UPCOMING EVENTS

P July 16th – Play – “CHANAKYA” by Manoj Joshi Creations

P July 22nd – 24th - Tri-Continental Film Festival P July 8th, 15th & 22nd – Friday Health Talks VOL II ISSUE II The International Centre Goa – Newsletter April-June 2011 P July 30th – 31st - Origami Workshop FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY P August 7th - Lecture on “Role of Media in Good Governance” by Vinod Dua – NDTV and three director’s Letter other eminent media personalities

P August 15th – Incredible Quiz Another dream of ours that has come to life has been the Groundwater Recharging and Rainwater Harvesting project. P August 18th – Seminar on “Empowerment of Differently Abled Persons- Review of the policy” Dear Friends, Thanks to Mr. Ramesh Chauhan, Chairman of Bisleri and Prof. P August 12th & 26th – Friday Health Talks Chachadi of Goa University, we have a unit which will recharge Greetings! P August 27th to 28th – Origami Workshop the borewell with 25 lakh litres of rainwater annually, taking care of almost all our gardening and other needs. P August 29th & 30th – Workshop on Community Radio P September 18th – Seminar on “Youth, Media and Democracy” ver since Anna P September 18th – Lecture on “Role of Electoral Reforms in Good Governance” by J. M. Lyngdoh- Hazare sat on his Former Chief Election Commissioner of India Efast in Delhi on April 5th, the buzz in the P September 19th – Parliamentarian’s Forum country has been nothing P September 24th to 25th - Origami Workshop but Corruption versus Good Governance-the P September 29th to October 4th – Art Camp by internationally renowned Artists media and the common Now for the most awaited good news –work on our swimming P November 18th to 22nd – 8th Annual South Asia Media Summit man have talked of little else-taking a cue from all this, we pool is on in full spate-well the same applies to the rain ! But we P December 17th – 21st – Goa Arts and Literary Festival 2011 decided to initiate a series of 12 lectures on this very topical have not let that deter us. In fact nature was with us from the day issue and are proud to say that our first two lectures were by we started the excavation work. It stopped raining for almost very eminent and remarkable persons. two weeks, giving us enough lead time to complete the digging Eminent Guests at ICG process, requiring heavy machinery. We are ahead of schedule, The first lecture, on the Role of Lokpal in Good Governance, as a result, and we hope to finish the complex, comprising of Jackie Shroff Manoj Joshi Baba Ramdev Tom Alter couldn’t have been by anyone better than Justice Santosh the swimming pool, changing rooms, gymnasium, spa and a Hegde, the present Lokayukta of Karnataka, a man of such recreation centre by mid October. strong principles that he insisted on paying for everything himself. We exceeded our own expectations for the workshop that preceded the lecture – the hall was full to overflowing with participants from every walk of life - activists, politicians, academics and the media. We could see that honesty in public life is still a prized virtue appreciated by all!

Similarly, the second lecture in the series was on the Role of During the play « Sons of Babur », During the play « Chanakya », staged at Kala Academy the Judiciary in Good Governance, by none other than Justice staged at Kala Academy J.S.Verma, Retd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. But this is where we need your help and support. Being an He has been responsible for many radical judgements in the autonomous non profit organization, we have no other source of What’s new on the Menu Judiciary. I had the privilege of sitting with him over dinner regular funding, except for our own resources. For big projects and being regaled by his many stories about his childhood and like this we have to reach out to the philanthrophist in you to help youth. It also sadly enough made me realize that men of this us out. So this is an appeal to all our members and well wishers out stature and personality are becoming a rarity. there to come forward and donate generously. The estimate for this project is around 75 lakhs, inclusive of fixures and furniture As promised our newly refurbished Reception is now open to Our members can enjoy sumptuous meals at etc. All grants/donations will be exempt from income tax under receive visitors – While redesigning it I wanted to capture the our multi-cuisine restaurant - Spices by availing 80G and you may send the same by cheque/DD favouring The essence of Goa- its beautiful murals, the old world furniture, 10% special discount on all à la Carte orders by International Centre Goa. All donations above one lakh will be showing their membership cards. Students of Williams and Mary College, USA at ICG on their old shells on doors and windows, its bright colours, and most duly acknowledged by displaying your name on a placard at the Annual Six Weeks Study Tour importantly space. Well till now all the comments have been site. I look forward to your magnanimous support. very favourable ! I would love to get your feedback too. On this hopeful note, I hope to see you all at ICG To read our newsletter online and for details about membership, programmes and facilities please visit We did a similar thing with the Reservation department- our website: www.internationalcentregoa.com expanded it, created more space to accommodate all departments associated with hospitality, so that running of the Published by: The International Centre Goa, Goa University Road, Dona Paula, Goa – 403 004, India. Tel: +91 832 2452805-10 Centre becomes smoother. — NANDINI SAHAI

