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Friday, October 27, 2017 food Food for Squid – which was as good as the soul at it could get. The squids were well cooked not rubbery, bursting with flavour. The Bottlejack Chilli Garlic & Lime Crusted Kingfish Steaks served on the bone with fries were scrumptious and left us Bistro in wanting for more. The steak was crispy on the outside and succulent on the inside and Porvorim combined with fries, made for the perfect wholesome meal. When we got to the Melisia D’souza couches are perfect to chill dessert, I was rather surprised with a bunch of friends. with the extensive choice on ver the course of time, For those interested, they the menu. We were literally the highway liquor have an art space and a little spoilt for choice and were ban has indeed led library as well. You could just also told they are introducing O grab a book or play some some more desserts soon, into some innovation in the restaurants and lounges board games as you sip on including the very popular along the Porvorim stretch. a fizzy mocktail and unwind serradurra. While their No liquor means one needs on their cozy sofas. The flight in-house team crafts all the to up their food game. How of stairs that take you into food at Bottlejack Bistro, the else would it be enticing the dining area upstairs is desserts are sourced locally enough for the Goan crowd artistically done with a quirky from home bakers and pastry who can’t do without their chandelier. The paintings chefs from around the place, liquor? I wasn’t surprised hanging on the wall and including Andrea Fernandes when I entered Bottlejack minimalist décor adds to the adds to the appeal of this vegetarians seem quite of The Laced Apron and Gilroy Bistro, in Porvorim, on a vibe of the place. mocktail. I quite enjoyed the interesting while the Ham & D’Souza from Baker’s Street. Monday evening and found Though they don’t serve Watermelon Cooler with its Cheese Naan, Beef Carpaccio All of the desserts seem so it crowded, despite the no- liquor, you have the freedom fruity flavour and hints of or Beer Battered Prawns as fascinating, and for someone booze situation. That’s pretty to carry your bottles. ginger ale and basil. non-vegetarian options. We who has a sweet tooth, this much testimony to how good However, they have a wide Their food menu is however, enjoyed our Goat is a heaven. For example, the the food actually is. selection of non-alcoholic extensive. Most of their Cheese Bruschetta with Salted Caramel & Chocolate Situated right across beverages put together by food features Chef Karlton’s caramelized onion & fig jam, Tart is absolutely amazing – a the highway, this place their mixologists. Also, you refined, contemporary which was delicious. buttery crust, gooey salted is way bigger and more can request for your personal cooking, with the added The Karwari Prawns were caramel and gooey chocolate spacious than it seems twist to it or else just pick a advantage of savoring simple yet quite interesting, ganache. Chocolaty, rich and on the outside. You are virgin mojito or milkshake the authentic and natural with finely chopped garlic and buttery, I fell in love with it greeted by a warm and from their menu. We went in flavours. The fusion food onion sautéed and a generous from the first bite. The sinful friendly security guard and for the Watermelon Cooler provides an innovative twist serving of curry leaves to add La Rouge – dominated by the led inside the commodious and Litchi Freezer. to our favorites’. They have the South Indian touch to it. much loved hazelnut mousse, establishment that has its The fizzy Litchi Freezer plenty options in chicken The crab cake was a stunner generous amount of chocolate own calm sophistication to it. was refreshing – made of and meat (beef, pork and and a must-try for seafood and cremeux filling dressed in Minimalistic design – with a litchi juice with raw ginger mutton) and quite a few in a lovers. Made of fresh crabs, a velvet coat – is so delightful black and white colour theme shards, a squeeze of lime and vegetarian too. the authentic flavours of the and pleasing to the senses. – provides an aesthetically a generous splash of sprite. For the starters, Samosa seafood are retained though All the food at Bottlejack pleasing setting. The The sharp hint of ginger Pinwheels with date & and the meat is crumb fried. I Bistro is well crafted and comfortable lounge chairs and tamarind chutney or the loved how the natural flavours outstanding. For those who Mushroom Karwari for aren’t overpowered with appreciate the finer things other ingredients. This is a in life, a visit to Bottlejack definite must-try! Bistro is recommended to Also, what’s of special soak in the vibe, enjoy some mention here is – the food good food for the soul and menu is revamped every sinfully appetizing desserts. few weeks and you’ll find a The portion sizes are just few newer additions every right and the food is plated so time. Like the crab cakes, well. Trust me, you’re going to which were just introduced be spoilt for choice with the when we dined there. As we food and not miss your drinks were getting done with our at all. The service is rather outstanding starters, a well- quick and the staff is willing crafted main course arrived in to assist you swiftly, adding to two parts. the astonishing experience at First up, was Butter Garlic Bottlejack Bistro. Jupiter Classic

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Friday, October 27, 2017 edit GST ON TIATR, DRAMA IS NOT THE WAY AHEAD TO SAVE GOENKARPONN

here are certain things, which are not pinch for a family to enjoy tiatr at Kala afford to do that. Gawde should first get beyond my understanding as far as Academy or Ravindra Bhavan. clarity on the issue and also explain to the Manohar Parrikar led government is So what will happen when GST is imposed? general public whether GST means shutting T down of tiatr and drama or it won’t affect the concerned. Our magazine has never been a Ticket prices are certainly going to soar. This die hard, blind critique of this government. entails for many, buying a ticket would be performances. As a media house we have always maintained unaffordable. While artists’ fraternity looks with great our trust on Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar If this happens then, it would certainly hope from Parrikar led government, Vijai and his team for better Goa. We don’t mean less audience, poor response and big Sardesai is the person who can play a larger believe in knee-jerk reaction on any matter discouragement for the industry. role. I still remember Vijai addressing a press and as a matured media house will like to I happened to meet a tiatr producer conference with the priest in Velim church give the benefit of doubt to state government recently who was narrating how they have attack case and claiming that the current on several issues. been resorting to unique publicity campaigns government is pro-minority. But one issue that seems to have failed to gather a crowd for their shows. With We expect a similar stand to be taken by Parrikar led government is about Goods and the advent of technology, the publicity has Vijai on this issue. Giving the age-old answers Service Tax on TIatr and Drama. As we write become cheaper, rather free. But they have that he would be writing to the chief minister this edit, there is no clarity but there are hints to shell out money to give an advertisement won’t work. He has to ensure that Parrikar that the GST will be imposed on the ticket on the newspapers. intervenes and speaks to the Centre on the and also artists, who are paid to perform. Then there is expense to produce issue. If this is true, we can certainly predict 18 the entire tiatr that includes set, make Vijai has always been one of the per cent rise in the tickets of tiatr and up, costumes and all the ingredients main hopes for the minority community. This dramas, which are usually performed in state that make the performance successful. credentials of his were questioned when he government run venues like Kala Academy The increasing prices of commodities decided to support the BJP in March this year. and Ravindra Bhavans. have already made production of tiatr a However, he has now managed to control the Before we dissect the issue related to GST, costly affair. damage and convince the people why he did we must understand that the entire tiatr and The only support they get is through the that. drama industry runs on the mentors who mentors who buy the tickets and line up to Now he has an opportunity walking in usually watch them once a week or whenever see the performance. Now if these mentors to prove that the government is not anti- they are performed. are turned away from theatre, how will minority. One major step to roll back GST One reason why a particular section tiatr survive? on tiatr can be a major example of how of the crowd that you don’t find outside Recently during a function, Union Goa Forward Party is really protecting multiplex will be found at Kala Academy Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Goenkarponn. is because the tickets are cheap. It does Prabhu said that the bestremuneration for This is also a time for the party to any artist is the claps that he gets from the act and prove its pro-minority stance as audience. Nonetheless, GST will reduce they are going for expansion in various the number of claps as well. The Half filled assembly constituencies. The sources auditorium will never encourage a performer have revealed that they will be targeting to do his best. He needs jam packed hall and Congress and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak applauses raining from everywhere. Party constituencies. If that is the case, It might be again premature to predict the party can anoint their entry into these how GST will affect tiatr artists. Will they be constituencies by impressing upon Parrikar taxed on their remuneration that they get? to roll back GST on tiatr. Does it mean that they will earn less after This editorial of ours is not any provocation every performance? but a statement that we are optimistic about The answer is not clear. Art and Culture the state government. We feel that the Minister Govind Gawde himself was confused steps would be taken to correct the error of over the matter when he gave sound bite to imposing GST on tiatr and drama. one of the electronic media. He said, “We are All of us have grown up watching these yet to get the clarity.” performances on the stage. Every one of If not art and culture department then us hassome or other vivid memory of how who will have the clarity Mr. Gawde? Your some performance really changed our lives. department is supposed to look after welfare Tiatr and Drama has been an integral part of of artists and also preserve art and culture. our lives. We need to protect it to ensure that If Tiatr dies then for sure one golden piece Goenkarponn survives. We hope Parrikar, of Goa’s culture will fade away. We can’t Vijai or Gawde will listen to us.

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The Neutral View does not authenticate the printed information in the advertisement. The advertiser will bear all the consequences of issues arising out of the advertisements if any and not The Neutral View 5 pune Friday, October 27, 2017 Express Meet Vishwajeet Naik, the ‘bAap’ of birds in real sense Gunwanti Paraste attract these types of birds without disturbing their une – While humans natural nesting habitat. increasingly filled the space Vishwajeet have one- in Pune, birds were left with acre garden in Pune and Ptheir habitations being destroyed, is known to house more encroached and disturbed. The than 50 species of birds growing need of the city and and attracts several others overflowing population has made throughout the year. Pune second in largest cities on the It is nearly a decade now parameters of physical development that Vishwajeet has been and urbanization. working with the concept of While real estate giants are busy artificial nesting for birds. It trying to pin point every possible has increased the breeding space to convert it into the housing of a variety of birds in his or commercial complexes, the garden, which includes the Grey anyone who wanted to try this and original inhabitants of this place, our Hornbills, Jungle Mynah, Common contribute to the cause of making beloved birds, are finding alienated Mynah and Brahmani Mynah, the surroundings greener and more and threatened. The result was Magpie Robbins are some amongst bird friendly. obvious. They began migrating to the others. We have tried outskirts and away from the city full He said that my experience led to experimenting with the with mankind. creating boxes of different shapes nests since the birds, But all humans are not inhuman. and sizes to suit the behaviours of which instinctively live in Pune based bird activist Vishwajeet different birds. This experience also hollow trees, have lost their Naik is one amongst the exception, allowed me to conclude that two habitat and hence immediately trying to make a new home for inches diameter was the ideal size of make such artificial nests birds by providing them artificial the box opening for artificial nest. their home. With the loss of nests. Vishwajeet who is an artist This was an ideal circumference forests, birds are adapting to by profession and birdwatcher by for the birds to be adapted to these make homes around human passion has an environment at his boxes. Further this hole was required populations. heart. He has given justice to his love to be on the upper side of the box. Pune is losing many old through unique artificial nests. This allows the birds to have a trees, so birds are on the Vishwajeet says that artificial comfortable base as their nest and lookout for habitat. It will take new nesting dates back to two decades also prevents the young ones from three years to develop hollows and when his father started installing falling off. cavities. This is where artificial bird earthen pots around their garden Initially I noticed that birds usually nesting is helpful. and water feeders to attract birds. visited his garden to take a dip, Vishwajeet have conducted more The first birds to be attracted drink water and often flied off. On than 200 slide shows on the art of here were the spotted owlets and closely observing their behaviour, I artificial nesting for birds, thereby mynahs that nested for one season, tried to inculcate more indigenous helping the society to develop eco- but discontinued eventually. It was plantations in the garden to attract friendly surroundings. He also tries something to ponder upon. nesting of birds. They slowly started and regularly visits NGOs and schools “Then I realized that these responding to these plantations and to educate and create such spaces earthen pots had a few drawbacks. other trees like drumstick, banyan around in their campus. These pots had big holes from which and several other fruiting and As part of sparrow awareness the eggs fell, young ones fell off, or flowering trees as well. program, they conduct slide shows in they were attacked by predators,” he Vishwajeet said that it was a urban as well as rural areas around explained. Then the concept of tailor conscious decision to not use any Maharashtra and Goa that has got making the nest began. fancy material or make any special great response from people. “Artificial nesting does not mean investments to create these artificial Birds need food and you can disturbing the natural habitat of nests. Keeping the environment and attract them to your balcony and birds. Birds such as the Grey Hornbill recycling in mind, I have consciously terrace by planting. Smaller gardens used hollows in aged Tamarind, used old boxes, oilcans and other have wonderful options to attract Peepal or Banyan trees.” These recycled material to make these smaller birds. Birds are a great way trees were slowly diminishing and artificial nests. to take care of your garden as most in turn were the birds. Artificial The idea was to be economical, of them have a particular liking for nests, essentially made out of old environment friendly and most spiders and termites. oil cans, boxes etc., are utilized to importantly easy to adapt to 6

