[Goanet] VIDEO:Wild Goans birdwatching at Miramar, Panjim: Oct 26, 2008

2008-10-26 Thread V M
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0lpBf_HCQU

[Goanet] Magnificent heritage building damaged by storm/neglect

2007-08-07 Thread V M
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- The First Konkani E-Cinema BLACK Nhesop Atanchem

[Goanet] Abolish Section 377 (from O Heraldo, Sept 20)

2006-09-21 Thread V M
There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. Abolish Section 377 by V. M. de Malar (From O

[Goanet] A Goan Falls in Iraq (O Heraldo, Sept 22)

2006-09-21 Thread V M
There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. A Goan Falls in Iraq by V. M. de Malar (From O

[Goanet] The Garbage Chronicles (Heraldo, Sept 26)

2006-09-27 Thread V M
There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. The Garbage Chronicles by V. M. de Malar (O

[Goanet] Aparanta April 21: Eunice de Souza, 'How Goa invented the Sound of India', and the Mustard Seed Arts Company

2007-04-20 Thread V M
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor

[Goanet] disgraceful, dishonest attacks

2008-02-08 Thread V M
Hello Goanet, There are two very important things to remember when looking at the disgraceful baying against M. F. Husain which has had the effect of hounding a grand old man from his homeland. 1) Few in the ragged mob of Husain-bashing extremists have actually seen the paintings they are so

[Goanet] Husain and Hanuman

2008-02-09 Thread V M
Dear Sachin, The painting of Hanuman and Sita that you are talking about is the one reproduced at the top of this webpage: http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~nair/husain.php. 1) There is nothing sexually explicit about this image, by any definition of the words sexually explicit. You are using

[Goanet] The Ninja's apprentice

2009-12-22 Thread V M
The Ninja's apprentice What good is a Goan male who can't clean a fish? A local super-chef tries instilling some manhood into a squeamish son of the soil Written by Vivek Menezes Photographed by Tom Parker Photos and article:

[Goanet] My city is better than yours: Panjim

2010-02-09 Thread V M
My city is better than yours Vivek Menezes on Panjim The hidden secret behind Panjim’s catalogue of charms is that it is a new city that has been created with the advantage of planning. Unlike almost every other important urban entity in India, this riverside capital city of the country’s

[Goanet] The PEN All-India Centre: Statement condemning repression of cultural practice in Goa

2009-08-18 Thread V M
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[Goanet] to Roland Francis

2011-01-05 Thread V M
The snide, insinuating tone is not appreciated. Everything I've written about Bomra's has been run on Goanet over the course of several years. I write for publications with strict codes of conduct that forbid freebies, discounts and complimentary meals. For the record, I have eaten dozens of

[Goanet] a little more about bawmra jap

2011-01-06 Thread V M
http://www.tambdimati.com/what-good-is-a-goan-man-who-cant-clean-a-fish/ --- NEW BOOK: 'PATRIOTISM IN ACTION: Goans in Indias Defence Services' Copies now available at: GOA: Literati (2277740), Other India (2263306),

[Goanet] tambdimati: the Goa review

2010-10-06 Thread V M
Dear Friends, Please check out the newest community media venture from Goanet. tambdimati: the Goa review is an online review of art, culture, news and opinion relating to the smallest state in the subcontinent. Stop by at www.tambdimati.com Best regards, VM

[Goanet] Portuguese education

2014-04-01 Thread V M
It is widely known and accepted that Portugal is the least educated country in Europe, and has remained so for hundreds of years, besides another severe setback relative to other Western countries during the Salazar years.

[Goanet] Fwd: Gypsy Goddess: Meena Kandasamy book launch @ ICG, June 15 (6pm)

2014-06-10 Thread V M
EXCLUSIVE RELEASE: The Goa Arts + Literary Festival team is delighted to host the India launch of 'The Gypsy Goddess', the debut novel by acclaimed poet/writer/activist Meena Kandasamy, at International Centre Goa (www.internationalcentregoa.com/) at 6pm on June 15. All are warmly invited. 'The

[Goanet] Letter from Lisbon: Lessons for Goa

2014-07-17 Thread V M
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Letter-from-Lisbon-Lessons-for-Goa/articleshow/38502391.cms The news from Portugal is full of doom-and-gloom on its foundering economy, but you would not know it from walking the streets of Lisbon. Of course, data doesn't lie: Portugal's debt is more

