My Goa - February 2015

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It’s that time of the year when Goa gears up to the best speakers in the country at the D D Kosambi Festival of Ideas. Historian Parag Porobo pens a sketch on the philosophies of Goa’s most celebrated polymath. Theatre person and head of Kala Academy’s Drama School Padmashree Josalkar speaks about her passion. We focus on the Mopa airport project. In the heritage section, we highlight the need for the Vasco Clock Tower’s restoration. Gurunath Kelekar of MARG speaks about road awareness and how we can reduce road accidents. Taking a look at the events in the nation, Ashutosh of the AAP writes about his party’s victorious comeback in Delhi. In the art pages, Naguesh Rao Sardessai profiles senior artist Sadguru Chendvankar. Antonio da Costa pens a eulogy for the multi-faceted José Pereira. We caught up with Atrey Sawant and Jitendra Shikerkar, makers of the Konkani film Mortoo. Sushila Sawant Mendes releases her biography of nationalist Luis de Menezes Braganca. Monte Music Festival and the International Festival of Sufi and Traditional Music and other lively events fill our pages as your taste buds get teased by recipes from Odette Mascarenhas’ award winning book. Other stories, columns and happenings from Goa fill up our February 2015 issue. Don’t miss reading it. Better still, subscribe to it.