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among many. The report also indicted six Kiska ghar? caretakers for conniving with alleged gangster Zenito Cardozo to smuggle children out of the Home. It had not only exposed glaring lapses but also recommended criminal action against Apna ghar? them for their alleged links with the criminals. The then caretakers were identified as Manuel Mascarenhas, No way, it is not Videsh Mandrekar, Jayprakash Kambli, Sachin Pokle and Ghanshyam Gaude – for allegedly helping the juvenile inmates escape from the premises. The inquiry officially confirmed that the children, who were exposed to crime, were thereafter taken into custody by the police for robberies, stealing vehicles, spare parts and one of them was also charged with abetting a murder. Out of the total caretakers indicted for the offence only one Videsh faced action by way of suspension in April 2012 and subsequent arrest. But this was not long last as he was soon released and even reinstated in the job in June 2013. The remaining were privileged ones as they were only transferred to the Frequent department head office as “punishment.” escapes of However, a year after the expose the inmates, ruckus, five of them - despite being charged with fights between facilitating escapes - were sent back on duty the staff and the at the remand home raising fear of either juveniles are just TEAM TNV headache for the successive governments. threatening or interfering with the witnesses, three instances The institution meant for reformation and who are inmates. After a big hullabaloo, the that have ill the controversy-ridden Apna Ghar protection of the juveniles in conflict with government shifted them back to the head literally become undergo a complete revamp or will it law and those in need of care and protection, quarter. a headache for Wbe replaced with another concept? respectively has become nothing less than a Denying smuggling of children in the the successive This question is ticking everyone’s mind after chaotic market. The Minister who is himself present scenario, Rane however admitted governments. Minister for the Department of Women & new to the portfolio has conceded that that some inmates are indeed involved in The institution Child Development Vishwajit Rane nearly some inmates are indeed involved in illegal illegal activities and freely walk out at night meant for confirmed government’s intention to put an activities and they escape from the Home in to return without any hassles in the morning. reformation end to the functioning of the institution. the morning to return during the late hours. As one measure to improve the living and protection “Problems at Apna Ghar are not addressed “Some inmates are involved in illegal conditions at Apna Ghar, the authorities have of the juveniles in the right perspective. There has to be activities. There is a negative atmosphere introduced good food, strengthen internal in conflict with different options available. Apna Ghar concept inside the Home, which needs to be changed infrastructure and even recruited 10 intern law and those seems to have totally failed. I have to relook or replaced by the entire Apna Ghar concept counselors for inmates. A Rs. 5.5 crore in need of care at it with an open mind about what options with another alternative,” he said based on renovated complex has been commissioned and protection, are available,” he said after his maiden visit to preliminary briefings from the officers of the for the children. The walls fitted with vitrified respectively has the controversial home this week. Directorate of Women & Child Development. tiles, colourful interiors, CCTV surveillance, become nothing Frequent escapes of inmates, ruckus, fights While this long-term plan is still to take the and dormitories with attached toilets, less than a between the staff and the juveniles are just concrete shape, the minister called for the separate kitchen and dining facilities for girls chaotic market. three instances that have literally become a long pending inquiry report by the one-man etc. are a part of the new complex. inquiry committee that had made several Just-appointed WCD Director Deepak observation and suggested changes at the Desai who too conceded chaos in the Home remand-cum-shelter home. has vouched for a positive change. Then deputy collector Levinson Martins Rane has also aimed at attempting to was entrusted with the task to conduct a shed negativity around the institution but it thorough probe into the happenings at Apna would be interesting to know that while the Ghar and suggest measures for improvement, government is implementing the report, will after the criminal nexus between former staff there be any action against those NGOs or at the Home, criminals and some inmates was individual child activist for allegedly keeping exposed way back in the year 2012. mum on the entire nexus? Will their role be The report also recommended frisking further investigated, just the way the minister of visitors at the entrance, ban on the use has assured action against the government of mobile phones, two-tier outer security, employees indicted in report (after he illumination of the campus, cleaning of wild examines the report)? vegetation on regular basis, improvising on It would be a wait and watch the situation the food and other basic needs, segregating as both-minister and director are new to the children by gender and type of heads (juvenile portfolio and are trying to understand the justice board and child welfare committee) nitty gritties of it. 7

Friday, October 27, 2017 feature Abuse of Drugs to enhance sport performance

Christon Rien external damage which could Adverse effects include and mental effects. Now, ten-day suspensions to 162 eventually lead to our entire weight gain, and increased although the will to win and games or even the entire e live in a very system shutting down. cases of muscle tears upon be the best of the best are season. Some athletes competitive world Androstenedione are maximal exertion have also important qualities for an with severe drug addiction Wwhere winning is pro-hormones that convert been noted. But the most athlete to have, it cannot be have also been banned for viewed more important than in the liver to testosterone concerning adverse effect mistaken for doing whatever life. Many sports based the game itself. Success in and come in the form of includes renal dysfunction. it takes. organisations have substance competition brings status, pills. Adverse effects include At a minimum, athletes on Today, athletes in most abuse programmes that recognition, popularity, fame irreversible gynocomastia- this supplement need to be sports are given drug tests aim to help the athlete to and also the money. the premature closure of well hydrated. to find out if they are truly overcome their drug issues Today, athletes are growth plates- acne, hair In the past, we have clean or not. However, in through funded counselling. looking for an edge over loss, testicular atrophy witnessed many great some sports such as MMA Many sports fans tend to their competition that and changes in personality athletes admitting to having (Mixed Martial Arts) athletes take the black-and-white will help make them including aggressive taken drugs. While some do take PED’s but soon go view of athletes and PEDs. winners. Unfortunately, the behaviour. These behaviours have confessed of their through a process of flushing Professional athletes are adolescents get caught up in can include ‘steroid rage’ or usage, others were caught out the drugs from their labelled as poor decision this high stakes competition ‘roid rage’, and inappropriate red-handed. It’s almost like bodies. This allows them makers, while athletes who frenzy. Because of this, intense anger. taking PED’s have become a to get an edge over their reject PEDs are supporting teenage use of performances Creatine is a protein that trend among athletes. We opponent without being the purity of the sport. enhancing drugs is growing is popularly consumed as a are often surprised as to tested positive. In 2005, However, athletes and PEDs ever more popular. nutritional supplement and why such gifted and skilled Major League Baseball lie more in the grey area. Performance enhancing sold as a fine white powder. athletes find the need to introduced a new, stricter Given the profound effects drugs are classified into four It is commonly used by take such substances and drug policy that increased that PEDs have on their types: androstenedione, bodybuilders to enhance then we realise that it is for the severity of penalties for bodies and the advantages creatine, anabolic steroids muscle growth. This protein the sole purpose of either steroid and amphetamine that come with it, athletes and the ephedra alkaloids. All is synthesized in the liver staying on top or getting to use, signalling the end of who take these drugs should of these drugs are available at a rate of 1-2 grams per the top. Like I said earlier, the so-called “steroid era”. be labelled as more of risk over the counter with day. What you may not the competition is rising day However, this did not stop takers. Some of them get the exception of anabolic have known is that creatine by day in the world of sports. some players from doping away with it and some do steroids. Most people are is also found in red meats Much is expected from and getting the full benefits not. In all honesty, true familiar with these terms, and fish. Most individuals these athletes with tons of of their substance on the sports fans don’t enjoy but are not quite sure of need about 2 grams per pressure and expectations field. In the MLB, (Major watching their favourite their use and what they can day. In our skeletal system, from critics, fans and even League Baseball) 47 players athletes winning with the do to the human body. The creatine plays an important themselves. Sometimes, have been suspended for use of drugs. In the end, human body can withhold role in the production of ATP. no matter how good an using banned substances it just boils down to the a lot of stress and is built to Most athletes believe that it athlete is considered to be, (including steroids, most naturally gifted and last. But with the overdose enhances their performance their desire to win and stay HGH, testosterone, and hardworking athlete and of these PED’s we can set and decreases soreness on top can cost them. This amphetamines) since 2005, that’s what people enjoy ourselves up for internal and after strenuous workouts. includes physical, emotional with penalties ranging from watching. 8

Friday, October 27, 2017 feature SC/ST POLITICAL RESERVATION ISSUE COMES TO THE FORE AGAIN

Team TNV seats in the State Assemblies must be continue itself to the mandated of the made on the basis of the percentage of provision of the Constitution of India,” he issue of political reservation I have the population of the scheduled tribes said Barbosa. for the SC/ST community of slogged for the in the particular state. The mandate of “All the leaders of ST/SC associations Goa has come back to the issue. I am trying the Constitution is supreme. and alliances have come from the T my best to solve the fore. Be it elections of 2019 or a real Before the recognition of Gawda, movement and we are fortunate that concern for the community, the issue issue and I know the Kunbi, Velip and Dhangars into ST, the the persons from the movement are in is ought to snowball into a big issue best how to take it to a first Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled the Government now,” said Narendra during the further democratic exercise logical beginning. Tribes Bill was passed in Sawaikar while assuring all the help of elections. 1968 which recognised towards the support and well-being of The issue was raised at the five communities as the community. He also swore on the inaugural function of the one day Scheduled Tribes in enhanced financial support to the SC/ workshop for elected members of Goa but till date, ST from the Central Government. Village Panchayats and Municipal Panchwadkar, MD, no reservation is While speaking on the ST Councils of Goa belonging to the SC/ Tribal Corporation given. While all other Reservation Bill, MP Narendra ST community which was organised and others were states in the country Sawaikar said, “As an MP I have taken by the Goa Commission for Scheduled present at the have implemented the issue to the Union Ministry. Castes and Scheduled Tribes. occasion. the provision of this The issue will be resolved soon as The discussion begun after the topic However, the dissent bill, in Goa, this law is the Centre is looking at the issue of SC/ST reservation was referred to by the ST/SC community still not implemented even seriously.” by the Chairman of Ravindra Bhavan has been evident in several today. “This is not by accident The Tribal Welfare Minister and Executive Member of Goa Forward letters, complaints and also court but by deliberate design. All the Govind Gaude said that there are Prashant Naik. He said that Goa cases filed against the processes of the concerned departments are aware attempts being made to take the SC/ Forward will be fully supporting the Government. A letter had been written of this subject,” alleged Secretary of ST Commission to the grass root level. political reservation for ST’s/SC’s. to the Chief Election Commissioner by Goa State Scheduled Tribes Action “The Prime Minister and the State The long-time member of the the Goa State Scheduled Tribes Action Committee, Manuel Barbosa. Government have a plan to make United Tribal Associations Alliance Committee asking to declare the Goa Barbosa also alleged that there has sure not even one person of the and the one who felt the brunt of the Election 2017 null and void and started been a false representation of facts marginalised community is denied of UTAA agitation, now the Minister for a debate on when exactly is the right before the courts by all the responsible education due to monetary problems. Tribal Welfare Govind Gaude said, “I juncture for Goa to start the process of authorities and has claimed that the But the information flow needs to be have slogged for the issue. I am trying political reservations for the scheduled orders of courts asking to resolve the strengthened so that all benefit from my best to solve the issue and I know tribes and scheduled castes people of matter expeditiously too has been the same,” said Govind Gaude. the best how to take it to a logical Goa. ignored by them. Some day or the other, the beginning.” The issue of reservation of the “The Assembly election held on 04- Government will have to cross the South Goa MP Narendra Sawaiker, seat for scheduled tribes in the State 02-2017 in Goa is in violation of Article line on this issue as it has been long Chairman of Ravindra Bhavan Prashant Assembly of Goa as per Article 332(3) 332/3 of the Constitution of India, pending. Now it will be interesting to Naik, Prakash Shankar Velip, Venancio of the Constitution of India, which and also, when any notification is see how long it takes for the same to Furtado, Director of Tribal Welfare, Ajit clearly defines that reservation of issued, the Election Commission shall happen. 9

