[Goanet-News] Book Release: Time traveller one George Menezes
Time traveller one George Menezes Mumbai Mirror | Aug 28, 2013, 12.35 PM IST Columnist, humorist, satirist, former diplomat and an 'outspoken Lay conscience' of the Catholic church, George Menezes's sixth book is about to hit the stands. An anthology of his various works, The Naked Liberal, pieces together George's eventful life from the 30s to the present decade. So if you have the former IAF pilot talking about his experiments with politics and pot, there are also vignettes of an elegant society in Bombay, Goa and Paris, with rare photographs, letters and anecdotes as a bonus. Eighty-four-year-old George, now a resident of Bandra, has interesting plans for the launch. We hear two Mumbai bravehearts - traffic warden Anita Lobo and Major General Ian Cardozo - will do the honours. Lobo needs no introduction to readers of this newspaper - she was one of the Mirror Heroes thanks to her integrity and commitment toward implementing traffic rules in the suburbs. Cardozo, a 1971 Indo-Pak war hero who lost a leg in a landmine explosion, went on to become the first disabled officer in the Indian Army to command an infantry battalion and then a brigade. Time to top up your reading list? Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/Time-traveller-one-George-Menezes/articleshow/22115309.cms Goanet A-C-E! goa...@goanet.org
[Goanet] Book Release: Time traveller one George Menezes
Time traveller one George Menezes Mumbai Mirror | Aug 28, 2013, 12.35 PM IST Columnist, humorist, satirist, former diplomat and an 'outspoken Lay conscience' of the Catholic church, George Menezes's sixth book is about to hit the stands. An anthology of his various works, The Naked Liberal, pieces together George's eventful life from the 30s to the present decade. So if you have the former IAF pilot talking about his experiments with politics and pot, there are also vignettes of an elegant society in Bombay, Goa and Paris, with rare photographs, letters and anecdotes as a bonus. Eighty-four-year-old George, now a resident of Bandra, has interesting plans for the launch. We hear two Mumbai bravehearts - traffic warden Anita Lobo and Major General Ian Cardozo - will do the honours. Lobo needs no introduction to readers of this newspaper - she was one of the Mirror Heroes thanks to her integrity and commitment toward implementing traffic rules in the suburbs. Cardozo, a 1971 Indo-Pak war hero who lost a leg in a landmine explosion, went on to become the first disabled officer in the Indian Army to command an infantry battalion and then a brigade. Time to top up your reading list? Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/Time-traveller-one-George-Menezes/articleshow/22115309.cms Goanet A-C-E! goa...@goanet.org
[Goanet-News] Reading in the Park at Chicalim, Goa
Reading in the Park at Chicalim Come enjoy the last bit of summer before the rains! Bookworm in association with the Communidade of Chicalim is bringing stories, art, craft and a wonderful reading adventure to the park. DATE: Friday, May 31, 2013 TIME: 4:30 pm to 7 pm VENUE: Chicalim Park, Goa (http://goo.gl/maps/ebnAl) The event is FREE and Open to All. Source: www.facebook.com/bookwormgoa Goanet A-C-E! goa...@goanet.org
[Goanet] Reading in the Park at Chicalim, Goa
Reading in the Park at Chicalim Come enjoy the last bit of summer before the rains! Bookworm in association with the Communidade of Chicalim is bringing stories, art, craft and a wonderful reading adventure to the park. DATE: Friday, May 31, 2013 TIME: 4:30 pm to 7 pm VENUE: Chicalim Park, Goa (http://goo.gl/maps/ebnAl) The event is FREE and Open to All. Source: www.facebook.com/bookwormgoa Goanet A-C-E! goa...@goanet.org
[Goanet-News] DOMNIC, Anjuna’s bibliophile who delves into the past (Goa Doot)
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[Goanet] DOMNIC, Anjuna’s bibliophile who delves into the past (Goa Doot)
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[Goanet] WORKSHOP of CONTEMPORARY DANCE - THEATER PERFORMANCE at Fundação Oriente Panjim
WORKSHOP of CONTEMPORARY DANCE - THEATER PERFORMANCE Researching personal vocabulary and finding performative identity Conducted by Diniz Sanchez Thursday, 4th and Friday 5th April 2013 From 5:30 pm to 7:30pm at Fundação Oriente, Fontainhas, Panjim In this workshop participants will work towards finding out their personal ways of expression, maybe discovering an individual vocabulary, by doing several exercises / games that will make them travel into their own imagination and sharing it with others. The work will be contextualized using as common reference the paintings of the artist Xavier Trindade, and the permanent exhibition dedicated to his work at Fundação Oriente. At the end of the workshop, and for those interested in participating, there will be a public performance. Participants might even work on a specific “personal” character, as Diniz Sanchez is working on SPICY TUTUBOY, a performing alter-ego with whom he has been working for several years – he obeys no rules: his only aim is to express his ideas in the most trans-disciplinary way possible and talks about identity issues. Let’s explore new territories! The Workshop is free and open to anyone who wishes to experience contemporary dance and performance. Registrations by are requested by April 1st. Number of participants are limited. DINIZ SANCHEZ Born in Lisbon, Portugal, he studied dance and choreography in the Superior School of Dance and in Forum Dança. Diniz Sanchez also studied Religious Sciences in Lisbon and History of the Arts in Salamanca (Spain), continuing his artistic education at the Montpellier Choreographical Center – Mathilde Monnier, and in the Aquitaine’s Superior School of Drama and Musical Theater (France). Dancer/performer for several companies in Portugal, France and Belgium, since 1994, start creating his own work in 1995, interesting himself at the crossing of several performing arts, from dance to theatre, video and singing. Diniz Sanchez is choreographer and director of Lua Company since its creation in 2004, presented pieces in Portugal, Spain and France. In 2007 starts working in Opera, collaborating with the stage director Emilio Sagi, as choreographer and assistant director in works as: Gluck’s “Iphigénie en Tauride” (Teatro Campoamor de Oviedo); Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” (Teatro Real de Madrid); Puccini’s “La Bohème” (Festival de Peralada); Chapí’s “El Rey que rabió” (Palau de les Arts de Valencia and Festival de Peralada); Wagner’s “Die Feen” (Théâtre du Châtelet de Paris); Saint-Saëns “Samson et Dalila” (Teatro Amazonas de Manaos/Brasil); Poulenc’s “Les Mamelles de Tirésias” (Teatro Arriaga de Bilbao and Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona); the Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical “The Sound of Music” (Théâtre du Châtelet de Paris). Since 2006 he has been developing the character SPICY TUTUBOY, with whom has done several performances, videos and installations, about themes around questions of identity. In 2012 premiered “SPICY TUTUBOY INTER-NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC” an evolutionary and interactive work in progress about national identities: having developed till now work about the national identity of France, Spain and Portugal (performances in France and Spain); continuing to work in 2013 in India, where he will have the Indian première at the Avayava Festival in Pune, and the Portuguese première at Centre for the Performing Arts (CAE) in Figueira da Foz. He is collaborating with the Indian choreographers Swapnil Dagliya (Space Studios – Pune) and Mandeep Raikhy (Gati Dance – Delhi) in their new productions. Source: Fundacao Oriente Goanet A-C-E! goa...@goanet.org
[Goanet] BMX - SAVE THE DATES - 2013 FAMILY PICNIC 2014 REUNION TORONTO
Mon, Feb 18, 2013 Dearest BMXers, Wishing that all has been well with you and your family. To our Canadian BMXers hope you enjoyed your Family Day long weekend in spite of the chilly weather !!! Not to worry, spring is just round the corner. BMX FAMILY PICNIC - 20TH JULY 2013 Please save the date. Full details of the event will be announced in April 2013. BMX REUNION - TORONTO - 20TH -26TH JULY 2014 To all our North American and overseas BMXers, we have nailed down the week of our celebrations. This early notice will enable you to plan and book your vacation well in advance. To those who attended the last Reunion in Toronto, brace yourself as we intend to raise the bar much higher. To those who were not able to make it in 2004, this will be a great opportunity to be part of the undescribable nostalgia. Early indications are that we will have a record turnout once again. Your entire committee intends to create history again and they are committed to working tirelessly to make the celebrations a memorable and breathtaking event. The appointments of our sub-committees has begun and our first committee meeting is scheduled for next month (March 2013) Stay tuned for our next newsletter. Meanwhile please spread the news to all the BMXers around you. Joe Nunes President BMX TORONTO Goanet A-C-E! goa...@goanet.org
[Goanet] Divo - Secular Citizen Awards
DIVO illustrated Konkani Weekly Cordially invite you to witness the presentation of 'DIVO PURASKAR - 2011' 18th Anniversary of Divo and 21st Anniversary of The Secular Citizen The Winners of awards are: Divo Puraskar Rev Fr Ivan D'Souza and Mrs Betty Naz Divo Life-time Achievement Puraskar Mr J B Moraes The Secular Citizen Writer of the Year 2011 Mr Marshall Sequeira DATE:December, 2, 2012 VENUE: Yashwant Natyamandir (AC Auditorium) Manmala Tank Road, Matunga West, Mumbai, India At the specially Decorated 'Francis Fernandes-Cascia Matov'` Chief Guest: Grace Pinto (Director: Ryan International) President: Albert W D'Souza (MD - Printania Offset P. Ltd) Konknai Entertainment Programme from Talented Youth Lawrence Coelho Editor Francis Fernandes-Cacia A/B Chairman Source: DIVO Goanet A-C-E! goa...@goanet.org
[Goanet] BOOK RELEASE: More Matata (Braz Menezes)
MORE MATATA: Love After the Mau (Matata Books, 2012) This is the Sequel to Just Matata: Sin, Saints and Settlers (Matata Books, 2011) and (Goa1556, 2012). Synopsis ‘Matata’ means trouble in Swahili, and falling in love across racial barriers is big matata, especially in Kenya, a segregated country seething with tensions after the Second World War. Lando, whisked out of Goa and back to Kenya, finds himself enrolled in a non-Catholic Asian school on the edge of an African residential area, just as the Mau Mau, a secret organisation determined to overthrow the colonial government, is slowly spreading its grip of terror from the far-off White-Settler occupied Highlands, into the urban areas, around Lando’s school and allegedly into his home when British forces round up Mwangi (the houseboy), his wife Wangari, their 7-year old Stephen and the baby. They disappear without trace. Getting through exams at the time of the Mau Mau prove a challenge. Meanwhile the Winds of Change are already gusting across Africa and the rest of the world. In a few years the Portuguese and British are forced to give up their colonies in India and East Africa respectively, and just as the racial barriers fall, the Goans who have lived under colonial rulers for over 450 years, are left rudderless and stateless, and have to make hard choices. In spite of all this matata, Lando and the beautiful Saboti meet again under extraordinary circumstances, and that is the biggest matata of them all. Family, friendship, race, terrorism, romance and love, all play their part in this engaging story. Available on Amazon.com: http://amzn.to/YH4D0n Kindle edition: http://amzn.to/SMsk6s Both Matata Books are also available on Amazon Books in the UK, US, Canada, France, Spain, Germany and Italy. Source: http://www.matatabooks.com/more-matata/ Goanet A-C-E! goa...@goanet.org
[Goanet] Indo-German Friendship Society Goa Newsletter
to behave in such a case. Please read the complete text (in German) here: http://www.igsg.org/Seiten_ab-2012-10/press_2012-10-01_Backpacker-en.htm 8. Castes, crows, corruption The Austrian newspaper Die Presse in an article about India with the title Castes, crows, corruption inserts an introduction referring to Goa. The author describes mining and dust in Goa, the beautiful scenery and ugly garbage everywhere. He focuses as well on the problem of globalization, poverty and the relation between India and China. Please read the full text here: http://www.igsg.org/Seiten_ab-2012-10/press_2012-10-01_DiePresse_Kasten-Kraehen-en.htm Petition to the Government of India: reminder If you agree with our petition to the Government of India regarding visa facilitation for Germans and other European citizens please subscribe at: http://www.igsg.org/Petition.htm The German Cultural Week Goa 2012 will be held from December 12-16, 2012. The Oktoberfest is traditionally on the last day: December 16, Sunday. Indo-German Friendship Society Goa i...@igsg.org www.igsg.org Goanet A-C-E! goa...@goanet.org
[Goanet] BOOK REVIEW: Belinda Viegas' ‘The Cry of the Kingfisher’ reviewed by Jeanne Hromnik
A novel from Goa that offers the universality of experience By Jeanne Hromnik Writers are advised to write about what they know best. It took me a while to realise that this refers more to mental than material territory, which is why a middle-class writer can write about a slum child and an urban writer’s subject can be rural characters. In South Africa we carry this debate all the way to whether a black person can or cannot write about a white person and vice versa. ‘The Cry of the Kingfisher’ covers a large geographic area -- Kenya, England and Goa – where three lives unwind and eventually come together in a story in which the tension between these three strands is skilfully maintained. Donna, daughter of affluent Goan parents, grows up in England. Succorina is born in a Goan village, and Mayola spends her childhood in Nairobi before the family returns to Goa. The author, Belinda Viegas, is a Goan, who spent her childhood in Kenya. There are many very literate people who have never heard of Goa. For me, also of Goan parentage, it was a delight to have Goa and things Goan treated naturally and without the need for explanation. Reading the novel, I was unprepared for the thrill of recognition, the verification of Goan identity that it offered. However, it was apparent from the beginning that the real ground of the novel was somewhere else. As Maria Aurora Couto (author of ‘Goa: A Daughter’s Story’) points out on the back cover, it is in essence ‘an honest and courageous exploration of complexities of the human mind’. ‘The Cry of the Kingfisher’ – the bird’s cry is both harsh and lovely – takes one into areas of sadness and alienation, the cruelty of parental ambition and traditional beliefs, madness, rebellion and the substitution of material comfort for love. It juxtaposes the lives of three very different women, building up and providing release from emotional suspense in a beautiful act of story telling. The dream sequences that preface the later ‘chapters’ are poignant and revealing. Unfortunately – for me – ‘The Cry of the Kingfisher’ has a thesis: that parents impose enormous and unnecessary pressure on their children because of their ambitions and lack of understanding, and that escape from such pressure comes from realising one’s own potential and creativity, the only true source of happiness. This is best illustrated by Donna, whose socialite mother and ineffective, though less insensitive, doctor father create in her a constant sense of failure and alienation until she eventually rebels and finds refuge in a world of drug addicts and counter culture abhorrent to her parents. Before this, a family visit to Goa affords the kind of comfort that the child is desperately in need of. It also introduces one of the two grandmothers who feature significantly in the novel and whose presence falls credibly within the story as it unfolds. ‘The Cry of the Kingfisher’, that is to say the story, begins to fail for me when Donna, with help from Mayola (by now a practising psychiatrist), starts to analyse her own situation and the novel’s energies begin to flow increasingly into explanation and remedy. There is a remedy through psychotherapy even for Succorina, the unwanted village daughter, who escapes but then returns to her confining and ignorant village world. Mayola, the psychiatrist, inevitably becomes the voice of the author instead of a credible character. There are other interesting points that are raised by ‘The Cry of the Kingfisher’. Language, for instance. How do you represent in English the voices of people who, presumably, are speaking in Konkani? Is it important, difficult as this is, to differentiate between the English of an English Goan, a Nairobi Goan, a Goan Goan? The Goan diaspora lurks within the novel, with the consequent demands on the story-teller, and writers from outside the inner circle of the English-speaking world have a particularly difficult task. Such concerns do not really interfere, however, with the success of ‘The Cry of the Kingfisher’. What the novel offers instead is the universality of experience, wherever in the world. The nerve endings that it touches so bravely and honestly are the same everywhere. (Jeanne Hromnik is an editor based in South Africa. She traces her roots to the village of Moira in Bardez.) Source: http://www.navhindtimes.in/panorama/novel-goa-offers-universality-experience Goanet A-C-E! goa...@goanet.org
[Goanet] Wendell Rodricks to feature on Elle - LIVE!!
Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) presents Asia's biggest fashion and trade event, the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) Spring Summer 2013. As part of the first days shows, Wendell Rodricks will present at 8:15pm IST. The show can be watched live at: http://www.ellenow.com/live/ Other links: http://www.fdci.org/Event/Event.aspx?eventid=37 Goanet A-C-E! goa...@goanet.org
[Goanet] Tiatr - Ek Ghor Chear Vantte to be staged in Doha, Qatar
Mauricio Pereira along with MediaPlus will organize a Konkani Show on October 5th 2012 at Al Ghazal (QP) club hall from 3pm onwards. The show has been written and directed by Mariano Fernandes who has various hit shows to his credit in the past years. The powerful script, comedy and songs has enabled the show to run successfully in Europe and Goa and now covering the gulf region in Bahrain, Dubai, Muscat, Kuwait and Qatar. 20 highly professional Artist will accompany the director to perform in this season’s super hit show. This is the only current monsoon show to break all records to reach the fastest Golden jubilee performance (50 shows) in Goa. The members of the troupe comprises of highly talented personalities. Among the members are Francis de Tuem, Lawry Travasso, Joaquim Dcosta, Albert Cabral, Bab Andrew, Seby de Divar, Mini Mario,Pradeep Naik,Leslie pereira, Alias,Luis Bachan, Com. Dominic, Com. Anita, Com. Joanna, Maggie,Josna,Catarina and Anil/Olga to name the few who add color to the performance of the troupe. Band members: Phillip/trumpet, Araujo/saxaphone, Rouque/keyboards,Paklo/drums, Aggie/base. Flyer: http://bit.ly/EkGhorChearVantte-Doha2012 Goanet A-C-E! goanet at goanet.org
[Goanet] Wendell Rodricks' The Green Room to be released in Goa
Wendell Rodricks' memoir titled The Green Room will be released by Amitav Ghosh in Goa. Details as follows: DATE : Tuesday, September 25, 2012 TIME : 5pm VENUE: Broadway Book Centre, Level 3, Caculo Mall, St. Inez, Panaji, Goa Wendell Rodricks will read from his book and converse with Amitav Ghosh following which he will sign copies of the book for those in the audience. ABOUT THE BOOK ‘[A] fine writer with a very distinctive, natural voice... The Green Room [is] a riveting read.’ — Amitav Ghosh, on www.amitavghosh.com/blog ‘A gripping and entertaining book... As someone who loves the fashion industry and always aspired to be an insider, this is a delicious “inside” look!’ — Sonam Kapoor Epicurean, travel addict, voracious reader, art appreciator, astonishingly talented designer—Wendell Rodricks is a man who wears many hats. From growing up in a ‘glorified Bombay chawl’ crowded with eccentrics, to building homes in Muscat, Istanbul and the French Riviera; from being a novice in the hospitality industry, to exhibiting at Pret-a-Porter Salon de Paris and IGEDO, Dusseldorf; from designing clothes for his family, to dressing style icons such as Catherine Deneuve, Meg Ryan, Lisa Ray and Freida Pinto—Wendell’s life has been an extraordinarily rich and exciting one. Peppered with wry observations and startling insights, The Green Room is not just the story of one man but also of the evolution of the Indian fashion industry over twenty-five years. It is both a deeply personal journey and a window into the enchanting yet fickle world of the rich and the famous, the beautiful and the neurotic, the gossips and the bores. Candid, irreverent and unfailingly entertaining, this is a memoir of the man who gave India minimalism, resort wear and eco-friendly clothing long before these words became fashionable. It is a sparkling piece of writing that tells the story of a fascinating life lived with unusual courage and flair. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Wendell Rodricks spent his childhood in Bombay and started his working life in Muscat. He then moved to Los Angeles and Paris to study fashion design and couture. He returned to India in 1988 and quickly gained repute as a designer, working with renowned brands such as Garden Vareli, Lakme and De Beers. He established his own label in 1990 and moved base in 1993 to Colvale, Goa. A pioneer in the world of Indian fashion, Wendell is considered one of the most influential designers in the country and has received international acclaim for his work. Wendell also writes about fashion and lectures on world costume history. His book on the history of Goan costume, Moda Goa, was published in 2012. He is passionate about art, music, literature, food, travel and Goa’s environment. Goanet A-C-E! goanet at goanet.org
[Goanet] Verodiano Award 2012 for 'Goa 1556'
Verodiano Award 2012 for ‘Goa 1556’ The 2012 Vincent Xavier Verodiano Award has been conferred on Goa 1556 in recognition of its pioneering commitment to record Goa’s variegated past, project its kaleidoscopic present, and accentuate its pendulous future. Goa 1556 is an alternative publishing venture, founded by veteran journalist Frederick Noronha. The company name was inspired by the arrival of the Gutenberg printing press to Goa in the year 1556 – the first of it’s kind in all of Asia. As Mr. Noronha succinctly put it, the primary goal of his publishing company is to “democratise the production of knowledge”. The company, states Mr. Noronha, “doesn’t seek profits but exists because today, more than ever, Goa needs a voice to articulate its own priorities.” The editorial modulation of Goa 1556 is non-fiction writing related to Goa, with emphasis on books which “shed interesting new light on various aspects that help better understand the complex region called Goa.” As of August 2012, Goa 1556 has amassed an assortment of 45 titles to its credentials. Instituted in 1989 by Dom Martin, the objective of the Vincent Xavier Verodiano Award is to promote the well being of mankind through individual advancement in the field of art, music, literature, science, medicine or humanities. It strives to recognize individuals who may not have been relatively well known but whose works needs recognition. The award was founded by Dom Martin, in memory of his late father, Vincent Xavier Verodiano. The winner is announced on the 20th day of September, and the award is conferred on the 5th day of November. Goanet A-C-E! goanet at goanet.org
[Goanet] Goan sisters to participate in IDO World Jazz- and Modern Dance Championships 2012
Danielle (17) and Kaitlyn (14) Fernandes will be off to Germany in October 2012 as members of the Canadian National Dance Team at the IDO World Dance Championships 2012 in Frankfurt, Germany (http://www.ido-dance.com), competing in ballet, modern and jazz categories. Both Danielle and Kaitlyn Fernandes have been individually recognized in the past few years with full scholarships by the Triple Threat Dance Convention held in Vancouver annually. Danielle was also selected as the 2012 Senior Modern Representative by the Pacific West Festival, and competed in Nanaimo, B.C. at the provincial level. Danielle and Kaitlyn are actively looking for sponsors to offset their costs. Upfront costs alone are $3550 per dancer, with additional costs for costume and accessories expected to be around $300 per genre, which adds up pretty swiftly when competing in ballet, modern and jazz. In summary, the total cost per dancer would be $4500. Sponsorships can be made via Paypal or contact Danielle and Kaitlyn's parents - E-mail: malfe...@gmail.com or cha...@gmail.com to make other arrangements. More details at:http://www3.telus.net/fernandes-family/ Source: Desirée Nazareth (GOA Vancouver) Additional links: http://www.ido-dance.com/ceis/webShowCompetitionIdo.do?competitionId=531selYear=2012 Goanet A-C-E! goa...@goanet.org
[Goanet] MUSIC: Raykar Academy to celebrate GURUVANDANA
Raykar Academy of Violin Pt D.K. Datar Parampara will be celebrating 'GURUVANDANA' concert on September 9, 2012 from 4:30pm at the Gomantak Hall, Vile Parle (East), Mumbai, India The main features of the concert: PADMASHREE Pandit D.K. Datarjee has kindly consented to be the Guest Of Honor. Programme: * Solo and Group Violin performance by the students (they will be playing compositions of Guru Milind Raikar in Raag Bhup, Yaman, and Light music) * Felicitation of Violin Gurus Shri Kamlakar Datey and Pandit Madhukarbua Joshi. * Violin Solo by Guruji Milind Raikar * Vocal recital by Pandit Madhukarbua Gajanan Joshi ENTRY FREE - OPEN TO ALL ! ALL MUSIC LOVERS ARE INVITED Source: Milind Raikar Goanet A-C-E! goanet at goanet.org
[Goanet] Soul of Art
SOUL OF ART
Patricia Ann Alvares
As architecture and heritage play out in perfect unison at the Portuguese
imprinted Latin quarter of Fontainhas, the inclusion of art is but natural
in such a setting. Envisioning this way back in 1988, connoisseur and avid
art collector, Ajit Sukhija first opened Gallery Gitanjali at his ancestral
home, Panjim Inn.
But the gallery remained low profile until the advent of daughter- in- law
Miriam Koshy- Sukhija in 2004. Allowed a free rein by Ajit and husband Jack,
Miriam gave it dimension, focus and form, turning it into one of the most
prolific and trendy art spaces in Goa. “ The idea is to provide a platform
for art education, as well as help people discover the artist within,” avows
Miriam, who has continually sought to engage artists and art lovers in a
series of interactive workshops and activities.
The Panjim Pousada ( 1997) and the Panjim People’s { Gallery Gitanjali} (
2004), which were roped in later, are today the main hub of these
activities.
WelcomHeritage Panjim Inn retains its repute as a heritage hotel.
Interestingly, all three are housed separately within a triangular hop from
each other.
Apart from its activities, the triune galleries are unique in their set up,
juxtaposed between the antique and the contemporary. The Panjim Inn has
retained most of its Portuguese influence with a few modern touches. The
Panjim Pousada has a striking open chowk with a double terracotta- tiled
roof in a square verandah encircling a raj aangan. Panjim People’s art space
occupies the ground floor of a colonial Portuguese house. A striking 6-feet
wooden carving of Ganesh stands in welcome posture at the entrance.
A café in the forepart of the gallery, where one can read art books or
listen to music of their choice while soaking the art and antiques around,
is irresistible to most visitors. Precisely chosen for this special quality,
it was designated as centre for discussions and lectures during the
erstwhile Fontainhas Festival of Art. It continues to be patronized for
private conferences till date.
A self- taught curator, Miriam’s MBA degree has held her in good stead as
she learnt the finer nuances of curating, organizing shows while locating
viable art markets. Tying up with Saffron Art Gallery Mumbai and with
inclusions in social media sites like Facebook and India Art Works, she has
nudged the gallery into an international arena.
Working on the premise of getting people to react and engage in art while
combing various forms of creativity with art, Miriam’s latest endeavour
Chitrangan-skills and techniques is an off-shoot of a successful alternative
art studio Chitrangan held last year. Similarly, Between the Lines, A
Happening: Kodel, Kutre ani Kinetic, What you see is what you get (
WYSIWYG), The art history club Zeitgeist and Picture This- art appreciation
course which are continual activities, have all received tremendous response
from the artists as well as art lovers. Imago: Exploring the language of
film and Temenos: The Film Study Circle, which had taken a hiatus after two
years are likely to be revived soon. “ Basically you get an idea of art in
all its forms and possibilities.
Art gives multiple permutations and combinations of what it can be. For that
matter, there is art everywhere.
Art is a touchstone to open peoples’ minds and make them see things
differently.
This was one of the aims of WYSIWYG,” explains Miriam.
With a flair for conducting art shows, Miriam has displayed various genres
of art at these galleries ranging from the realistic to figurative,
abstract, expressionist and more.
Renowned names like Mohan Naik, Rajshree Thakkar, Suhas Shilkar, Francis De
Souza, among others have been hosted here. Again, not all art shows have
conformed to the standard. In a departure from the normal, Iranian artist,
Sohela’s teamed her art exhibition with a dance performance titled “ Tribal
Wisdom”, followed by an art animation film based on her artworks.
Caving in to the call of the creative, Miriam recently debuted as an artist
with her installation Split Wide Open.
Toying with the idea of art residencies in the future, she also hopes to
have a continuous lecture series where people bring in perspectives not only
from India, but abroad as well.
As she broadens the horizon of art in Goa, Miriam continues to delve into
the soul of art. (ENDS)
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[Goanet] Cut to Finish: Wendell Rodricks' The Green Room reviewed by Namrata Zakaria
. Rodricks mentions the ills and quirks of being gay in India and when travelling. They choose to live with dignity instead of in-your-face campiness. They choose to give each other a loving glance instead of holding hands in public spaces. What Rodricks’s book especially does is to present the Indian fashion industry as a vibrant, professional, and fast-growing mass of people that is soon going to be a mainstream voice — if it isn’t already. There is little or no cynicism, which is rare and refreshing among the deluge of designer ego that turns them into colossal cribs. Rodricks is positive, optimistic and grateful for his instinctive talent and many opportunities. As he is for the future of India and its creative steam. Book: The Green Room Author: Wendell Rodricks Publisher: Rain Tree Pages: 354 Price: Rs 595 Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/cut-to-finish/986695/0 Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] 1865 Furtados (VM)
and Mumbai-born soprano Patricia Rozario. Leaning over the desk in his modestly appointed office at the Panjim, Goa, branch of his family’s company, Christopher says, “All of today’s benefits have come to Furtados because we kept the faith, kept working hard to satisfy the needs of our customers all through the lean years of the import ban.” That service ideal of strict loyalty to the customer’s needs is at the heart of Furtados’ value system, which Christopher describes as “our trademark, our USP, the source of all the goodwill that we now enjoy”. Christopher also tells me with visible pride that 90% of Furtados sales (many of which are big-ticket) are strictly on the basis of MRP, or maximum retail price. “It is true we don’t offer discounts on price,” he tells me with a smile, “but there are also no discounts on service, and no discounts on quality.” Furtados has built an intensely loyal customer base by reciprocating the near-fanatical allegiance. It is a most unusual value to nurture in the 21st century, and I saw evidence of it on a counter outside Christopher’s office while walking out after our meeting. There stood an array of plaster statues and religious supplies, all at extraordinarily low prices that couldn’t possibly yield profit margins of more than a few rupees—certainly not enough to justify the space they occupied. But this trade has been part of their family business from the beginning, and that is enough for Furtados and the Gomes family. They have learnt what it takes to keep a good thing going for decades. Source: http://www.livemint.com/2012/08/10205445/1865-Furtados--The-harpsichor.html?h=B Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] Patricia Rozario rules the (sound) waves
and other cities on the Giving Voice to India map? In terms of enthusiasm, potential, commitment, diligence? In Goa, participants have taken longer to commit. Initially we had just a handful that stayed the course and kept coming back. Mumbai on the other hand being a cosmopolitan city has been so much better in this respect. And not surprisingly, those who made the commitment have made really great strides in their development. Things have gotten so much better after my student Faye Monteiro was appointed as Faculty in the Voice Department of the Kala Academy. There’s a batch of fresh young voices who really understand what Giving Voice to India is all about, and they will develop in the right way. One will not need to spend time having to undo bad habits picked up along the way. Even in Mumbai, I have designated two teachers to keep the singers going and ensuring that there is consistency in the method and the level of teaching, and that they go forward with me. The ideas of the some of their former teachers are very old-fashioned and needed to be discarded. 7. It is certainly the experience in Goa that our very gifted young musicians have had to go to the UK or Europe to get trained to the highest standard. How can we create an environment and opportunities in India for our youth, so that a talented singer can pursue his/her voice training to such high standards, and then make a decent living from it? We just do not have such a milieu right now. We have recently created the “Giving Voice to India” society, comprising seven people. We are compiling a list of music festivals around the country. We need to give young singing talent the hope and optimism that they can have a platform to show off their voice to the highest level, and that they can earn a decent living from it too. We need to build infrastructure for this too. The schools and centres for music have to work on incorporating movement and dance as well. All this will happen in good time. There needs to be consistency and continuity. One needs to lay a rock-solid foundation, and then build upon it. For this, continuity is key. I worry about the trend in India where resource persons come in, give a few sporadic masterclasses, and then leave. There could be far more harm than good, from this. 8. You’ll be pleased to hear that the Kala Academy has recently announced their keenness to widen the horizons of western classical music in Goa. I’m delighted to hear this! I’m very excited at the possibilities this will open up. 9. Do you plan to have any concerts in Goa in the near future? We’re planning to bring in a youth choir from London, the Westminster Chamber Choir, in October 2013. This will be a collaborative venture with singing talent from India as well. Their music director will come earlier to work with the choir in Mumbai, to instruct them on matters of technique and interpretation. We want to take the choir on tour to Mumbai, Goa, Pune and Delhi. There are other projects being planned too, so the future does look bright! (An edited version of this article appeared in the Navhind Times Goa India on 26 July 2012) Source: http://luisdias.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/patricia-rozario-rules-the-soundwaves/ Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] BOOK REVIEW: Fashion of the Gods - A review of Moda Goa by Wendell Rodricks
Fashion of the Gods Devdutt Pattanaik I was browsing through famous fashion designer, Wendell Rodrigues wonderful book on Goan fashion — Moda Goa. In tracing earliest fashion that may have existed in the Goan region, we enter the realm of mythology and discover images of gods still worshipped who display what would have been the clothes of our ancestors. I say our ancestors, and not just ancient Goan clothing, because I realised the same clothing would have been seen across India. Goa, like much of the Western coast of India, is associated with Parashuram, the Ram who held an axe, and belonged to the clan of Bhrigu sages. It is postulated that he is perhaps a mythic embodiment of sages who brought the Vedic way of thinking to a land that was otherwise inhabited by hill tribes (there are cave drawings and markings in Goa that can be traced to the Stone Ages). What did Parashuram and the sages wear? It was probably ‘valkal’ — fabric made by beating the leaves and bark of the banyan or pipal fig trees. They may have also used animal hide. And bedecked themselves with flowers (Lakshmi’s lotus), and leaves (Hanuman’s Arka) and seeds (Shiva’s Rudraksha). What stands out in the later period is the use of unstitched cloth draped in various way around the body, and extensive use of jewellery. Both these fashions indicate rise of settled communities because spinning, weaving, dyeing, mining, smelting and smithy demands expertise. Some of the images — the most spectacular being that of Bhairava, known locally as Betaal — reveal guardian gods and fertility goddesses who wear nothing but huge chunky jewellery. Was this reality or artistic fantasy, we will never know. But many tribes around the world wear jewellery and expose parts of the body that modern society considers private. A common dress worn by the tribes even today, and could have worn in ancient times, is a simple woollen blanket thrown over the shoulders and a loin cloth around the genitals, or a sarong wrapped around the waist. Were these the clothes that the vanars or ‘monkeys’ of Kishkinda wore when they encountered Ram and Lakshman? With the rise of what is called the classical, or pre-Islamic period, comes the use of men and women draping cloth mostly cotton, sometimes Indian silk and occasionally shimmering expensive Chinese silk with gold threads interwoven — one cloth for the poor to cover the lower parts, two cloths for the slightly rich to cover upper and lower bodies, and three clothes for the very rich to cover even the head with a veil or turban. Gradually, women in Goa, as in many parts of the Deccan, wore the eight or nine-yard sari, the upper and lower garment fused into one, wrapped creatively, the lower part like a dhoti and the upper part like a shawl draped across the breasts. It is interesting to see how the dress of the gods changes with time. The fashion of the gods influenced the community and the community influenced the gods. Typical of Goa and Karnataka, the Shiva-linga is covered with huge brass and silver masks. And the face looks like a Maratha warrior complete with moustache and turban. And the goddesses have a classical half-moon-shaped nose-ring, which is common in Maharashtra too. Interesting too is the importance of cosmetics, especially pastes and unguents to wash the body and keep away body odour. Hence the practice of giving daily baths with oil and water and unguents to deities, a reminder of what the devotees are also supposed to do. One does not realise how much knowledge is locked in the temples of India. We just have to look and I am glad Wendell did. Source: http://www.mid-day.com/columnists/2012/jul/220712-Opinion-Devdutt-Pattanaik-Fashion-of-the-Gods.htm
