FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY An ISO 9001:2008 Certified Organisation Volume IV, Issue III Newsletter July - September, 2013

The rain - soaked ramp to the Library Di r e c t o r ’s Me s s a g e

Dear Friends,

Greetings!

As I am writing this, the rains seem to have bid us good bye finally! July this year, was by far the wettest month, not a single day went by when there was no rain. Yet we continued relentlessly with our work and programmes all through the monsoons.

As you will see in the Newsletter, we have given you again a complete range from seminars to workshops, to book readings, lectures and quizzes. An evening tea with some members resulted in a coffee demonstration session, which was very well attended. Apart from seminars and debates, it seems, we have a large audience for interesting programmes like these too.

In July, we had elections for a new President of the Centre. The members of the Board elect the President, from amongst the life trustees for a term of five years. Mr. Yatin Kakodkar was unanimously elected as President and Mr. Dattaraj Salgaocar as Vice President. We bid a sad farewell to Mr. Pratap Singh Rane who was President for two consecutive terms. Mr. Kakodkar and Mr. Salgaocar, are both actively involved in the running of the Centre and like to keep abreast of all activities which are happening here. We welcome them and wish them both a happy and successful tenure.

As the months go by, we are getting closer to our grand annual event-the Arts and Literary Festival. Try not to miss it because we have a super line up of writers, poets, artists and performances for you. Keep a tab by visiting its dedicated website (www.goaartlitfest.com) and block your dates in December, the 5th to the 8th. This time our major attraction will be Assam - we will be showcasing their literature, art and music - so be sure to be here to catch all the excitement! Sharing a light moment with Lord Meghnad Desai and The Honourable Governor, Shri Bharat Vir Wanchoo... After the super successful first Members Night, we are planning another one in December - will get back to all members with possible dates - but you can also give your suggestions - any date between 10th to 20th should suit most, I think.

Look forward to seeing you all here in large numbers.

Wishing you all health and happiness as always.

Nandini Sahai.

Goa Dialogues 2 The International Centre Goa Goa Dialogues 3 The International Centre Goa Se m i n a r s Flag Hoisting and Garbage Collection Role of Youth in Political Decision Making Independence Day was celebrated on 15th August at the Centre. Thereafter a garbage cleaning drive was undertaken in association with Taleigao Village Panchayat along the road starting from the Centre to the Dona Paula Jetty, with MLA, Mrs. Jennifer Monseratte, the villagers of Taleigao and staff of ICG.

Top: Inauguration of the Seminar Below: Students participating in the seminar The International Centre Goa (ICG) in association with FES- & MICCI organized a one-day seminar on Role of Youth in Enhancing Participatory Democracy on 23rd September. The seminar was attended by over 100 students from different colleges of Goa. The most interesting aspect of this seminar was that all speakers as well as moderators / chair-persons were the students themselves. An eminent person was nominated as an observer for each session who made his / her comments at the end of each session. The students made presentations on the following different sessions of the seminar: • Engaging Youth in Political Process: Do Political Parties Exploit Youth for their own Interests? • What Ails our Democracy? Youth Perception and Presumption • Youth Converting Electoral Democracy into Participatory Democracy through RTI - The most Potent Weapon • Portrayal of Youth in Media: How Real? How Distorted? The colleges that participated in the seminar were: • Govt. College of Art & Commerce, Virnoda - Pernem: 20 students • Govt. College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Quepem: 9 students • Govt. College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Sanquelim: 6 students • Don Bosco College, Panaji: 21 students • Fr. Agnel College of Arts & Commerce, Pilar: 14 students • GVM’s College of Education, Ponda: 16 students • St. Xaviers College, Mapusa: 16 students

To watch the full Seminar, visit Youtube. - http://www.youtube.com/user/icggoa?feature=watch

Goa Dialogues 3 The International Centre Goa ICG Le c t u r e Se r i e s o n Go o d Go v e r n a n c e Lecture on “Good Governance: a Key to Economic Success” by Lord Meghnad Desai