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the market has been making its way to the Sal River alongside and to the village nearby. The TCP Minister after assuming the ministry made it a point to get the issues here resolved once and for all so that health trade prospers here. The TCP Minister at the beginning of the year inspected the SGPDA retail market as well as the wholesale fish market and warned both the sides to get their act straight or face the music. This was being done parallel to a plan to make the wholesale fish market a state of the art facility for all the South Goans. In the month of May, the Minister directed the MMC to clear the retail trade at the wholesale fish market. However, since then, there have been several attempts made by the MMC to solve the issue but the traders have not backed down. But to the surprise of all, the Minister has been able to resolve the issue of the SGPDA retail fish market and now the sellers sit on the spot without blocking the footpath. The retailers at the wholesale fish market too have reduced, but the problem still persists. The authority has asked the retailers to come and sell at the retail market, but the advice has ISSUE OF WHOLESALE gone on deaf ears. The menace of the roadside illegal vending at the SGPDA wholesale market AND RETAIL FISH MARKET has increased recently with vendors not just selling vegetables and fish now but also groundnuts and masala too. AWAITS RESOLUTION This menace on the main road is going on under the watch of the Team TNV also demanded by the fishermen at the SGPDA Margao Municipal Council. On Sunday, Market. This is when the bargaining began. The it was a chaotic scene on this Saravali he issue of the wholesale and the retail fishermen demanded that until the retail trade road where Nelly about 50 vendors fish sellers of Margao has become an at the wholesale fish market doesn’t stop they were standing on the roadside with The TCP & Tunending battle for both the entities. As won’t agree or obey to any of the directions of their 4 wheelers where people stopped Agriculture the tempers ran high last week at the Wholesale the SGPDA. The wholesale fish market, in fact, their vehicles and blocked the entire Minister fish market yard the police had to interfere and had been waiting for the replacement of the road. Vijai stop the situation from going berserk. However, a fixtures in the market area and also to clear the Sanjay Mendes a local told that these Sardesai look at what has culminated till date on this front stagnation of water around the market areas. vendors have covered half the road and had already reveals that there has been a total lack of political Meanwhile, the Clean Margao Green Margao cause a total traffic jam on the road. promised will to solve the issue. Fortunately, now the TCP NGO led by some Madgaokars took it up to them “Surprisingly, the MMC is charging Rs to clear the & Agriculture Minister who is the MLA of Fatorda to get the entire market look and feel better 30 to 50 for the trade done illegally on area for Vijai Sardesai has taken it up to get the problem and installed guard rails for footpaths and also roadsides. Will this problem be ever healthy and resolved with all the methods. installed water lines to the sitting area which solved is want we fail to understand” clean trade. The issue was begun way back in 2015 after enabled them to clean the spaces. he said. The locals the new South Goa Planning and Development “So many inspections have happened. Nothing The TCP & Agriculture Minister Vijai have now Authority Chairman Mauvin Godinho visited and has changed. Neither we got drinking water nor Sardesai had already promised to clear urged the inspected the wholesale and retail fish market. has the illegal sale of fish stopped at the wholesale the area for healthy and clean trade. Local MLA The Chairman had interacted with the fishermen fish market. We give a word, if the illegal fish sale The locals have now urged the Local to take up and directed the Member Secretary to install is stopped, we will sit in our places and clear the MLA to take up the matter and put the matter water filters for drinking water and clean the passage,” said an agitated fisherwoman back in things right. and put stormwater drainage’s within two days. Tension 2015. However, there needs to be a strong things right. erupted among the retailers at the SGPDA and in A lot of time elapsed and the persons agitating and continuous action on the issue a fit of anger a fisherwoman picked the sewage and asking for a better fish markets came to the to solve it once and for all. The TCP water from the drain in front and threatened to driving seat. It is to be noted though that the Minister has been on record on this splash it over the inspection team. The fishermen wholesale fish market at Seraulim is the biggest in issue, claiming that it is his priority to questioned the inspection team on the promises Goa and has been under the SGPDA for decades deliver affordable and good fish to the they made in the past. now. However, it is also the most ill-equipped people of South Goa and has taken it The asphalting of roads, cleaning of the as there is no proper ground, no effluent and up as a task. It will be interesting to drains, repairs and modification of the sitting sewage treatment plant here. There is no garbage see how and till when this target is places and water for washing the spaces was dumping site here too, and all the Garbage from achieved. 10

Friday, October 27, 2017 feature PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES GOVERNMENT’s NEW TOOL TO “PLEASE” ‘POLITICAL FRIENDS’ an attempt to subvert the concept of the Regional Plan. The formation of more PDAs will lead to more ODPs that will bypass the regional plan. Then there is no point in having a Regional plan for 2030 or 2050,” he said. Green activists smell corruption and scam in the decision. They believe that formation of PDAs will curtail the rights of Goa Panchayat Raj Act. “The bifurcation of the PDA’s is completely unconstitutional and in contravention of the Town and Country Planning rule. It is solely being done with a purpose to defeat the Regional Plan. This is to encourage the real estate speculation at the cost of Goan economy and environment,” Activist Abhijit Prabhudesai said. TEAM TNV Moreover, to give a major place. constituted as per the rules He states that it is mockery boost to the real estate “I am not asking for set under Town and Country of the existing system. he BJP-led coalition business of its Minister separate Fatorda PDA because Planning Act. The Authority “Everyone knows that the government’s recent Pandurang Madkaikar, it is not growing as Taleigao or deals with preparing the land formation of new PDAs is in-principle move to government has included Old Goa is growing. Even like use map, outline development with political interest and T the North coastal belt that is plan, prepare and prescribe split the North Goa Planning Old Goa in the new proposed has nothing to do with so and Development Authority PDA. What is interesting to developing, needs separate the uses of land within called claim of planned (NGPDA) into three- coastal see is the political fallout of PDA. Looking at the demand, its area; and schemes of development. Everyone in PDA, Panjim PDA and Greater this decision, as the Deputy we have to take certain development and undertake the government, wants some Panjim PDA consisting of Speaker and Chairman of decision,” he said. their implementation. share,” Prabhudesai charged. Taleigao, Bambolim and Old North Goa PDA Michael Lobo Presently, Calangute BJP However, off late, the PDAs The Congress party too Goa- is the new controversy have already expressed his MLA Michael Lobo heads have been given powers to has questioned government in making. In a bid to “please” displeasure, considering the North Goa PDA whereas overrule the Regional Plan. intention behind bifurcations its new “political friends”, the fact that the entire coastal South Goa PDA is headed by Well known architect of the existing PDAs. The Manohar Parrikar government belt will be now out of his Goa Forward Party’s former and member of the former political opponent claims is taking all those decisions, regime. president Dr. Renuka Da Silva. task force on Regional Plan that with eye on Lok Sabha which has now upset his own While the coalition The political infight between 2021 Dean D’Cruz states election 2019, followed by party loyalists. government try to pretend the coalition partners has that the move is basically Assembly election in 2022, It is not any more secrete that the decision is being delayed the reconstitution of to bypass the RP and allow the parties in power are that in order to accommodate taken to facilitate the planned the Mormugao PDA. rampant destruction of the using PDAs as money making former MLA Atanasio ‘Babush’ development, it is clear that While sources confirm environment in the name of tool. Monserrate, who joined Goa the moves are politically that Lobo is very upset with planning. “All PDAs are more “When I was chairman of Forward Party just before motivated. the decision to split NGPDA, of a money-spinner for the NGPDA, Parrikar had accused the Panjim by-election- given Minister for Town and which means taking away his government,” he states. me of corruption stating that major jolt to the Congress, Country Planning Vijay entire powers, the Calangute D’Cruz explains that the the authority is money making government intends to give Sardessai justifies stating MLA says, “CM is the decision formation of new PDAs is machine. I would now like him chairmanship of new that in order to have planned making authority and I would basically to conceptualize to know from Parrikar, why PDA called Greater Panjim development, in the fast not like to comment on it”. multiple outline development State needs so many PDAs,” PDA, “thanking him for his growing areas, government The PDAs- Planning and plans by granting an increase CLP leader Alexio Reginaldo support”. proposed to have PDAs in Development Authorities are in FAR. “This is nothing but Lourenco questioned. 11

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many Goan villages still retain their unique identity by way of supporting local commerce and community partnerships, the youth has started emulating the consumerist culture of the rest of India in terms of buying choices and material use. There is a great need to revive the old culture by supporting local businesses and local buying through behaviour based interventions to inculcate a resource conservation mind-set and induce temperance in needs assessment and buying choices.

would essentially impart resource SUUHAS TENDDULKAR specific knowledge of conservation practices in use of energy, water, he success of sustainable city Urban fuel, food, material, etc. Knowledge and smart city movements across based interventions, aimed at Tthe world clearly suggest the intended practitioners, will impart growing awareness about impact of sustainability skill based knowledge in areas like human settlements on natural world organic farming, kitchen gardening, and natural resources. There is a clear drip irrigation, water harvesting, recognition that a business as usual practice and waste material reuse, waste mode of city and town development is composting, etc. Technology based not an option and urban planning has interventions, mainly intended for to integrate a higher level of thinking sustainable to-be entrepreneurs and operators, about systems would impart technical and vocational With the same thought, many training in areas related to renewable individuals and communities, in model for Goa energy generation (wind, solar, the past, joined forces to theorize biomass), water recycling and water and practice an alternative way purification, effluent treatment, etc. of sustainable living. Some of the environmental processes. culture of the rest of India in terms of Local community buy in and earliest alternative communes started Goa, because of its unique buying choices and material use. There continuous involvement would be the way back in the 60s and the 70s, rural-urban mix, higher per capita is a great need to revive the old culture foundation for the model to succeed. were Findhorn (Scotland, 1962) and income and land availability has by supporting local businesses and In this context, it will be absolutely Arcosanti (Arizona, US, 1970). In a great opportunity to develop a local buying through behaviour based essential to ensure that the design India, many faith based communities community living model that can interventions to inculcate a resource and operational expertise is sourced like Auroville, Anand Ashram, reconcile development objectives conservation mind-set and induce from within the local community Amritanandmayi, with millions of with sustainable principles. Unlike temperance in needs assessment itself thereby, creating employment global followers adhere to a different other states in India, the rural-urban and buying choices. This kind of a opportunities locally. As far as finance mode of economic and social living demarcation is nearly invisible culture change is not easy but it can is concerned, there are many central by forming communities that take and the merging of form as well be actioned by predominantly training and state government initiatives only marginal part in the monetary as culture is so subtle that the children and adult women and SHGs related to conservation efforts, economy and live in a better harmony only distinction is the in the way to take a participatory role in people vocational skill training, employment with nature. Some of the common the units are run administratively. engagement. generation etc. Knowledge inputs from principles of these communities Interestingly, unlike other states, On the technical side, workable external experts, subject experts and include individual/institutional the local governance structure of action plan to develop a sustainable financial as well as in-kind support financing as against public financing, Panchayats is strong and Panchayats village model would have to include from private sector partners can also partial or no private ownership, are known to wield considerable myriad interventions in resource be counted on to bridge the financing concept of sweat currency through influence on local development and generation and consumption gap. voluntary services, self-sufficiency infrastructure. Another unique feature patterns across diverse segments The question is not if this can be in food and water, moderation in is comparatively high level of citizen including agriculture, water, energy, done, the question is what will happen materials use, increased reuse and engagement in civic decision making. infrastructure, transport, material use if we do not do this. I strongly believe recycling and a conscious avoidance of However, an effective community and heat use. that unless specific measures are taken toxic and chemical products. The key model has to essentially start More specifically, for each now to adopt sustainable culture and theme followed by these communities with culture and lifestyle changes. intervention area, actionable practices in lifestyle and community is hinged around the concept of self- Although many Goan villages still activities will have to be identified planning, Goa will, in a matter of 2-3 sufficiency in resource use as well as retain their unique identity by way and implemented across three decades, lose its unique culture and consumption and sustainable lifestyle of supporting local commerce and parameters: Conservation, Knowledge would be just like other states that are practices that do not irreversibly community partnerships, the youth and Technology. Conservation based struggling with resource scarcity and damage the natural resources and has started emulating the consumerist interventions, aimed at everyone, high dependencies. 12

Friday, October 27, 2017 literature This book is available A book that takes you back to in all Broadway your roots, nature book centres. Rupesh Samant Gadgil has prefaced this book Kerkar has a formal style deities and rituals. Kerkar has who has praised Kerkar as “a of writing English that helps touched the most untouched fter spending few of the superb writer in Marathi and the reader understand aspects of this through his most valuable time of Konkani” who has penned this each word and the concept writing on Brahma amidst my life with personality book which will give at once that he tries to explain. the Green world, Buddha’s A Simplicity in his language like Rajendra Kerkar, the a great pleasure and deep Vision of Ecological Harmony, excitement to read his book understanding of this land, its makes this book adaptable The Cult of Sun Worship in on the subject dear to my nature, people and their life for the school curriculum. If Goa and others. The most heart was obvious. So when to any reader. I may be permitted, I would interesting could be ‘The I laid my hand on the book The writing explains in suggest, government should Monsoon Worship of Goa’, “Natural Heritage of Goa”, detail about the science, introduce this book as a part the chapter which claims that I could not stop respecting history and current of school learning so that Goan farmers rely on their the capabilities of Kerkar to perspective about Goa’s the generations to come will own signs to guess how the research the state’s most Natural heritage which is know Goa better. rain god is going to behave. unexplored facts and put reflected through the aspects While Goa’s cultural Pooja’ tradition or Ashoka The book culminates with them in the right perspective like People and Places, Plants, heritage cannot be detached tree – a remover of grief, a chapter on Franciscan order and simple language. Animals and Deities and from the religion that we Cucumber in Hindu and in Goa and the legacy of St Published by Broadway Rituals. The unknown facts follow, Kerkar has given Christian festival, Rice in the Francis of Assisi. Publishing House, one of the about Goa, which is world people a reason to believe Goan religion and so on, each I would recommend this most renowned institution famous for its sunny beaches, in faith that they follow. He chapter will further cement book as a ‘must read’ for for the book lovers, the book lay bare in this book which has based the facts about your beliefs in the traditions those who want genuinely US based Kiara Winans who travels from the time of the beliefs on science and that we have been following. know about Goa and its has lived with Kerkar family at pre-Portuguese rule to the environment, explaining them The life of people in Goa, culture so that when they their house at Keri in Sattari. colonial past and their impact meticulously in each of the especially those from the come down here they will also World renowned on our culture which we have chapter. villages nestled in Western spend time amongst those environmentalist Dr Madhav been following devoutly. The famous ‘Jayanchi Ghat, is inseperable from richness of the State away from the beaches.

