FROM MONTE HILL & AZAD NAGRI TO KHAREBANDH DEVeloPMENT IN Margao REMAINS A mirage DESPITE POLITICAL loYaltieS PG 16 FORTNIGHTLYTHETHEWednesday, FebruaryNEUTRALNEUTRAL 8, 2017 | Vol. No. 1 | Issue 4 | Price Rs. 10 | RNI: GOAENG00427 VIVIEEWW REGIONAL PLAYERS TO BE SPOILERS FOR BIG DADDIES Rupesh Samant, Panaji The intense power play seen in Goa for the last few months has taken a short break for now. The elections for the 40 assembly seats are over, with voters showing tremendous enthusiasm in the polling turnout. The polling percentage has sparked hopes for the national parties who have claimed that they will be garnering a majority of the votes. 2 THE NEUTRAL VIEW Wednesday, February 8, 2017 trending GOAN YOUTUBE SENSATIONS Our Very Own Local Heroes SZWENSKA CHRISS money from this channel was never his intention, as one needs a lot of ou may have heard of popular views per video to earn money. Google Indian YouTubers like the guys pays out only when the earnings reach from AIB, Kanan Gill, Kenneth 100 dollars. “This started during the Y elections. I also happened to buy my Sebastian or international YouTubers like Superwomen, but did you know new camera and I wanted to test it, so I our state has a bunch of YouTubers too? just placed it in front of me and started Don’t sweat it, we’ve got this covered talking.” for you. Well then, let’s get straight to Two friends Deep Sawant and Omkar knowing what their channels are all Vernekar started their YouTube channel about. called ‘page 37’ as a hobby. Their current Antonio C. Pacheco is the CEO and show is called ‘The Dusty Room’. This Founder of studio7global. Antonio show gives a platform to musical talent, is a professional photographer and with no language barriers. vlogger (video blogger) from Goa, and “The applicants which include his channel showcases lifestyle, travel singers, musicians or lyricists have to and food vlogs through everyday living. send us a clip of their work,” explains There’s no fixed content from any Deep. “The singer has to first sing a specific location. Almost every week it does give him a certain advantage. cover song in their own style followed he showcases new places in his vlogs. Antonio tries to show a different by 2 to 3 original songs. If the singers Apart from the regular business that he perspective with the various kinds of do not have original songs we have runs, this channel is purely a hobby and equipments he uses to shoot vlogs, like composers and writers to help them something he loves to do for himself. drones, for example. out. The singers get a music video done Since he is a professional photographer “Vlogs have been around for 4 for free on a platform and they can to 5 years. Locally it’s a trend that’s always remarket them. We also have currently picking up. It’s not as big as a host, Shrey, and a sound engineer, it is internationally, but it’s definitely Lan de Noronha, who help us with the growing,” says Antonio. He isn’t rooting show.” for subscribers or views; he seems very Musicians have to go to prominent content with the views since he gets platforms to get recognised, which is a positive feedback from his existing very difficult process, whereas on the subscribers. His personal goal is to have Dusty Room YouTube channel auditions 365 vlogs in a year’s time. happen 24 -7. “Getting noticed on Manguirish Salelkar is another YouTube is a slower process, but we vlogger from Goa. His YouTube channel have had a good response,” adds Omkar, goes by the name ‘8 minutes Guru’. This who contributes as a writer and does YouTube channel has a 8 minute video views he gets per video rather than the marketing for Page 37. Deep is keen on session that gets an unconventional subscribers. “I get positive and negative visuals as he feels that YouTube is not professional to highlight something that feedback from people but what’s more just about the content or video. This is a his or her fellow professionals would important to me is that the stories sell.” professional set up. Page 37 is planning like to know. A ‘guru’ gets chosen and Vardhan Kamat’s channel, focuses on to start a web series too, very soon. “We showcased on account of an innovative a character called Guru – a Goan villager don’t get good exposure to show what approach. who has his own ideas and thinking, as we create in Goa, but the culture is “The first season has focussed on per his own convenience. It’s about how slowly picking up now,” asserts Omkar. Goans. In the next season I will probably he perceives things. The videos are shot