Left: Lord Meghnad Desai delivering the lecture Top: A participant asking questions Below: Participants at the lecture To watch the full lecture, visit Youtube. - http://www.youtube.com/user/ Lord Meghnad Desai delivered the XIIth Lecture cum Interactive icggoa?feature=watch Session in the ICG Lecture Series on Good Governance titled “Good Governance: a Key to Economic Success” on 17th September. He stressed the need for reforms in electoral financing, by making it more transparent. He opined among other things that the Governance was an institution within which executive actions can be carried out, but with limits posed by the legislature and a mere change in the government will not help alleviate the economic slowdown. He observed that the present decline was due to a crisis of governance and bad economics. Comparing the behaviour of elected representatives in India and UK, he said, in India there is little freedom for backbenchers to deviate from the command of the leaders, as compared to House of Commons in the UK where every individual has their own voice, irrespective of loyalties. Hindustani classical music singer Shubha Mudgal was a guest at He stressed that the ‘media revolution’had made it impossible to ICG. Seen here with the Reception and F& B Staff hide issues. He said the civil society will have to play a stronger role in taking the initiative to be more responsible for the nation’s growth and goad the political system to correct itself through a political-public-participation process for reforms to actually usher in. Congratulation to our In closing, he stressed that India needs a regular economic system GM, Mr. Khwaja Ayub which can encourage people to start businesses, take risks and Zickriya for winning the expect unhindered returns. Humorous Speech Contest Chaired by Mr. Yatin G Kakodkar, President - ICG, the lecture conducted by the ICG th was attended by a large number of ICG members, policemen, Toastmasters Club on 19 academicians, business men, politicians, media persons and September 2013 here at ICG. students of varied background. Goa Dialogues 4 The International Centre Goa Goa Dialogues 5 The International Centre Goa Lecture on “Adding content to cordiality – the ICG Le c t u r e s e r i e s b y Em i n e n t Pe r s o n s transformation of India-Brazil relations in the last Lecture on “Security and Foreign Policy Challenges in a decade-Ambassador B S Prakash” Volatile Neighbourhood-Ambassador G Parthasarathy”

Ambassador B S Prakash delivered a lecture on 31st August, where he focused on the transformation of the Indian-Brazilian relationship saying that we need to add content to the cordiality in our relationship. He said that Brazil is an interesting country with some different dimensions and shares 4Ds with India - democracy, diversity, disparities and development. He said, there are many opportunities for India and Brazil to develop in the areas of energy, mining, education among others. He appreciated that Goa has a Centre for Latin American Studies. The lecture was held in association with the Goa University. Chaired by Dr. Aparajita Gangopadhyay, Head – Centre for Latin American & International Studies, Goa University, the lecture Ambassador G Parthasarathy delivered a lecture on 3rd August, and was well attended by students, media persons, academicians where he spoke among other things on how the Indian government and members of the ICG. should relax its visa restrictions and reach out to students, journalists and social activists in Pakistan. He said, that they Left Top: Ambassador Parthasarthy delivering the lecture along with should be allowed to come and see how the people in India live Ms. Sahai and Dr. Rahul Tripathi and that we are not so different from them. He also said that the Left Middle: The Honourable Governor, Shri Bharat Vir Wanchoo students in India should take a deeper understanding and interest and other guests in internal relations and discuss such matters. Left Below: Participants at the lecture The lecture was held in association with the Goa University and Top: Ambassador Prakash alongwith Ms. Sahai, Dr. Aparajita chaired by Dr. Rahul Tripathi, Head – Dept. of Political Science, Gangopadhyay and Ms. Riva Ganguly Das Goa University. Several students of International Relations & Below: Students at the lecture Political Science from different colleges of Goa, media persons, To watch both the lectures, visit Youtube. - http://www.youtube.com/ academicians and members of the ICG attended the lecture. user/icggoa?feature=watch Goa Dialogues 5 The International Centre Goa Ta l k c u m In t e r a c t i v e Se s s i o n s Interactive session on Pinocchio Effect