This fortnight is all about relationships. Read your in-depth monthly 13 HOROSCOPE horoscope to see what that means for you. Aries Taurus Gemini MAR 21-APR 19 APR 20-MAY 20 MAY 21-JUN 20 Independence and enterprise Your spiritual beliefs and guides If you are unemployed, you will get a will not work for you. Instead, go for will change. Jupiter and Neptune are good job. The Solar eclipse will affect your compromise and cooperation. Professional favourable for your career. Finances are love life adversely. Moon will make your financial growth is superb. Financial prospects are wonderful while love Relationships are journey erratic. Health will be good. wonderful. Jupiter will help you to get complicated and pregnancy will need to married if you are a single. Be be planned. careful about your health.

Leo Virgo Cancer JUL 23-AUG 22 AUG 23-SEP 22 JUL 21-JUL 22 Mars will make professional life Jupiter will help you to expand This month will be a tough one for hectic for you. Your spiritual beliefs your intellectual base through studies you. The Cancer personality will undergo will undergo a major shift. The money will and travel. Career targets are completed a major transformation due to the Lunar eclipse. be spent on charities. Singles will form many love successfully. The eclipses will force you to change You may change over to a new job. Finances relationships for fun. Health will be stressful. your financial plans. Love is not serious but and relationships are stressful. Health is will be more enjoyable. There will be no below par. complaints about your health.

Scorpio Libra OCT 23-NOV 21 Capricorn SEP 23-OCT 22 DEC 22-JAN 19 You are free to do whatever you Venus will impact the career and health. want in life. Jupiter will help you to change You should avoid taking risks this month. Professional growth depends on persistence. your job with better prospects. You will spend Jupiter will help your career ambitions. While Jupiter will enhance your wealth. Divorces and on buying luxurious items. Planets will make Jupiter is helping your finances, Uranus is marriages are possible due to the Lunar you highly charming and lovable. Health trying to slow down your prosperity. eclipse. Health can be improved management is in for a radical with more relaxation. change.

Pisces Aquarius FEB 19-MAR 20 Sagittarius JAN 20-FEB 18 You will be overwhelmed by the NOV 22-DEC 21 Career goals will dominate over domestic strange events during this month. They Friendships will be on the radar this month. issues. Uranus will alter your spiritual faculties. will be positive for you in the end. Career is Finances are tough and highly erratic. Love Jupiter will make your professional growth subject to changes. Finances are wonderful, but relationships are highly confusing. The exceptional. Financial management more effort has to be put in. Diplomacy only positive thing will be health. will be challenging. Family is necessary to maintain good environment will undergo social relations. Health can significant changes. be improved by natural food health benefits. 14

Friday, October 27, 2017 go womania Another ‘womania’ Shanti Satardekar has set an example for others Laxmi Budke Talking a little about her childhood, nother inspiring story of a lady from she says, “I was born and brought up in the’ Go Womania’ Goa Group, who Goa, completed my schooling in Goa itself Ahas proved that if one has the will to but we had to move to Mumbai so I had do something in their life, then no matter to complete my graduation at Mumbai. the circumstances, one will achieve their After my graduation I have worked with goal. renowned companies in the administrative Mrs. Shanti Satardekar is an example section.” for all the ladies who wish to stand on Getting nostalgic she also says that their own feet and prove to the world that it was always her dream to become an ladies can stand staunchly and manage entrepreneur and be an independent everything all by themselves without any woman who was strongly supported by dependence on anyone. her parents and later her husband who She is the Sales Head of Uniarch Building was also incredibly supportive of her Systems, which is owned by her husband. ambitions. They started the company six years ago With great zest for her work, she says at Mumbai. They deal in modular railing “I have always loved working with people system and specialize in stainless steel and this love for socializing is what keeps systems, architectural railing systems and me on my feet as the sales head of my all types of fabrications. company.” In 2015, they decided to start a branch in Apart from being a wife, Shanti is also Goa because of the heavy product demand. a mother and regarding these roles she They began with an office at Mapusa and happily says that her family is in turn her in these two years they have grown at a major pillars of support and have kept great speed. When she was asked for her motivating her throughout instead of experience about working in Goa, which being a hurdle or obstacle in her work. She is so different from Mumbai, to which she adds gladly “my children see me work and replies “Goa being my hometown, I have to my great fortune, they understand me always have had an attachment towards and the hardships I do and try their best the state and I find it very pleasing to work to contribute positively to my success.” She here” also adds that apart from her family she is also grateful to her mentor arch. Rita Mody Joshi, who helped her a lot in her initial start up phase. “My motto in life has always been that I should not be a parasite on my parents and my husband as well. I always believed that independence is a woman’s greatest weapon, which every woman must make it her priority to achieve.” Further she continues, “when I came across Go Womania Goa Group on social media, I instantly got associated with them as I liked the concept, it was a great step towards women empowerment and that too without any profit.” She also adds “I am very happy with the progress the group is making and I am delighted for being a part of it as I love to extend my helping hand towards the women who are in their initial stage of start up and it gives me immense pleasure to be a contributing person in somebody else’s needy times. Her message for the readers is, if there are any kinds of talents and skills a person possesses within them, they must utilize it instead of letting it go to waste. If it is put to proper use you may well become entrepreneurs and have your own business and once that happens, there’s no looking back on financial dependence on anybody. You would be your own Hero. 15

Friday, October 27, 2017 fashion Celebrate Sôsa’s with Myra LAKSHMI BUDKE She assured them all this is not only local but they trouble will be worth it. And are also nationwide and ometimes it happens she turned out to be right! international. She also so that destiny chooses Now she says, “I am aware of has some Bollywood star what you should be doing each and every corner of my celebrities purchase from S her. One particular incident and there is nothing you can store, from the switches of do to run away from it, Myra the lights to every garment that she remembers gets her Silviera has a story on similar that is displayed at my store’’. giggling till date, narrating lines. She adds on, “ the biggest the incident se recalls, Myra is the owner of difficulty I had to fight against “one day i got a call saying Sôsa’s, which is one of the was within me. I was an Sonam kapoor wants to buy earliest multi designer retailer introvert, which was not a a few outfits from me, to stores in Goa. The minute you good thing because in order this statement, my obvious enter the store you feel like to get yourself noticed you reaction was that it’s a prank you have stepped into one have to get into the limelight! call,” but she anyway went of the ancient Portuguese This was my biggest fear. But at the venue with her outfit houses and the ambience is gradually as I began loving dressed casually and to her so warm and lovely, I don’t my work the fear slowly surprise it was actually think you can ever just come disappeared.” On Sonam kapoor. She here once. Today, Myra is the 11 adds, “We were Myra has been running grateful to every and 12th standing in front the store on her own for person who of November of Sonam around 10 years, while talking didn’t Sôsa’s will be Kapoor, to me she just realized how treat her organizing Flaunt Your that too long it had actually been! well or Fashion at Taleigao in casual It is probably so because who didn’t community center. outfits! But when she was given the think she Make sure you it was kind of responsibility to handle the could handle the be there. a proud moment store she just didn’t want to store on her own; for me that my do it, she had directly refused as all those negative store is known even in to take the store in her hands. comments and negative Bollywood and that I have But now 10 years down the behavior made her want to made it till here’’. line she has more than 30 I love prove herself to them and When asked about her designers who work with my store, it strive to be better instead. plans for opening other her. Myra has clientele that outlets, she firmly refuses is like a part of Myra was to open outlets because she passed on my soul, and I am so believes, “everything in this this store by connected to store that store was and made by my her uncle who I cannot even think uncle, from the furniture to started it in 1998 of moving the the hangers to the lights, and when he passed away. furniture of I don’t think I can replicate Myra was always very the store. the feel and the personal connected to the store. And touch that this store gives most of her childhood was to the client.” She further spent in the store itself. But reveals, “I love my store, it is when her uncle passed away like a part of my soul, and I she didn’t even want to step am so connected to store that in the store because she was I cannot even think of moving so connected to her uncle the furniture of the store.” that she couldn’t bear going “I was just 18 when I attended the level that she is at today, The bond that she has with in. my first fashion show”, that she remembers about the the store is really very special Although, it was the whole is exactly when she realized initial times when she was and rare. family that convinced her about her love for being a just getting started and taking But she definitely has a finally to take over her uncle’s part of the fashion industry over the store, even the sales vision to see her store in store, their statements were and even though her days girl never took her seriously, line with the top most multi that let it go down but not at were tedious and hectic, she they made her do all the designer stores in India the hands of a stranger, let it didn’t feel like it. Her work odd jobs in the store, even someday. She believes that be you, just give it a try! became pleasure for her. Then the designers didn’t want a person should follow their On that bit of a confidence onwards, her passion for the to deal with her because of passion and always have a she decided to give it a try store just went on increasing her age, which annoyed her humble and down to earth when she knew very little with time. family but she took all that attitude as no one is inferior about running a store. When asked about the patiently as she believed that to anyone but everyone is a She nostalgically recollects, problems she faced reaching it would payback someday. master in their own field. 16

Friday, October 27, 2017 cover story The story and struggle behind Breaking news in Goa

Team TNV population and most importantly strong craving for knowing the hort breaking news has been development happening within Goa a big hit in the recent times has largely contributed to making this Swith people increasingly unique service an instant hit. It may be finding themselves short on time to noted that it was the pre-social media keep themselves abreast with latest era and there were one or two local developments happening around cable TV channels that used to telecast them. one hour news capsule containing However, the concept of delivering news of previous day. The only source breaking news in 160 characters was of knowing latest news was radio launched way back in 2005 by Digital and the newspapers that would Goa, which is probably one of the disseminate news the next day. first technology start-ups of Goa. No surprise than that the Goa Centric professional SMS News professional, subscription based SMS Service, launched 12 years back by News Service which was launched by journalist-turned-entrepreneur – Niraj Digital Goa, on this backdrop, became Naik - has many other unique features an instant hit. The politically conscious which keeps it alive and kicking in this people of Goa were so fascinated with instant information explosion era. this innovative and useful service that There has been lot of debate in from chief minister, ministers, MLAs the recent past over the need of to bureaucrats, police, businessmen, independent and unbiased media. professionals and literary who’s who Media dependence is becoming of Goa enrolled for the subscription a major issue & threat to Indian of this service. Soon it grew into the democracy on the backdrop of media most authentic, reliable, unbiased, houses being taken over by corporates crispy, and quick source of and political parties or being dictated information to the people of Goa. by advertisers. Media running out of And today after 12 years of consistent subscription paid by the public and in and reliable service Digital Goa has turn only accountable to the public carved out a niche for itself in the at large can be truly independent mainstream media of Goa with various and people centric. However, this widely accepted digital platform utopian concept is rather cumbersome initiatives. and non-lucrative when it comes to SMS cost was one of the major implementing it on ground zero. Digital expense heads in this venture. To keep Goa takes great pride in being one of the overheads low and to increase the the few media houses in the country viability of the service, manual method which have made such an economic of sending SMS from mobiles was model viable. In addition, despite adopted. CDMA operators like Reliance being an unconventional media Digital and later MTS, who were offering 1 Goa has carved a niche for itself in the paisa per SMS, came as a blessing mainstream media of the state. Earlier, sending bulk in the initial years. Though sending Digital Goa has struck to its SMS was not only SMS manually from mobile phones principle of ‘no advertisements only was a very cumbersome process, the pure news’ in the 12 years history of cumbersome but low cost of SMS gave the service the SMS News Service. The service runs costly as well. With much needed impetus. At one given exclusively on subscriptions collected emergence of social Digital Goa’s indigenous collection time, there were as many as 300 from thousands of citizens of Goa. model devised for the collection of handsets from which news messages Right from who’s who including the media, floodgates mostly monthly payments from the were flashed to subscribers at one go. chief minister of the state to the were opened to the subscribers with motorcycle borne Adding and deleting numbers on these common man on the street is a Digital whole world to reach executives stationed in all major cities handsets, adding numbers to groups, Goa Subscriber. Our subscriber base is of Goa is also unique in its own right sending messages to subscribers spread across the length and breadth out to large number It all started way back in June 2005, was a cumbersome exercise. But of Goa. With strong attachment of of people across the when cellphones were slowly gaining the extremely positive response and Goan Diaspora to this land the service world in a flash at as popularity in the urbanized state of credibility rendered by the people of is used by Goan staying outside Goa Goa. Goa’s high literacy, widespread Goa to the service made it possible for and also abroad. good as no cost. knowledge of English, tech savvy Digital Goa to cross major milestones 17