Goa Dialogues 8 The International Centre, Goa Goa Dialogues 1 The International Centre, Goa Lecture / Workshop on “Good Governance” OUR RENOVATED RECEPTION I. Lecture on "Role of Lokayukta in Good Governance" Our Renovated Reception and Workshop/ Brainstorming Session on “Lokayukta: Goa’s Concerns” The Reception has a new Goa- Portuguese look with “Azulejos” (Mural tile paintings) on both the walls, old shells on the reception desk and door. The sofa is made of cane which gives the reception a Goan look. There is also a book shelf with Goa books for sale and a wall mounted LCD TV.

Justice Santosh Hegde addressing the participants during the workshop Also seen: Shri Pratapsingh Rane and Mr. Shantaram Naik Our renovated Justice Hegde’s evening lecture reception has books & A Workshop/ Brainstorming Session on “Lokayukta: Goa’s Hon. Member of Jan Lokpal Bill Drafting Committee was held Souvenirs of Goa for Concerns” with Justice (Retd.) N. Santosh Hegde, former Justice sale, also postcards, - Supreme Court; the present Lokayukta of Karnataka and on April 25, 2011. This was followed by his lecture on “Role of Lokayukta in Good Governance”. This was the inaugural lecture prints & illustration of the 12 lecture series on “Good Governance” which ICG will by world famous be organizing throughout the year. Illustrator & Cartoonist, Justice Hegde was of the opinion that Goa Lokpal Bill was good Mr. . except for some shortcomings like lack of “policing powers” and “powers of prosecution”. He suggested that Goa should go ahead with the Bill after making necessary changes. In his lecture he also mentioned that Lokpal Bill should cover politicians and OUR RENOVATED RESERVATION/ HOSPITALLITY DEPARTMENT bureaucrats. He also expressed his surprise that even after so many years of attaining Statehood, Goa continued to rely on Participants at the workshop AGMU cadre instead of having its own IAS cadre. II. Lecture on "Role of Judiciary in Good Governance" and Workshop on “Human Rights – Goa Audit”

Our old Reservation department was demolished for renovation into a brand new Reservation, Marketing, Hospitality and F & B Department. It is now more spacious and bright. Bookings for rooms, venues, and menu discussion etc with clients are all under one roof now.