Coffee and U Mr. Ubaldo D’Souza & Ms. Amrita Singh, life members of ICG conducted Demonstration cum Interactive Session on Coffee and U on 30th August. The session included demonstrations of how to select coffee, grind it at home and make it into a tasty cup of coffee. The session was attended by over 50 ICG members and An interactive session on Pinocchio Effect – Detect the Lie behind coffee connoisseurs. the line of Truth, was conducted by Aditya PS – Life Coach, on 20th September. The workshop was a sophisticated tool for better negotiating, selling, protecting, and interviewing. Looking forward It provided the audience with detailed scientific findings on which to seeing you all at the personality types lie, how deception is expressed in e-mail, on the phone, and in person, and how to detect deception through body Tea with Director language. Mr. Adity’s mission is to help people become more accurate at on finding the truth. Detection of deception technique or simply th at DDT is the brainchild of Aditya. 25 October, 2013 6.00 pm The participants also learnt the art of statement analysis, and the interviewing techniques, and interrogation, and negotiation nd strategy, using rich, entertaining real-life examples. These II Member’s Night techniques were taught in easy to grasp format with mind maps coming soon... and DDT templates. (dates to be announced next month) The session was held in association with Leona Fernandes. Goa Dialogues 6 The International Centre Goa Goa Dialogues 7 The International Centre Goa Workshop on growing Organic Vegetable in Container Wo r k s h o p s Gardens Workshops on ‘Environment and Development Scenario in Goa’ Centre for Environment Natural Resource Management (CENRM) – Srujan in collaboration with The International Centre Goa (ICG) and United States–India Educational Foundation (USIEF) organized the following workshop on: ‘Environment and Development Scenario in In continuation with our organic kitchen garden workshops, Goa: An Introduction’ and in association with Miguel Braganza & Green Essentials, the ‘Damming of Mhadeyi: following workshops in the beginning of the post monsoon Water Demands for Urban season were organised: Settlement v/s Fragile - Growing Organic Vegetable in Container Gardens - Grow Ecosystems’ – 29th June. Herbs, Fruits, Vegetables on 7th Sept ‘Mining: Should it be - Grow Organic Winter Veggies @ Home - Growing Various Stopped Completely?’ and Winter Food Plants Organically on 29th Sept. ‘Tourism and its impact on Goa’ – 13th July. ‘Khazan Ecosystem of Goa: Why do we need to conserve them?’ and ‘Coastal Ecology with a Focus on Sand Mining, Fishing, etc.’ – 27th July. After completion of this set of workshops, all background papers incorporating results of deliberations are to be published in the form of a book. The entire project is supported by the United States–India Educational Foundation (USIEF).

Workshop on ‘Enhance your Life Skills’ and ‘Conversation Competencies’

Walter Mascarenhas - Motivational Speaker, Corporate Trainer, certified NLP Practitioner, Ex-Squadron Leader (IAF), conducted two half day workshops titled ‘Enhance your Life Skills’ and Conversation Competencies’, on 26th July and 23rd August respectively. The workshops were attended by over 60 persons of varied backgrounds, ranging from students to professionals from different fields. Goa Dialogues 7 The International Centre Goa Health Talk on Cataract He a l t h Ta l k s Health Talk on Common Ear Nose Throat Disorders in Ageing Adults

A talk on ‘All you want to know about Cataract – the most A talk on ‘Common Ear Nose Throat Disorders in Ageing Adults’ common cause of blindness’, was delivered by Dr. Kaushik was delivered by Dr. Swati Lombar – MBBS , MS (ENT) , Dhume, MBBS, DNB (Ophthalmology), FAEH (Glaucoma & nd DNB (ENT) (Consultant ENT, Manipal Hospital Goa), on 27th Anterior Segment), MD (Physician) on 2 August. September. Dr. Dhume spoke on the causes of cataracts and the functions Dr. Swati spoke on the classification of different disorders - of the eye. He explained how cataracts occur, when there is a infections, degenrative disorders and tumours and the various buildup of protein in the lens that makes it cloudy. viral, bacterial and fungal infections affecting the ear, nose and He then discussed the types of cataracts, like the age-related throat in adults. She also spoke of the importance of regular the congenital cataracts, the secondary cataracts, the traumatic ENT check-up, that infections have to be treated promptly, since cataracts and other factors that can increase a person’s risk of complications can be life-threatening. Recurrent infections – developing cataracts which include cigarette smoke, air pollution, investigations for immunocompromised state, most importantly and heavy alcohol consumption. diabetes is a must and to prevent early degeneration of tissues, Dr. Dhume then explained the symptoms of cataracts and how are adopt good lifestyle practices. they formed and their diagnosis. All talks were organized in association with Manipal Hospital Goa. Health Talk on ‘How to Avoid Kidney Diseases’

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- Join ‘ICG Toastmasters International Club’ - Mission of Toastmasters: We provide a supportive and positive learning experience in which members are empowered to develop communication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self- confidence and personal growth. Regular Meetings of the Club nd th Dr. Chetan Mudrabettu, MBBS, MD (Int. Med), DM (Nephrology), are held on 2 & 4 Thursdays from 6:15 pm to 8:15 pm. conducted a health talk on ‘How to Avoid Kidney Diseases’ on - President: Lavina Melvani – 9763550980 the 23rd of August. - VP Membership: Umesh P – 9822142340 He spoke of how kidney diseases cannot be completely prevented, although one can take steps to reduce the chances of the condition - To view charges for Swimming Pool / Gym / Jacuzzi effective st developing. from 1 June 2013, please visit our website. Dr. Chetan added the importance of a healthy diet of fresh fruit and vegetables and whole grains and how it can help in lowering the - To watch videos on GALF 2013, Seminar, Lecture and many amount of cholesterol in our blood and keep our blood pressure more, please visit our website and Youtube. - at a healthy level. http://www.youtube.com/user/icggoa?feature=watch. Goa Dialogues 8 The International Centre Goa Goa Dialogues 9 The International Centre Goa Live Book App Readings GALF c u r t a i n r a i s e r s Book Release: Sonia Golani’s book – My Life, My Rules – Stories of 18 Unconventional Careers (2013)