So there you have it, a fine bouquet showcase people from outside Goa or on a mobile camera in a single take, of Goa-based vloggers, YouTubers even international professionals,” says there are no edits and cuts in between. and local talent platforms that have Manguirish. “I give 30 second time slots “ I have subscribers from Goa, Dubai, stars in their eyes, but with their feet to sponsors, and the same money is used England and America, wherever there firmly planted on the ground. May to pay the people I outsource to shoot are Goans, because Konkani language their numbers and view counts grow. my videos.” Manguirish only wants to is used. YouTubers like me aren’t Respect! highlight lesser known unconventional professionals in shooting videos and entrepreneurs so that they get some have a fairly low budget; hence the 9049851403 limelight. He focuses more on the content is more important.” Making The writer is a Mass Communication student 3 THE NEUTRAL VIEW Wednesday, February 8, 2017 food CLASSY FOOD AT AN ART CAFÉ-THE CHIKOO TREE PROJECT PRASAD RAICAR he Chikoo Tree Project – what an unusual name for a restaurant! – Tsounds more like a government sponsored nursery for fruit trees, doesn’t it? This is a new food joint in Margao, and SErvES it is the best new thing to happen for your Comfort food for the taste buds in this part of Goa. soul Tucked in a quiet corner of Margao, and just a month old now, this restaurant HOW TO GET THERE cannot be tagged as a typical eatery. It will Heart of Margao town, remind you of one of those art cafés that on the road parallel to abound in metros, but the stress is more Nanutel, near Baskin on food. Budding artistes can use the space Robbins outlet here to display their creations free of cost. And the afternoons are fruitfully spent, CONTACT with dancing classes for kids, etc. 9920064597 So why the peculiar name? Trupti Wesley, who runs the place along with TIMINGS her husband, hails from Mysore, where 10 AM to 10 PM, a huge chikoo tree in her grandmother’s Monday closed house was symbolic of the versatility, the deliciousness and the assurance that her PRICES food would provide. The project part of 800 rupees for two, These were served with a the name relates to the extra-culinary approx bowl of vegetable stew and activities that are planned for usage of the some coconut chutney. The place in lean hours. PARKING superb combination of the spicy The neighbourhood is quite peaceful, This is subject to meat in the dosa with the sweet stew with parking along the side lanes. Once availability on the was just perfect, and was the highlight you enter, pleasant smiles welcome you. lanes around the of our meal. Lip smacking would be an The paintings and drawings displayed here outlet, usually understatement!! quickly catch your attention. The walls available giving them a chance to impress us with Next we had the Hasselback potatoes, are adorned with newspaper kites and their food. The drinks were served pretty again stuffed with meats and cheeses of cycle wheels. Stairs lead up to more tables PEOPLE INVOLVED fast, and the glasses were quite big. The your choice. As is the norm here, again a where board games, books and a game of Trupti Wesley runs this Watermelon and Fennel juice was neat. big portion, and quite good. I loved the carrom beckon you to pass your time. The cozy place, along with The Lemongrass Lemonade concoction salad that accompanied it – fresh, crunchy seating is comfortable and the tables are her husband Anand was missing any hint of lemongrass, maybe and superbly tossed with condiments. The not packed too close, giving you a nice because the lemon part was very strong Katti Rolls are also highly recommended. zone of privacy. in taste. But what really stood out in both The service is prompt and friendly. No The menu is a no-frills two page list drinks was the sweetening. The sugar alcohol is served. A blackboard highlights where each dish is described meticulously. held itself back allowing the fruits to hold the day’s special, and is highly anticipated Desserts are missing (except ice cream) centre stage. by patrons. What stands out though is the but they plan to add these very soon. We Next on our plates was the Tibetan personal attention that Trupti gives to every decided to venture with our orders as Thukpa. This is a soup filled to the brim aspect of the running of the restaurant, per the suggestions from Trupti, with veggies, meat and rice noodles. The be it the kitchen or the front end service. portions were quite big and filling.