# Goanetters-2004 meet in Goa. Dec 21, Tuesday. 12 noon to 2 pm. # # Clube Vasco, Near Municipal Garden, Panjim. Pass the word around! # ##########################################################################
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, Philip Thomas wrote:
Today's Times of India (Mumbai) carries a letter (via email) from a reader named Deepak Sadarangani which reads in part as follows:
<There is a crying need for better coordination between the Goa government, the Directorate of Film Festivals and other concerned central government bodies. ... [W]hile the lovely Goan music and culture was an added bonus, the festivities seemed to overshadow the raison d'etre of the film fest. I dont know how, but a better balance needs to be struck. After all, do you want a tourist mela or a serious festival that show cases the best of cinema?>
A question -- though belated -- needs to be asked about the ability of the Times of India to talk about IFFI, considering that 360 Degrees, the firm which got a major contract for the IFFI itself, is part of the group which publishes The Times of India.
Wouldn't this amount to a conflict of interest? FN