ICG in association with Jugneeta Sudan, launched Live Book App Readings to be held once a month from August 2013. Two reading sessions were held on 24th August & 21st September, where she read “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison and “Clear Light of Day” by Anita Desai respectively. Especially designed for English literature college students and book-lovers involving The book was released at ICG on 26th July. The book contains virtual tours of historical, social and political settings in the book, stories of 18 personalities who decided to opt put of the rat race the Readings entail the study of the author, the plot, the technique and chase the profession of their choice. Manohar Parikkar went and themes in the book. The upcoming session will undertake to the prestigious IIT, , but made headlines as the Chief discussion on; “The Inheritance of Loss” by Kiran Desai, “A Minister of Goa, Rahul Akerkar has a Masters in Biomedical Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams, “A Doll’s Engineering from the US, but is better known as a celebrity chef House” by Henrik Ibsen, “The Glass Palace” by Amitav Ghosh, and owner of Mumbai’s fine dining restaurant Indigo. These “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen, “Heart of Darkness” by and other interesting stories can be found in the book. Prior Joseph Conrad and Poetry Readings. to the release, Ms. Golani moderated a panel discussion with Ashish Rajpal – Founder, iDiscoveri; Praveen Tyagi – Managing Exploring Great Theatre Scripts – Fortnightly Play Director IITians PACE; Rashmi Uday Singh – Food Critic, author Readings & TV Host; Sonia Shirsat – Musician; and Dr. Subodh Kerkar – Installation Artist, who also released the book along with Ms. Nandini Sahai – Director, ICG; Mr. P K Mukherjee – MD, Sesa Goa; and Ms. Ramnath Kare – President, Kare Group. The release was held in association with Westland Ltd.

Workshop on Creative Writing

Exploring Great Theatre Scripts, is a Fortnightly Play Readings session, which includes reading out a play by all the participants of that session. The plays are chosen from a wide range of time periods and genres. Following plays were read from July to Sept. - All My Sons (a play in three acts) by Arthur Miller on 4th July Writer, artist and academic, Ms. Savia Viegas is conducting a - Tughlaq by Girish Karnad on 18th July series of Five one-day workshops on ‘Creative Writing’. The - An Enemy of the People by Henrick Ibsen (Arthur Miller’s workshops were held on 28th July, 25th August & 15th Sept while adaptation) on 1st August the dates for Oct & Nov will be announced later. - The Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams on 15th August The interesting part of these workshops is that at the end of it, - Old Stone Mansion (Wada Chirebandi) by Mahesh Elkunchwar participants will be expected to write and submit a piece of writing (translated from the Marathi by Kamal Sanyal) on 5th Sept. (about 2000 words) and some of the best write-ups will then be - A Man For All Seasons a play by Robert Bolt on 19th Sept selected to be published in the form of a book which will be - A Voyage Around my Father by John Mortimer on 3rd Oct of. released/ launched during the upcoming IV Goa Arts & Literary The sessions are coordinated by Sharmila Rao and Karan Festival, to be held from 5th to 8th December 2013 at ICG. Bhagat. Goa Dialogues 9 The International Centre Goa Ot h e r s Qu i z Tea with Director In addition to organizing regular monthly quizzes which are held on the first Sunday of every month and the SILLY POINTS – The Cricket Quiz on 18th August, the SEQC in association with the ICG and Department of Goa Tourism organized the 4th Annual All Goa Incredible India Quiz on 15th August, Independence Day. The quiz was held in two categories – School Edition and Open Quiz. Altogether over 70 teams participated from different schools in the School Edition while over 50 teams participated in the Open Edition. The winners are as follows: School Edition 1st Place - Anand PS and Saeel Pai from Mushtifund HSS 2nd Place - R Samyak and Chinmay Naik from Mushtifund HSS 3rd Place - Kaksham Naik and Vishal Kamat from The New Education Institute Open Edition 1st Place - Nitish Wagle and Srijit Kumar 2nd Place - Ameya Mardolkar and Anniruddha Sen Gupta 3rd Place - Salil Bijur and Mahima Vashist.