[Goanet] ExoticGoa - e-mag launched by Rohan Lobo
Rohan Lobo from Calangute has launched the first edition of his e-magazine, ExoticGoa. http://www.exoticgoa.co.in/exotic-goa-magzine-issue1/index.html Contents July 2012 ~ Personalities ~ Yolanda Souza - A Yeomans Service to Women's football the Art world Bruno Coutinho - International Footballer of India Dr. Carmo D'Souza-Prof of Law, Mathematics author law fiction. Ms. Mary Kay Graves Fry Shares the memories of her father. ~ Events/entertainment ~ NoMoZo - II MILSIM Goa Music Video Release and Concert by KARMA 'LET IT RAIN', the umbrella project Save the Indian Bull Frog World Music Day Goa Dance Sport wins Dance Sport Nationals. San Joao celebrated in Goa. Google I/O extended 2012 ~ Heritage ~ St. Alex Church Calangute ~ Literature ~ Friend - Poem by Ms. Prudencia ~ Goans Overseas ~ Goan Association Canada Goa Sudarop met Captain Sullenberger Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] Patricia Rozario's 'Giving Voice to India' workshop : 26-30 July 2012
Giving Voice to India is an ongoing long term project to improve the singing of western classical music in India and to increase the enjoyment and appreciation of that music. It appeals to all who wish to sing, from choir members to potential soloists, and to all those who wish to enjoy singing well. Giving Voice to India seeks to run four times per year at three month intervals. It is given by world renowned soprano Patricia Rozario, OBE and her husband, pianist, writer, composer and broadcaster, Mark Troop. The course consists of a carefully constructed programme of vocal exercises, recording student progress, language development and style and interpretation. The next course will take place from 26th to 30th July at Kala Academy. Although the emphasis will be on classical music, the course welcomes singers from diverse backgrounds – classical, jazz and pop – who are interested in improving and developing their natural voices. Singers and voice teachers are encouraged to avail of the excellent training that is on offer here. Patricia Rozario and Mark Troop are world-renowned artists with vast experience in teaching and communicating their unique skills. There has been a marked level of improvement shown by students of the past courses and such quality training helps in identifying students with definite potential to take their singing to a higher level. For more information, please visit http://www.associationsargam.com/march2010/patricia2010.html. To enrol, or for further information, please email faye.monte...@gmail.com Source: Luis Dias Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] World Busk on 11 16 June 2012
Child's Play (India) Foundation (http://childsplayindia.org/) is pleased to organise the Goa segment of World Busk (http://www.worldbusk.org/), on June 11, 2012 @ 5.30 pm at Gallery Gitanjali Fontainhas Panjim, and on June 16, 2012 @ 5.30 pm at Literati Bookshop and Cafe, Calangute. Join in the fun as all over the world, musicians busk (perform in public spaces) to entertain people and raise money for music projects in disadvantaged communities. The public is invited to participate, either as a performer or audience. All kinds of music are welcome! For more details, please email diasfl...@yahoo.com or call 9011051950 Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] MUSIC: Guitar Masterclass 6, 7, 9 June at Casa da Moeda, Near Panjim Post Office
Internationally acclaimed guitarist Pedro Rodrigues will conduct masterclasses on 6, 7 and 9 June, 2012 at Casa da Moeda, Panjim, Goa. Pedro Rodrigues is the winner of Artist's International Auditions (New York), Sor Competition (Rome), Young Musicians Award (Lisbon) and prize winner at Paris, Verona, Valencia, Montelimar, Sernancelhe, among others. He taught at the National Conservatory in Lisbon, Oporto Music School and currently he teaches at Aveiro University. For more information, call 9011051950 or email diasfl...@yahoo.com Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (01May12)
~ Save Frogs Day ~ ~ If you Kill Frogs You will turn into Frogs...in your next life ~ To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org
[Goanet] MUSIC: Violinist Milind Raikar on US tour
Milind Raikar, Goa’s violin virtuoso is presently on tour in the USA performing in a number of concerts. His upcoming schedule is as follows: 6th May - Washington DC 12th May - Raleigh, NC 13th May - Providence, RI at Shri Ramakrishna Mission 19th May - Manhattan, NY 20th May - Home concert, NJ Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] MELBOURNE: GAA to celebrate 10th edition of World Goa Day
Oscar Lobo was appointed President of the Goan Association of Australia, Inc (GAA) at their recently held Annual General Meeting on 14 April 2012. The GAA will also be celebrating the 10th edition of World Goa Day. Goans in Melbourne...are proud to present the 10th Anniversary celebration of World Goa Day - Goans own annual dinner dance extravaganza!!! 7 pm sharp, 25th August @ Springvale City Hall 397 - 405 Springvale Road, Springvale. MELWAYS: 80 - A11 Music from Goa to keep your feet tapping by Joe his Soul-Mates Relish the Goan Buffet specially spread for you by Silver Platter This is the night of nights, the night when Goans get together to show off their roots, their culture... Come, and enjoy yourselves to your heart’s content: Meet more Goans and their friends thanever before, here in Melbourne... Enjoy the good music, relish the magnificient buffet spread, and importantly, just have fun: You will think you are transported back to Goa for the day!!! Flyer: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-GEukNSKtDIWk50VkVUN2JwZnM Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] New York: An Evening Of Indian Classical Music
Rageshree Music Institute Proudly Presents An Evening Of Indian Classical Music Indrajit Roy-Chowdhury - SITAR - with Polash Gomes / TABLA Sunday, April 22nd at 4:00 PM at TIBET HOUSE 22 West 15th St. (bet. 5th 6th Ave.), New York, NY www.tibethouse.org About The Artists Indrajit Roy-Chowdhury is a disciple of Pandit Subroto Roy-Chowdhury. His training in sitar emphasizes the instrument’s affinity with the ancient veena, associated with Dhrupad music, utilizing techniques which exploit the sitar’s full-potential. Indrajit’s sitar work has been acknowledged worldwide. He has performed at such venues as the Rabindranath Tagore Center Auditorium ICCR (Kolkata), the Indian Embassy in Berlin, the Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.) and has had his concerts telecast by Doordarshan (Indian National Television). Indrajit’s recordings appeared on NBC programs in 2009. In the fall of 2010, Indrajit was a visiting faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania teaching the university’s sitar course.www.indrositar.com Polash Gomes born in a Bengali Roman Catholic family in Kolkata, India. He is an accomplished tabla player in New York area. He follows the line of the distinguished Lucknow baj, he is a disciple of Dr. Mrinal Pal of Lucknow Gharana. He has also studied tabla under Pandit Swapan Chaudhri. He has performed for the United Nations, Brooklyn Museum, Ruben Museum, Asia Society-NY, Columbia University, Bucknell University, Brooklyn County College, and more. He is the founder of Rageshree Music institute, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the dissemination of Indian Music in the West. www.rageshreemusicinst.org Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] Goa Chitra to celebrate International Heritage Day on April 18, 2012
Greetings from Goa Chitra. You are cordially invited to a panel discussion on the topic titled “Private Initiatives in Heritage Conservation” at Goa Chitra on Wednesday 18th of April 2012, from 5: 30 p.m., to celebrate International Heritage Day. Mr Vishnu Wagh, MLA, San Andre and Chairman, Kala Academy, has kindly consented to be the Chief Guest. Dr. Antonio Jose Marques Sabido Costa, Consul General of Portugal in Goa, will be the Guest of Honour. GOA CHITRA TO CELEBRATE “INTERNATIONAL HERITAGE DAY” ON 18TH 0F APRIL 2012 Heritage is the shared wealth of humankind. Protecting and preserving his valuable asset demands the collective efforts of the international community. While many developed nations are regretting the complete eradication of indigenous wisdom and are searching for answers to face ecological challenges, we in the developing world the benefits to learn from these mistakes. Hence UNESCO has designated 18th of April as International Heritage Day. To celebrate the Day, Goa Chitra, an ethnographic museum situated in Benaulim, is organizing a panel discussion on “Private Initiatives in Heritage Conservation”. The panel will comprise an erudite list of speakers who will share their own personal attempts to present Goa to the world. Mr. Prajal Sakardhande shall speak on ‘Heritage Tourism’, highlighting the rich cultural heritage of Goa which presents huge opportunities for heritage tourism, and explaining how the heritage tourism constitutes a perfect blend of education, entertainment, preservation and profit. Mrs. Maria De Lourdes Figureirdo shall share her experience on ‘Heritage Home Stay’. She will the yet-nascent story of Heritage Home Stays which allow tourists to experience the unique culture and heritage of Goa. Mr. Upendra Gaunekar shall share his experience in ‘Heritage Home Restoration’. He will explain how this activity is an integral part of heritage conservation and preservation. Mrs. Margarida Tavora e Costa shall speak on ‘Heritage Homes and Traditional Cuisine’, which is Essential part of heritage home concept but not an appendage to it. Not about just recipes, heritage food encompasses time-tested old wisdom about food. Mr. Victor Hugo Gomes shall speak on ‘Heritage Museums’. Museum and museum collections are perhaps the closet activities to the preservation and conservation of heritage. The presentation will highlight the painstaking travels, acquisitions, restoration, documentation, research and above all, investments that go into the creation of a storehouse . Hence, the imperative need to support the individual initiatives. The panel discussion shall be moderated by historian Dr. Savia Viegas. Mr Vishnu Wagh, MLA, San Andre and Chairman, Kala Academy, has kindly consented to be the Chief Guest. Dr. Antonio Jose Marques Sabido Costa, Consul General of Portugal in Goa, will be the Guest of Honour. The event will be held on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. at Goa Chitra Amphi Theatre, Benaulim. Goa Chitra House No. 498, Pulwaddo Benaulim Goa Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] ART EXHIBITION: YIN YANG (Sunita Deshpande Yaradi)
Gallery Gitanjali invites you to the preview of YIN YANG an Exhibition of the latest works of Sunita Deshpande Yaradi at the Panjim Pousada on 23rd March (Friday) at 6.30pm . The works will remain on display from the 24th-30th of March, 2012 on all days between 9.30am and 8pm. Gallery Gitanjali E-212,31st January Road, Fontainhas, Panjim, Goa www.gallerygitanjali.com Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Goan Modernism
completely changed the trajectory of Indian art forever. Those impoverished misfits are now the most feted modern Indian artists. As Souza later said, they made themselves into great artists by sheer dint of ambition, their startling originality 'evolved over the years of its own volition; out of our own balls and brains.' By the 1960s, the Goan was a sensation in London and Paris, the first Indian artist to make it big in the galleries of the West. Once again, this part of Indian history is familiar - there are several decent books on the Progressive Artist's Movement and its significance. But what has never attempted - cue Rupert Arrowsmith - is a connecting of the dots between Souza and Vasudeo Gaitonde and Laxman Pai (Goan friends who became associated with the Progressives), then back into time via da Cruz (the Goan migrant to Bombay who became Gandhi's favourite painter) and Chimulkar (another prodigiously talented JJ School artist from Goa) to Angelo da Fonseca to Trindade. There are also readily apparent connections to be made to Joseph Furtado, the Goan migrant to Bombay who is credited with the first 'chutnified' Indian English prose and poems, to Lucasinho Ribeiro, the Goan migrant to Bombay who invented Tiatr, the first European-style revues performed in an Indian language, and then eventually to the Goan musicians who 'invented the Sound of Bollywood.' As recounted by cultural historian Naresh Fernandes, many of the songs that have come to define modern Indian culture were written and arranged by Goans, then performed by largely Goan orchestras and combos, with the 'playback singing' very often also provided by Goans like the sisters, Asha Bhonsle and Lata Mangeshkar. All of this adds up to a considerable case. In short, many of us believe the evidence shows that Goa was the first crucible in India which exhibited the climate for modernism to emerge in the subcontinent. We see an early modernist impulse steadily come to fruition in the explosion of native Latinate art and aesthetics that occurred all through the second half of the 19th century. Then, with the rise of Bombay - significantly shaped and influenced by Goan migrants - we see unmistakable, unquestionable modernism itself, more often than not shaped by Goans like Trindade and Fonseca. What is more, this Goa-Bombay modernism has a global significance which is still very far from being properly understood or recognized. As the prevailing global narratives on the subject are being entirely rewritten by a new generation of art historians, we have an opportunity and also the responsibility to ensure that Goan art finds its rightful place once and for all. (ENDS) === First published in the February 2012 edition of the Seminar magazine - http://www.india-seminar.com The February 2012 edition of this magazine was guest edited by Sunil Khilnani and Constantino Xavier Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet-News] Goan art renaissance
Goan art renaissance TNN | Mar 18, 2012, 04.43AM IST All through the 20th century, Goa produced many of the most important and influential artists of the subcontinent, but every single one was forced to leave to seek opportunities elsewhere. We know the Goa government has always ignored its own best cultural talent. But potential art patrons - the economic elites of Goa - have also never displayed the sophistication required to recognize the art geniuses of their time. Generation after generation, our best artists such as Trindade, Fonseca, Chimulkar, Pai, Souza and Gaitonde have all been forced to seek their fortunes abroad. The case of the latter pair of Goans - lifelong friends and arguably the two most important modernists in Indian art history - is particularly stark when seen from their homeland. They both struggled to make a living right to the end. And both felt abandoned and neglected by their own people. It is an inconvenient truth that just ten years ago, any one of our richer citizens could have bought up scores of masterworks from either Souza or Gaitonde for the same price as just one imported car. But none of them ever did. We're still not much better in 2012, as we see history repeat itself at two impressive group exhibitions underway in Panjim. Together, they demonstrate a new generation of artists in Goa is steadily becoming a formidable cultural force, despite being overlooked by society. Those looking for the next Souza or Gaitonde could find him in the ongoing group exhibitions at Gallery Gitanjali (Fontainhas) and Ruchika's Gallery (Miramar). Ruchika's Gallery is the most impressive modern art space in Goa. While programming remains intermittent through the year, its management hosts large annual exhibitions that have quickly become the best way to see works by a large number of Goa-based artists. Over time, the quality has improved. 'Carnival of Colours 2012' is unexpectedly, consistently outstanding. While young artists have contributed some of their best work - notably Sachin Naik's immense woodcuts - it is the senior artists who really impress. Theodore Mariano Mesquita's 'Tempus Fugit' is the work of an image-maker of the highest capability. Similarly, Hanuman Kambli's untitled contribution showcases the senior artist at his very best. Francis D'Souza's abstract landscapes were a revelation. I rate them alongside the best Indian abstract painters work: Antonio e Costa, even the all-time-great Ram Kumar. But the gold medal surely goes to Sadguru Chendvankar, for the clear-eyed, rigorous 'The Beginning Foot'. It, and many other paintings in this exhibition, should be secured by the state for the benefit for future generations of artists. These very future generations dominate the exuberant curatorial debut by Miriam Koshy Sukhijia at Gitanjali Gallery. 'WYSIWYG' is an irresistible, obviously sincere collective effort by many of the participating artists to experiment, to take risks and push personal artistic boundaries. The ethic extends to the great Vamona Navelcar. Known for his elegant line, for epitomizing gentility, the seniormost contributor has rendered a grotesque skull-bedecked 'Ogre', a painting that immediately recalls Angelo da Fonseca's 'Apocalypse' (a likewise searing vision painted after a lifetime of making serene images). Praveen Naik's 'Whatever You Desire May it Be Fulfilled' is a highly memorable mythological future deity sculpted from papier-mache, thermocol, plastic and wood. It's also impossible not to like Norman Tagore's cheeky Thanda Matlab...(After Wei-Wei), a traditional mud water vessel with the Coca-Cola logo stenciled on the side. Andy Warhol would have smiled at this Ganvti Pop Art. Sitting discreetly on a table at the Gitanjali gallery is the best single work across both exhibitions. 'Ways of Seeing' is an exquisite, intimately personal artwork by Rajeshree Thakker. A little box shaped like a cupboard, it keeps unfolding to reveal hidden wonders. It is an apt metaphor for art in Goa in 2012. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goan-art-renaissance/articleshow/12311858.cms Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Goan art renaissance
Goan art renaissance TNN | Mar 18, 2012, 04.43AM IST All through the 20th century, Goa produced many of the most important and influential artists of the subcontinent, but every single one was forced to leave to seek opportunities elsewhere. We know the Goa government has always ignored its own best cultural talent. But potential art patrons - the economic elites of Goa - have also never displayed the sophistication required to recognize the art geniuses of their time. Generation after generation, our best artists such as Trindade, Fonseca, Chimulkar, Pai, Souza and Gaitonde have all been forced to seek their fortunes abroad. The case of the latter pair of Goans - lifelong friends and arguably the two most important modernists in Indian art history - is particularly stark when seen from their homeland. They both struggled to make a living right to the end. And both felt abandoned and neglected by their own people. It is an inconvenient truth that just ten years ago, any one of our richer citizens could have bought up scores of masterworks from either Souza or Gaitonde for the same price as just one imported car. But none of them ever did. We're still not much better in 2012, as we see history repeat itself at two impressive group exhibitions underway in Panjim. Together, they demonstrate a new generation of artists in Goa is steadily becoming a formidable cultural force, despite being overlooked by society. Those looking for the next Souza or Gaitonde could find him in the ongoing group exhibitions at Gallery Gitanjali (Fontainhas) and Ruchika's Gallery (Miramar). Ruchika's Gallery is the most impressive modern art space in Goa. While programming remains intermittent through the year, its management hosts large annual exhibitions that have quickly become the best way to see works by a large number of Goa-based artists. Over time, the quality has improved. 'Carnival of Colours 2012' is unexpectedly, consistently outstanding. While young artists have contributed some of their best work - notably Sachin Naik's immense woodcuts - it is the senior artists who really impress. Theodore Mariano Mesquita's 'Tempus Fugit' is the work of an image-maker of the highest capability. Similarly, Hanuman Kambli's untitled contribution showcases the senior artist at his very best. Francis D'Souza's abstract landscapes were a revelation. I rate them alongside the best Indian abstract painters work: Antonio e Costa, even the all-time-great Ram Kumar. But the gold medal surely goes to Sadguru Chendvankar, for the clear-eyed, rigorous 'The Beginning Foot'. It, and many other paintings in this exhibition, should be secured by the state for the benefit for future generations of artists. These very future generations dominate the exuberant curatorial debut by Miriam Koshy Sukhijia at Gitanjali Gallery. 'WYSIWYG' is an irresistible, obviously sincere collective effort by many of the participating artists to experiment, to take risks and push personal artistic boundaries. The ethic extends to the great Vamona Navelcar. Known for his elegant line, for epitomizing gentility, the seniormost contributor has rendered a grotesque skull-bedecked 'Ogre', a painting that immediately recalls Angelo da Fonseca's 'Apocalypse' (a likewise searing vision painted after a lifetime of making serene images). Praveen Naik's 'Whatever You Desire May it Be Fulfilled' is a highly memorable mythological future deity sculpted from papier-mache, thermocol, plastic and wood. It's also impossible not to like Norman Tagore's cheeky Thanda Matlab...(After Wei-Wei), a traditional mud water vessel with the Coca-Cola logo stenciled on the side. Andy Warhol would have smiled at this Ganvti Pop Art. Sitting discreetly on a table at the Gitanjali gallery is the best single work across both exhibitions. 'Ways of Seeing' is an exquisite, intimately personal artwork by Rajeshree Thakker. A little box shaped like a cupboard, it keeps unfolding to reveal hidden wonders. It is an apt metaphor for art in Goa in 2012. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goan-art-renaissance/articleshow/12311858.cms Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Milind Raikar to perform at Pt. Narayan Keshav [Bapukaka] Datar memorial concert