[Goanet] Of Goa and Literature: Unexpected Growth + Dividends

2014-07-19 Thread V M
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Of-Goa-and-literature-Unexpected-growth-and-dividends/articleshow/38637759.cms Meena Kandasamy had many suitable places to choose for her book launch last month. The brave, brilliant poet, translator and activist's first novel was already garnering

[Goanet] Goa's heritage under threat: The ongoing museum scandal

2014-08-04 Thread V M
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Goa/Goas-heritage-under-threat-The-ongoing-museum-scandal/articleshow/39445523.cms This column is repeatedly compelled to point out no part of India treats its own artistic and cultural legacy more disgracefully than Goa. It's an ongoing problem lasting

[Goanet] Modern Day Freedom Fighters: Claude + Norma Alvares

2014-08-08 Thread V M
http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/1P5V4SptPe1ZwGUQEi1zYL/Norma-Alvares--Claude-Alvares--The-power-of-two.html Freedom from plunder | Norma Alvares Claude Alvares Looking back on four decades of marriage and an intensely close working relationship with his wife, the Padma Shri awardee Norma

[Goanet] Giving Voice to India, Again

2014-08-08 Thread V M
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Giving-voice-to-Goa-again/articleshow/39908968.cms Is there any place anywhere with such a disproportionately significant relationship to music as Goa? It's hard to think of any serious contender. The most recorded musician in the world is Asha

[Goanet] Giving Voice to India, Again

2014-08-09 Thread V M
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Giving-voice-to-Goa-again/articleshow/39908968.cms Is there any place anywhere with such a disproportionately significant relationship to music as Goa? It's hard to think of any serious contender. The most recorded musician in the world is Asha

[Goanet] Where is Goa in India's Internet Big Bang?

2014-08-16 Thread V M
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Where-is-Goa-in-Indias-internet-Big-Bang/articleshow/40311761.cms 2014 has already seen a cataclysmic shift in Indian politics with the rise of Narendra Modi's BJP, but even that milestone takes second place to another, related phenomenon—by the end of

[Goanet] Cecil Pinto, script doctor

2014-08-29 Thread V M
http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/9n9YFf7araO0jO8TxFQCqL/Homi-Adajania-Love-and-longing-in-Goa.html?utm_source=copy) ...Cecil Pinto, who is a Goan writer, was my bouncing board for accuracy and cultural research, but then I pushed it into a fictitious space

[Goanet] Reverberations in Goa from China’s property market collapse

2014-09-06 Thread V M
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Reverberations-in-Goa-from-Chinas-property-market-collapse/articleshow/41812544.cms Reverberations in Goa from China’s property market collapse TNN | Sep 5, 2014, 12.30AM IST Vivek Menezes Bankers and investors around the world are extremely nervous

[Goanet] Kashmir Floods + the Mattoos

2014-09-08 Thread V M
Dear friends, One of the most delightful participants at the last two Goa Arts + Literature Festivals has been the elegant, outspoked Neerja Mattoo - writer, educator, and literary activist of Kashmir. She and her husband, the tough Mr. Mattoo never left the valley despite the lengthy times of

[Goanet] Preparing for the inevitable: Goa in the age of climate change

2014-09-13 Thread V M
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Preparing-for-the-inevitable-Goa-in-the-age-of-climate-change/articleshow/42380437.cms Heart-breaking images from Kashmir dominate the news. The fairytale Himalayan valley is drowning under the worst floods in memory. The Jhelum river burst bunds, and

[Goanet] Goa to Sri Lanka: From Blessed Joseph Vaz to Acharya Dharmanand Kosambi

2014-09-19 Thread V M
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-to-Sri-Lanka-From-Blessed-Vaz-to-Acharya-Kosambi/articleshow/42927389.cms Well-deserved celebration in Goa as the longstanding candidature of native son Joseph Vaz has finally been approved for sainthood. He will be the first saint to Sri Lanka but

[Goanet] an Indian city worth emulating

2014-09-24 Thread V M
http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/aizawl-for-example/99/ Aizawl, for example Sanjoy Hazarika A visitor to Aizawl, state capital of Mizoram, will drive through hills wrapped in green and swathed in mist. But as she nears the capital, the landscape changes. Multistoreyed buildings

[Goanet] must-read article on who funds the arts + why we should care

2014-09-25 Thread V M
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4313691c-3513-11e4-aa47-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz3EIwjJktw Who funds the arts and why we should care By Rachel Spence Anyone passing through Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall one recent Saturday might have witnessed an unscheduled performance by a group of people writhing

[Goanet] our Bhai Mauzo at Frankfurt Book Fair

2014-09-26 Thread V M
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/goan-writer-invited-to-participate-in-frankfurt-book-fair/article6445393.ece?homepage=true Goan writer, Damodar Mauzo, has been invited to participate in the Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) as part of a five-member Indian Writers’ delegation. The

[Goanet] Charles Correa: India's Next Bharat Ratna?

