day celebrations at the Aguiar ground including a tiatr musical programme, mimicry and the float parade. The annual float parade will be flagged off by the additional collector Damodar Morajkar.

The parade will commence from the Menino Arcade Sadar, Ponda passing through Hotel Menino, Dada Vaidya Chowk, Ponda police station, Ponda Municipality and finally it will culminate at Highmast at Tisk Ponda.

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Roque Tome Fernandes is King Momo

many top Goan Renowned cultural events, G o a n as well. musician and He is also e n t e r t a i n e r, a popular Roque Tome figure at the Fernandes has Mormugao been selected Port Trust as King Momo (MPT), dressed for the Goa as King Momo Carnival 2017. welcoming A committee foreign tourists constituted by on cruise liners Goa Tourism Roque Tome Fernandes selected Roque Fernandes arriving at the Port. who was one among the four For Fernandes, this is his applicants aspiring to lead the fifth time as King Momo and Goa Carnaval between the his selection came after a stiff 25th to the 28th of February competition from three other contestants.

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Roque Fernandes, aged Thrilled to rule over the 65 and resident of Panaji, is a state as King Momo once retired government employee. again, Fernandes said, “I love He is a well known musician Goa, I love to be King Momo and popular figure in the and I am all set to enthrall Goan entertainment industry. Goa and all visitors to the Fernandes has played key State for the four day Carnaval roles in Mando festivals and celebrations.”

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Pravah: The Journey of Creation

Kamaldeep Kaur, Manish Mehra, Puniti Lachwani and Swati Mohan to display their works at Carpe Diem, Majorda

(Left) Swati Mohan brings vividly to life a range of scenarios; (Center) Sinbad and old man by Manish Mehra; (Top) Hat Trick by Kamaldeep

“Pravah…The Journey of Creation” is the latest art exhibition in a series of group shows being hosted at Carpe Diem Art Gallery – Majorda, with the aim of creating a wider exposure of art from beyond Goa and simultaneously increasing Goa’s image as a art and cultural hub besides being a tourist destination.

The artists Kamaldeep, Manish, Puniti and Swati all hail from other career

backgrounds but have found meaning and soul in the pursuit of art in their lives.

Kamaldeep Kaur, an artist with a background in mathematics, believes that the essential requirements a the language of re – science, math and art and hence she feels her transition to the arts came naturally. She endeavours to reach a pinnacle where her art becomes the heart that reaches to the soul of the people. Her

artwork consists primarily of realistic images drawn using charcoal. Some of her works on the theme of peace include impressions of ‘Buddha’.

Kamaldeep finds inspiration in the 2nd and 3rd century sculptures of Buddha, which in turn, are captured through her Buddha series on canvas.

Manish Mehra, is a self taught artist determined to discover himself and find his way through the vast fields of

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all facets of life around. She believes that the philosophy of life is hidden in everyday routine events which she tries to capture through her work.

A background in Science and Business Administration did not stop Swati Mohan’s creative instincts from exploring the arts at every opportunity. Through her exploration of various mediums and art forms such as writing and painting, Swati found her peace with colours.

Put very simply – colours represent the wide gamut of emotions that life presents.

A dreamer and a realist at the same time, Swati uses her colours to bring vividly to life a range of scenarios from figurative to figurative abstract as well as from scenes of nature to peaceful still life imagery of relaxation. The sereneness of her work on display in Goa can be best described as this.

Performing Arts

‘Going Home’

Going Home by Jayesh Akhargekar, chronicles the days in the life of a mother and son, Soni and Suraj who live by a railway track in Kolkata, their moments punctuated with the ubiquitous presence of passing trains.

Going Home has been screened internationally in many important film festivals around the world. Besides this, it has been honoured with its inclusion in the top 10 shortlisted films of 2015 at The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film, France.