Pt. D.K. Datar presents a musical event organized by Swaramauli in fond memory of his brother and the first Guru Pt. Narayan Keshav [Bapukaka] Datar. The following artistes will perform at this concert: Dr. Munesh Juvekar - (Tabla solo) Shri. Milind Raikar - (Violin) Sau. Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande - (Vocal) DATE : Sunday 11th March 2012 TIME : 5:30 pm VENUE: Savarkar Seva Kendra, Opp. Sun City Cinema, Near Jain Temple, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Vile Parle (East) Mumbai, India ADMISSION: Free All are most cordially invited to attend. Source: Wishwas Jawdekar Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] WYSIWYG - What You See is What You Get (Gallery Gitanjali)
Gallery Gitanjali invites you to WYSIWYG - What You See is What You Get, a multimedia exhibtion with paintings, drawings, assemblages, sculptures, combines and installations curated by Miriam Koshy-Sukhija. Explore the Art of Seeing with artists from Goa. Opening on March 10, 2012 at 7 pm, the works will remain on display until March 20, 2012. Gallery Gitanjali E-212,31st January Road, Fontainhas, Panjim, Goa www.gallerygitanjali.com WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get The artist perceives what is yet unseen while looking into the world. She sees that which is possible embedded in what is real ,bridging with memory and imagination the yawning gap between seen and unseen realms.* She speaks to our capacity for delight and wonder, to the sense of mystery surrounding our lives: To our sense of pity and beauty, delight and pain. With this act of creation she imbues the mundane and commonplace with new meaning and adds resonance to the sterile thus transforming them into the vital. The cornerstone of any work of art is the artist's perspective, her ability to see beyond surface realities, to look with the mind’s eye with the deepest voice of the soul. It is what she sees and interprets in a situation, in a moment, in a state of being, in an object, in her house, city, state, nation, world or even in herself. WYSIWYG aims to peel away the blinkers of conformity and cliché with which the everyday is perceived by sharing the artist’s unique perspective with you. Her ability to capture the fleeting moments where the subject and its significance come together in a striking or dynamic way to create works that are shocking, provocative, witty, poetic, ironic, dark, conceptual, realistic, representational, relational in a variety of media which include the conceptual and the traditional. * Paraphrased from LAURA SEWALL The question is not what you look at but what you see. Source: Miriam Koshy Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] ART EXHIBITION: Angelo da Fonseca - THE PASSION AND GLORY (XCHR)
XAVIER CENTRE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH cordially invites you to a Panel Discussion and Inaugural of Angelo da Fonseca THE PASSION AND GLORY An exhibition of selected paintings curated by Savia Viegas DATE : Saturday, March 10, 2012 TIME : 5:30 pm VENUE: Xavier Centre of Historical Research B B Borkar Road, Alto Porvorim, Goa CHIEF GUEST Dr. António José Marques Sabido Costa Consul General of Portugal in Goa will inaugurate the Exhibition in the presence of GUEST OF HONOUR Rev. Fr. Rosario Rocha SJ Jesuit Provincial of Goa PANELISTS Victor Rangel-Ribeiro, Damodar Mauzo, Viraj Naik Source: http://www.xchr.in/ Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] VIDEO: Vote Tit for Tat (Remo Fernandes)
Vote Tit for Tat (Remo Fernandes) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wJMBUwi-sI Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Radio Mirchi brings in the Summer Heat with VESUVIUS winners of MIRCHI SOUND CHECK 2012
Radio Mirchi brings in the Summer Heat with VESUVIUS winners of MIRCHI SOUND CHECK 2012 Panjim, Feb 25: The second edition of Radio Mirchi Sound Check `For the Youth, By the Youth, For the Youth' in association with the American Center, Mumbai - Goa’s highly anticipated talent show was a grand success of Goan talent!! The event began with a huge bang on 23rd February 2012 at Hotel Fidalgo enthralling music lovers with a showcase of multi musicial genres as well as languages presented by some of the hottest young, Goan musical talent and performers. The judges panel comprised of distinguished personalities which included: Mukesh Ghatwal – accomplished music director composer, Sonia Shirsat – famed Fado singer, Varun Carvalho – singer VH1 artist Anne Grimes – Public Relations Office, American Centre, Mumbai. Day 1 of Feb 23 saw an Opening performance by the winners of last year’s Mirch Sound Check 2011 edition, “NOXIOUS IRE WITH SHALISHA” followed by competing performances from bands: Street Kingz, Vesuvius Glorious as well as solo vocalist presentations from Andre Dias Gracious Timothy. Each competitor was a specialist in their genre, musical ability, tonality and compositions displaying raw talent beyond their young years. Day 2 of Feb 24 of the Mirchi Sound Check saw even more audience footfalls. Band performances included: Gravity, Decibelz SamosaVegPatties as well as solo performers: Manas Ranjan Sahu, Thomas Augustine, Swapnil Salkar Divya Caculo with the Closing act by Beyond Eternity wowing audiences with original songs and sheer showmanship. Across both days, the crowd was treated to a number of original songs in English, Hindi Konkani. Judged imminently by the esteemed panel of judges, the Best Band of Mirchi Sound Check 2012 was VESUVIUS, Best Original Song (English) was won by STREET KINGZ, the Best Original Song (Other Language) was won by SWAPNIL SALKAR, Best Vocalist was won by TIMOTHY GRACIOUS while this year's special Judge’s Choice award was won by GLORIOUS. Winning band `Vesuvius' and Timothy Gracious will now feature at the forthcoming Daniel Pearl World Music Day Concert in October 2012. Mirchi Sound Check 2012 was presented by The American Centre, Mumbai in association with Hotel Fidalgo (Venue Partner), Casant Power (Sound Lights), Nirvana T-Shirts Shop2Carry (Gift Partners) and hosted by RJ Silroy and RJ Pankaj of Radio Mirchi 98.3FM. For more information on our upcoming events, log on to our website www.radiomirchi.com/goa or visit our Facebook page: “Radio Mirchi 98.3FM Goa”, or call: 0832-665. Stay tuned to RADIO MIRCHI 98.3FM – It’s Hot!!! Source: Ethel DaCosta Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] BOOK RELEASE: Just Matata: Sins, Saints And Settlers (Braz Menezes)
Goa Chitra request the honour of your presence for the release of the book Just Matata: Sins, Saints And Settlers, a Novel Set In Goa And Kenya; penned by Braz Menezes. The book will be released by Consul-General of Portugal in Goa, Dr. Antonio Sabido Costa. DATE: February 26, 2012 TIME: 5:00 pm VENUE: Goa Chitra, House No. 498, Pulwaddo Benaulim Goa Goa and Kenya are tied not just by numbers of migrants of the former to the latter, but by Goans who made a difference to the African country. There are persons who helped build the economy, excelled in sports and others who gave its politics direction. Pio Gama Pinto is perhaps the best known face. The book release will be followed with the author Braz Menezes in conversation on the Goa- Kenya connection with renowned psychiatrist and writer Dr. Belinda Viegas Muller and Alexandre Moniz Barbosa, writer and current Assistant Resident Editor, The Times of India, Goa Edition. About the book: This is a truth-based but slightly fictionalized account of a Goan family told about sixty years later, with sensitivity, acuity and humour. Told through the senses of eleven year-old Lando, the freshness and detail of his descriptions throughout the book captures the keen observations of the sea voyages between Mombasa, Kenya and Mormugao and the dynamics of racial segregation, caste and religion. The book is co published by Goa, 1556 and Broadway Publishing House. About the author: Braz Menezes, Kenya-born with family origins in Raia and Loutolim, Goa, now lives in Toronto. His work has appeared in various anthologies, including Canadian Voices, Vols. 12, Goa Masala, Indian Voices and Canadian Imprints. He is an architect and urban planner. Synopsis: The author Braz Menezes, born in Nairobi, has his origins in Goa, a small but beautiful bump off the western coast of India. Situated on the Arabian Sea, Goa has beautiful ocean beaches and is now an international tourist destination. But for much of 450 years, starting with the explorer and conqueror Vasco da Gama, and ending with an Indian Army invasion in 1961, it was a prized Portuguese possession but a backwater, no less. Goans, traditionally simple, hospitable, educated and Catholic, became a diaspora people like the Jews of old, not out of persecution but economic necessity. In the early and mid twentieth century, the colonial service in East Africa where they served Britain faithfully and well, became their passport to a better future. Kenya, where half of the narration takes place, was a fairly recent British conquest and in the period of the book they had sufficiently established themselves as the governing power and were consolidating their administration and infrastructure. This is a truth-based but slightly fictionalized account of a Goan family told about sixty years later, with sensitivity, acuity and humour. It is sufficiently contemporary to hold general interest, but even if it were not so, Menezes’ easy style would sustain the reader throughout. He has great appreciation of the Kenyan lands, flora and fauna, and his descriptions of nature in Africa bespeak of an ecological passion. He is a storyteller in the genre of Rohinton Mistry and Michael Ondaatje, first-generation award-winning immigrant writers in Canada. Told through the senses of eleven year-old Lando, the freshness and detail of his descriptions throughout the book shine like embedded stones in the already bright necklace of its chapters. The sea voyages between Mombasa, Kenya and Mormugao, Goa, are occasions of keen observation of the foibles of the travelling circus around him. So also are the dynamics of racial segregation, caste and religion, that drove Goan families to do things that were not always in harmony with the wishes of its members. Though sadness is rare in the book and when present is not heavy or burdensome, yet the young Lando’s troubles stalking him at every turn, make the reader pause and reflect on one’s own passages of life. The book can best be described as quiet excitement and is worth every minute the reader spends reading it. Although complete in itself, this first book will without a doubt cause one to look forward to the next in its trilogy and hope it is as good. No mean feat to overcome. Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] FILM: So Close, So Far
Sunaparanta presents the screening of a documentary film ‘So Close/So Far’ This documentary will be presented by Portuguese writer, Raquel Ochoa. The documentary is courtesy Gulbenkian Foundation. DATE: Wednesday, 22nd February 2012 TIME: 6.30 pm VENUE: Sunaparanta - Goa Centre for the Arts 63/C-8, Near Lar de Estudantes, Altinho Panaji, Goa Synopsis: Wherever you are in this tempting global monoculture, you are part of an accelerated homogenization of habits, tastes and cultures; a world where everyday experiences have become more and more indistinguishable. Between memory and everyday life, 21 filmmakers were invited to choose a particular aspect of their lives and to make a 5 minute short film out of it, in which they try to reflect on the miscegenation of “Global Culture”. This project developed within the scope of Gulbenkian Distance and Proximity Programme. Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment www.goanet.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Art Exhibition: DIFFERENT (Curtorim, Goa)
DIFFERENT, 'An art exhibition with a difference' was inaugurated on the Feb 11, 2012 at Arco Iris, Curtorim and shall remain open to the public daily until Feb 17, 2012 (10am-8pm). There are over 40 paintings of different genres, styles, mediums and colours. The exhibition brings together under one beautiful Goan roof, portraits, modernism, surrealism, impressionism and abstracts. One will not only find a contrast of colours, but also contrasts of works and styles. 'DIFFERENT' is an effort to have something for everyone who walks in as different people have different tastes. The most fascinating paintings that will grab your attention are the ones painted by Alex Rodrigues who paints with his bare fingers and nails. This talented Mumbai based artist of Goan origin is globally known as a finger painter and has had his exhibitions in Europe and other countries. There is a huge collection of his finger painted Christs which would certainly make you wonder how could someone paint it without a brush. The other artists who have displayed their artwork are Liberetta Rodrigues, Deepak Bellary, Mona Astha, Nikkita Jain, Sunil Pawle and Meena. If you are an art lover, this exhibition is a must visit. Source: Millisha Silveira Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment www.goanet.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet-News] AUCKLAND: Alexyz to exhibit cartoons
Alexyz's Art Exhibition Date : February 5, 2012 Time :10:30 am - 1 pm Venue: Carmelite Convent Hall, Opposite Marceline College, 636 Mt Albert Road, Hillsborough, Auckland, New Zealand Goan visitor to exhibit cartoons this weekend By Venkat Raman 31/01/2012 09:38:00 A celebrated cartoonist of Goa will be in Auckland this weekend to speak on the subject of cartoons and display some of his funniest and thought-provoking works that have appeared in the media over the years. Alex Raphael Fernandes (popularly known as ‘Alexyz’) is one of the most prolific cartoonists of India with a number of popular newspapers and magazines regularly featuring his works. Former Goanz president Corvin Carvalho is organising the exhibition comprising 40 cartoons at the Carmelite Chapel (636 Mt Albert Road) in Hillsborough on February 5 from 1030 am to 1 pm. Entry to the exhibition and lecture is free and open to all. Mr Carvalho said Alexyz is known for his outspokenness and readiness to support any cause that fostered public interest and community welfare. “He is one of the most socially concerned cartoonists of Goa. His interests range from politics and current affairs to environment and sports,” he said. Born, raised and educated in Mumbai, Alexyz began his career as an art teacher but the pristine surroundings of his native Goa attracted him to its shores. He began drawing cartoons for local papers and soon established his reputation for quick-on-the-draw sketches, caricatures and cartoons that have found their way into the columns of major publications in India. Among them are Readers’ Digest, Indian Express, Illustrated Weekly (now ceased), Midday, Sportsweek, The Daily, Goa Today, (Goa) Herald, Navhind Times and Gomatak Times. Mr Carvalho said that like most cartoonists, Alexyz is funny, irritating and even exasperating. “For the past several years, he has given a fillip to fun-loving Goans. He is one the best-known and best-loved cartoonists of our State,” he said. The ‘Konkani Sonskrutik Somajik Kala Kendr’ of Taleigao (an academy of arts and culture) honoured him with the ‘Pedro Adao Award’ on January 23, 2012. The annual Award, comprising a citation and certificate is presented to outstanding persons in various fields, in memory of the late Portuguese Consul General in Goa. Source: http://www.indiannewslink.co.nz/index.php/entertainmentlink/goan-visitor-to-exhibit-cartoons-this-weekend.html Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment www.goanet.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] AUCKLAND: Alexyz to exhibit cartoons
Alexyz's Art Exhibition Date : February 5, 2012 Time :10:30 am - 1 pm Venue: Carmelite Convent Hall, Opposite Marceline College, 636 Mt Albert Road, Hillsborough, Auckland, New Zealand Goan visitor to exhibit cartoons this weekend By Venkat Raman 31/01/2012 09:38:00 A celebrated cartoonist of Goa will be in Auckland this weekend to speak on the subject of cartoons and display some of his funniest and thought-provoking works that have appeared in the media over the years. Alex Raphael Fernandes (popularly known as ‘Alexyz’) is one of the most prolific cartoonists of India with a number of popular newspapers and magazines regularly featuring his works. Former Goanz president Corvin Carvalho is organising the exhibition comprising 40 cartoons at the Carmelite Chapel (636 Mt Albert Road) in Hillsborough on February 5 from 1030 am to 1 pm. Entry to the exhibition and lecture is free and open to all. Mr Carvalho said Alexyz is known for his outspokenness and readiness to support any cause that fostered public interest and community welfare. “He is one of the most socially concerned cartoonists of Goa. His interests range from politics and current affairs to environment and sports,” he said. Born, raised and educated in Mumbai, Alexyz began his career as an art teacher but the pristine surroundings of his native Goa attracted him to its shores. He began drawing cartoons for local papers and soon established his reputation for quick-on-the-draw sketches, caricatures and cartoons that have found their way into the columns of major publications in India. Among them are Readers’ Digest, Indian Express, Illustrated Weekly (now ceased), Midday, Sportsweek, The Daily, Goa Today, (Goa) Herald, Navhind Times and Gomatak Times. Mr Carvalho said that like most cartoonists, Alexyz is funny, irritating and even exasperating. “For the past several years, he has given a fillip to fun-loving Goans. He is one the best-known and best-loved cartoonists of our State,” he said. The ‘Konkani Sonskrutik Somajik Kala Kendr’ of Taleigao (an academy of arts and culture) honoured him with the ‘Pedro Adao Award’ on January 23, 2012. The annual Award, comprising a citation and certificate is presented to outstanding persons in various fields, in memory of the late Portuguese Consul General in Goa. Source: http://www.indiannewslink.co.nz/index.php/entertainmentlink/goan-visitor-to-exhibit-cartoons-this-weekend.html Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment www.goanet.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] MUSIC: Classical Music Soiree at the Art Chamber, Calangute (February 3, 2012)