2014-09-29 Thread V M
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Charles-Correa-Indias-Next-Bharat-Ratna/articleshow/43744567.cms Another milestone in Charles Correa's already spectacular career last week, when the $300 million Aga Khan Museum and Ismaili Centre opened in Toronto. The museum was designed by

[Goanet] 2014 Goa Arts + Literary Festival will be best ever

2014-09-29 Thread V M
http://www.navhindtimes.in/galf-2014-promises-goans-broad-literary-treat/ Full version of official release: The fifth anniversary edition of the pioneering Goa Arts and Literary Festival will be its best ever, with strong delegations from Australia, Singapore, Nepal and Pakistan, as well as the

[Goanet] Goa in the Age of Extinction

2014-10-04 Thread V M
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-in-the-Age-of-Extinction/articleshow/44255703.cms It's worse than Hollywood's imaginings: the latest Living Planet Index released earlier this week by the Zoological Society of London and the World Wildlife Fund estimates a staggering 52% of all

[Goanet] K. Anis Ahmed at GALF 2014

2014-10-10 Thread V M
Dear Friends, The fifth edition of Goa Arts + Literature Festival has confirmed an exciting lineup of exclusive book releases (Rajdeep Sardesai, Mamang Dai, Hindol Sengupta, Janice Pariat + several Goa volumes in Konkani and English), strong delegations from Singapore, Australia, Nepal and

[Goanet] Gaitonde + Guggenheim + Goa

2014-10-11 Thread V M
Dear Friends, In just a few days, the first-ever serious retrospective of Vasudeo Gaitonde's work will open at the Guggenheim museum in NYC: See: http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/upcoming/v-s-gaitonde-painting-as-process-painting-as-life To commemorate, Mint newspaper has a

[Goanet] Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for Poetry

2014-10-11 Thread V M
Dear Friends, Goa Arts + Literature Festival 2014 (goaartlitfest.com) will host four of the five finalists for the inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for Poetry, the winner of which will be announced at the Zee Jaipur Literature Festival next year. See attached article. Do not miss the

[Goanet] Ali Aftab Saeed at GALF 2014

2014-10-12 Thread V M
Dear Friends, Thanks to a unique collaboration between the Pakistan Embassy in New Delhi and Goa Arts + Literature Festival, the remarkably multi-talented writer, journalist and singer Ali Aftab Saeed of Pakistan will attend GALF 2014 (December 4-7, goaartlitfest.com). Saeed's band, Beygairat

[Goanet] Mahabaleshwar Sail book launch at GALF 2014

2014-10-16 Thread V M
Oxford University Press's new translation of award-winning Konkani writer and novelist Mahabaleshwar Sail's ARANYAKAND (translated by Vidya Pai) will be launched at the Inaugural ceremony of Goa Arts + Literature Festival 2014 on December 4. ARANYAKAND is the latest volume in an acclaimed series

[Goanet] Johny Miranda's Requiem for the Living

2014-10-16 Thread V M
http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/silent-voices/article5876012.ece Set in the clutch of small islands that dot the backwaters off the bustling city of Kochi, Johny Miranda’s novella tells the compelling story of a Creole people haunted by their real and unreal pasts and by a present

[Goanet] new Nepal books at GALF 2014

2014-10-18 Thread V M
Thanks to the initiative of poet/artist/diplomat Abhay Kumar (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhay_Kumar) of the Indian Embassy at Kathmandu, the fifth anniversary edition og Goa Arts + Literature Festival (December 4-7 2014) will feature an unprecedented lineup of new writers and books from Nepal, who are

[Goanet] Dilip D'Souza's 'Final Test: Exit Sachin Tendulkar' at GALF 2014

2014-10-20 Thread V M
Acclaimed author and journalist Dilip D'Souza will attend Goa Arts + Literature Festival 2014, to release his new book 'Final Test: Exit Sachin Tendulkar'. This unusual cricket book rec'd some terrific advance reviews over the past few days: -Tunku Varadarajan in Open magazine:

[Goanet] GALF + DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2015

2014-10-20 Thread V M
The longlist for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2015 was announced today: http://dscprize.com/global/updates/dsc-prize-2015-longlist-announced.html Chairman of the DSC Prize jury, Keki Daruwalla will attend GALF 2014 (December 4-7 goaartlitfest.com). Two of the short-listed novelists

[Goanet] The Story of a Writer - Bhai Mauzo in the NT

2014-10-23 Thread V M
http://www.navhindtimes.in/story-writer/ BY ARTI DAS | NT BUZZ Konkani writer Damodar Mauzo is in many ways the face of Goan literature. He recently completed 50 years as a writer, but still has within him the same urge and restlessness of a budding writer, which according to him is essential if

[Goanet] Fwd: TM Krishna at GALF 2014

2014-10-27 Thread V M
The renowned Carnatic musician and author TM Krishna will attend Goa Arts + Literary Festival 2014 (December 4-7, goaartlitfest.com) A spectacular, iconic vocalist, TM Krishna draws huge audiences to every performance. ...for the seasoned listener he came in to the concert scene bringing back

[Goanet] Ratna Vira's 'Daughter by Court Order' at GALF 2014

2014-10-27 Thread V M
In partnership with Fingerprint Books, the Goa Arts + Literary Festival 2014 (goaartlitfest.com) will showcase Ratna Vira's acclaimed debut novel 'Daughter by Court Order', including a panel discussion and Q+A with the author. Daughter by Court Order (see http://www.daughterbycourtorder.com/)

[Goanet] Strategy needed for Goa as ocean levels rise

2014-10-27 Thread V M
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Strategy-needed-for-Goa-as-ocean-levels-rise/articleshow/44928364.cms The rains over, with tourists back in full force, the impact of the 2014 monsoon can finally be properly assessed on Goa's coastline. There is very little good news: severe erosion is

[Goanet] non-profit media venture backed by Nilekani, Premji

2014-10-27 Thread V M
note: Samar Halarnkar will attend GALF 2014 (Dec 4-7 goaartlitfest.com). if there is interest, a session on non-profit media and publishing could be scheduled. ---

[Goanet] Shilpa Mayenkar Naik | An ant’s-eye view

2014-10-27 Thread V M
A very big week for Goan art and culture, as the first-ever retrospective exhibition of Vasudeo Gaitonde's paintings opened in New York's Guggenheim Museum. See this excellent review/essayhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/g-roger-denson/the-light-in-the-cave-vas_b_6036602.html More quietly (as is her

[Goanet] GALF Outreach - Writers in Colleges/Schools

2014-10-29 Thread V M
More than a dozen writers and poets who are scheduled to appear at the 2014 Goa Arts + Literature Festival (December 4-7 goaartlitfest.com) will arrive early in the state, in order to visit interested schools and colleges on the 2nd and 4th December mornings, and interact with students and

[Goanet] Nepal books at GALF in The Economist

2014-10-30 Thread V M
Three internationally acclaimed new non-fiction books have emerged at the same time from/about Nepal at the end of 2014. Thanks to the initiative of Abhay K(umar), diplomat/poet/artist at the Indian embassy in Kathmandu, all three authors and books will be part of an unprecedented Nepal showcase

[Goanet] Arrowsmith, Angelo Fonseca + Art India

2014-10-31 Thread V M
Nearly 50 years after his death, the superb + unique modernist painter Angelo da Fonseca has made it to the cover of Art India, the country's most prestigious art publication. The groundbreaking cover story by Rupert Arrowsmith (which I wrote about here

[Goanet] Gaitonde at the Guggenheim: Rethinking Indian Modernism

2014-10-31 Thread V M
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Gaitonde-at-the-Guggenheim-Rethinking-Indian-Modernism/articleshow/44999746.cms A breakthrough moment for Indian art last week as the first-ever museum exhibition dedicated to Goa's own Vasudeo Santu Gaitonde (1924-2001) opened at the Solomon R

[Goanet] CORRECTED: Tata LitLive prize-winners at GALF

2014-11-03 Thread V M
Both winners of the Tata Literature Live's 'First Book Award' will be in Goa for the 5th anniversary edition of Goa Arts + Literature Festival (December 4-7, free registration is open at goaartlitfest.com) While the first book award in the fiction category went to debut novelist Mahesh Rao for