The Documentary Going Home has been screened internationally at the 13th International Student Film and Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy October 2014, (International Competition Section), the 45th Tampere International Short Film Festival March 2015, Finland (International Competition section), the 25th Message to Man International Film Festival, 2015, St. Petersburg, Russia (International Documentary Competition Section), International Human Rights Film Festival 2015, Albania, and the 29th International Montenegro Film Festival held in

art. Manish’s artwork is filled with stories creating his own visions and versions from the history and mythologies of various cultures veiled in the layers of mysticism and glory. Some of his paintings being displayed in the “Pravah” exhibition at Carpe Diem are based on the story of the Arabian Nights..

Etching is one of the oldest mediums of representing the story on a paper. He aims to bring these same old effects through the use of the fountain pen.

Puniti Lachhwani, an engineer by profession, loves to express herself through art using mediums – acrylics and watercolours. All of Puniti’s works are based on the people around her, which require her to pay minute attention to

I’s, Interrupted – Of movement and music

August 2015 at Herceg Novi.

Jayesh Akhargekar was born and brought up in a middle class family in Goa, India. Growing up as the youngest of the siblings in the nature and culture provided by the beautiful, provoking surroundings and wanting to capture the shades of human emotions though cinema joined Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata completing post graduation in Cinema (Direction & Screenplay Writing) at the institute in 2015. Currently, he is working on independent feature film based in Goa and experimental documentaries.

Her translations have been included in four anthologies.

Currently translating twelve contemporary plays of Henrik Ibsen, four of which were published in 2015, she also does poetry performances and organizes jazz festivals.

Pushpanjali Sharma and Gautam Nima, are interdisciplinary (L -R ) Astri Ghosh, Pushpanjali Sharma and Gautam Nima performing artists based Gallery Gitanjali hosted its second in Goa. They are engaged in developing session of Fontainhas Exchange, performances and pedagogies that entitled I’s, Interrupted, a performance serve experiential knowing through

by Astri Ghosh in collaboration with embodiment, movement/dance and Pushpanjali Sharma and Gautam Nima. somatic/mind-body practices.

The performance through poetry, Their performance works are movement, and music was created in contemplative and philosophical in response to the art works of Praveen nature. As artists, they focus on the Naik’s Notes From The Zeitgeist. Using process of creativity and performance the gallery as a stage, poet Astri Ghosh as research, enabling a witnessing of the and performing artists Pushpanjali real life of the creative process and the Sharma and Gautam Nima came fresh birthing of new material. Through together to peel through Interruptions their performances they work towards in Identity, Intimacy and Intention. reducing the gap between the audience Astri Ghosh has published 12 books and the artist.

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Goa Science Centre organizes Science Fiesta Goa Science Centre is organizing a grand festival of Science and Technology called Science Fiesta to commemorate the National Science Day from 25th to 28th February, 2017.

Science Fiesta 2017 will be inaugurated on 25th by Nila Mohanan, Collector of North Goa, P. Mohan, Project Director at Jaitapur Nuclear power Project, NPCIL, Mumbai, along with other dignitaries. Leading scientific and research institutions from state and central government along with other NGOs will be participating in this Fiesta and will be displaying an exhibition highlighting the significant developments in science and technology done at their respective institutions. During the four-day event, various programmes and competitions will also be organized at the Centre.

Apart from exhibitions, various science lectures will be delivered by leading scientists. Students can test

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Workshop on Screen Printing

their knowledge in science, astronomy, etc. by participating in quizzes and creative competitions like monologue, fancy dress, and face painting.

Workshops like paper craft, Vedic mathematics, shell craft, fiber optics, water rocket, solar energy, will be organized for the students during the fourday event. A special workshop on organic farming on growing vegetables in home gardens, balconies and terrace will be held on 26thFebruary, 2017.

Astronomy lovers can spend their evening by participating in the slide show presentation which will be held at the evenings, for sky gazers special sky observation will be organized after sunset. To

promote healthy lifestyle and to benefit the visitors of science fiesta, free health checkup camps will be organized during Science Fiesta.