CLASSICAL MUSIC SOIREE These Classical Music Soirees are for all those who truly love appreciate classical music. The International Concert Tour Programme, at Art Chamber, Calangute-Goa presents: 14th Programme Date : Thursday, February 3, 2012 Time : 7:30 pm Venue: Art Chamber, Calangute, Goa The McGowan Duo Ned McGowan, flute Keiko Shichijo-McGowan, piano Please note the date for seat reservation RSVP 9823217435 The Programme: Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Syrinx (1913) – flute solo Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (1894) Preludes Book 2: XII. Feux d'artifice (Fireworks) (1913) – piano solo Béla Bartók (1881-1945) Bagatelle #4 (1908) Three Hungarian Folksongs from Csík (1907) 1. The Peacock 2. At the Jánoshida fairground 3. White Lily pause Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030 (1736-37) 1. Andante 2. Largo e dolce 3. Presto Ned McGowan (1970) Chamundi Hill (2011)* Keiko Shichijo-McGowan studied at the Toho Gakuen University of Music in Tokyo, and received her bachelor degree in 2000. During her study in University, she started to learn fortepiano and harpsichord. From 2000, she started to study fortepiano in the University of Art Tokyo, and finished her studies with a masters degree for fortepiano in 2002. She started her fortepiano-studies under the guidance of Prof. Stanley Hoogland at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in 2002, and received her masters degree in 2008. She has also broadened her knowledge of keyboard instruments by studying organ with Prof. Pieter van Dijk. She continued her study in Ghent Conservatory, specializing in contemporary music, under the guidance of Prof. Daan Vandewalle, received her post master diploma in 2010 with a highest honor. In 2004, Keiko won the top prize at the International Early Music Competition in Brugge, as well as the Minkoff Prize from the music publisher, Edition Minkoff. In 2006, she won the 1st prize at International Early Music Competition in Brugge in the Mozart ensemble category, with her duo partner, violinist Yukie Yamaguchi. In 2009, she won the 1st prize at the International Early Music Competition in Trossingen “A Tré” as “Trio Otono” with violinist Yukie Yamaguchi and with cellist Gideon den Herder. As a fortepiano specialist, as well as a pianist, she performs in major festivals throughout Europe as well as in Japan. Since 2009 she has been an official accompanist at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. www.keikoshichijo.com “Ned McGowan’s music strives for an idiom in which various musics – American popular, European classical and avant-garde, Carnatic, a fascination with proportionally intricate rhythms, the use of microtones in the search for new subtleties of melody – and many others, rub against each other and generate new meanings.” This is how musicologist Bob Gilmore describes composer and flutist Ned McGowan, who was born in the United States in 1970 and has been living in the Netherlands since 1994. In his debut in Carnegie Hall with the American Composers Orchestra in April 2008, he “proved there’s still plenty of life in old-fashioned virtuosity with “Bantammer Swing,” a playful, athletic concerto for his unwieldy contrabass flute, according to Steve Smith of the New York Times. His music is available on many CD recordings and has been performed throughout Europe, North America and Asia. Ensembles and festivals that have commissioned McGowan include the American Composers Orchestra, Dutch Radio Chamber Orchestra, Zephyr String Quartet, Calefax reed quintet, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, the Netherlands Flute Orchestra and the Grachten and MATA festivals. As co-founder of the Amsterdam based Karnatic Lab Foundation, he curates a record label and a monthly concert series dedicated to new music. Ned also teaches composition at the Faculty for Art, Media and Technology in the Netherlands and a Carnatic Practices course to masters students at the Conservatory of Utrecht. www.nedmcgowan.com Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment www.goanet.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] ART: Group show by 7 Goan artists @ Gallery Gitanjali
Gallery Gitanjali invites you to: OS CRUZADOS A Group show of seven Goan artists - Viraj Naik, Aadhi Vishal, Vitesh Naik, Kedar Dhondu, Rajesh Salgaonkar, Shripad Gurav and Vaishnavi Kamat Shankhwalkar Opening Friday, February 10, 2012 @ 7pm The work will remain on display from February 11 - 17, 2012 between 10am to 8pm. Venue: Gallery Gitanjali E-212, 31st January Road, Fontainhas, Panjim, Goa www.gallerygitanjali.com Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment www.goanet.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] BOOK REVIEW: Voices of Goans through my thoughts (Nisser Dias) reviewed by Julian D'Cruz
Voices of Goans through my thoughts Julian D'Cruz JULIAN D’CRUZ One more feather has been added to the laurels of literature with the release of ‘ Voices of Goans through My Thoughts’. The speciality of this book is that its self published by one of Goa’s daring sons of the soil whom all will agree, has through this publication, checkmated what Goa is getting famous for: its “ corruption overdrive”. The 230- paged book is a compilation of what the author and South Goa based journo, Nisser Dias, has penned vociferously in Goa’s local daily The Gomantak Times over the last two years. He has selected 44 of those articles to publish his first book for all who love Goa and hate to see it reeling under politicos who only pretend to love Goa. Whether social issues, environment, sports to more complex issues of legislation, law and order, education, the author has brought out how politicians can be petty or manipulative to serve their own interests when in reality they have been elected to serve you and me. It is even more infuriating, rather, amusing, to know from Dias’ book how many of our politicians have even tried to sabotage issues or steal the limelight when the spotlight is not even focused on them. There are several other chapters in this book which takes a dig at almost all the present day politicians and a must read is what Dias has entitled ‘ Birds of a feather, flock together’. ‘ Voices of Goans through My Thoughts’ does not spare the State’s police force and the book has a section on Goa’s policing. These will send chills down one’s spine on reading all about how the law enforcers in Goa are themselves unlawful in their behaviour. Any reader will feel anxious for the safety of his mother, wife, daughter and the womenfolk when they find out how women are treated by cops in and out of police stations subjecting them to acts of violence, sexual assaults and much more. What is even more shocking is to note how police personnel whether PSIs or PIs involved in horrendous offences have been promoted instead of being suspended or sacked. Worse still, Dias’ section on Goa policing will send your head spinning over the fact that the men in uniform are drug peddlers and also involved in money laundering and circulating counterfeit currency. Despite being caught on camera, they still continue to hold office. Dias has raised hardened queries to the political captains on all such issues even slamming the chief minister for only protecting his ‘ kodel’ and allowing mass scale destruction of Goa on all fronts. The author firmly states that the present cabinet has no right to celebrate Goa’s golden jubilee. ‘Voices of Goans through My Thoughts’ has however hailed social activists and many others who are the rays of hope to save Goa of dying from the malignancy of corruption. It has saluted brave heart Goans for attempting to march on the streets and to prove that we are no longer going to be ‘ susegado’ under any government which refuses to serve us in letter and spirit. Dias has expressed in his book and through his articles the frustrations, anxieties that we feel and queries that we generally raise but have no platform to give vent to or voice only because we are just ‘ aam aadmi’. Call it ‘ write in time’, ‘ Voices of Goans through My Thoughts’ is out on the eve of assembly polls in Goa and all candidates will have to be cautious while campaigning. The book carries the bitter truth about Goa’s political history and no politician dare to hoodwink the Goan electorate on any issue. Priced at Rs 299, the book is a prized copy any true hearted Goan must want to possess and add to his collection of good literature and reference material. The book will serve as a testimony for future generations who will look back one day and wonder what went wrong for Goa and Goans even after they drove the Portuguese away! Source: http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=3163boxid=25338765uid=dat=1%2f22%2f2012 Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment www.goanet.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Audio slideshow: Bombay's jazz age
Audio slideshow: Bombay's jazz age When you think of jazz in the early 20th Century you may think of New Orleans, Chicago, New York or Paris. What isn't so well known is that the Indian city of Bombay - now Mumbai - had its own flourishing jazz scene in the 1930s. Naresh Fernandes - author of Taj Mahal Foxtrot, the story of Bombay's jazz age - paints a portrait of the musicians, the fans, and the music. Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16740486 Via: Salvita Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment www.goanet.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] BOOK REVIEW: Moda Goa: History and Style by Wendell Rodricks - reviewed by Swati Daftuar (The Hindu)
Showcase: Spotlight on Goa SWATI DAFTUAR He has a number of achievements to his name: one of India's top 10 designers, an accomplished chef, a mentor, a revivalist. And now, Wendell Rodricks will also be an author. His book, Moda Goa: History and Style, is all set to release at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Monday. Rodricks weaves a rich tapestry of history, clothing and passionate prose, while documenting the rich history of Goan costumes. The collection is full of photographs and illustrations that bring the subject to life. He charts the earliest form of clothing, making note of the Buddhist drapes that carried forward the elaborate style of later Hindu costume, the fine brocade coats of the Muslim Tughlaq rulers and the Portuguese invaders who had to improvise and alter their traditional Renaissance style to suit the hot Konkan climate. Rodricks also studies the western style dresses of the newly converted Goan Catholics. The book explores an archive that has never been researched before, and the history of Goan costume charts out not only its own history, but that of the state as well. Rodricks is the first person to place this history in the spotlight. Through illustrations by European travellers, a wealth of photographs by Mark Sequeira and India's finest fashion photographers, and access to the fine clothing and jewellery of Goans, Rodricks transports the readers to the beauty and backwaters of India's golden state. Eleven years of research on Goan costumes have resulted in Moda Goa, a book that brings to a head everything Rodricks has worked towards, his talent as a designer, his passion for clothes and style, and his love for Goa and its heritage. Bottomline: A rich tapestry of history, clothing and passionate prose. http://www.thehindu.com/arts/magazine/article2813805.ece Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment www.goanet.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Dr Pedro Alexandre award to cartoonist Alexyz
Dr Pedro Alexandre award to cartoonist Alexyz The 5th Dr Pedro Alexandre Amor Cabral Adao memorial 2011 award will be awarded to cartoonist Alexyz Raphael Fernandes. Alexyz has been doing cartoons for over three decades in Goa for all the established newspapers and magazine. He has also cartooned for Bombay based papers like the Indian Express, The Sunday Observer, Midday, The Readers Digest, etc. Presently he does a daily cartoon for the Gomantak Times and monthly for Goa Today. The award has been institued by the Konkoni Songit Somajik Kala Kendra Taleigao in memory of the former Consul Geral de Portugal in Goa. The function will be held at Black Box, Kala Academy, Campal, Panjim, Goa on January 23 at 11.30am Alexyz most significant work included his long agitation to make Konkani the State language. He is the author of 4 books - SPORTOONS, HOWZZAT! A Century of Cricket Cartoons; Goa: Paradise Lost and Goa...Goan...Goaing...Gone..? The awards include: Jaycees Goa, Vincent Verodiana Award, USA, Special Award for Humor, Portugal. He has been invited for exhibitions from the House of Commons, England; San Francisco, USA; Toronto, Canada; Lisbon, Portugal; Kuwait and Dubai, UAE; Melbourme, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand. = First published in Gomantak Times, Goa - January 21, 2012 Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment www.goanet.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] 'Tiatr will be 120 years old this April' - Tomazinho Cardozo
'Tiatr will be 120 years old this April' DOLCY D’CRUZ As every institution, the Tiatr Academy of Goa ( TAG) has its share of decision making and has successfully worked out schemes that help the younger and older generation of tiatrists. Giving a brief history of the academy, Tomazinho Cardozo, President of TAG says, “ This demand to form an academy was put forward by followers of Konkani in Roman script. When demanding for Konkani as the official language, there was equal status for Konkani in Roman script and Devnagiri script. Now since Konkani is mostly written in Devnagiri script, we put forward 13 demands which included changing the name of the indoor auditorium in Ravindra Bhavan as Joao Agostinho Hall which has been done. A cultural policy was implemented whose Chairman was Dr Nandakumar Kamat. He asked me to give inputs about tiatr for the cultural policy. The Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat showed great interest as he felt that tiatr was the most dramatic art form of Goa and yet it was not given due respect. Though I am not beneficial to the CM in his political life in any way, he selected me as the President of the academy and formed the Tiatr Academy of Goa.” Tiatrs have been performed at different levels in Goa. What brought about an academy after all these years? Tomazinho answers, “ Tiatr will be 120 years old on April 17, 2012 and so far tiatrs were being organised by dramatic troupes with no financial support by the government. It was done completely on their cost and the commercial success where there is no chance for experimentation with the form but just giving people what they want to watch. Through the institution, we bring up the standard of tiatr so that the tiatrists can experiment with the form and take it to the next level. The government has given TAG one crore, eight lakhs rupees to start the academy and a separate amount to start a library. A ten member committee was selected which in turn elected a ten member General Council who unitedly elected the Vice President. An eight member executive board was formed to bring functional structure. Once the entire committee was formed, 36 schemes were decided upon for each section of tiatr and music.” Each schemes plays an important role towards preserving tiatr and since the academy was formed more efforts were made to get information for aging tiatrists. “There was no oral documentation of tiatrs as once the tiatr was performed the script would be misplaced. Through the scheme ‘ oral documentation of history of tiatr’ we meet and interview aging tiatrists on video. They have a lot of information which would be lost if not documented. There is a scheme of ‘ documentation of tiatr through research work’ through which three books have been released. One book ‘ Konkani Gramophone Records’, brings out the importance behind the recording of Konkani songs on vinyl records right from the first song. ‘Mirmirancho Mog’ sang by Joao Agostinho in 1910 to the last song recorded in 1983.” Tiatr is a unique form of drama enjoyed by a huge population in Goa. TAG is trying to preserve the true form of tiatr. “ Our aim is to preserve the form of tiatr as it has music but it is not a musical, it has prose but it is not like most English or Marathi plays. The popular form of tiatr has 6- 7 acts where each act has four small songs, comedy linked with the story, songs in the form of solos, duets, trios and quartets which together brings out the uniqueness of tiatr. Tiatr is majority enjoyed by the Catholic community, however over the years, many non- catholics have also joined tiatrs to perform onstage or to handle the technical aspects backstage. ‘Mahanand’, a tiatr brought in a huge number of non- Catholics to watch the tiatr and there are people to witness tiatrs on a regular basis. There is a charm in watching a live performance and I don’t think, tiatr will be affected by CD and VCD productions.” TAG has a lot more goals to achieve. “ Although tiatr is popular, it has to have a standard and has to go on par with plays in other languages on a national level. TAG is working on a model tiatr and it is making efforts to involve children as they are the future of tiatr,” he concludes. http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=3349boxid=153334437uid=dat=1%2f18%2f2012 Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment www.goanet.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Researching history and cultural heritage
Researching history and cultural heritage Anil Shankhwalker Xavier Centre of Historical Research was established in 1977 by the Society of Jesus ( Province of Goa ). The centre is designed to serve as a base for scholarly research in the history and cultural heritage of India with particular emphasis on contemporary culture and social issues affecting the state of Goa. During the course of last 34 years the Institute has earned a reputation as one of the premiere Institute of India. It has established an identity of its own and is known for the academic research, organising national level seminars and workshops with a focus on the challenges facing Goa and India. The centre seeks to raise research consciousness among the local talent th lectures, seminars, exhibitions and other means. The XCHR has got well equipped library which stocks around 3 books including rare atlases , photocopied and cyclostyled Government reports, seminar papers, bibliographies, paper clippings and loose maps mainly in English and Portuguese languages. The centre has been building this Library along the following main areas of research -- Asia during the Portuguese presence in the east; Issues impacting developing countries; Church in Goa / India; Jesuits in Goa/ India; Goan and Indo- Portuguese History and History of Indo – Portuguese Christian Art. The Library has also houses rare collection of journals, newspapers and other serial publications. The membership of this library is open to everyone. The annual membership fee for Indian citizen is Rs 2500, while for the students of Goa University the library registration fees are only Rs 500. There is facility of one day registration for students of Goa University. For one day the students of M.A. are charged Rs 75 and for BA students Rs 50 will be charged. XCHR is not a lending library. And readers are not allowed to take the books outside the Library. Besides Library XCHR has also got Xavier Museum which has a collection of select portions of Indians and Indo- Portuguese Christian Art. Some items in the collection are of unique and exquisite composition such as 20 original water colour paintings by renowned Goan painter Angelo da Fonseca. Conceived along the lines of ‘ interactive museum’ the exhibits are accompanied by multimedia / audio- visual presentations relating to Goan History and culture. Another feature of XCHR is the Xavier Art Gallery where Goan artists can exhibits their creations . XCHR provides indoor and outdoor space for young and talented artists to showcase their skills. XCHR has so far published/ supported publication of 22 books on various subjects. XCHR keeps scholars, institutions and Public inform about the new developments in the fields of Indo- Portuguese and Goan History. The Director of XCHR Fr Savio Abreu, SJ, who took over as a Director of the Centre on 23rd May 2011 stated that he wants to increase the visibility and public profile of the Centre by organizing various events and activities as also to concentrate on improving and enhancing the academic and research component of XCHR so that it could maintain its eminent status as a premier research Institute in Goa. Keeping this vision in mind XCHR organized a National Seminar “ Goa 2011: Reviewing and Recovering 50 Years” in September 2011, in association with Directorate of Art and Culture. Nearly 150 people from different colleges and other educational and research institutions in Goa participated actively in the discussions and deliberations as 19 papers on diverse themes dealing with post – liberation Goan society were presented at the seminar. Fr Abreu further stated that XCHR wants to reach out to schools in more ways through various competitions. They have also plans to organize training programmes for schools and colleges teachers on how to make History and research attractive to students and start courses in the History and Culture of Goa. Since XCHR do not receive grants from the state government they face financial crunch due to which they are unable to undertake activities on larger scale said Fr Abreu. (ENDS) http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=2971boxid=3166843uid=dat=1%2f5%2f2012 --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Photos from Goa
Here are some pics of old cookbooks: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotoart And since Ronald Searle passed on a few days ago, here are some Mario worksMario was influenced by Searle. http://www.flickr.com/photos/goafurniture/ Ronald Searle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Searle Mario Miranda: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Miranda Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment www.goanet.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Konknni Book Release: Kallzache Kholayek Thaun (Epifanio Valadares)
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Konknni Book Release: Kallzache Kholayek Thaun
Kallzache Kholayek Thaun a novel written in Konknni Romi by a young and
budding writer Epifanio Valadares will be released on January 5, 2012 at
Tiatr Akademi's Conference Hall at 4:30pm.
The book release function is organised by Happyfun Publications,
Penha-de-Franca. President of Tiatr Akademi, Goa Tomazinho Cardozo, will
be the Chief Guest, while Fr Mario Pereira, Parish Priest of
Penha-de-Franca will be the Guest of Honour. Premanand a Lotlikar,
President of Dalgado Konknni Akademi will preside over the function.
Well known Konknni writer and vicepresident of Goa Konkani akademi Vincy
Quadros will review the book, and Konknni writer Jose Salvador Fernandes
will compere the function.
Source: Herald, January 4, 2012
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[Goanet] Indo German Confluence - II begins January 11, 2012
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HERALD FEATURES
The Indo German Educational and Cultural Society Goa and Guitar Guild
Goa (GGG) in collaboration with Kala Academy Goa and Music University of
Nuremberg, Germany are hosting a festival of Western Classical music
titled Indo German Confluence - II.