[Goanet] Yum! - - Food Books + Blogs @ GALF

2014-11-04 Thread V M
Goa Arts + Literary Festival 2014 will be tastier than ever for food lovers and hungry readers, with daily sessions showcasing the best food books and blogs from Goa and beyond. Do not miss this unprecedented banquet! Free registration is open goaartlitfest.com Pamela Timms writes the popular

[Goanet] Takshashila @ Goa Arts + Literary Festival 2014

2014-11-07 Thread V M
Goa Arts + Literary Festival 2014 (goaartlitfest.com) in partnership with the pioneering, independent think tank Takshashila Institution (takshashila.org.in) will present exclusive panel discussions on public policy on December 7 within the GALF programme schedule. For anyone with an interest in

[Goanet] Fighting for Goa's Cosmopolitanism: Gurudas Kunde + Alvaro Pereira at Reis Mago

2014-11-08 Thread V M
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Fighting-for-Goas-cosmopolitanism/articleshow/45075589.cms? A few days ago, the freedom fighter Gurudas Kunde returned to Reis Magos after more than 55 years. The spectacularly situated historical monument has been sensitively restored by architect

[Goanet] Quem viu Lisboa, excusa de ver Goa

2014-11-10 Thread V M
http://www.cntraveller.in/story/finding-goa-europe An irrepressible feeling of déjà vu started bubbling up the moment I walked into Lisbon’s brilliant sunshine, and lingered every day that I spent in the city. Though I’d visited Portugal’s capital many years earlier, almost everything I was now

[Goanet] *A Space for the Arts* - GALF in Herald

2014-11-10 Thread V M
http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=9140boxid=18146296uid=dat=11/9/2014 The Goa Arts and Literary Festival will celebrate its fifth edition this year. Herald Review looks back at how the fesitval has grown, putting Goa on the literary landscape. by LISA ANN MONTEIRO It doesn’t receive

[Goanet] replace Tehelka's Think Fest with the Ideas Conclave

2014-11-12 Thread V M
See: http://vedanet.com/india-ideas-conclave-2014-goa/ This is the context: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-11-10/news/55955947_1_prime-minister-narendra-modi-sangh-parivar-think-tank If the first wave of government formation under Narendra Modi revealed the role of think

[Goanet] The Hindu reviews Xavier Cota's translations of Mauzo stories

2014-11-13 Thread V M
http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/on-xavier-cotas-english-translation-of-damodar-mauzos-teresas-man-and-other-stories/article6590190.ece Xavier Cota’s English translation of Damodar Mauzo’s “Teresa’s Man and Other Stories” is bound to appeal to non-Konkani readers Life is full of

[Goanet] From Parrikar to Portugal: Goan Politicians rise (original title)

2014-11-14 Thread V M
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Parrikar-Vaz-Costa-Trailblazer-politicians-with-Goa-in-their-veins/articleshow/45153335.cms Jubilation across the state this week when Manohar Parrikar made his first trip back home as India's Union defence minister, the first member of the cabinet ever

[Goanet] GALF 2014: Ali Aftab Saeed

2014-11-17 Thread V M
Music and politics Ali Aftab Saeed, journalist and member of Beygairat Brigade, Pakistan’s first political rock and roll band will be participating at the Goa Arts and Literary Festival next month. By LISA ANN MONTEIRO | 16 Nov, 2014, 12:31AM IST In January 2011, Salman Taseer, senior member of

[Goanet] GALF 2014 - Dr. Anita Heiss

2014-11-17 Thread V M
See: http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=9287boxid=184833171uid=dat=11/16/2014 From Dr Heiss's website: http://www.anitaheiss.com/ Dr Anita Heiss is the author of non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial women's fiction, poetry, social commentary and travel articles. She is a

[Goanet] GALF 2014 in Herald: Australian Aboriginal author and activist Dr Anita Heiss

2014-11-18 Thread V M
Dr Anita Heiss was the first to introduce Koori chick- lit in Australia. She will be visiting next month to talk about her work. LISA ANN MONTEIRO Australian Aboriginal author and activist Dr Anita Heiss engineers social change through her writing.She writes to bring communities together. The

[Goanet] Goa's Common Man - Manohar Parrikar profiled in India Legal

2014-11-18 Thread V M
http://indialegalonline.com/goas-common-man/ Goa’s common man This tiny state’s first-ever cabinet minister has many similarities with Modi. His performance as CM provides a salutary lesson in what to expect from Modi’s Prime Ministership By Vivek Menezes