Friday, October 27, 2017 cover story and establish itself. slowly we got used to it and learnt of SMS News Service, though SMS had Slowly SMS sending went through to deal with it. But the satisfaction of its own advantages over the social various changes with TRAI tightening doing fearless reporting far outweighs media. There was also a big question the noose by coming out with various the troubles and financial constrains We always wanted to mark over the credibility of the news regulations for sending SMSs. Though we had to go through all these years. raise the bar and not circulated on the social media as we were sending SMS only to our However, the challenge posed to become content some miscreants started circulating paid subscribers and no commercial/ by the emergence and speedy with laurels we fake news using these platforms. This advertisement were sent by SMS in penetration of social media was the situation helped us reinforce our last 12 years, we were largely affected most serious and difficult one. Social earned. After running importance as the most authentic by each one of these changes. The media literary shook the foundation a professional, source of news in Goa. worst time was when government of this service almost rendering SMS subscription based This situation necessitated another of India imposed blanket ban on news irrelevant. breaking news major change and innovation in this sending SMS for almost a fortnight in Like always it was the innovation service in the state service, which we were resisting for September 2010 in the run up to the and high standards which are an some time. Around the beginning Ayodhya verdict. Except for this period, integral part of Digital Goa’s existence of Goa for 12 long of 2016, we finally got rid of our there is hardly any day in last 12 that kept it going. Onslaught of social years, it was our reservations about social media and years, when there was no news sent media and competitions amongst endeavour to use this rechristened our service as Digital through Digital Goa Breaking News media houses, individual journalists unique experience to Goa SMS cum Whatsapp news Service. It is this consistency, coupled and even general public to appropriate go national. But the service. First, we started sending news with professionalism, impartialness, it in their favour was immense. bulletins containing one para news fearlessness and crispness of the news Earlier, sending bulk SMS was not current model did not of various less important news which that has won the hearts of people of only cumbersome but costly as well. hav are not sent by SMS and details of Goa. The various restriction imposed With emergence of social media, the news sent by SMS. Subsequently, by TRAI finally made it impossible floodgates were opened to the whole we started compiling exclusive stories to send the messages from mobile world to reach out to large number of leading English newspapers and handsets and finally in 2012 Digital of people across the world in a flash sending it across to our subscribers. Goa permanently shifted to the at as good as no cost. It also made it over enthusiasts started bombarding We also send events and happening automated, state-of-the-art online possible to disseminate not only text hundreds of Whatsapp groups with of the day by Whatsapp to our SMS sending. This shift, though heavy but other media like photos, video dozens of ‘breaking news’. Every small subscribers. Sometimes 3-4 news on the coffer, helped in scaling up and etc. This can be termed as the most development and announcements bulletins with 20-30 news snippets are improving customer satisfaction with significant thing happened to media were flashed on social media instantly sent depending on the developments better quality of service. ever since its inception. Some local as there were no restrictions on in the state. These bulletins also covers Besides technological challenges, TV channels were the first to jump number of messages. On the contrary, the national news headlines as well. dealing with copycats consumed lot onto the social media bandwagon we were sending on an average four With these additions, our SMS cum of our energy for several years. After followed by mainstream media and SMS’s a day. There was a huge gap Whatsapp News Service has become the success of this SMS News Service, freelance journalists for Goa breaking in the content we sent to our paid a complete package for our busy there were many attempts made by news. Within a short span Whatsapp, subscribers and what was available for readers. Some of our readers say that several people and local media houses Twitter, Facebook became major free on social media. This created a they don’t even miss newspapers with to provide an alternative to Digital Goa source of breaking news for Goa. Some question mark on the very relevance our comprehensive news coverage of SMS News Service. However, none of Goa. them could survive for long before the We always wanted to raise the high standards and consistency set by bar and not to become content with Digital Goa. laurels we earned. After running It was a real tightrope walk to a professional, subscription based run this venture just on meagre breaking news service in the state subscription, without taking any of Goa for 12 long years, it was advertisement and sponsorships, all our endeavour to use this unique these years. There were tremendous experience to go national. But the financial constrains but at the same current model did not have the time there were pressures from scalability potential. Therefore, the different quarters. Keeping the obvious choice was to launch a mobile independence and sanctity of the app. The City Breaking android and news was the real challenge and it iOS App was launched recently with was only our sheer conviction that some of the unique features that no helped us to resist all pressures and other national News app had as the threats that came our way in the last App was the outcome of our 12 years 12 years. This may be the only media of experience in dealing with paid which was not taking advertisements breaking news service. from the government. This gave us The traction City Breaking app courage to report any development received in Goa within a short span is against the government of the day or the testimony that this app has a great ministers without hesitation. Since we potential in every tier 1 and tier 2 cities were the first to flash news, there was of India. So far we haven’t made any immediate reactions from politicians, serious attempts for seeking funding criminals and law breakers. They first for this dream project. Hopefully, this tried to lure us with ‘offers’ but when new venture will fulfill our dream to we did not succumb to their tactics become a national player and to help they started to pressurise, abuse, leverage our experience in giving intimidate and threatened us. Initially, quality breaking news app to the this was given us sleepless nights but country.

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Friday, October 27, 2017 fitness Foods That Burn Fat Thermogenic Foods

A low Thermogenic value food is sugar foods raise digested extremely quickly and the your blood sugar sugar from the food enters the blood level extremely quickly so stream at a faster rate. In response to much that your pancreas releases this heavy influx of sugar in the blood too much insulin and this in turn If you throw in lots of sugar and it stream, the pancreas releases a high starts the fat conversion process as is not needed then better expect it level of insulin. This spike in insulin excessive sugars are converted to to convert into body fat at a very fast levels creates a cascade of events that triglycerides and stored in your fat rate! leads to conversion of the sugar to fat cells. Thermogenic value of fats: & store it as adipose tissue. All sugars fall into this category Fats are not the ” bad boy” of TARIQ MOHAMMAD Foods with high Thermogenic when ingested in excess including; nutrition as many people may think. values: (fat burning foods) White bread, white pasta, sucrose, However, what we do need to any people would be Number 1: Most protein foods glucose, dextrose, maltose, and consider is the “good fats” not the ” surprised to know the fact apart from liquid protein drinks lactose. bad fats“. Good fats come from olive Mthat you can actually burn (These are easily digested). Protein Rice cakes, cakes, biscuits sugar oil, omega 3′s from salmon and fish fat by eating! However, before I tell also has indirect Thermogenic value soft drinks, fresh juices and fruit. oils also flaxseed oil. These fats are you how you can actually eat more due to the muscle building effect after Solid foods versus liquid foods: invaluable to the human metabolism yet burn more fat as compared to intense exercise. The Solid foods have and can actually increase the rate at someone who eats less we have to more lean muscle mass a great deal more which you burn fat. The “bad fats” are take a closer look at how various your body carries the Thermogenic value those that are generally solid at room foods have positive or negative energy more Thermogenic you than liquid foods. These temperature as example, fatty meat, values. become as lean tissue include fruit juices or lard, and highly processed oils. As you should know food is divided has a higher metabolic glucose based sports These are the true bad boys in into 3 basic categories known as demand than fat cells. drinks. (Whole fruits are the fat world and cause a myriad Macronutrients: Number 2: Fibrous any day preferable over of damage at a cellular level, as the vegetables have very fruit juices.) body can no longer recognize their Proteins high Thermogenic values due to the As liquids contain little fibre, chemical structure due to the changes Carbohydrates intensive digestive process needed to they move sugars quickly to the from processing. They try and bond to Fats break the cellulose fibre in vegetables. blood stream and cause dramatic cells to aid in metabolic functions but Brown rice has more of a fluctuations in blood sugar levels. they can’t because of their misshapen The carbohydrates are divided into Thermogenic value than white rice Having a glucose drink before you structures and by doing so actually 3 groups: due to the added fibre. Whole grain train is probably the worst thing you create chaos and severe damage.  Simple carbs – sugars, glucose, breads also have a slightly higher can do as by the time you start to lift Natural cold pressed oils are an lactose, dextrose Thermogenic value than white bread some weights your blood sugar will essential part and cannot be made  Complex starches – rice, bread, due to the fiber and grain content. be lower than at the time you started by our bodies hence the word pasta, grains, potatoes Powerful combination: due to the sugar spike “essential”. Without  Fibrous carbs – vegetables - Protein and Vegetables - By and excessive insulin these essential fatty broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, combining these two food groups reaction. acids our bodies would green beans etc. you can really super charge the fat My advice is to stay quickly deteriorate at burning process and not only burn away from fruit juices a cellular level. These fat but also can facilitate lean muscle and high sugar drinks if “good fats” play a growth. your goals are to get lean very important part If your goals are to get that ultra- and build quality muscle in regulating many lean ripped look with a beautiful mass. These drinks only body functions from set of six-pack abs, then a nutrition serve to slow down your fat burning hormones and skin quality and program based on lean proteins process and increase fat storage. If maintaining insulin sensitivity. like chicken, fish, lean beef, tuna, you must drink a high sugar drink you For bodybuilding purposes they egg whites and vegetables such as are better to consume it after intense are actually far more important than Understanding Thermogenic broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, exercise to replenish glycogen levels carbohydrates yet they always seem values: cabbage, zucchini will most certainly as at this point you have opened the to get the “back seat” due to the The Thermogenic value of a food get you to your goals quicker than doors to hungry muscle cells that stigma associated with the word” fat“. or a food group is determined by the a diet based on high starches from needs replenishing. It’s all about So we can conclude that the good energy that your body uses to digest bread, potatoes, pasta. supply and demand. fats do have fairly high Thermogenic the food and the metabolic responses Foods with a low Thermogenic values due to their importance associated with those foods. In value: (High Kilo joule foods that for metabolic function and their general, the harder the food is to digest extremely quickly) ability to slow down the digestion of digest the higher is the Thermogenic There are certain carbohydrate- carbohydrates, slowing the release of value of that food. based foods that contain very high sugar into the blood stream. The food that requires more energy kilo joule (energy) levels yet possess Therefore, when it comes down to to break it down or digest it than its very little Thermogenic value. The the diet for losing the body fat, it is overall caloric value is considered as a easier a food is to digest the less not how much you eat as far as what “negative” caloric value. Thermogenic value it possess. High you eat is of a crucial significance. 19

Friday, October 27, 2017 sports

RAHUL KAMAT Participated in the 20th FAJR INTERNATIONAL TAEKWONDO nternational Taekwondo player P. Anand, TOURNAMENT. 2008 at Bandar, the recipient of Dilip Sardesai Sports Abbasiran and Won Bronze Medal IExcellence Award is a person whose grit Participated in the 2nd Jogas Da and dedication has brought the state and the Lusofonia Games, June, 2009 at country accolades across the globe. Lisbon Portugal and Won Bronze P. Anand’s journey in Taekwondo started Medal when his father who was an army man was transferred to Goa. As a young boy, he got Participated in the 11th South attracted to the sport when he saw the Asian Games, 2010 at Dhaka, recruits practicing in the army camp. Initially, Bangladesh and Won Gold Medal, under the guidance of coach K. Raja, the Participated in the 5th formal training started. Anand has also been Commonwealth Taekwondo trained under the guidance of SAG coach Championship, 2011 at Chennai, Sunil Sharma, who himself is an International India and Won Bronze Medal, medalist. He started his playing career at the Taekwondo Association Coaching Camp at Participated in the 3rd Lusofonia SAG, Ponda and clinched Bronze at his first Games, 2014 at Goa and Won state competition in 1999. Later, Anand won Bronze Medal his first Bronze medal at nationals held at Participated in the 2nd Mt. Bangalore in 2004 and his first international Everest International Open Bronze medal in Iran in 2008. Taekwondo Championship, 2014 Apart from winning medals at the state, at Kathmandu, Nepal and Won national and international level, he has also Gold Medal participated in WTF International Taekwondo Participated in the 12th South training programme in Korea. Asian Games, 2016 at Shillong, Despite initial setbacks and injuries, Anand India and Won Gold Medal resurrected every time time and performed, at times even playing with injuries and Participated in the 3rd heroes winning medals. His dedication to the sport is cup international taekwondo unparallel and is an inspiration for many who competition, 2017 at Bangkok, want to take up Taekwondo as a career Thailand and won Gold medal 20