This 12 day festival will specially commemorate the 60 years of
friendship between Germany and India as well as the Golden Jubilee of
Goa's liberation
From January 11 to 15, 2012 there will be public and private
masterclasses, lectures and workshops for violin, cello and piano. These
will be offered by Professor Ulf Klausenitzer, Hartmut Krause, Rudiger
Clauss and Lin Lin Fan. Klausenitzer and Fan are both from the Music
University of Nuremberg; while Krause and Clauss are from the Frankfurt
Opera Orchestra.
The Festival will also see rehearsals and instruction for 2012 Festival
String Orchestra comprising musicians from Goa State Symphony Orchestra,
guest musicians from India and the team from Germany. It will be
conducted by Prof. Klausenitzer and have Hartmut Krause as concertmaster.
The concert series of this Festival will start from January 16, 2012.
Jan 16 - Opening concert of violin duets by Klausenitzer and Krause
accompanied by Lin Lin Fan on piano, at Kala Academy.
Jan 17 - Violin and Piano concert by Sanya Cotta and Lin Lin Fan, at
Kala Academy
Jan 18 - 2012 Festival String Orchestra performance at Goa Institute of
Management Auditorium with soloists Pheroze Mistri, Ash-ley Rego and
Sanya Cotta.
Jan 19 - Public Performance of the Finalists of the 3rd David Menezes
National Violin Competition 2012, at Kala Academy.
Jan 20 - 2012 Festival String Orchestra performance at Kala Academy with
soloists Pheroze Mistri, Ashley Rego and Sanya Cotta.
Jan 21 - Top Dog Brass Band from Dresden, Germany.
Jan 22 - Closing concert by members of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra from
Berlin, Germany.
The third David Menezes National Violin Competition 2012 is an event
that is organized by GGG about every three years, since it began in
2005. The first prize for the competition is Rs 50,000, the second prize
is Rs 30,000 and third prize is Rs 20,000. Consolation prizes of Rs
5,000 each will be awarded to the remaining finalists. It is sponsored
by the CMM Group of which late David Menezes was a director; he was well
known for his philanthropy and work for musical causes, being passionate
about violin playing himself.
Entry forms and details can be got from Rui Lobo at Garden Central Music
Studio, near Panjim Municipal Garden or the website
http://cmmgroup.in/davidmenezes for online registration.
The last date for entries has been extended to January 7, 2012.
Source: Herald, January 4, 2012
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[Goanet] And now.......the Konkani Kolaveri......
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Extending the global Kolaveri trendRyan D'Souza adds a Konkani flavor.
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[Goanet] Tiatrists 'raid' shops in old Goa, marcela
Tiatrists 'raid' shops in old Goa, marcela Pirated CDs handed over to police TEAM HERALD OLD GOA: It was a drama of a different kind, as a group of tiatr artistes raided two shops at Old Goa and Marcela on Wednesday and found 250 pirated CDs. A day after Mapusa Police seized 4,000 pirated CDs from a shop in Mapusa, the group of tiatrists, led by Francis de Tuem, found 100 pirated CDs in a shop at Old Goa and 150 pirated CDs in a shop at Marcela. The CDs picked up from the Old Goa shop were later handed over to the Old Goa police, while Anil Pednekar filed a police complaint against the shop owner. The group of tiatrists involved in the raid consisted of Neville Pereira, Luis Bachan, Willy Silveira, Mathew Araujo, Comedian Bryan, Socorro de St Cruz and Anseet. Police has booked a case under Copyright Act. We are barely able to break even when we launch our CDS. To make matters worse, pirated CDs lead to a further loss of our revenue, Francis de Tuem told Herald. Neville Pereira said: We come out with Konkani CDs because of our love for our mother tongue. But if pirated CDs are allowed to be distributed, it would destroy our interest in producing CDs. http://74.127.61.178/herald/Details.aspx?id=3084boxid=52644592uid=dat=12%2f23%2f2011 Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment www.goanet.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Goa's Golden Extravaganza
Goa's Golden Extravaganza Having completed 50 years of Goa’s liberation, its time to celebrate our culture…to celebrate our language Konkani and to celebrate ourselves! IMPACT is proud to celebrate Goa’s 50 years of liberation through music and dance. For the 1st time in Goa, a concept never explored before... bringing Konkani music and Ballroom dance on 1 stage together! Watch Goa’s best ballroom dancers’ dance to the tunes of Konkani music played live on stage! Together they will create magic! A perfect blend of western and Goan culture through music and dance will be showcased to you by Goa’s most famous band ‘Rhythm Blues’ and Nationally applauded Goa’s heartthrob ‘Dance Illusions’. So you will see your very own favourite dancers do the international jive, rumba, cha cha, waltz, tango etc on Konkani music. We also have our most loved Acacio, Queenie- Voice of Goa 2011, Joanne- Voice of Goa 06 and Loy D’Silva on the vocals to add sparkle to this mega event! Not to miss out on the thrilling drums and tabla jugalbandi by Glen Mayuresh Vast adding an extra flavour to the evening. Date : Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Venue: Ravindra Bhavan, Margao *Tickets available at VIBES, City Center Ravindra Bhavan Flyer: http://bit.ly/GooGoldenExtravaganza2011 Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] BOOKS: All for the love of His 'Mai Bhas'
All for the love of His 'Mai Bhas' It is indeed rare to find a person so patriotic and passionate, that he would sacrifice so much for his mother tongue. Brazinho Soares has an enviable collection (rather a treasure trove) of printed material in the Konkani language and has done much for this language in Romi script, especially as a writer and researcher. By Elvis Sequeira (Herald) If one comes across the short stature, thin built Brazinho Soares from St Cruz Tiswadi at the Shravani General Stores, in St Cruz market where he comes to buy his copy of the Herald every morning, one would not even give him a second look. But, deep within his unimposing physical frame and simple and unassuming nature is a great lover and collector of Konkani books, a tiatrist and a prolific writer of Konkani in the Romi script. Right from his childhood Brazinho spent a lot of time reading Konkani magazines, periodicals and novels called “ Romansi’ published in Romi script from Mumbai but were available in Goa. After reading the books, Brazinho would not sell them as ‘ raddi’ or throw them away, but would preserve each one of them with great care as something precious. What started initially as hobby, turned into a consuming passion and it soon overtook all his other likings when one of his poems was published in the weekly ‘ Aitarachem Vachop’ on February 9, 1958, by its Editor Fr Caitano Lobo who was the driving force behind Brazinho and encouraged him to write in Konkani. Since then he has collected more than 1300 Konkani books in Romi script, besides newspaper copies, Konkani novels, magazines and periodicals. Recalling an incident which took place way back in 1962, Brazinho reveals, “ I visited Mumbai in the year 1962. Initially it was planned as a two day trip, but turned out to be a month long stay as I spent all my money plus Rs 150 which I had borrowed from my relatives in Mumbai to buy every Konkani book that I could lay my hands on. In the end, I had no money to pay for the steamer ticket to return to Goa which at that time cost Rs 15, so I had to extend my stay in Mumbai till I could collect money to pay my return fare.” ‘ Gorvassi voiz’ a book on medicine for lay people and ‘ Bail’ published in 1917 are some of the oldest books in his collection. When asked which book he considers his prized possession, he names ‘ Historia de Goa’ and ‘ Gomantak’ written by Jose Manuel Pinto and published in 1915. The initial price of the book was Re1, but Brazinho had to shell out Rs 50 to add it to his collection. Brazinho not only collected books and periodicals, he also collected and preserved handbills of tiatrs printed on ordinary paper which in olden days were strewn from a moving car fitted with a loudspeaker to announce a tiatr. Today, he has a collection of over 1000 such handbills which provides us with an insight into tiatrs staged from the time it came into existence. When asked if he would ever sell or donate his collection to any Institution he says, “ I am very possessive about my books and as long as I am alive, I will not give them to anybody. Let my children decide what to do with them after I am gone.” Besides being a passionate book collector, Brazinho has contributed news reports, stories, poems and other articles to various Konkani publications besides publishing books on his own. He has won several awards and felicitations for his writings from various institutions including the government of Goa which conferred on him the State Award for Literature in the year 2006, his name also features in the book “ Who’s Who Of Indian Writers” of Sahitya Academy New Delhi as one of the best Konkani poets. Brazinho’s role as a tiatrist has not been widely acknowledged as he has mostly worked behind the scenes to ensure that a tiatr runs smoothly. He has written, directed and staged three tiatrs namely ‘ Mogacho xevott Ximeterint’ ‘ Konn To Khunni’ and ‘ Butanchem Ghor’. He has also acted in many tiatrs staged in the late 1960s. Brazinho concludes, “ Tiatr has improved a lot, in terms of stage setting, acting and other aspects, but still lacks in variety. As far as songs are concerned, tiatrists of today also need to have a proper dress code as many times they ( especially ladies) wear hi- fi dresses whilst enacting the house scenes, this looks out of place.” http://74.127.61.178/herald/Details.aspx?id=2789boxid=32949718uid=dat=12%2f16%2f2011 --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Goa Arts and Literary Festival
Goa Arts and Literary Festival DATES: 17 - 21 December 2011 VENUE: The International Centre Goa, Goa University Rd, Dona Paula, Goa Organised and Hosted by The International Centre Goa - http://www.internationalcentregoa.com/ In Partnership with Goa Writers - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goawriters Goa Konkani Akademi - http://www.goakonkaniakademi.org/ Gomantak Marathi Academy - http://www.gomantakmarathiacademy.org/ Indian Ateliers - http://www.indianateliers.com/ Detail program at: http://www.goaartlitfest.com/pdf/GoaArtLitFestDec11_Program.pdf 2011 Artists / Performers / Publishers: http://www.goaartlitfest.com/galf2011/participatingartist_2011.htm More information at: http://www.goaartlitfest.com/ Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] NOITADA PORTU GOESA - A Goan Portuguese Nite
“NOITADA PORTU GOESA” - A Goan Portuguese Nite DATE: Sunday, December 18, 2011 TIME: 7:30pm onwards VENUE: Nostalgia, 608 Margarida's Haunt, No Bairo Ozro, Raia, Goa MUSIC: VERSATYLE - The newest band in town to keep one in the mood and on the floor (English, Portuguese and Konkani) Also get enchanted to the magical combinations of Latin/Reggae Rumba by PANCHO SAL all the way from Vancouver, Canada. FOOD: A typical Nostalgia Buffet with Goan Portuguese delicacies inclusive of BACALHAU. Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Obituary: Venancio Frederico D’Souza (Freddy) (Doha, Qatar / Aldona, Goa)
O B I T U A R Y Venancio Frederico D’Souza (Freddy) (Doha, Qatar / Aldona, Goa) Died: 20 November 2011 Beloved husband of Estela (Ella) Loving father / father-in-law of Elvis (Qatar Foundation)/ Janice (Qatar Airways), Elton (Australia) Affectionate grandfather of Jayden, Elayne and Keyara Uncle of Collin Mesquita (Ex Qatar/USA) Funeral held on November 24, 2011 at 4 pm at St. Thomas Church, Aldona, Goa Source: John DeSa Goanet Obit www.goanet.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] 2nd edition of Goa Arts and Literary Festival
The 2nd Goa Arts and Literary Festival coincides with the 50th anniversary of Goa's liberation after 451 years of colonial rule. It is an opportunity to reflect on the idea of India as reflected through the perspective of cultures, communities and writers on the margins of the grand historical narrative of the country. There will be a particular emphasis on Diaspora, on the Goan and other Indian migrant communities across the world which retain different ideas about what being Indian means, as well as on the North-East of India and its art, music and literature. Music, painting and photography, poetry, journalism and publishing, debates, discussions and book-releases: from 17-21 December, the 2nd Goa Arts and Literary festival promises a truly historic cultural event of the highest standard, with delegates attending from around the world. In collaboration with Sahitya Academy, Goa Writers Group, Goa Konkani Akademi, Gomantak Marathi Akademi, Indian Ateliers, Heritage Jazz, Konkani Rocks, hindustimes.com, Planet Goa, Department of Tourism - Government of Goa and Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), the 2nd annual Goa Arts and Literary Festival organised and hosted by The International Centre Goa will celebrate 50 years of democracy after decolonization, Goa's Golden Jubilee. The Festival will be held on 17-21 December, exactly 50 years after the historic days when Indian troops conquered, and annexed Goa. It was another dramatic moment in history for this tiny territory, which has experienced many. Each day of the Festival will recall 1961, featuring historians and witnesses to the sensational events as they occurred, as well as lectures, special book releases, and panel discussions about the Goan experience of the Estado da India, quite different from much of the rest of the subcontinent's experience with the British Raj. The 2011 Goa Arts and Literary Festival will celebrate creative excellence across India, with a special focus on Goa and its Diaspora. As with the inaugural edition, there will be prominent daily showcases for the best contemporary poetry from across India, and for the extraordinary writers and musicians of the North East. Events such as this Festival will be held annually so that the quality of the Festival is enriched and enhanced every year by involving more and more people and their ideas and the image of Goa in people’s mind is of a more vibrant cultural and intellectual destination. Participating Authors: Aatish Taseer, Abhay Sardesai, Amitav Ghosh, Amitava Kumar, Anand Patwardhan, Anjum Hasan, Aniruddha Sen Gupta, Bhalchandra Nemade,Bilal Tanweer,Charles Correa,Chiki Sarkar, Cyril Almeida, Deborah Baker, Desmond L Kharmawphlang, Eunice de Souza, Fatima Bhutto, Gulzar, H M Naqvi, Jai Arjun Singh, Jerry Pinto,Jonathan Shainin, Kiran Nagarkar, Kjell Eriksson, Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih, Manohar Shetty, Mamang Dai, Meena Kandasamy,Mini Nair, Mitra Phukan, Mohammed Hanif, Mridula Garg,M. T. Vasudevan Nair, Naresh Fernandes, Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee, Pablo Bartholomew, Pavan K Varma, Ranjit Hoskote, Robin Ngangom, S. Anand, Sadia Dehlvi, Saeed Akhtar Mirza, Samar Halarnkar, Sidharth Bhatia, Shahidul Alam, Shailaja Bajpai,Sharmila Kamat, Shehan Karunatilaka, Sheen Kaaf Nizam, Sivasankari, Sonia Faleiro, Sudhir Kakar, Sukrita Paul Kumar, Sunil Khilnani, Urvashi Butalia,Temsula Ao,Teju Cole, Vishwas Patil, Zac O'Yeah Participating Artists and Performers: Dr. Alka Pande, Atul Dodiya, Durgabai Vyam, Gulam Mohd Sheikh, Himanshu Suri, Lou Majaw, Luis Gumby Pinto, Subhash Vyam,Dr. Subodh Kerkar, Suresh Jayaram, Suresh Jayaram, Vijay Iyer Source: http://www.goaartlitfest.com/ Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] BOOK REVIEW: Taj Mahal Foxtrot (Naresh Fernandes) - reviewed by Sanjay Iyer
as harbingers of change. Naresh Fernandes chooses to let his historical narrative end as the rock ‘n’ roll bands take hold of the English-speaking elites in Bombay. ‘Foxtrot Bombay’ straddles an era of hope, madness, faith in free musicality and independence. Frank Fernand is long gone, and Micky Correa passed away in September 2011 at the age of 98. Jazz is no longer an abstraction in our globalised world. Bombay has become Mumbai, and the raucous jazzy sound of the reeds and brass has mostly vanished. Naresh Fernandes worries: “Contemporary Bombay is not only doing its best to choke the spaces in which the quirky and the eccentric can survive, it has also lost its ability to agree on a central melody. Taj Mahal Foxtrot is a gentle plea for a new score.” (ENDS) http://www.caravanmagazine.in/Story.aspx?StoryID=1190Page=1 Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] XCHR: The Awakening of the Indian Film Theory (Gaston Roberge)
The Xavier Centre of Historical Research presents History Hour The Awakening of the Indian Film Theory By Gaston Roberge, SJ DATE: November 30, 2011 TIME: 5:30pm VENUE: Xavier Centre of Historical Research, B B Borkar Road, Alto Porvorim, Goa www.xchr.in In this age of fierce globalization it is high time that we formulate 'The Indian Film Theory', a theory that informs the films that Gaston Roberge calls Indian folk-movies, seen and enjoyed more than once by millions of Indians over a long period of time. Roberge will discuss the reasons why that theory has not been formulated so far, the main reason being the class mentality. He proposes a pedagogy of the media oppressed comprising seven steps of self-education for liberation. Fr. Gaston Roberge SJ is an acclaimed media critic and film scholar. Having pursued an MA in Theatre Art (Film), University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Fr Roberge, in collaboration with Satyajit Ray, founded the Chitrabani — the only independent film library in Kolkata. He has authored several books and contributed with many articles to different publications on cinema. His book Communication Cinema Development: From Morosity to Hope won the National Award (special mention) at the 46th National Film Festival of India in 1999. Fr Gaston Roberge SJ continues to be senior most faculty member at the Department of Mass Communication and Videography at St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. He is one of the pioneers who initiated, cultivated and nurtured the film academia in this country. Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Goa gets First cookbook exclusively on Desserts
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Goa gets First cookbook exclusively on Desserts
‘Desserts First’, Goa’s first cookbook exclusively on desserts, was
released by Vijayadevi Rane, at a glittering, largely attended function
in Panjim recently.
Written by Pallavi Salgaocar and published by Printer’s Devil, ‘Desserts
First’ is Pallavi’s gift to fellow foodies with the proverbial ‘sweet
tooth’. The paperback contains over a hundred recipes of cheesecakes,
puddings, pies, ice-creams, fruity desserts, cookies, pancakes, Indian
sweets, drinks and more.
The author, Pallavi Salgaocar addressed the gathering saying,
“Essentially ‘Desserts First’ a collection of my favourite recipes, is
simple yet delightful. They don’t have fussy decorations nor are they
too time-consuming. I have borne in mind the needs of the modern woman.”
This book is Pallavi’s tribute to all home cooks who experiment,
innovative and serve delightful desserts. It also contains basic recipes
and tips to fill the reader on everything she/ he needs to know to make
that ‘ special dessert’.
Chief Guest of the function, Vijayadevi Rane expressed joy at releasing
such an interesting all-desserts book. And Guest of Honour Sanjeev
Kadkade of the Institute of Hotel Management, Goa congratulated the
author on her efforts.