Ms. Nandini Sahai (Director, ICG) invited the ICG members to an Ar t – Ex h i b i t i o n s , Wo r k s h o p s , Re s i d e n c i e s informal interaction over tea which was held on 26th July and 30th In association with the Indian Ateliers two Art Residencies in August. Please visit our website to view minutes of the meeting. August & September were organised with the following artists: - August 2013 - Naveen Kumar from and Narayan Bridge – Card Game Bohaju from . - Sept 2013 - Ms. Gopa Trivedi & Ms. Juhika Devi Bhanjdeo from Navsari (Gujarat), Mr. Prakash Kishore from Chennai & Mr. Ajgal Shaik from Vadodara (Gujarat). To know more about the residency and profiles of the artists, visit www.indianateliers.com.

Workshop on Egg Tempera Painting The workshop was conducted by Mrs. Hoor Girglani and was held from 15th to 19th July. Egg tempera is a An intellectually stimulating activity ‘Bridge – Card Game’ was painting process conducted by Amaresh Deshpande on 7th September. that uses egg yolk Mr. Amaresh taught this trick-taking game using a standard to bind pigments. 52-card deck. It is played by four players in two competing The artists makes partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each other around the paints by a a table. The game consists of several deals, each progressing simple process through four phases: dealing the cards, the auction (also referred of mixing finely to as bidding), playing the hand, and scoring the results. The ground pigment, water and diluted egg yolk. game was well attended by members and non-members, who had Mrs. Girglani also held an exhibition of some of her Egg Tempera an interesting time participating in the game. Paintings from 12th to 14th July. Goa Dialogues 10 The International Centre Goa Goa Dialogues 11 The International Centre Goa Up c o m i n g Hi g h l i g h t s HEALTH & FITNESS INITIATIVES AT THE ICG Open to all Members / Non-Members by Prior Registration only October to December 2013* FREE SWIMMING / SNORKELING GUIDANCE by Walter Mascarenhas For Adults & Seniors (One-on-One basis) nd th th th th th * 2 & 4 Thursdays, 10 & 24 Oct, 14 & 28 Nov and Please bring your own swimming kit: costume, swimming goggles, 12th & 26th Dec swimming cap - (for people with long hair) Regular Meeting of ICG Toastmasters International Training is FREE. However, ICG will charge a Fee per session towards Club Swimming Pool Charges Time: 6:15 pm to 8:15 pm Members: Rs. 60/- | Non-Members: Rs. 100/- Call or SMS - Walter Mascarenhas 9822911161 For Details, contact – YOGA for the BODY, MIND & SOUL by Mrs. Hoor Girglani President: Lavina Melvani – 9763550980 Please bring your own yoga mat or a thick dhurie and wear loose fitting VP Membership: Umesh P – 9822142340 clothes like jogging pants, T-shirts, track suits, salwars, stretchable tights, etc. Saturday, 19th Oct Monday to Friday | 8:00 am to 9:15 am 3rd Live book App Reading - “The Glass Palace” by Members/Students - Rs. 1000/- Non-Members - Rs. 1500/- pm Amitav Ghosh Contact - Mrs. Hoor Girglani 9766015762 Live Book App Readings Led by Jugneeta Sudan TAEKWONDO by Vincent Rosario Time: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Monday & Friday | 5:15 pm to 6:15 pm | Rs. 400/- pm (3rd Saturdays of every month from August 2013 onwards) Contact - Vincent Rosario: 9823696138 Open to all Members / Non-Members by Prior Registration KICKBOXING and KICK AEROBICS by Rahim & Bina only Please bring your own yoga mat, water and towel and wear jogging Fee: Members / Students – Rs. 150/- per session pants, T-shirts, or uniforms. Outdoor shoes are not permitted, so bring Non-members – Rs. 200/- per session footwear specifically for training. Tues, Thurs & Sat | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Rs. 1,200/- pm Contact - Rahim - 9822134658 | Bina - 9881971825 Curtain Raiser Programme of Goa Arts & Literary WANT TO BE FIT & HEALTHY? by Calburn Fitness Solutions Festival - 2013 For FREE consultation, appointments...Fees & other details... Series of Five (one-day) intensive workshops on Contact - Macedonio Fernandes 9811511595 CREATIVE WRITING Dax Mendes - 9823578880 Resource Person: Savia Viegas - writer, artist and academic Please check http://www.internationalcentregoa.com for details. Time: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Most of our major programmes are available on Youtube. - http:// Note: At the end of the series of five workshops, participants www.youtube.com/user/icggoa?feature=watch will be expected to write and submit a piece of writing (about 2000 words). Some of the best write-ups will then be selected to publish in form of a book which will be released / launched during the upcoming IV Goa Arts & Literary Festival to be held in December 2013 at ICG. Organised by the ICG & Goa Writers Group Age: under 30 years of age

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