Dentists from Goa Dental College will be available for dental check up on 26th February 2017. Free Eye Check up camp by Vision Hospital, Mapusa will be organized on 28th February, 2017.

The valediction and prize distribution function will be held on 28th February 2017. Jose Manuel Noronha, Chairman, Goa Public Service Commission will be the chief guest for the function, wher winners of various competitions will be felicitated and awarded.

The Goa College of Home Science will conduct a workshop on Screen printing this weekend on February 25 2017. Stencilling and screen printing are both simple, yet very interesting types of printing that produce beautiful identical prints.

Following a detailed procedure, the workshops will equip participants with the basics to screen printing.

A handy skill, screen printing is a widely used technique by advertising businesses for printing cards, posters, banners, labels; industries like the packaging industry and by artists.

A fairly simple technique, screen printing uses a hand drawn or computer printed design which is traced on to tracing paper. Using a wooden frame of desired size and a bolting cloth of suitable mesh size, the design from paper is transferred onto the screen using photo chromatic solution and exposed to bright light.

The workshop by Goa College of Home Science will be conducted February 25 (Saturday) from 9:30-12:30 pm. The Workshop will open to entrepreneurs of all age groups Registration details: Charlotte 9404913354

Vaida Motors Collective live in concert

Talk on ‘Culture for Development’ at MoG Sundays Amitava Bhattacharya

MOG Sundays presents a talk on ‘Culture is a Carbohydrate of Development’ by Amitava Bhattacharya, social entrepreneur, and the founder of Banglanatak dot com, on Sunday, 26 February.

Amitava’s passion for innovation and social entrepreneurship has allowed him to bring about developmental issues using culture and to work towards global peace using music and cultural tourism.

Amitava Bhattacharya,

Amitava’s unique approach of holding Village Festival celebrating the traditional art and culture of the village has helped marginalized villages to evolve as cultural tourism destinations based in Kolkata, India, is an engineering graduate from IIT (Kharagpur) and Chevening– Gurukul Scholar in Leadership & Excellence from London School of Economics (2008).

A social entrepreneur with 28 years of global experience, he formed Banglanatak dot com in 2000, specializing in culture and development.

His flagship initiative Art for Life (AFL), a unique model on culture and development, addresses social inclusion through Intangible Cultural

Heritage, is a success story and a live case study in Sustainable Tourism – a tool for participative development, which has got global recognition and accreditation from UNESCO, UNWTO and UN ECOSOC. He has also started World Peace Music Festival in Kolkata, which was later called the Sur Jahan Festival. Within 7 years, the festival in both Kolkata and Goa, evolved as a destination festival for music lovers and musicians worldwide.

Amitava’s unique approach of holding Village Festival, celebrating the traditional art and culture of the village, has helped marginalized villages to evolve as cultural tourism destinations.

Amitava’s passion is innovation, social entrepreneurship and searching for ways to develop people and address developmental issues using culture and to work towards global peace using music and cultural tourism.

The 248 Collective will be hosting a musical evening along with Vaida Motors on the 25 of February 2017, at Chogm Road, Sangolda. The creator of Vaida Motors is Julio Vaida, a painter, traveler and professional guitarist.

Julio plays 20 instruments including hybrid guitar made by himself. Originally from Bessarabia with Polish and Ukrainian roots, Julio Vaida composes music that fits into a different musical genre. Vaida Motors’ music is made of beautiful Turkish saz melodies.

Julio Vaida broadcasts music that combines traditions from different countries and cultures.

The Sun of Balkan, Indian’s Wind, Orient’s Mysteries, Gypsy Dance are magical

parts of the unique pattern of musical compositions from ‘Vaida Motors’.

Vladimir Radin, Mark Pykhov, Yaroslav Pogodin and Dumitru Drumov complete Vaida Motors.