[Goanet] Publisherspeak: Yoda Press at 10

2014-11-21 Thread V M
http://scroll.in/article/690666/I-love-Yoda-for-being-wise-and-childlike-So-I-named-my-publishing-firm-after-him PUBLISHERSPEAK Even Arpita Das herself may not have imagined that her indie publishing house Yoda Press would complete a decade. Das answers ten questions on the first ten years. Q:

[Goanet] 10 wishes for the Indian book trade: Arpita Das

2014-11-21 Thread V M
http://www.dailyo.in/art-and-culture/my-ten-wishes-for-the-book-trade-in-india/story/1/747.html In 2004, when I co-founded Yoda Press with an old friend, it felt like my most heartfelt wish had come true. It was almost unreal to plan an entirely new-fangled list of books sitting in our lovely

[Goanet] A Railway Runs Through + Bomoicar in Mint Lounge

2014-11-21 Thread V M
http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/1L5qSweciU8uoBN85igB4J/Far-from-the-beach.html Fifty years ago, on 12 December 1964, the Republic of Kenya was proclaimed, with Jomo Kenyatta as the new country’s first president. A proud moment in the decolonizationg of Africa—and centrestage were several

[Goanet] GALF Delegate: Chee Malabar profiled in Herald

2014-11-23 Thread V M
http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=9432boxid=172419187uid=dat=11/23/2014 Rapping his way out Indian born rapper Chee Malabar uses his music to express his immigrant experiences in America where he grew up as he is set to release his new album, Feral Child at Goa Art and Literary

[Goanet] Indian Football: Is Anyone Listening to Zico?

2014-11-23 Thread V M
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Indian-Football-Is-Anyone-Listening-to-Zico/articleshow/45252670.cms The buzz is undeniably back in Indian football after decades of doldrums. The slickly-packaged Indian Super League (ISL) has engineered lots of glitz and glamour, prominent television

[Goanet] Goa Arts + Literary Festival + Shakti Bhatt Prize winner

2014-11-24 Thread V M
For the second time in three years, the winner of the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize has a strong connection to Goa and the Goa Arts + Literary Festival. As with 'Taj Mahal Foxtrot', the 2012 Prize winner by Naresh Fernandes, The Scatter Here is Too Great by Bilal Tanweer had its exclusive

[Goanet] Celebrating 50 years of the Kenyan Republic (and Goan contributions thereof), December 5 at GALF

2014-11-25 Thread V M
Dear Ben + Augusto et al, It is simply a fact that Goan contribution to the making of modern Kenya - including decolonization - is far disproportionate to community numbers. Every Goan was not an anti-colonial rebel, most Goans were not anti-colonial rebels, but that's no reason to minimize the

[Goanet] Air Pollution in Goa: Comment from Maya de Souza

2014-11-26 Thread V M
NOTE: Maya de Souza is of Goan origin and lives in London. She works as a senior environmental policy adviser in the UK government, and cycles across London to work in Westminster from her home in Tufnell Park most days of the week. For many years, she has been involved in local politics as a

[Goanet] Fireworks at Fatorda: Konkani-style 'jogo bonito'

2014-11-28 Thread V M
http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/d5KCF2SKnacqfMiuVCzObL/Photo-Essay--Fireworks-at-Fatorda.html? Football frenzy has been building up in Goa for a long time. Five years ago, the state team won the Santosh Trophy against once-dominant West Bengal, prompting The Times Of India to trumpet that “the

[Goanet] GALF 2014 in Goa Streets

2014-11-29 Thread V M
http://www.goastreets.com/goan-arts-literary-festival/ Five years after being founded to “celebrate the margins,” the fiercely independent, non-profit and no-logos Goa Arts + Literary Festival (GALF) has unexpectedly emerged as one of the premier cultural showcases of the subcontinent. The fifth

[Goanet] Festival Season: Is Panjim the new Culture Capital of India?