Friday, October 27, 2017 feature A partnership of ‘New Dimensions’ r. Kedar Tari and Mr. his early days and only the two of them Narayan Surlikar are had to handle the entire workload. Mthe proud owners Their major breakthrough was a of Electro Vision and New big order from Goa Shipyard, who Dimensions. Their journey is still continues to be their esteemed not only the one which will clients since. From then onwards, they leave us in awe of their hard began growing their business into all work and efforts but also the major industrial areas, corporate change our perspective on houses and educational institutions in friendship and business. India. They both were friends In 2014, they started a sister concern since their days at GPP and ‘New Dimensions’ which is handled by that bond grew stronger both of them. They have now started when they joined the same IT dealing with LCD projectors, testing Company as colleagues. They and measuring instruments as well worked there in the company that they provide only for educational for a few years and then they institutes. Elaborating on testing and left it to start up something on measuring instruments, he tells us their own. that they have basically the entire They started Electro Vision lab set ups for schools and colleges in 2001 at Vasco in a rented with the required specifications by premises and Mr. Kedar, who the educational institutions. They are has a diploma in electronics, currently based at Jairam Complex, still remembers their first Kedar Tari Mala. Annual Maintenance Contract that was of mere Rs. 9000. They began their company with copier printers They began their company and later they extended to other instruments, with copier printers and later they extended to other he still recollect the hardships that he and his instruments, he still recollect partner faced as they had no staff working for the hardships that he and his them during his early days and only the two of partner faced as they had no staff working for them during Narayan Surlikar them had to handle the entire workload. LAUNCHING OFFER BY TNV Get Subscribed Today with

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Friday, October 27, 2017 fashion To me success is becoming an inspiration to others

PRAVIN P. AJGAONKAR I believe, no problem is solved by worrying about it. It am Arya Kedar Phadte, is essential to always be calm Seventeen-year-old ordinary and productive. Stress can girl but with big dreams, only drain, demotivate and I depress you. Impulsiveness I have a loving family mom, dad and brother. Studied in leads to rash decisions What is your secret behind Holy family school Porvorim but patience can help you success? followed by St. Zaviers College maintain your poise and Secret is no secret actually. Mapusam and now in 1st year decorum. Although, I do hold some at DMC College at Mapusa. I How do you define morally strong deeper core am an ambitious dreamer and success? values that helps me deal always wanted to see myself I have set my own with any situation. Some of crowned. I worked towards definitions of success. To which are, I always believe it and with my utmost hard me success is becoming in my potential and myself. work and dedication made an inspiration to No matter what, I never my dream come true. When others, the day you compare myself with others I won the title of first runners are in a position because I have learnt that it up of Saffron India Queens to inspire others drains all your creative energy 2017 recently, the feeling I you have and can only leave you de got in that moment cannot achieved motivated. As an aspiring be expressed in words. It was your biggest model, I think we should do truly scintillating experience. goal. the thing that we do the best, Most importantly, it was very Success is wear our confidence and be touching and inspiring to see what you can audaciously graceful. the pride in the eyes of my get satisfaction Also, to be successful I parents. from, when you see think, one should always Hobbies pride in your parent’s emulate rather imitate. I like reading magazines eyes. It is when your As a learner, we should and books by keeping myself contribution to your work always learn from our updated with fashion and gets recognized in the society. idols and personalities we upcoming modeling trends. I Who are your role models hold closer to or wish also like to play badminton as in the industry? to become someday. a sport. I have always been inspired However, if we try to Goals as a model by Aishwarya Rai Bacchan, imitate other people, we My goal is to be a Sushmita Sen, Lara Dutta and may end up repeating recognized model leading Urvashi Rautela, each of these their mistakes as well. the fashion. I see myself divas are unique in their own Therefore, in order to walking the ramp with the ways and have nurtured their be successful we must top models in the industry distinctive individuality which learn and improve and internationally as well. has made them what they are ourselves constantly. I realize that it could be a today. Amongst all, Aishwarya What is your difficult task and I will have Rai Bacchan is a persona who advice for the youth? to work very hard and smart has been my paragon till now. My advice for the to achieve it. I am aware that Do you have any youth would be to success is never served ready limitations? believe in themselves and made and you have to get up Most models face the work hard and smart till they and achieve it with ardent problem of their family not succeed. Additionally, leaving efforts. I consider in order to being supportive however, I the readers with the quote achieve the greatness, one luckily have a very supportive from Coco Chanel – a well- must believe in themselves family who always motivates known fashion designer that I and work very hard but me and believes in my admire, qualitatively. abilities. I am very proud to ’’Everyday is a fashion How do you handle have them in my life, they are show and the world is my stressful situations? my pillars in catastrophe. runway’’. 22

Friday, October 27, 2017 tech Smartphones in 2017, who did it better Android or iOS?

Palash Volvoikar and we have all seen how good those portrait mode pictures look. There is still room for improvement martphones have evolved quite a there, of course, but Apple seems to be ahead in lot over the last few years. We are this race. Some manufacturers even provide front Sat a point where improvements cameras with big sensors, for those extra detailed are sort of saturated, and doing the next selfies. big thing is quite hard. The year 2017 still saw quite a lot of things change, Software and many of these changes have been Google came out with the eighth iteration of Android persistent throughout most phones this year named Oreo, while Apple came out with iOS we saw released this year. However, as 11. The software is visibly cleaner on both ends, and always, there is that question- who did underlying optimisations get the focus. The battery it better, Android or iOS? life is better on both platforms too. Over the years, Now, I am talking about both; the software has become more and more about how hardware and software changes. it works rather than how it looks, even though it still Flagship Android phones were in plenty looks great. this year, and Apple chose to release A few other bits three iPhones, which is an indicator of Let’s talk about the recent iPhone launch event. them willing to jump on-board with the Apple introduced three new models this year- the latest innovations while trying to retain iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and the iPhone X. iPhone X aims their original flavour. to change the game, claims Apple, but comes with Here are some of the prominent features that are largely recycled. The fingerprint changes of the year: sensor and touch ID have been replaced with face ID, which is Apple’s advanced Display, minus the bezels facial recognition. It is apparently secure Since the advent of touchscreens in enough to recognise your face and comes the smartphone domain, we have seen with an extra sensor just for that. This the screen to body ratio as one factor feature by itself, however, is anything but being used as a measure of the usability new. Android has had ‘face unlock’ for years of a smartphone. The idea is that the now. Moving on, the iPhone X also supports screen should occupy the surface on the wireless charging, which is yet another side of the phone’s body, as much as feature that Android phones have had for a possible. We saw phones like Xiaomi’s while now. The little bit of innovation in that Mi Mix 2, which goes for a full bezel- area came from the AirPower, which is the less display, Samsung’s S8, that actually new charging mat that Apple introduced. bends around the side edges to give The idea of just placing down all your more screen real estate, and the iPhone devices on top of the mat and having them X, and the Essential Phone, that are charged is certainly appealing. bezel-less but have cut-outs for cameras The new iPhones are soon getting their and/or sensors at the top, with the UI match from Google in the form of Google adjusted to accumulate the gap. The Pixel 2, which is set to be unveiled on the first truly bezel-less display came on the 4th of October. If you are thinking about original Mi Mix by Xiaomi, and it seems accessories, like a smartwatch to go along like the predecessor chose the most no- with the phone, Android has Android Wear nonsense way to implement it. 2.0 based devices, while Apple has the latest Apple Watch Series 3. In the end, your Dual cameras decision is left up to what kind of usage you Dual cameras are all the rage these are looking for. days, and most of the new flagship So, if you are somebody who likes a lot of phones now come with a dual camera customisations, or at least likes to have the setup. The Xiaomi Mi6 has it, OnePlus 5 choice for the same, you should definitely does, and so do the iPhone X, and the get an Android. On the other hand, if you iPhone 8. Dual cameras are now pretty like a pretty much no-nonsense experience, much a standard. The idea is to use then iOS should be your choice. The new the data from two sensors to enhance generation of smartphones will definitely the depth details, among other things, take you where you want to go! 23

Friday, October 27, 2017 feature

Tanvi Bambolkar Social media has become a great tool major concern that I have The world has seen a lot. Two for the political, cultural and social here is the negativity that world wars, nuclear attacks, global he world has been a institutes to promote their agendas is getting spread through warming, terrorism and many more tumultuous place since its and ideologies. However, in this these platforms. things that have spread the negativity inception. Probably that’s why process it is becoming easier for Every morning when in the world. It has been difficult for scientists called it ‘the big bang’! One people to express their negativity as I open my twitter feed, the post War generation to be as Tof the reasons for the continuity of well. Not that it did not exist in society all I come across to see a happy as the pre War generations. these ‘bangs’ was the human species. before the arrival of social media. It new outrage every day. A There has been dissatisfaction, We have made, remade, created did, but it was difficult for people to controversial statement by disillusionment and pessimism. and destroyed a lot of things over express it very openly and easily. some known personality Yet, humanity has survived and is the ages. And one of the greatest and then excessive trying hard to pop its head in some gifts to humankind is the ability to comments and replies of instances. think. Humans did not stop at only for people to express their negativity the people who did not Innovations and inventions have thinking but they expressed what as well. Not that it did not exist in like that statement. It is fine to have a made human life easy. Yet, it has also they thought. They have evolved from society before the arrival of social different view but what is happening made us lazy. No more, we write writing on walls to sharing posts on media. It did, but it was difficult for here is expressing the angst in a very letters and take pains of going to post the Facebook walls. people to express it very openly and ugly manner. Abuse, defamation is office to post them. Rather, we prefer Today, the virtual world has easily. Since now everyone is on these being carried out in a very casual putting up a post on Instagram. We become another living space for platforms there is no limit to who manner. Although there are ways of are no more keeping out negativity to ‘’Netizens’’. The platform that was and what is being shared there. The protecting oneself from these abuses, ourselves but letting it out on social thought to be a space of youth a platforms, which were supposed to they are so much in quantity that it is media. A lot of times on other people. few years ago has now become connect people, are now displaying very difficult to monitor the negativity The time where there are already a space for individuals across the the negativity that lies deep in the in virtual world. so many fears and apprehensions, ages. No wonder, now parents check minds of people. The word trolling has become very what we really need is little bit of out grooms for their daughters on Often it is seen that people common on these platforms. It is the optimism and positivity. Since we Facebook. These platforms have are developing two personalities. act where people are made fun of and have easier modes of spreading why definitely brought people closer but One, which they have in real life are ridiculed through various means. don’t we use them to do it? Why it has also made expression easier. and another that is portrayed on I am sure the people who carry it don’t we filter out the negativity from There is no harm to it till it begins to virtual world. While at times, there out get the pleasure of causing the the minds and ‘post’ some positivity play with the minds of people. are contradictions in these two emotional pain and the victims have on virtual world? It won’t cost much. Social media has become a great personalities, also at times; you see to go through unnecessary negative Just a click, a few words, a picture tool for the political, cultural and the real face of the person on social emotional turmoil. But finally what is maybe and there you go! You have social institutes to promote their media. There are many personality the ultimate outcome? I don’t think in done your bit of sharing a little bit of agendas and ideologies. However, disorders which are associated with any way such kind of negativity helps positivity in the world. World needs in this process it is becoming easier excessive use of social media but the in any movement or agitation. it. Can we give it? Think about it! 24

Friday, October 27, 2017 feature

Prithviraj Thali

ature’s ingenuity knows no bounds. It has gifted Nall life on earth with the necessary basics required not only for mere survival but even for harmonious thriving and proliferation. All that is man-made has been fashioned after specific blue- prints in nature. Humans arm themselves with exclusivity by registering patents for their so-called inventions. But Nature is humble. It seeks no stellar glory. Still hiding many of its secrets for the sacred soul worthy of discovering them. It seeks the Einsteins and the Teslas of the world to reveal itself bit by bit for the greater good of all creation. We take what is given freely and abundantly of Nature and the first amongst us lays claim to its exclusive ownership. We profit by commercialising what is received and end up amassing wealth, which however is not returned equitably enough back into the same system of which our starving and deprived fellow humans are an integral part of. Whatever redundant. But at no point solidarity, they howl. Nothing to the tail on a monkey, are mostly green since it has may be the costs, balance on this evolutionary path is amazing so far, is it? Now everything in Nature has its been established that green must be achieved. And Nature life found wanting or unable here’s an amazing part: each due place and purpose. It is the most soothing colour does this with most certain to cope. A major chunk of wolf of that pack howls at a is futile to even attempt to for the eyes. The Serenity inevitability. What ensues is the human race has had their different pitch from the rest, improve on the designs in we feel in the countryside chaos and crises. We have war, destruction and has just thereby distinctly giving their Nature. We may, at best, copy has everything to do with failed to understand that realised – alas! but at the opponent the impression them with relative success. the lush greenery around. cataclysmic phenomena eleventh hour – that harmony that there are many of them. But still, the imitation will Interestingly, counted both such as earthquakes and with Nature is the only way What sophistication in an come a poor second to its ways green is the 4th colour tsunamis, floods and famine ahead. Our less-intelligent animal that we hardly expect original natural form and in the rainbow, making it the that affect the masses have a animal friends appear to to exhibit – apparently, higher function. In keeping with centre-point of the spectrum. very pertinent relation to acts have known this mantra all intelligence!!! Such wondrous the changes which evolution The rules of aerodynamics of greed, crime and spiteful along. The problem lies with abilities in nature are only too would effect, human hair and have all been replicated after competition amongst nations humans. We just don’t seem many to warrant a mention human nails would be the first natural living blue-prints such and individuals. It is high to get it! here. Camouflage is another to go, both being of the least as the peregrine falcon which time we learned to co-exist There are umpteen defence-mechanism gifted foreseeable use. Of course, is known to be the fastest harmoniously, without Nature instances of evolutionary by nature. The chameleon it would be probably billions bird in flight. It will not be having to unleash its lethal sophistications that we exhibits this as its most of years before humans long before Nature allows death-dance to attain this would hardly associate with bizarre yet creative flavour. would sport the bald look us to unravel and harness balance. the animal world. Take, Possums or opossums often without any apprehensions. It increasingly more fascinating Evolution is Nature’s way of for instance, the Wolf. This pretend to be dead to defend would more be a fashionable gifts, leading us full circle executing upgrades. And the magnificent animal -- of which themselves from predators. compulsion. back into its embrace. Let’s way it does this is impressive. the domesticated dog is a Now we know from where Colour therapy owes approach Mother Nature, It enhances life by enabling distant cousin -- always hunts English got its idiom “to play a lot of its success to the then, with the reverential capabilities to survive change. in packs. Whenever they hunt possum” meaning to pretend natural hues we see around. inquisitiveness and humble It creates what is needed, or stand together against to be asleep or dead. The Doctors’ masks and gentleness that it deserves. and it eliminates what is their enemies in a show of From the scales on a fish partitions in hospital wards 25