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[Goanet] OMAN: St Francis Xavier's Feast Mass and Get-together
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The Goan Community of Oman (GCO) will be celebrating the feast of the
Patron Saint of Goa St. Francis Xavier with Mass in Konkani on Thursday,
1st December, 2011 at 7.30 PM at Holy Spirit Church, Ghala. Following
Mass, there will be the Annual Get-together of all Goans in Oman at
Ghala Church Hall from 8.30 PM onwards.
Feast mass will also be celebrated in Konkani on Friday 2nd December,
2011 at Saints Peter Paul Church, Ruwi at 10.30 AM.
The Get-together will include:
- Distribution of Academic Awards
- Sumptuous Festa Dinner
- Social - inclusive of a live band by “Go Africa”, dancing and spot
prizes.
Invitation tickets are available with the GCO Managing Committee members
(goans.o...@gmail.com) and also at the Ruwi Church Parish Office.
Please inform other Goans who may not have received this email
communication.
Source: GCO
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[Goanet] Children Dance Performance organized by Jan Ugahi Trust
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We dance for laughter,
We dance for tears,
We dance for madness,
We dance for fears,
We dance for hopes,
We dance for screams,
We are the dancers,
We create the dreams.
It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance.
It's the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance
We present young hearts who have dared to dream,
taken their chances and learned to dance
Children from 25 Schools in South Goa
accepted the opportunity offered by
CHILDLINE-Jan Ugahi Trust
with support from Department of Art Culture, Govt of Goa
to convert their dreams into reality.
Jan Ugahi Trust, together with the children
cordially invite you to watch them dance their dreams
at
Anna Fonte Garden, Margao, Goa
on
Sunday, 13th Nov, 2011
6:30 - 8:00pm
Jan Ugahi Trust
V-19 Vikrant, Malbhat, Margao, Goa 403 601
janug...@gmail.com, janugahitr...@yahoo.com
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[Goanet] Semana da Cultura - Multilingual Reading Session
The Executive Committee of the III SEMANA DA CULTURA INDO-PORTUGUESA (GOA) invites everyone, irrespective of age, to participate in the MULTILINGUAL READING SESSION to be held at International Centre Goa, Dona Paula, on 26th November 2011 from 3.30 to 8.30 pm. The Reading Session has the objective of creating and consolidating the reading habits and to reveal new talents in the art of eloquence, promoting and developing the plurilingual competence and the intercultural dialogue through literature. This year's edition will be graced by the presence of Portuguese writer Raquel Ochoa, recipient of the literary award Revelacao Agustina Bessa-Luis in 2009 for the publication of her first romance A Casa-Comboio. For registration the participants have to contact the Executive Committee of SEMANA (email: semanadeg...@gmail.com) or CLP/Instituto Cameos, Panjim (email: clpicpan...@gmail.com ; ph: 6647737/2422237) giving the full name, age, address, telephone number, title of the texts and language. In case of reading texts in Portuguese language the participant has to provide the English translation. Participation will consist of reading expressive texts or excerpts of short stories, narratives or poems in a time limit of 10 minutes. Number of participants being limited, it is requested to confirm the attendance or participation at the earliest. The final list of the participants will be set up on 24th November 2011. All the participants will receive Certificate of Participation and books offered by Instituto Camoes. Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] MUSIC: ProMusica piano recital by Gergely Bogányi
DATE: Sunday, November 20, 2011 TIME: 7 pm VENUE: Angels Resort, Porvorim, Goa Donation passes are available at Furtados Music outlets and will also be available at the door at the venue prior to the concert. PERFORMER: Gergely Bogányi (http://www.gergelyboganyi.com/eng/index.php) has become one of the most sought-after and cherished pianists of his generation. His brilliant technique, coupled with a deeply expressed, artistic interpretation has made him an outstanding international performer. In 1996 he earned the Gold Medal at the “International Franz Liszt Competition” in Budapest, one of the most distinguished competitions in the world. He pays tribute to Franz Liszt in his bicentenary year with a concert in Goa featuring some of the composer's most formidable works. The programme also has works by Chopin. Source: Luis Dias Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Voice of Goa final audition held
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Voice of Goa final audition held PANJIM: The Kingfisher Voice of Goa final audition was held at BPS Club, Margao. The semifinalists in the Konkani category are: Darsdhila Chari ( 1) Mangirish Dharwadkar ( 2) and Akib Shah ( 3) won top honours while Caitan Agonda, Ashref Subrino, Glen Fernandes, Valentine Cardozo, Monalisa Barreto, Elton Fernandes, Anselmo Fernandes, Sonam Naik, Unis Mendes, Menino Gracias, and Mohammed Swebhavi, Jehanne Fernandes won the top prize in the English category, followed by Clide Machado and Clifton Furtado who won second and third, respectively. The other semifinalists were Cicero Fernandes, Audrey Fernandes, Sheena Gomes, Ariestor Vaz, Omkar H, Danny Fernandes, Gavin Fernandes, Angelo D’Costa, Sevilla Coutinho, Anselmo Fernandes, Terencio Fernandes, Christina Falerio, Caroline Cordeiro, Mariolla O’neill, Wikita Fernandes, Rohan Barreto, Mabel Valadares, Stacey Mascarenhas, Audrey Vaz, Devahish Majumdar, Kunal D’Costa, and Ashley Coelho. The semi- finals will be on November 6. Vaishali Sawant and Bombay Vikings are set to rock the stage at the finals on November 12 and 13. http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=1932boxid=55625906uid=dat=11/2/2011 Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] Quebec Goan Association to celebrate St. Francis Xavier Feast
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Quebec Goan Association - Montreal St. Francis Xavier Feast Celebration The QGA would like to announce that preparations are well underway for the Saint Francis Xavier's Feast and we look forward to having you, your family and friends join us in celebrating this very special and auspicious Feast of our homeland. We wish to remind you that this year Mass will be held in the Hall at exactly 6:00pm. Please make sure to purchase your tickets between the 15th of October and 20th of November and no later as they will not be sold at the door. http://quebec-goan-association.blogspot.com/2011/10/st-francis-xavier-feast-quebec-goan.html Source: Mary Silveira, President - QGA Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] BOOK RELEASE: 'Priscilla's Nose - 9 Stories from Goa' and
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Jose Lourenco of Margao has released his first e-book. 'Priscilla's Nose - 9 Stories from Goa' is available at Smashwords.com, a website that publishes and distributes e-books all over the cyberworld. Check it out at: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95857 One fifth of the book is available for free sampling, so you can read two stories by clicking on 'View' in the various download options. Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] Konkani film at the Marbella International Film Festival
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Konkani film at the Marbella International Film Festival Sharon Mazarello's Konkani Film TUM KITEM KORTOLO ASLO? (What would you do?) will be screened at the Marbella International Film Festival. This is the only Film from India to be screened at the Marbella International Film Festival this year. FILM: TUM KITEM KORTOLO ASLO? (What would you do?) DATE: October 15, 2011 TIME: 1pm FEATURE LENGTH: 2 hours LANGUAGE: Konkani Subtitles: English LINKS: www.sharon-shamazfilmsgoa.blogspot.com http://www.marbellafilmfestival.com/index.php/en/screening-prog-oct-2011.html Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] OMAN: GCO Annual Picnic
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- The Goan Community of Oman has scheduled it’s annual picnic. DATE: Friday, October 21, 2011 VENUE: Barka farm DEPARTURE: 9am RETURN: 6pm (approx) Depending on the number of attendees, buses will be arranged. The fee, inclusive of snacks, lunch, tea/coffee and transport, has been fixed at R.O. 3/= per adult/child. Free for children below 10 years of age. Those who would like to attend are requested to remit their contribution to one of the GCO representatives. The assembly point will be announced shortly, where your private vehicles can be parked, since we will be travelling in 50 seater buses. Please register immediately to avoid last minute disappointment. Source: www.goansinoman.com Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] DUBAI: Art Competition
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- St. Mary's Goan Community presents lil picassos DATE: October 22, 2011 TIME: 2:45pm AGE GROUPS: 3-5 years, 6-8 years, 9-12 years REGISTER AT: http://goo.gl/ZZvC2 Registration will close on October 18, 2011 Participants requested to bring their own materials. Drawing paper and theme will be provided on the spot. Colouring Media: Color pencils, crayons, felt-tip pens only. Prize distribution will be held on October 28, 2011 on the Annual Picnic Day. http://www.goancommunity.com/ Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] An exhibition on the life of a great Goan artist
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- An exhibition on the life of a great Goan artist Published on: October 11, 2011 Veteran artist and friend of late artist, F N Souza, Jatin Das said that he still couldn’t imagine that Souza is not any more with us. He said “His works are still fresh in my mind; it is almost ten years now.” He was speaking at an interactive session with writer, Margaret Mascarenhas during the inaugural photo exhibition on F N Souza by Ida Kar. The exhibition features portrait pictures of F N Souza and is being held at the Sunaparants Goa Centre of Arts, Altinho, Panaji. Recollecting the good old days, he added, “I met him in the year 1961, when I was still in the art college. The group he formed—Progressive Artists’ Group was made for survival.” Das further commented that FN Souza’s writing was like his paintings. “He wrote like a machine gun. He was a stalwart. There were many artists who could not stand him as he was outspoken and challenged people.” Speaking about his style of painting, Das mentioned that F N Souza devoted himself totally to art. “He could paint everyday. He used to spread the canvas on the floor and paint directly from the tube, and not from the palette” Das remembered. He also brought out the fact that now there are hundreds of fake F N Souza paintings, which are being exhibited at galleries. Prior to this interaction, Conor Macklin of Grosvenor Gallery, London, who has brought this travelling exhibition to Goa, spoke about Ida Kar and her works. The event was well attended by artists, writers and art lovers. http://www.navhindtimes.in/iwatch/exhibition-life-great-goan-artist Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] Deepika, the angel on Wendell’s magical beach
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[Goanet] TANZANIA: Goans in Arusha come together for World Goa Day
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- The G.O.A. Committee Members this year decided to go out to a near by place called the Tanzanite Hotel on the 21st of August 2011. We offered evening mass at St. Peter Paul church, Kijenge so that we could leave early for the next day. 2 groups Bardez Salcette started off with the first game which was peeling the potatoes. While the popatoes were getting peeled other were busy with kuku (chicken) choma and pork chops, while others started with salad. Unfortunately that day was bit cloudy and cold so except the kids no one else dared to enter the pool. Roma was busy with his DJ music keeping us entertained, while the youngsters played volley ball. Text and photos at: http://www.goarusha.com/2011-goaday.html Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] COLUMN: Coast with the most
Coast with the most By Vivek Menezes Dive right in Ajey Patil’s love affair with the ocean began when he first ventured underseas, back in 1992. An experienced, PADI-certified diving instructor, Patil spent several years in the Andamans before returning to Goa, where he and his sister Amruta – the graphic novelist – grew up. Here the self-described “marine engineer, naturalist, and raconteur” set up his friendly, family-run dive shop and training centre in 2007. Over the years, Patil has distinguished himself as a patient, diligent diving instructor, who is particularly good with first-timers and younger students. People now fly into the state just to train with him. If you’ve already got your licence, we highly recommend Dive Goa’s overnight stay trips to tiny Netrani, or Pigeon Island, about 220km from Goa, off the coast of the pilgrim-site of Murudeshwar in Karnataka. Besides Lakshwadeep and the Andamans, Netrani offers the best underwater visibility on the coastline of India – and its coral reefs teem with barracuda, triggerfish, eels, groupers, wrasses and other gloriously-coloured creatures you usually see on the Discovery Channel. Dive Goa has options to suit all levels of interest, from advanced certification courses to an excellent one-day session called Discover Scuba Diving, which takes newbies (even non-swimmers!) via a thorough briefing to a pool trial, and then straight into the ocean for Rs. 3,000 per head. Dive Goa, O’Pescador Resort, Dona Paula (www.divegoa.com, 93250-30110, 93250-30109). Go-kartography Goa is about life in the slow lane, right? Well, there’s excitement for speed demons at a go-karting track that sprawls over 482 metres of South Goan countryside in Nuvem, near Margao. Racing enthusiasts can’t get enough: the track has hosted national championships for the past five years – even Narain Karthikeyan showed up to take a spin. The Nuvem track is the brainchild of Christopher Moraes, who has loved cars and racing since childhood. He’s turned out a real labour of love, which includes all kinds of professional detailing, such as designated pit lanes and cambered turns. Go-karting may be Formula 1 in miniature – smaller race cars whizzing around smaller tracks – but there’s nothing pint-sized about the thrills. These cars burn rubber, handle really well, and average more than 70kph on the tracks. Moraes has also kept the prices on the low side: the basic ten-lap package costs just Rs.180. He supplies hygiene caps and helmets as well as the vehicles, but you need to bring your own gloves if you want to go the full Schumacher. Go-Kart Racing, Nuvem, behind Tata Motors Showroom, off NH17 (0832- 275-7899). Ten laps Rs. 180. Crocodile hunters Among Goa’s most outstanding features is its sheer biodiversity. From the coastline up innumer-able waterways to the thick jungles that spill over its borders with Maharashtra and Karnataka, the state provides natural habitats for wild birds, animals and plants that have managed to elude the relentless march of mining, tourism and the real estate industry. One of the richest of these habitats is called the Cumbharjua canal, which connects the backwaters of the Zuari and Mandovi rivers along the eastern limits of Tiswadi, the ancient island that is capped by the state capital Panjim at its other end. Even though the waterway is easily accessible, from boats, using the Cortalim jetty just below the Zuari, tourists never seem to venture here. That’s a pity, because the Cumbharjua canal teems with amazing birdlife – you can spot 50 species in an afternoon including the rare Collared Kingfisher – and is also home to a large population of crocodiles, including the Indian Mugger. On a fine afternoon, take a boat up with Pankaj Lad, the bright and energetic young naturalist behind Canopy, an eco-tourism company that also offers other nature-related tours into the Goan hinterland. Canopy (www.canopygoa.com, 97642-61711, 97640-52225). Boat safari Rs. 1,000 per person. Snakes Alive! Since childhood, Rahul Alvares has had a special affinity with snakes. After he graduated from school, the son of environmental activists Norma and Claude Alvares trained at the Madras Crocodile Bank and soon emerged as one of Goa’s leading snake rescuers. Over the years, he’s captured, handled, and safely released hundreds of pythons, cobras, vipers and other snakes that proliferate in the lush countryside and very often cross into human terrain. Alvares is a multi-talented guy. He’s a top personal trainer, has written two books (the second, Call of the Snake, consists of stories about snake-catching), and also leads popular bird-watching trips all over the state. Most unusual, however is his Snake Watch, a herpetology orientation course. Alvares introduces his students to a variety of wild snakes and covers basic snake-handling, first-aid techniques, and a host of other “snake-y
[Goanet] When Art met Life
When Art met Life The festival that made Panjim feel cool about its heritage and its architectural vestige was undoubtedly the Fontainhas Festival of the Arts By Harshvardhan Bhatkuly News arrived that the deal for this year’s International Film Festival of India was inked out in Delhi. Many may assume that the city has begun to sport a spruced up look because of the IFFI. Although one cannot discount the fact that the IFFI did bring about a change in the way Panjim looks, but it surely was not where it all started. The festival that made Panjim feel cool about its heritage and its architectural vestige was undoubtedly the Fontainhas Festival of the Arts. By far the best time Panjim has had in one of its most charming locales. I was lucky to be a passive party to what could have become an important landmark in Goa’s tourism calendar. But fell prey to disinterest and later cynicism from the organizers, sponsors, residents and yes, the State. The first time round when the Fontainhas Festival was planned, it was as if the entire jigsaw was waiting to be pieced together. The organizers – Goa Heritage Action Group – was a group of very enthusiastic mix of professionals and heritage lovers. Goa had a ‘can-do, will-do’ Chief Minister in the form of Manohar Parrikar. The idea was simple – to focus on Panjim’s heritage by using Fontainhas as a backdrop. The draw was art and the medium were the houses of local residents. For the first time, people in Goa, or for that matter India, opened up their homes for other people to walk in. Art was hung and displayed in the living rooms of Fontainhas residents. People would walk in and appreciate the works, talk to artists and I can name at least a handful of artistic careers which have been the direct creation of this festival. That done, there would be music and live performances enacted in the public squares of Fontainhas. A brass band near Mary Immaculate High School, a ‘ divli naach’ near the fountain ( from which Fontainhas derives its name), Remo belting ‘ Maria Pitashe’ near Panjim Inn or Lorna singing ‘ Red Rose’ from the little ground opposite Antonio Sousa’s house. Add to all this, the essence of authentic Goan cuisine in the bylanes of Fontainhas. Mum’s Kitchen, Hotel Mandovi, Raanchikud and others would dish out mouthwatering wonders one after the other. It used to be a week full of art, music and good cheer. Where friends would meet in the evenings for a bite and a bit of music. Where children would get their poratraits in pencil drawn by students of the art college. Where decent deals for buying local art were cut, thus creating a whole new bunch of artistic pool in Goa. Was the festival successful? Hugely. Just go by how people have begun to restore old houses, not to mention the sudden demand for old ‘ Portuguese’ houses from cash- rich Delhiwallahs and their ilk. The objective of the Goa Heritage Action Group to disseminate information about our architectural and cultural heritage seemed to have been achieved. But then it was the job of the Tourism Department to latch on to such a wonderful property that could have ensured quality tourism for years to come. The one area where the organisers could have fared better was to create a bridge with the residents who not only had to open up their houses and literally compromise on their household privacy for a week or more, but who rightly or wrongly felt used by the authorities. What did they receive besides a fresh coat of paint? My gut feeling is that had they been offered centrestage to being trustees of the event, the Fontainhas Festival would have flourished and gone from strength to strength. This festival which was put together by the collective genius of a handful of people. Further testimony to a fact that the universe conspires to get things done when a few people have a larger interest of the society at heart. The Goa Heritage Action Group has always been blessed with people who mean well for Goa’s cultural and architectural heritage. Now the only missing link is the political will. Sure, the IFFI is a bigger event and draws the stars ( paid for, of course), but the Fontainhas Festival brought art and life of Panjim together. Could we have a once more?! (ENDS) http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=1406boxid=32436468uid=dat=9/29/2011 Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] Germany: Blend it like Wendell