Justice J.S. Verma giving his views on Human Rights during the workshop Justice Verma delivering his lecture RAINWATER HARVESTING AND GROUNDWATER RECHARGING PROJECT AT ICG A workshop on “Human Rights – Goa Audit” was held on June Also seen: Ms. Nandini Sahai and Adv. A.N. S. Nadkarni 18, 2011, Goa’s Revolution Day. This was the second workshop Judges accountable for misconduct. Speaking about corruption cum lecture of the Good Governance series. The workshop was as a major hurdle in development, Justice Verma said that in a followed by a lecture on “Role of Judiciary in Good Governance” developed country if there was corruption, life of the common by Justice J S Verma, former Chief Justice - Supreme Court of India; man was not affected but in a developing country, corruption former Chairperson, National Human Rights Commissions. affects the life of poor people in getting even the basic necessities. Justice Verma reiterated his views that higher Judiciary and the Corruption which is a “low risk high gain business” has to be Prime Minister should be out of the Lokpal ambit and favoured reversed to “high risk low gain business”. a “separate mechanism” to make High Court and Supreme Court We took the initiative of recharging the two borewells within the campus, with rainwater, as part of our “Clean Goa for Green Goa” campaign. The main funding for this project was received from Bisleri Int. Pvt. Ltd. Prof. Chachadi, water harvesting expert of Earth Science department- Goa University designed the layout and other logistics. We are immensely indebted to them. This rainwater harvesting unit will have storage capacity for 25 lakh litres of water, which will be used throughout the year for gardening and other purposes. We have a large area of land – around 14 acres, half of which is already landscaped and we also have residential rooms, office, conference halls etc. This system will also remove pressure from the municipality water usage. We would like to thank Mr. Santosh A.S Borkar, Director - Bisleri Int. Pvt Ltd, Verna Goa, Mr. Saharsh David, CSR manager- Bisleri Int. Pvt. Ltd, Ms. Patricia Sethi and all our well wishers and friends who helped us in completing another milestone in making ICG a “GREEN CAMPUS”. Mr. Ramesh Chauhan - Chairman of Bisleri and world famous Illustrator and Cartoonist and Life Trustee of ICG, Mr. A rapt audience - Seen in front row: Mr. Ramakant Khalap, Mr. Cleofato Participants at the workshop Almeida, and Mr. Prakash Desai Mario Miranda inaugurated the project on July 9th 2011. Goa Dialogues 2 The International Centre, Goa Goa Dialogues 7 The International Centre, Goa frIday health talkS CONFERENCES, SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS ICG Buzz Interactive Session on: Awareness for Healthy Bones Celebrating 15 years and looking ahead..... Seminar on “Human Development Issues: Goa at the As part of our Friday Health Talks, an Interactive Session ICG completed 15 years on June 18th 2011. A small get- Crossroads?” on “Awareness for Healthy Bones” was held on May 27 by together was organized for the staff, families and ex- A Seminar on “Human Development Issues: Goa at the Dr. Vinay Kumar M.S. (MBBS, MS-Ortho), Consultant employees. Former General Manager Brig. Braganza Crossroads?” was held on June 11-12, 2011. The seminar was Orthopaedic Surgeon, Consultant Joint Replacement & attended the function. Our Guest of Honour was actor, inaugurated by Mr. Pratapsingh Rane, Hon. Speaker of Goa Spine Surgeon at Manipal Hospital Goa. Mr. Vipin Sharma. Legislative Assembly & President – The International Centre Goa. The seminar was organized in association with Media Information and Communication Centre of India and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung - India. Speakers of session 1 - Seen L to R: Ms. Suhasini Prabhugaonkar, Mr. Matahny Saldanha, Mr. Paul Fernandes Some of the suggestions of the various sessions included:1) Convert huts/illegal structures along coast into child care homes, rehabilitation centres instead of the demolishing and giving the same land for building hotels etc, 2) CRZ Norms have to be in local language, 3) Channelize schemes for Scheduled Tribes, 4) Organic farming should be encouraged, 5) Farmers should be Dr. Vinay briefing the participants duly compensated for loss of crop due to floods, famines, etc, 6) Dr. Kumar mentioned that a person needs 1500mg of Tribal forests should be protected, 7) Ban selling of tribal land calcium per day and 800 units of Vitamin B3. Consuming Inaugural session - Seen L to R: Ms. Nandini Sahai, Mr. Sanjay Srivastava, to government and bureaucrats, 8) Agro based eco-tourism like Shri Pratapsingh Rane, Mr. Rajeshwar Dyal, Mr. Collin Curry fortified foods like oil, juices, milk and milk products spice farms should be encouraged, 9) Solid Waste Management have a positive effect. He said that although age is a plan should be implemented by a formal committee, 10) Need for emergency management of disaster rehabilitation sites, approx. major factor for degeneration of bones, erratic eating 20,000 sq mt for each site. habits, smoking, alcohol and hormonal changes further hastens the process.

Talks on “Management of Stress & Life Style Disorders through Yog” A talk on “Management of Stress & Life Style Disorders through Yog” by Dr. Sitakant N K Ghanekar (MBBS, Lighting of the traditional lamp MS), Consultant Cancer Surgeon and trained in Yoga Therapy at Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhan Speakers of session 2 - Seen L to R: Mr. S.S.P. Tendulkar, Mr. Darryl Pereira, Adv. Yatish Naik, Fr. Bismarck Dias, Ms. Yogita Mehra Samstana (Bangalore) was held on June 3.

Mr. Sanjay Srivastava addressing the participants

The sessions of the seminar were on: 1) Is implementation of the CRZ norms uniform? 2) Agriculture in Goa: Is it directed towards achieving food security? 3) Why has development Speakers of session 3 - Seen L to R: Adv. B.S. Gaonkar, Nilesh Gaonkar, Adv. Satish Sonak, Pandurang Madkaikar, Soiru Velip not reached the tribals? 4) Goa Regional Plan 2021: Whose The participants Plan is it anyway? 5) Does the Goa Panchayati Raj Act require Talk on 'Understanding Dietary Fiber' Amendments? Continuing with our Health Series, we organized a talk on ‘Understanding Dietary Fiber’ by Dr. Devaki Thatte Dalvi, (MD, DNB - Internal Medicine), Consultant Physician, Diabetologist and Echo Cardiologist on June 10.