Friday, October 27, 2017 feature

Charlene Farrell

arriage, the uniting bond that holds together two Mindividuals through times and tides has had a facelift over the years. Like everything else in this world, marriage too has become a victim to change. There are some things that shouldn’t o u rs though, and marriage was one of them. Alas, we don’t really have control over these things and thus, at this juncture, we are made to accept what is. This topic has always been one I have had thoughts about, but actually putting it into words has been quite a mammoth task. The fact that it is such an old our hands off each other, are all one, but three lives were ruined. and relatively stable institution part and parcel of this wonderful Another aspect that I think is quite daunting. At the outset, emotion called love. There are is worth the mention when it it is essential to note that individuals who go through the comes to infidelity and cheating everyone has their own views whole shebang and then stop is when people marry under on subjects like these and these feeling that emotion for that false pretexts. Lying to the are mine, based on experiences person, it just fades away. But unsuspecting fool, who is either as a counsellor and an educator. before it does, they decide to blinded by love or promises of a Infidelity in marriage is the act of make deeper commitments better tomorrow. It has become being unfaithful to your spouse. and then find that spark with quite a common occurrence Is this infidelity just about sex someone else. The excuse here for brides to wake up after the and romance? The way I see it, is that it’s just emotional. Now initial honeymoon, to grooms it is more. When we look at true Today, emotions have here is the catch. Real love and who have lied to them about emotions and passions, they become completely trust begins after the honeymoon what they did for a living. Today, go way beyond the physical. In transient and the phase and thus post the physical there is such an array of people fact, a lot has been said about entire institution passion. In these types of out there that once someone emotional cheating as being as scenarios, both individuals go has been hurt, there are plenty much infidelity as the physical. of marriage has past the initial stage and go of people waiting with their Let’s try and understand this a crumbled. Even today, directly to the deep stage of love. shoulders ready to give support, bit more and also understand we still hear horror So yes, it also falls neatly in the and then starts the straying and another dimension that I think of stories of families spectrum of infidelity. the slow death of fidelity. The as infidelity too. making ‘matches’ Today, emotions have become taboo that still follows divorce is Falling in love is one of the for their children. completely transient and the quite hypocritical, given the fact most exhilarating feelings there entire institution of marriage that there is so much straying.

lly Y fu lly (Un) Faith Organising meets is. The rush of emotions the among youngsters has crumbled. Even today, We have these old ladies who butterflies in the stomach, they we still hear horror stories are constantly clutching at their are all quite real. That yearning who are working hard of families making ‘matches’ hearts in distress every time they to be together and sometimes to build their careers for their children. Organising hear of another marriage ending spending ages in each other’s in their chosen fields. meets among youngsters who in divorce. These are the same presence without actually saying Throwing individuals are working hard to build their old ladies walking around town or doing much is a feeling like into a mix that was not careers in their chosen fields. trying to match people up, telling no other. Not being able to keep really made in heaven. Throwing individuals into a mix the girls to compromise, for that was not really made in they have made the first mistake heaven. This rush down the altar by getting themselves so well is also something that is causing educated. With huge numbers individuals to lose themselves of men from our state living in the arms of those who they and working abroad keeping actually vibe with. We hear their wives here to care for the horror stories about people who families, the number of cases get married to hide certain things we hear of infidelity is surely about themselves. A few years quite high. Is this to say it never ago, I was working with a couple happened in the past? No way. It who ended their marriage within is just that, now people are much three months. The husband more open about it. I would like continued seeing his boyfriend to end with a few questions this while his wife lay sleepless in the time, a few thoughts to ponder other room. The man came out on, if I may. Has this institution to his parents and they believed become so obsolete that it need that the cure for his ‘illnesses’ not exist anymore? Or do we was marriage. Thus, in doing this, salvage what is left and just keep his parents made sure that not biting the bullet? 26

Friday, October 27, 2017 business LEAP leaping towards Indian Pallet Growth; Eyeing Global Pallet Pie

Mumbai: With the +Pallets+ market revenue to 200% over next three years sized at $ 11 billion globally and as palletisation is a new concept for domestic market at Rs 5,000 crore, the Indian market which has much a leading logistics solutions provider untapped potential in this segment. in asset pooling -- LEAP India – is With supply chain efficiency need of targeting $150 million in revenues over the hour for industries like FMCG, the next five years in its manufacturing automobile, e-commerce, beverages, and deploying pallets and “Foldable Food, Dairy, Pharma etc., the current Large Containers” (FLCs) to meet the situation of corporates here is at a untapped yet increasing needs of level of +palletize or perish+ since corporates and industries in India. the developed market has reached Sunu Mathew, Managing Director, almost 100% palletisation in the last LEAP India, told media here recently decade and goods now move till the that the company is also eyeing Rs 100 Sunu Mathew, MD, LEAP India, highlighting Indi’s Pallet market. customer’s doorstep,” he noted. crore revenue in the current year itself Rapid growth in India’s automobile and, with 4.5 million pallets deployed to tap their potential pallets market three years, he said that post-GST, sector – where two-wheeler throughout India by 2022 end, will after growing considerably its domestic the requirement for also consolidated production will rise to 34 million and have 60% market share domestically. market. and large warehouses for storing passenger vehicle market to 10 million Also highlightingthe huge export Pointing out that the Indian pallet and distributing goods had become by 2020 -- will increase the need for market that is witnessing 7% CAGR market is set for 25% to 30% growth necessary and the company has set transporting spare parts while also annually, he said six foreign players annually and LEAP is raising another Rs up 22 warehouses alongside its 14 spurring growth for the FLCs segment dominated the global space -- though 100 crore debt from banks to increase manufacturing centres to cater to this where LEAP has 40% market strength LEAP would seek to enter countries like domestic pallet count from present need. in catering to the automobile and Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and UAE one million to three million over next “We expect continued growth in pharma sectors, Mathew added. SAP Leonardo Digital Making housing affordable is Ecosystem powering Indian India’s biggest challenge: Alagh Mumbai, New Delhi and Bengaluru premium real estate market has a Economy through Leonardo are home to 73% of the country’s multiplier effect in benefitting others India’s real estate barons and Delhi- including small RE markets also.” Mumbai: To fuel the trillion- “With connectivity among based tycoon Kushal Pal Singh (86) Noting that demonetization seems dollar digital economy of India people, machines and things is the real estate king of India with to have not affected the wealthy on by 2025, SAP SE has created increasing exponentially while wealth amounting to Rs 23,460 crore, the HURUN report list, Anas Rehman exclusively for India a digital creating tremendous opportunity according to the GROHE HURUN India Junaid, MD & Chief Researcher, ecosystem with SAP Leonardo for mobile network operators, real estate rich list 2017. Hurun Report India, said “HURUN is portfolio – SAP IoT Connect SAP IoT Connect 365’s cloud- Number two is Mumbai-based promoting a “Think Tank” between 365 -- in its collaboration with based service simplifies IoT Mangal Prabhat Lodha of Lodha Group India and China as we believe that the technology powerhouses and also connectivity to connect enterprises, with Rs 18,610 crore, followed by next century’s real estate ecosystem for extending a holistic innovation governments and people to Bengaluru-based Jithendra Virwani of will be dominated by them due to their system and initiatives across leverage technologies that drive Embassy Property Developments with 1/3rd global population, besides the industries. out supply chain inefficiencies wealth of Rs 16,700 crore. Smitha V fact that 57% of Chinese are moving to Deb Deep Sengupta, President and sub-optimal asset utilization,” Crishna (66) of Godrej Properties is the urban areas.” and Managing Director, SAP India he said, adding that this offering richest woman in real estate with a Pointing out that making housing Subcontinent, said here recently would enable companies to fortune of Rs 2,210 crore. affordable is India’s biggest challenge, that with technology transforming rapidly innovate and embed “The real estate market is the Sunil Alagh, founder/chairman of rapidly and digital companies digital innovation into all their largest employer impacting the SKA Advisors, said that with the achieving higher revenue and applications and business processes economy and, despite going through Government focusing on three areas profitability while keeping costs with speed, reliability and ease for correction phases, will boom as its – Infra, Construction and Tourism – for low and achieving significant a well-connected, cost-efficient and subsectors like small towns are doing job creation, the future focus would business value, SAP targeted fast secure environment. very well. Growth in India’s middle be on affordable housing and foreign track digitization towards driving SAP is presently involved class is driving strong demand for investment that was considered taboo business transformation through in Buenos Aires (Argentina) in quality houses, which real estate earlier is being welcomed, though its Consortium of Digital Ecosystem driving digital transformation brands can provide, and GROHE every state will have to provide comprising industry and solutions for cleaner streets and drains, India decided to partner with the affordable housing on its own without partners in six focus areas like: besides its technology in the HURUN Report India to connect with central government support. Connected Products, Connected Northern Gas Network and consumers through their platform in Vikas Dawra of YES Bank noted that Assets, Connected Fleet, Connected Covenant Transportation Group for promoting respected real estate brands RERA is squeezing out the unorganized Infrastructure, Connected Markets reducing driver turnover and safer and entrepreneurs in India,” Shubhajit real estate sector and pushing demand and Connected People. workforce. Sen, Country head, GROHE India, said, towards large builders whose input adding “Growth of luxury and mass costs have increased. 27

Friday, October 27, 2017 feature IRON ORE MINING PROFITABLE NO MORE??????