Blend it like Wendell Jagmeeta Thind Joy Posted online: Wed Sep 14 2011, 00:01 hrs It is one of the world’s most acknowledged platform for players in the international organic movement. And each year, BioFach, held in Nuremberg, Germany, attracts around 2,500 exhibitors and thousands of visitors from 130 countries. While Indian exhibitors have been an intrinsic part of the four-day extravaganza in the past, the 2012 edition is going to be special as India has been chosen as the partner country. The star attraction of the Indian pavilion will be Goa-based designer Wendell Rodricks, whose work with natural fabrics and dyes has landed him an invitation to open the fair with a fashion show. “BioFach is a prestigious event and it’s an honour for me to be a part of it, especially in the India-special edition,” remarked Rodricks, who is currently putting together an all-organic collection for the show. The organic fabric he uses has unique properties — it’s anti-perspirant and provides protection against UV rays. Though organic food and agriculture are the other important aspects of the fair, eco-friendly fashion, points out Wendell, is much looked forward to. With ‘sustainability’ as this year’s theme, Rodricks is an apt choice. He’s arguably one of India’s first designer to go eco-chic, having started work with organic fabrics in the early 1990s. Today, he’s well-known for reviving the long-forgotten Kunbi sari of Goa. The Eco-Goa room in Wendell Rodricks Design Space offers garments made with all-organic elements and natural dyes sourced from the Western Ghats, which Rodricks helped restore along with a group of NGOs in Goa. “I have been asked to not only showcase my work with the weavers using natural fabrics and dyes, but also make a presentation on my Kunbi sari project,” he said. The Kunbi Tribe collection was first showcased at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in 2010 and highlighted his work in empowering the out-of-work weavers. At BioFach 2012, it will be a perfect example of sustainability for the world to see. http://www.indianexpress.com/story-print/846184
[Goanet] Almeida’s Second Book Bandpas to be released
Almeida’s Second Book Bandpas to be released Bandpas, a book authored by well-known Fatorda based Konkani writer Menino Almeida and published by Marrish Prokaxon, Fatorda will be released on September 21 at 5pm at the Margao Municipal Council Hall, Margao. Reverend Father Boulais da Costa, Parish Priest of Rosary Church, Fatorda will be the chief guest, Antonio da Piedade Morais, a staunch Konkani lover and activist will preside over the function while Vincy Quadros, vice president, Goa Konkani Akademi and Michael Gracias, chief editor and publisher of the monthly magazine Jivit will be the guests of honour. Bandpas is a collection of 15 stories based on different topics, with a stress on family relationships. This is Menino Almeida's second book. He has written a book on poetry named Kavanzall which was published in the year 2007. His poems and stories are read in many magazines and newspapers. Presently, he is a regular writer for the magazines Jivit and Konkan Divo. http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=1718boxid=24626156uid=dat=9%2f20%2f2011
[Goanet] MUSIC: Loy D'silva (Navelim)
Loy D'Silva Rosary College of Commerce Arts, Navelim, Goa Lorna's Sorgar Rajeant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmuSjOTZjtM Things http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT57eT7DQV0 Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] Celebrate World Tourism Day 2011 at Nostalgia
Celebrate World Tourism Day 2011 at Nostalgia Date: Sep 25, 2011 Time: 11am - 4pm Venue: Nostalgia, Raia, Goa Food: Truly Goan delicacies Music: Friendly Brothers, Cedric, Aggy Santana, Tanya n Andre, Allan http://fernandosnostalgia.wordpress.com/ Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] Wendell Rodricks at Lakme Fashion Week 2011
Wendell Rodricks Inspired by and designed to reflect the fluidity and stillness of pure water, Wendell – master-of-resort wear- Rodricks’ collection was presented in four parts, each with a colour and theme. Beginning with white and ecru skirts and layered dresses with sheer organza coats, it proceeded to more fluid satin, in similar silhouettes, rendered sexier by the choice of fabric. Flared pajama-trousers and 1960’s tunics made an appearance as well. Moving on to rippled, textured fabric there was further play of sheer and opaque, with the addition of colours blue and pink. Fluid, dramatic shapes are the designer’s forte and they were present in plenty, though our wardrobe picks would be possibly limited to the basic white, full skirt with organza hem and the shoes: Lace-covered peep-toe booties. Source: http://www.vogue.in/content/wendell-rodricks-2 VIDEOS: Scene 1: Naturally Yours http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O77chcH6BxA Scene 2: Indian Waters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX4S5rtrXLw Scene 3: Sparkling Water http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7qvC1XL9uY Scene 4: Raani Pink Carpet Glam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3qJnGVzXu4 Scene 5: Finale http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bgj5-SSJac Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] Obituary - Arco Rodrigues (Curca, Goa / Malad, Mumbai)
O B I T U A R Y Arco Rodrigues (Curca, Goa / Malad, Mumbai) Died: 21 August 2011 Husband of late Mable Brother-in-Law of Paul Dias/Patsy, Sally/Conrad, Rita Dias (Doha, Qatar) Funeral at St Anthony Church, Malad, Mumbai, August 22, 2011 at 4pm Source: John DeSa Goanet Obit www.goanet.org
[Goanet] MUSIC: Menn Machine release World Goa Day 2011 song
MENN MACHINE are pleased to release their new video song dedicated to all Niz Goenkars and Konkani Music lovers spread all over the world on this auspicious day of celebration. Yes on this “WORLD GOA DAY” globally. This theme song is guaranteed to become anthem song for WORLD GOA DAY globally, simply the amount of energy and passion poured out to bring forth this track title GOENCHO DIS MONOIA song is anything but commendable. The way the composition, lyric and music flows from MENN MACHINE, they can easily mesmerize every NIZ GOENKAR'S craving hearts for Goan Music globally. The music of this band MENN MACHINE is deeply inspired by the immense composition of their father Maestro FRANCISCO DE SOUZA, who was a musician par excellence, who had left behind him, wealth of resources in terms of gifted musicians and composers in this “De SOUZA family”, and in this land of Goa, where music is but simply running in their family blood lines. In MENN MACHINE own way, they flow in their passion for new genre of konkani music scenario in reaching out to global Goans. Many great musicians, especially in the Goan Music arena, speak of the pursuit of that incredible moment during performance when the musician becomes the music and forgets his own identity. Though MENN MACHINE are seasoned musicians and performers, their pursuit is one that excites them and inspires them and that is to bring unity of oneness in harmony with their music into every Goans hearts, forging the spirit of unity and brotherhood globally where ever goenkars live. A recurring theme in many of their songs is about finding a way back home to one’s rich Goan’s Cultural Heritage roots. MENN MACHINE convey their sincere thanks to Mr. RENE BARRETTO for giving this platform to showcase Goan music to the world. MENN MACHINE’S SPEARHEAD THEIR MUSIC WORLDWIDE TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN GOA AND GOANS SETTLED WORLDWIDE ON THIS “WORLD GOA DAY 2011.” VIVA GOA!! VIVA WORLD GOA DAY!!! Video link:http://youtu.be/2tYxyzaONHA Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] Drawing Competition: “Power of Colours”
Radio Mirchi 98.3FM Faber Castell Add Colour to the Monsoons PANAJI, Aug 9: Radio Mirchi 98.3FM is proud to launch one of its most successful initiatives ever, “Power of Colours.” This year the drawing competition is being held with a twist. Both parents kids are invited to participate in the same. The theme for the kids competition will be “My India, My Dream” with two categories for participation: Junior Category (7-10 years) Senior Category (11-14 years). The theme for the parents’ competition will be “My Dream Home with LG.” Attractive prizes to be won courtesy Faber Castell India Pvt. Ltd LG Electronics. The venues for the competition are: 14th August, 2011 – GTDC Residency, Vasco. Time: 2.00 PM onwards. 15th August, 2011 – Club Gasper Dias, Miramar, Panjim Time: 2.00 PM onwards. Registrations will happen on the spot. Paper for the participants will be provided at the venue, while colours will have to be purchased at the venues for a very special Independence Day concessional offer of Rs.38 only. Radio Mirchi’s ``Power of Colours’’ drawing competition is presented by Faber Castell India Pvt. Ltd. Powered by LG Electronics, while Venue Partners are: GTDC Residency, Vasco Club Gasper Dias, Panjim. Ethel Da Costa, Station Head and Programming Head, Radio Mirchi 98.3FM Goa says, “The event’s success last year takes forward our leadership in innovation to the parents this year, by including a special competition category for them as well. What better platform than to have children and parents together on Independence Day at Mirchi’s ``Power of Colours.” Bharati Singh, Category Manager (Colours Range) Faber-Castell India Pvt Ltd states, “Faber Castell celebrates its 250 years internationally this year and as part of the anniversary celebrations in India we are introducing new products and promotions for the Indian consumers. By making ordinary things extraordinary well, through product innovation and development, Faber-Castell enjoys enviable consumer confidence by offering opportunities for creative expression developing a child’s fine motor skills and three-dimensional thinking.” Meantime, Radio Mirchi’s latest programming endeavour titled ``Mirchi Fresher Festival’’ which kick-started the College tour from August 6th, continues with great fervor with Radio Mirchi RJs visiting colleges across Goa and hosting talent round with students and hosted LIVE on air. The talent round will be followed by a grand finale of all multi-college winners at the end of the month. Mirchi Fresher Festival is presented by Spice Mobility Ltd. Stay tuned to Radio Mirchi 98.3FM for LIVE coverage of each college and join in the fun. For more information, log on to: http://www.radiomirchi.com/goa or http://www.facebook.com/radio mirchi goa or call: 0832-65. Stay tuned to RADIO MIRCHI 98.3FM – It’s Hot!!! Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] Yolanda Sousa Kammermeier awarded in Hungary
Yolanda Sousa Kammermeier who attended The International Artist camp organized by The Artist Colony of Hajduboszormenv, Hungary on invitation, was honoured with an award for Creative Excellence. The award carries a certificate, a medal, a cash prize and an automatic invite for next Year's camp. There were three awards at stake. The first went to Tibor Budahazi from Hungary who wins the right to have a solo show at the opening of next year's camp. The Third was won by Zsuzsa Gajdan also from Hungary. The 15-day camp came to an end with an Exhibition of works created at the camp and the Awards were declared at a glittering function organized to open it. There were 15 participants from seven nations including, Romania, Greece, Croatia, Russia, Ukraine and India besides Hungary. The Artists' Colony of Hajduboszormeny, Hungary has a 48-year long history and its Directorial Board includes Artists, Art Critics, Curators and Art Promoters. The camp was held from July 9 to 22, 2011. Photos at: http://bit.ly/YolandaAward Source: Rohan Lobo Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] GOA TORONTO: Panorama India
The Goan community friends are encouraged to attend Panorama India celebrations. The Goan Overseas Association Toronto will be participating with a float and in a cultural dance segment COME JOIN IN THE CELEBRATION TAKE PART IN THE PARADE!! When: Saturday, August 13, 2011 Where: Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto Program: 9:30 - 11am - Patriotic Songs 11 - 11:30am - Flag hoisting 11:30 - 12:30pm - Parade 12:30 - 6:00pm - Cultural Program 6 - 8:00pm - Headliner performance Panorama India was established in 1999 with the support of Consulate General of India as a non-profit umbrella organization with a goal to help unite all Indo-Canadian cultural associations and groups in the GTA and to project a common identity based on their Indian heritage and celebrate Unity in Diversity. It provides a platform for all Indian cultural associations, groups and individuals to exhibit and showcase their arts and culture and to foster a better relationship between India and Canada. http://www.goatoronto.com/announcements/panorama-india-2011.html Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] Candice D'Souza - Miss India-Canada Contestant
Candice is one of 16 finalists at the 21st annual Miss India-Canada contest. http://www.missindiacanada.com/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=198:candicecatid=47:2011-contestantsItemid=81 Education/Occupation Candice has an I.B.B.A. degree from the Schulich School of Business, major in Finance. She is currently an Associate Buyer at major retailer. Proudest Accomplishment My proudest accomplishment is my ability to achieve that which I strive for. My 90%+ average in high school allowed me to get into the Top Business School in Canada, obtain four scholarships, learn French and Spanish, and study at the EDHEC Business School in France. My extra-curricular activities and volunteer work have formed a large part of who I am today. What is your career ambition and what are you doing or plan to do to accomplish that goal My ambition is to found my own company and be an executive member of a non-profit organization. In university, I co-championed the first Women in Leadership Mentorship Program with a goal of guiding high school girls in less fortunate neighborhoods to pursue a post-secondary education. I am currently learning about the technology sector and programming, while taking on leadership positions at charitable organizations. By winning the Miss India-Canada title, I aim to inspire confidence in all young women, to follow their dreams and let their inner beauty shine. Just go for it girls! Vote for Candice at: http://www.yak.ca/mic/Candice.html ABOUT THE PAGEANT The Miss India-Canada pageant is one of the most anticipated and well known events in the South Asian community. It has been an annual event for the last 20 years. The pageant is a night showcasing the beauty and talent of Canada's South Asian women. There are 4 segments for which contestants will be judged on: Evening Gown, Indian Gown, Talent, and Question Answer. The pageant will be held on Saturday July 23, 2011 at The Double Tree Hilton Hotel, Toronto. Let the countdown begin to this amazing once in a life time experience. Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] MUSIC: Introducing Stephanie Colaco
Introducing Stephanie Colaco Title: Tukach Rautam Lyrics: Juju http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFYfwmP86xYfeature=player_embedded Title: Just Let me Know Lyrics: Juju http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXX2MykzIzEfeature=player_embedded#at=30 Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] Registration for 'Film for Thought' Membership for 2011-12
Dear All, Greetings from Sunaparanta – Goa Centre for the Arts! As most of you are aware – we have ’Film for Thought’ - a series of film screenings hosted by Sachin Chatte every Wednesday at 6:30 pm at Sunaparanta. We offer a yearly membership at very nominal rates that you can avail of. Last year’s membership is valid till the 31st of July 2011 and we would like announce that we have begun registration for year 2011 – 12. This membership will be valid from 1st August 2011 – 31st July 2012. Please contact our office to register! Membership fees for the year is Rs 500. This one time charge will give you the opportunity to watch a wide variety of films – 1 every week! Hope to hear from you Regards Sunaparanta Team Sunaparanta - Goa Centre for the Arts 63/C-8, Near Lar de Estudantes, Altinho, Panaji-Goa 403001 www.sgcfa.org Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] Chitrangan - A Revolutionary Course in the Fundamentals of Drawing at Gallery Gitanjali
Gallery Gitanjali and Apurva Kulkarni invite you to Chitrangan - a courtyard that will nurture your creativity leading to artistic self-discovery as limitless as the sky. Orchestrated as a series of workshops Chitrangan is a course in the fundamentals of drawing meant for anyone who aspires to be creative. Designed for those with little or no drawing experience the course will include written and verbal instructions, demonstrations by established artists, slideshows and intensive feedback and analyses of artworks. Chitrangan's unique methods of instruction will initiate the participants to create a series of drawing exercises and experiments, inducing in the process, a certain way of seeing. These initiations will include an array of exercises: right from the basics of making marks to the creation of mixed media drawings; from traditional and modernist to post-modernist and conceptual methods. In addition, detailed demonstrations by artists as diverse as Norman Tagore, Praveen Naik , Vasudev Shetye and Wilson D'Souza will be an inherent part of the course. To be held on weekends spread over a few months Chitrangan will propel you on a stimulating journey into the heart of your artistic self.. Conceived by artist and art historian Apurva Kulkarni and assisted by established younger artists Norman Tagore, Praveen Naik and Vasudev Shetye, Chitrangan is a revolutionary course supported by Shaistah Thapar, one of the foremost collectors of art in Goa. You are invited to the opening session of Chitrangan on 9th July at 6.30 pm featuring a brief illustrated talk on drawing, a demonstration of drawing by Norman Tagore and an informal display of sketches, studies and drawings - old and new, by Charudutta Prabhudesai, Rajeshree Thakker, Wilson D'Souza, Praveen Naik, Vasudev Shetye, Norman Tagore and Apurva Kulkarni. For further details kindly contact : gallerygitanj...@gmail.com / 9823572035 Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] MUSIC: Boney Alex releases Tuzo Uggdas
Boney began working on Tuzo Uggdas since January 2011. The entire project was self-funded. The Album was released on July 1, 2011 at the Santa Cruz church hall in the presence of the local MLA, the director of the film, O Maria and a crowd of about 250 people. A brief about Boney Alex: Boney started learning music when he was about 10 years old. Since then his first love has always been music. With his dedication to learning and playing music he has now turned into one of Goa's best guitarist. Of course not many can play distortion at the age of 15. He plays for Band India. About the music: The music Boney has composed for the album is unique in its own flavour. It is a mix of rap, western classical, indian classical. Links: http://www.facebook.com/BoneyAlex http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifqd3n9Hods Source: Naresh Shetti - http://nimagemaker.wordpress.com/ Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] World Music Day at Fernando's Nostalgia
WORLD MUSIC DAY is being celebrated on Sunday afternoon 19th June, 2011 at Fernando's Nostalgia The truly Goan destination in South Goa celebrates their traditional event but this year on 19th June SUNDAY (the original day 21Jun being a weekday). The event generally rocks the afternoon with stomping music,dancing and Food...a traditional monsoon faretrue to its spirit.THE GOAN WAY OF LIFE. INHOUSE MUSICIANS TO ROCK THE EVENT TANIA AND ANDRE JAMMING UP WITH CEDRIC/FRIENDLY BROTHERS/SAXY AGGIE/BRIAN BONES ON THE BASS AND ALLAN MORAES ON THE DRUMSAN AFTERNOON WITH UNMATCHABLE AMBIENCE AND CUISINE.. click link for more details http://fernandosnostalgia.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/world-music-day-at-fernandos-nostalgia/ join the event on facebook https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=132732906802923 Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] Sao Joao Fiesta (Kuwait)
Kuwait Goan Association presents Sao Joao Fiesta A Feast of Fun, Food Dance June 24, 2011, 12 noon onwards Carmel School, Khaitan, Kuwait Contact: Salvador Dias kgakuw...@gmail.com Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