2014-12-01 Thread V M
FROM: Times of India: December 1 (Link not available) When the International Film Festival of India tried Panjim out for the first time in 2004, the entire waterfront came to a standstill. Tens of thousands of curious visitors clogged the promenade each evening, and traffic remained snarled to a

[Goanet] Odalisque by Daisy Rockwell: Dec 2 opening at Patto

2014-12-01 Thread V M
Dear friends, Please try and make it tomorrow Dec 2, 5.30pm at the art gallery at Sanskruti Bhavan, Patto for the India debut exhibition - 'Odalisque' - by the wonderful painter/novelistt/academic and translator (from Hindi) Daisy Rockwell. Artist Yolanda de Souza will inaugurate the exhibition,

[Goanet] Goa Arts + Literary Festival 2014 Inaugural at Maquinez Palace on Dec 4

2014-12-02 Thread V M
http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=5468 Singapore writer to open Goa Art Lit Fest on 4 Dec GOANEWS DESK, PANAJI | 01 DECEMBER 2014 22:01 IST The fifth edition of four-day Goa Arts Literary Festival (GALF 2014) will be inaugurated by Prof. Edwin Thumboo, Professorial Fellow of

[Goanet] Goa Arts + Literary Festival Programme now available

2014-12-02 Thread V M
The programme (subject to minor changes) is linked here: http://goaartlitfest.com Hope to see you at the gallery opening of 'Odalisque', paintings by Daisy Rockwell to be inaugurated at 5.30 PM today (2nd December) at the art gallery of Sanskruti Bhavan (new Central Library) at Patto, at the

[Goanet] Daisy Rockwell in Herald: Translation, Novels, Art

2014-12-04 Thread V M
Four the love of art American artist and writer Daisy Rockwell has a special connect with India and is excited to have her first exhibition outside the US, in Goa. With 26 paintings on display, Daisy talks about love for painting and books By Dolcy D’Cruz | 03 Dec, 2014, 11:13PM IST

[Goanet] Daisy Rockwell: janam, janam ka rishta with India

2014-12-04 Thread V M
http://www.navhindtimes.in/i-have-janam-janam-ka-rishta-with-india/ BY ARTI DAS | NT BUZZ Daisy Rockwell, USA-based artist, author and academician, feels strongly about India and its culture and believes that her relationship with India goes beyond this life. “I have a janam, janam ka rishta

[Goanet] Thumboo in Goa

2014-12-10 Thread V M
Among Goa Arts + Literary Festival 2014's many highlights was the presence and many positive contributions of Edwin Thumboo, who virtually daily asked me again why his old friend Peter Nazareth could not be persuaded to join. He delivered a great Inaugural address, and was a hot favourite of the

[Goanet] Photo synthesis - Sunaparanta's Sensorium review in Mint Lounge

2014-12-13 Thread V M
http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/78AaiYI2Q87uR5aaP67CQK/Photo-synthesis.html Until recently renowned for its laid-back susegado, Goa now brims with cinema, music, literature and art festivals and ambitious cultural events all through the peak months of the tourist season from November-March. It

[Goanet] Souza Gaitonde: Goan art continues auction bull run

2014-12-14 Thread V M
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Souza-Gaitonde-Goan-art-continues-auction-bull-run/articleshow/45507894.cms Big numbers again characterized Christie's 'The India Sale' of modern and contemporary South Asian art in Mumbai this week, as 225 bidders racked up sales of over 75 crore for

[Goanet] Alexandre Barbosa on Kenya's lasting Goan connection

2014-12-14 Thread V M
http://www.heraldgoa.in/Review/Kenya%E2%80%99s-Lasting-Goan-Connection/82174.html Kenya’s Lasting Goan Connection On December 12 Kenya celebrated 50 years of its proclamation as a Republic. It had got its independence a year earlier. Of the thousands of Goans who had made Kenya their home, a few

[Goanet] Dissent, Dialogue, and the Idea of Goa

2014-12-14 Thread V M
http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=9871boxid=174024515uid=dat=12/14/2014 After the Inaugural session of the fifth anniversary edition of the Goa Arts and Literary Festival (GALF) in Panjim last week, Sagarika Ghose was asked if the free-wheeling, frank conversation she had just held

[Goanet] Sci-Fi made real: Skype Translator + Arul Menezes

2014-12-16 Thread V M
Microsoft’s Skype software will start translating voice calls between people today. As part of a preview program, Skype Translator makes it possible for English and Spanish speakers to communicate in their native language, without having to learn a new one. It sounds like magic , but it’s the

[Goanet] Takshashila hosts two panels at the Goa Litfest

2014-12-16 Thread V M
http://takshashila.org.in/media-centre/takshashila-hosts-panels-at-the-goa-litfest/ The Takshashila Institution partnered with the Goa Arts + Literary Festival 2014 to present two exclusive panel discussions on public policy. The first panel on How to become a policy wonk? featured Sachin Kalbag

[Goanet] What's right (or wrong) about Litfests? Boom Media from GALF...