from 5.35 percent to 7.5 percent in Australia, two percent in Brazil and between 0.5 percent and 4 percent in China. Melvani said that the mine owner has to shell out 40 percent of his earning per ton in form of taxation like export duty, payment of financial year ending in March. State earned royalty, contribution to district mineral fund, revenue of Rs. 400 crores in form of royalty. Goa iron ore permanent fund, cost of mining, But for this season, the activities are yet to cess, and as such the profit margin is also very resume. slim and the business is not viable at all. “Falling international prices on low grade “Those who can afford to face losses will go ore and high taxation is a huge concern. With for production this season,” he commented. these uncertainties, it appears that there will If all this was not enough, the industry be a delay in the season. The situation is rather is facing problem within, wherein the truck grim,” Goa Mineral Ore Exporters Association owners are up in arms not to allow business (GMOEA) secretary Glen Kalavampara told TNV. to take place, until they are provided with rise TEAM TNV Two things happened while the iron-ore in ore transportation charges. But they are not industry was shut down. China’s demand to be blamed completely, as the business is wenty-seven days of the October month slowed and the world’s two mining behemoths, not anymore profitable to them at a rate of Rs. have gone but no sign of iron ore mining Australia’s Rio Tinto PLC and BHP Billiton PLC, 9.50-10.50 per tons per kms. Tactivities in Goa that was once the largest along with Brazil’s Vale S.A., boosted supply in a A rough calculation states that a truck owner contributor of India’s export of low-grade ore. price war that may have permanently crippled earning per month has been reduced by 60-65 A price slump in the global market for iron ore the State’s industry. percent compared to their income before the coupled with higher taxation burden and a As such Goa’s largest market China, was ban period. During the boom period between cap of 20 million tons annually has thwarted a captured by Australia and Brazil. 2010-2012, as many as 22,000 trucks were quick fix that could have given Goa’s economy The ore prices which was at $94.5 per tonnes ferrying ore from mining sites to jetties. Total a boost. till February, has dropped to $50-$60 per 90 mining leases were in operation at that time Moreover, what could further prove to tonnes. As such the market for low grades is extracting over 45-52 million tons of ore. be a doom for the stalking mining industry getting tough, as most steel mills are focusing A truck costs around Rs. 12-14 lakh, and in the State, where the mining players are on higher grades to increase productivity. EMI on the loans cost around Rs. 30,000 or still reluctant to commence fresh operation Mine owner Harish Melvani said that the so every month. The owner of the truck easily foreseeing loss, a petition has been filed before iron ore price of low-grade mineral is on very earns around Rs. 12,000-Rs18, 000 a day for the Supreme Court seeking reduction in the much decline. “For 58% Fe content with 1.50% about 160-170 days. One truck use to have ten cap limit to 12 million tons, which if considered alumina and 2.50% silica it is around $50-$60 trips for a shorter distance while four trips for would completely damper the industry that per tonnes landed in China,” he explained. longer distance beyond 20 kms. After paying was once the largest contributor to Goa’s Gross The mining companies are also reeling EMIs, the driver’s salary and the fuel costs, the domestic product (GDP). under serious burden of high taxation coupled truck owner makes Rs. 16-18 lakh a year. That is After an 18 month long ban period from with additional load in form of Goa Iron ore around Rs. 1.5 lakh a month per truck. September 2012-April 2014, the mining industry Permanent Fund (GIPF), which is been set up But today the business has nothing much to resumed in Goa at a very slow note in November as per directions from the Supreme Court in offer. The earning behind per truck per month is 2015. As per the information available from addition to the District Mineral Foundation as low as Rs. 35,000-40,000, with trips per truck the Directorate of Mines and Geology (DMG), (DMF), which is set up in both the districts restricted to only 2-3. There are 18,000 trucks for the season 2015-16, total 33 mining leases as per the MMDR Act amendment. Both the registered with the department for plying ore, resumed operation, which extracted fresh ore funds look at the intergenerational equity but only 8,000 are engaged in the business. of 7.30 million tons. State earned revenue of Rs. and livelihood support for families affected The trucks are demanding that transportation 43 crores in form of royalty. by mining and hence doubles the levy on the charges be hiked to Rs. 14 per ton per kms The industry picked up in the last season- mining firms for achieving the similar goal. as against the existing price of Rs. 10.50 per October 2016 to May 2017-around 25 million Furthermore, there is burden of high royalty ton per kms. However, the government has tons of fresh ore was produced, which include rate, which is one of the highest in the world. proposed Rs. 2 hike, which has been rejected by annual production cap of 20 million tons for the As against 15 percent in India, royalty rate vary the truck lobby. 28

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Friday, October 27, 2017 feature Take control over emotions…… gain control over life

Vithoba Mhalkar Intelligence Quotient(IQ) Emotional Quotient(EQ) How to regulate your emotions? There can be no Deals with the cognitive sphere of the child Deals with emotional sphere of the child Being a distinct identity transforming of darkness Genetically inherited and Static Partly genetic but can be developed in this world, we all have into light and apathy into different wants and needs “ Predicts school performance Important for emotional health, physical and m o v e m e n t w i t h o u t e m o ti o n ” and different ways of showing - Carl Jung emotional wellness and success our emotions too. Navigating Humans are considered Overall increase in IQ by 20 points in children in Deterioration in EQ of children all over world in through, this all takes tact and as civilised creatures in this last 3 decades last 3 decades cleverness especially if we world. They have the ability to hope to succeed in life. One think, rationalise, understand the importance of emotional can take control over one’s and make judgements intelligence in each one’s emotion by understanding accordingly. Over the years life. He further emphasised the ABC of emotions which is man’s ability to perform that people with well- referred as emotional literacy. has been judged by the developed emotional skills Being emotional literate is key intelligence he possesses. are more likely to be content to maintain intrapersonal and But there have been many and effective in their lives, interpersonal balance in life. studies that show Intelligent mastering the habits of the What is emotional Quotient only accounts for mind that foster their own literacy? about 20% of our success. The productivity; people who • It is the ability to major attributes of success cannot marshal some control recognize, understand and are our social and emotional over their emotional life fight appropriately express our intelligence (SEI). Researchers battles that sabotage their emotions. studied and successfully ability for focused work and • It is the basis for perceiving promoted the notion that clear thought. and communicating Emotional Quotient is emotions and is the first critical to personal and step towards Emotional professional success. In 1990, Intelligence. two psychologists Salovey • Becoming emotionally and Mayer first coined the literate is learning the term Emotional Intelligence things differently. Research alphabet, grammar (EI), referring emotional shows that men tend to use and vocabulary of our intelligence as an ability the left side (reasoning) of emotional lives. to recognise the meaning their brain more and women Importance of Emotional of emotions and their use both the right (emotional) Literacy. relationship and to reason out and left sides of their brain. Knowing the ABC of and solve problems on the This gives women more ability emotions and becoming basis of the understanding. to understand people and emotionally literate would Salovey and Mayer concluded express their emotions more help us in many ways and that emotional intelligence effectively. would definitely guarantee us develops with age, the Can emotions be wrong? success in our personal as well emotional knowledge can be Emotions cannot be wrong. as professional endeavours. enhanced and emotional skills It may be that your expression Where IQ is genetically can be learned as well. of a particular emotion inherited and remains Goleman, known as might be inappropriate in constant over the lifetime, EQ the father of emotional What are emotions? wheel of emotions in 1980 the context. It might not on the other hand changes intelligence after working It is a mental state or which consisted of 8 basic be regarded as seemly, for across the lifespan and extensively on it, cited feeling associated with our emotions and 8 advanced example, to give open vent to can be improved through research indicating that evaluation of our experiences. emotions each composed of 2 your anger in the classroom training and life experiences. when intelligence test scores One way we express our basic ones. or to continue grieving too Emotional intelligence is (IQ) are correlated with thoughts and feelings is by Is there any difference openly for too long over the important to each individual how well people perform showing an emotion through between men and women in death of your pet. in their life because it helps in their careers, the highest our facial expressions. the expression of emotion? What is facial expression? in effectively understanding estimate of how much There are four or five basic Both men and women In human beings emotional one’s emotions, knowing difference IQ accounts for emotions, basic in the sense actually do feel the same behaviour has mainly been emotions of other and is about 25 percent only. of being clearly biologically emotion; however they often studied with respect to facial navigating through the This means that IQ alone at grounded and important to react differently to the same expression. The expressions emotions for better best leaves 75 percent of job the evolutionary survival situation.This is partly due to for the various emotions seem interactions and relationships success unexplained, which of an individual. These are: how they are socialized and to be universal although the in life. As it is rightly said is attributed to the level of Anxiety/Fear, Sadness, Anger, their individual personalities, rules for when and how much “Emotional Quotient is to emotional intelligence one Happiness/Joy and Disgust. but also because brains of to express the emotions varies the heart what Intelligence possesses. Thus signifying Robert Plutchik created a men and women process from culture to culture. Quotient is to the brain”. 30

Friday, October 27, 2017 cinema

Sadly, India has never gotten a win in Foreign Language Film award for this category. years. In recent years, the selection Meanwhile, we have had some for sending films for consideration has luck in other categories. India has a been kind of sloppy. The decisions are total of six Oscar wins. The first one made by the Film Federation of India came through Sir Ben Kingsley starred (FII), which operates autonomously. Gandhi in 1983, with Bhanu Athaiya The FII doesn’t have any guidelines winning the award for Best Costume or procedures to select a film, and it Design. Following that, in 1992, has made some questionable choices veteran Indian filmmaker Satyajit in the past, like in 2007, when the Ray, whose films had been sent expected entry, Dharm, was sidelined, for Academy Award consideration and Ekalvya was selected, and more multiple times, but never nominated, recently, in 2014, when The Lunchbox was conferred with an Honorary didn’t make it, and instead Good Road Oscar. In recent times, the 2009 was sent. hit Slumdog Millionaire got However this year, the entry is on India three Oscars, while point. Rajkumar Rao starrer Newton winning a total of eight was unanimously chosen to be sent for itself! Resul Pookutty as India’s official entry to the 90th won an award for Best Academy Awards, announced the Sound Mixing, while A.R. FII. The movie stars Rajkummar Rao, Rahman bagged two, one Pankaj Tripathi, Raghubir Yadav and for Best Original Score, and Anjali Patil, and has been directed by India at one in partnership with Amit Masurkar. It sheds light on the Gulzar for Best Original Naxalite conflict in Chattisgarh, by Song, Jai Ho. narrating the ordeals of an election India hasn’t really been officer who has to carry out polling in Oscars a stranger to the Academy an area under conflict. Awards, but let’s face it, we It seems like the best shot India have all been craving that Best had at the category in years. The film Can Newton is filled with intrigue and keeps you hooked, and does a great job in telling The movie has been the story it aims to tell. Rajkumar Rao get India a win having a good response absolutely shines in his role, and the till now, with critics rest of the cast leaves you with no PALASH VOLVOIKAR giving it high praise. It complaints, too. It feels like a truly has already bagged a polished effort at great cinema, and he race to Oscars is not an easy few accolades, like the is indicative of India’s true film talent, one. The Academy Awards see CICAE award for best film one that does not need item numbers the best of filmmaking compete in the Forum segment, or flipping cars. T The movie has been having a good every year. There is however a slight the Jury Prize for Young drawback to the Oscars, and it is that Cinema at the Hong response till now, with critics giving only Hollywood is in focus. The result? Kong International Film it high praise. It has already bagged a few accolades, like the CICAE award Majority of the films in the world, Festival and a nomination those that aren’t made in Hollywood, for best film in the Forum segment, for a jury award for Best have to compete in one tiny category: the Jury Prize for Young Cinema at the Academy Award for Best Foreign International Narrative Hong Kong International Film Festival Language Film. This is the category Feature at the Tribeca Film and a nomination for a jury award for in which Indian films have competed Festival, even before it got Best International Narrative Feature at over the years, and we haven’t done picked as India’s official the Tribeca Film Festival, even before as well as we would have liked to. The entry to Oscars. it got picked as India’s official entry to question at hand is, does India have a Oscars. better chance than usual to bag a win So could Newton be the film that this year? gets India a win in the upcoming Let’s take a look at history. India’s Academy Award for Best Foreign Oscar journey began in 1957, which Language Film? It certainly has a fair was 60 years ago. That was the first chance, but the competition this time ever that India sent a film for year is fierce. Russia’s entry is the Oscar consideration, and it wasn’t a Jury Prize winner of Cannes Film bad attempt at all. India got its first Festival, Loveless, Germany has put Academy Award nomination for the forth - In the Fade, for which Diane same submission, in 1958. The film in Kruger won the Best Actress Award at question was Mother India, Mehboob Cannes, France’s entry - BPM: Beats Khan’s gem that has been loved by Per Minute, won the Cannes Grand Indians for decades since then. The Prix, while Sweden is sending Palme next milestone came in 1988, when d’Or-winner The Square. All these Mira Nair’s Salaam Bombay! Got a are bound to make it a really tough nomination. The last time we got close category, but with some luck, Newton to a win was in 2001 when Ashutosh can make it through. Let’s hope it Gowariker’s Lagaan was nominated. does, because it definitely deserves to! 31

Friday, October 27, 2017 feature I want to be known for my work all over the World: Sheena D’Souza TEAM TNV said, ‘‘I like expressing my artistic and Sheena will creative self through my work and heena D’Souza is an upcoming be displaying acceptance amongst my customers is Fashion designer, while speaking her designs what makes my style a fashion!” She Sto her, we got a little insight about at “Flaunt says that as a fashion designer, my her journey and her love for fashion. your Fashion” main priority is to provide the best While fondly speaking to us about that will be quality products and services to all her childhood she says “as a child I organized by my customers. It was not that her always had liking for fashion, from my SÔSA’S on the beginning was smooth and without school days I would sketch clothes and 11th and 12th hustle, she had problems of her own get it stitched outside.”She says that November while setting up. One of her major it was her dad who recognized her 2017 at problem was of finding the right set talent and said, “You should become a Taleigao of skilled tailors. Sourcing fabrics and fashion designer.” She adds, “somehow Community other materials was another thing she as I grew up I always had it in my mind Centre. spent most of her time doing. that I will become a fashion designer Even though all this hasn’t been and had full support from my family”, easy for her but she loves the journey Although, she also remembers the and she has great plans for herself, time when a lot of people were telling She aspires to be a reputed designer, her that it would not work. She later well known for creative designing and completed her B.Com and then worked quality. Also, she adds, “I want to be for an American company but soon known for my work all over the World.” she felt that it was the time where she She believes fashion has no rules, you needed to start something on her own. wear what you like because elegance When asked what is it that she is not about being noticed, it’s rather expresses through her collection she about being remembered. 32

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