Vladimir holds an experience of about 50 years in the field. Mark Pykhov is a musician from St. Petersburg. Since 2007, he has been mastering various types of percussion drums. He plays instruments such as cajon, tar, bendir, riq, udu, doholla and kalyuka. As a percussionist, he has collaborated with various Russian and foreign musicians, artists and dancers. Yaroslav Pogodin is known for his technique of playing tabla with an innovative approach that turned the goblet drum into a drum kit.

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Dilip Sardesai: A doyen of the Bombay School of Batsmanship as the side’s best batsman against spin, and was known for his immaculate footwork, especially against the spinners; and a sound defence that was a model for many aspiring cricketers. Sardesai’s technique was such that Vijay Merchant, technically India’s finest batsman before Sunil Gavaskar, during his commentary would urge youngsters to observe and emulate the way Sardesai leave the ball at the very last

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The writer pays homage to the only Goa-born cricketer to have donned the India cap

his international career when Sardesai was at his twilight.

His other colleagues used to always look up to him. Sardesai was also a very popular member of the side and a bit of a prankster. He was full of wit and energy and loved to entertain people. The dressing room was always lively when he was around. He also had a penchant for good food and was not known to be a fitness freak.

Dilip Sardesai was often regarded as the side’s best batsman against spin.

He was known for his immaculate footwork, especially against the spinners; and a sound defence that was a model for many aspiring cricketers Brahmanand Shankhwalkar

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opularly known as ‘Sardee-man’, Dilip Sardesai has been so far the only Goa-born cricketer to have played Test cricket for India.

Born on August 8, 1940 at Margao, Sardesai made his Test debut against England at Kanpur in December 1961 and played his last Test against the same team at Delhi in December 1972.

In a Test career spanning 11 years from 1961 to 1972, this Goa-born former middle order batsman and occasional opener, scored 2001 runs in 30 Tests at an average of 39.23, including five centuries, his highest score being 212 against the West Indies.

Sardesai was a prolific

scorer in domestic cricket as well and played for Mumbai and West Zone teams. In firstclass cricket, he made 10,231 runs at an average of 41.75, including 25 hundreds.

Sardesai was a strong middle-order batsman who used to open the innings occasionally. He was solid, technically correct but was not aggressive. He had a very positive approach towards the game. His attitude, application and technique were also good.

Though predominantly a defensive batsman, Sardesai would also go into the attacking mode whenever required. A fine example of this is when he scored one of India’s fastest centuries against New Zealand in 1964-65.

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Sardesai helped bring about a change in Indian cricket. He showed the other members in the side how to play fast bowling and in doing so gave them the much needed confidence to beat the mighty West Indies in India’s historic series win in the Caribbean in 1971. Playing without fear to the legendary Caribbean pace, he showed Indian cricket the path to excellence and helped it to earn recognition and respect.

Infact, Dilip Sardesai is best remembered for his outstanding performance during the tour of the West Indies in 1970-71 where he played a significant role in India’s first series win over the West Indies.

Apart from 642 runs he amassed against the West Indies, Sardesai will also be remembered for his role in India’s Test series win over New Zealand in 1965 at home.

Also, he played a key role in India’s victory over England in the Oval Test in the summer of 1971.

Sardesai had a great influence on the other members of his team, especially Sunil Gavaskar who was just starting

In recognition for his contribution towards Indian cricket, Goa government has constituted a special award in his name. The award

called ‘Dilip Sardesai Sports Excellence Award’ is presented to the highest achiever among Goan sportsmen who have represented the State at any recognized internationallevel sports competition.

The award is a fitting tribute to the legendary Dilip Sardesai and aims to inspire upcoming sportspersons in attaining greater heights at the international level.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has also instituted the Dilip Sardesai award for the best Indian player in every Test series between India and West Indies. Sardesai was a tough, no-nonsense cricketer who was never afraid to speak his mind. A very frank, shrewd cricketer and a keen thinker of the game.

Surely, Goa has produced a cricketer none like him till date.

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