2014-12-17 Thread V M
http://boomlive.in/whats-right-lit-fests/ Lit fests are mushrooming. Do they encourage the habit of reading or merely preach to the converted? Boom spoke to a few eminent writers and poets at the fifth Goa Arts And Literature Festival and found out what they get out of these plethora of

[Goanet] Three Poets by the Sea: Boom Media from GALF

2014-12-18 Thread V M
http://boomlive.in/three-poets-sea/ Three of the finest and most acclaimed contemporary Indian poets, Arundhathi Subramaniam, Ranjit Hoskote and Sridala Swami talked to Boom Media about their work on the sidelines of Goa Arts + Literary Festival 2014.

[Goanet] A Meditative Master: Gaitonde at The Guggenheim reviewed in WSJ

2014-12-18 Thread V M
http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-meditative-master-on-v-s-gaitonde-painting-as-process-painting-as-life-at-the-guggenheim-museum-1418773456 V.S. Gaitonde’s art shows that the West didn’t hold a monopoly on abstraction. By MICHAEL FITZGERALD Dec. 16, 2014 6:44 p.m. ET After several decades as one

[Goanet] Teresa's Man among best book covers of 2014

2014-12-18 Thread V M
Congratulations, Bhai! http://scroll.in/article/694845/The-best-book-covers-of-2014

[Goanet] GALF2014 Video - Republic of Kenya at 50: The Goan Contribution

2014-12-19 Thread V M
Fitz de Souza, Luis Assis de Correia Teresa Albuquerque in conversation with Eddie Fernandes http://youtu.be/YNEHsaeYlbE

[Goanet] On the 53rd anniversary of India's annexation of Goa

2014-12-19 Thread V M
On the 53rd anniversary of the demise of the Estado da India, I am taking the liberty of re-posting this short essay written for Caravan Magazine in 2011. http://www.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/goa%E2%80%99s-golden-jubilee EXACTLY 50 YEARS AGO, world attention pivoted to focus on Goa and the

[Goanet] GALF2014 Video: Samar Halarnkar, Rajdeep Sardesai + Cyril Almeida panel discission

2014-12-21 Thread V M
Three senior journalists (who share Goan ancestral roots) discuss the question of compromised media independence in India and Pakistan: http://youtu.be/6VnquL7gS3A Samar Halarnkar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samar_Halarnkar Rajdeep Sardesai http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajdeep_Sardesai Cyril

[Goanet] Meeting with eminent Goan writer Damodar Mauzo in Abu Dhabi

2014-12-22 Thread V M
Dear Friends, The eminent Konkani writer Damodar Mauzo is visiting Abu Dhabi until the first week of January. It is a great opportunity for Goans and Goan associations in Abu Dhabi to interact and meet with one of the pre-eminent litterateurs of our time, whose novels and short stories about Goa

[Goanet] GALF2014 Video - Book Focus: Final Test, Exit Sachin Tendulkar (Dilip D'Souza + Rajdeep Sardesai)

2014-12-22 Thread V M
One of the series of GALF2014's exclusive sessions on significant books of the year, Rajdeep Sardesai joins Dilip D'Souza to discuss the latter's 'Final Test, Exit Sachin Tendulkar', a tick-tock narrative and an unusual cricket book, being both unyieldingly microscopic and sweepingly

[Goanet] GALF2014 Video - Book Focus: Daughter by Court Order (Ratna Vira + Norma Alvares)

2014-12-22 Thread V M
Another in the series of GALF2014's exclusive sessions on significant books of the year, Advocate (and Padma Shri awardee) Norma Alvares joins Ratna Vira to discuss 'Daughter by Court Order' (http://www.daughterbycourtorder.com). Review from the New York Times attached below.

[Goanet] GALF2014 Video - Book Focus: 'A Southern Music: The Karnatik Story' (TM Krishna + Sridala Swami)

2014-12-22 Thread V M
Another in the GALF2014 Book Focus series on the books of the year features the award-winning 'A Southern Music: The Karnatik Story', described by Amartya Sen as one of the best books I have ever read. In this video, the authors, inger, and magnetic performer TM Krishna is conversation with

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