Dr. Dalvi giving her presentation Q & A Round at the end of Session 1. Participant at the Seminar Seen Adv. Yatin Naik & Fr. Bismark Dias

Goa Dialogues 6 The International Centre, Goa Goa Dialogues 3 The International Centre, Goa We celebrated Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th Birth a combination of psychology and acupressure for healing OUR OTHER ACTIVITIES Anniversary on May 8, with a programme which emotional and physical conditions. included recitation of prose from “Gitanjali” (English Norway Open Quiz Community Outreach Initiative by U.S. Navy Sailors of the translation- “Song Offerings”) in Bangla and English World Quizzing Championships Norway Open Quiz was organised by Norges Quizforbund in Emory S. Land and the La Jolla along with a power point presentation and a few movie The International Quizzing Association UK in association association with Sunday Evening Quiz Club (SEQC) on April 2. U.S. Navy Sailors of the Emory S. Land and the La Jolla, excerpts. The resource persons were Daniel Driscoll, Dr. with Sunday Evening Quiz Club and us organized “The World It was a solo event and the quiz consisted of six written question planted trees in our premises followed by interaction with Maitra, Ipsita Das and Jugneeta Sudan. Rabindranath Quizzing Championships” on June 4. Around 45 participants papers of 40 questions each, to be answered in 90 minutes. the Media on April 25, to commemorate the Earth day. participated in the quiz. The tree planting was organised by The American Center, Tagore is the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 for “Gitanjali”. Mumbai. Lecture on “Quest for Promoting Tourism between Goa and ICG celebrates and his books Sri Lanka” Books are man’s best friends. This friendship starts in H.E. Mr. Prasad Kariyawasam, High Commissioner our childhood and holds us in good stead right through of Sri Lanka in India delivered a lecture on “Quest for our lives. The books we read as children remain in Promoting Tourism between Goa and Sri Lanka” on May our subconscious mind, playing a role in building 30. This lecture was organized by us in collaboration our personality. One such writer who has become an with International Centre for Excellence -New Delhi, The participants at the quiz integral part of children’s literature is Ruskin Bond. Goa Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) and Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG). Italian Film Festival: A Tribute to Mario Monicelli This prolific writer has infact managed to engage the The Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in interest readers of all age groups. collaboration with the Italian Honorary Consulate, Goa and the Italian Cultural Institute, New Delhi and us organized a three-day Italian Film festival from April 15. The Festival was a tribute to Mario Monicelli, a legendary director of Italian comedy films. The films that were screened included “La Grande Guerra” (The U.S. Navy Sailors planting trees in ICG campus Great War), “L’Armata Brancaleone” (Love of Gold) and “Un Borghese Piccolo Piccolo” (An Average Man). This was an opportunity for the US navy crew and the local Goan community to interact with each other on an important issue like environment. People –to-People contact advance the spirit of cross-cultural engagement and the interaction contributed to the broadening and deepening of ties between United States and India. The participants H.E. Mr. Kariyawasam giving his talk We celebrated his books on his birthday on May 19 by Also seen: Ms. Nandini Sahai and Shri. Pratapsingh Rane having a comprehensive presentation, by Ms. Jugneeta Sudan. “The Blue Umbrella”, a film directed by Vishal Mr. Prasad Kariyawasam said that joint tourism The audience during the festival Bhardwaj based on the novel, by the same name, by promotion by Sri-lanka and Goa could be beneficial to both by adopting innovative ideas and moving forward Screening of the documentary “Blue Gold: World Water Ruskin Bond, was also shown and was the main crowd puller. and reviving the past ties that existed between the two. Wars” He also mentioned that both the places have many Talk on 'Emotional Freedom Techniques [EFT]: Simple similarities that could be exploited to promote joint ventures to develop infrastructure and tourism service Technique for Healing' sector.

The Crew seen along with the Director, AGM and Programme Manager- ICG

Tribute to Tagore

The participants at the screening of “Blue Gold: World Water Wars”

A Screening of the documentary “Blue Gold: World Water Wars” directed by Sam Bozzo was held on April 23. The film is based on the book “Blue Gold: The Right to Stop the Corporate Theft The participants of the World’s Water” by Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke. The documentary provided deep insights into where we are headed, A talk on 'Emotional Freedom Techniques [EFT]: Simple and describes a future where wars will be fought over water (like technique for healing” by Ms. Adithy, Counseling Psychologist, oil today). Recitation of verses from “Gitanjali” Pune was held on June 4. EFT is a simple method which uses Participants at the lecture Goa Dialogues 4 The International Centre, Goa Goa Dialogues 5 The International Centre, Goa