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Bacalhau a Gomes de Sa
Ingredients 500g dried salt cod 500g cooked potatoes 100gms olives Parsley 1litre milk Salt Pepper Method

(Servings : 4)

Soak the cod, place in a pan and add boiling water to cover the fish. Place the lid on the pan and let it stand for 20minutes. Drain, remove the skin and bones and flake into large strips. Place these in a deep pan. Bring the milk to boil and pour over the cod let it stand for 1 to 3 hrs. mean while heat the oil, slice the onion and garlic and saut until lightly brown . Add the potatoes which should be boiled in their skin, peeled and sliced. Drain the cod and add to the potatoes. Stir gently but do not allow to stew. Season with salt and pepper. Place at once on an earthen baking dish & bake in an oven for 10minutes. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and garnish with slices of boiled eggs and black olives. Serve immediately on the dish used to bake the cod.

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06 Feature interview 10 Travel 12 Travel Tips 14 Feature Story 16 Get Sunburnt 18 Sports 20 Words Of Mouth 22 Hangover 24 Music Interview
Aniruddha Sen Gupta Fort Aguada Get Lost in a Fantasy DJ Sultan Drop it like its hot! Andrew Ferrao

26 My Playlist 28 So Filmy 30 So Filmy Feature 32 So Filmy Feature

DJ Kary Welcome to IFFI

Georgian Cinema at IFFI 2010

34 Page Turner 36 Lifestyle 38 Who The Bleep Cares 42 Cuisine 44 Listings

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THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT GOA THAT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT GOA THAT MAKE IDEAS CHURN
Srederick Noronha

own magical stories of Goa. And there's another thing; whether it's Victor Rangel-Ribeiro writing about the goings-on in mythical Tivolem or Lambert Mascarenhas in Sorrowing Lies My Land, there is this sweet, nectarine-like wit running through these stories. Our art forms seem to be drenched in humour. We see this in tiatr. I have this theory that tiatrists are literary figures without the dictionary. These were people who didn't have recourse to books and the fine art of writing and so they parleyed their talent on stage. It might be the big, dramatic scene at the end which makes or breaks the theatre production but it's the humour skits along the way that sell the tickets; the hilarious comebacks, the dead-pan delivery and the timing, all practiced to perfection by our comedic genius. What is it about Goans that puts humour at the vortex of our interactions? Was it the long conversations on moonlit nights in the balcao that lent itself to a friendly-fire of puns and innuendo? I remember my grand-uncle, Caetano Aguiar, uncle to tiatrist, M. Boyer, regaling us at family

gatherings; the women in his family, he said, all had huge breasts and spindly legs which is why they could never walk a straight line. Tall and almost patrician in his elegance, he often took centre stage, with his big, oratory voice and inborn sense of the theatrical. Bosomy women and men emaciated by hard labour would howl in laughter. The incongruence and slight irony of the setting relieved momentarily by humour. Or maybe our humour evolved as a defence mechanism against Colonial press censorship and a stifling of political aspirations or was it a coy way of overcoming parochial inhibitions even as liberal ideas flooded our minds and bodies with desire. Humour is after all the earliest and the deadliest form of social protest. I feel sorry for myself, for letting four decades of my life pass by without really getting to know Goan English Literature. I feel sorry that Goan children, especially in the Diaspora, grow up ever so ashamed of being Goan because they are unaware of our rich heritage. Do leave your feedback at carvalho_sel@yahoo.com

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From the heights of aeronautical engineering to the depths of writing?Do you think that's a sad way to go? Aniruddha Sen Gupta, fortyish and with the beard of a Rabindranath Tagore, would hardly agree. He studied at the prestigious IIT Madras, and got a degree that would qualify him to be a top notch engineer tending (or maybe designing) cuttingedge metal birds that fly. Instead, he settled in tiny Goa (at Porvorim), with his wife Anjali, and half a dozen dogs, in 2006. His 'The Mystery of MindNet' was published by Scholastic, and is the first novel in a children's adventure series built around a group of kids called the Fundoo 4. While in school, he spent

much of his school years writing, including an almost-complete story called 'The Adventure of the Chinese Junk', which he scribbled in one of his school exercise books. He worked for the Delhi city magazine City Scan and then was part of the team that conceived and launched First City, India's only city mag to flourish over the years. He was part of Media Workshop (MW), and left it in 2001 as Creative Director, to start his own design firm, Splash! Communications, with Salil Chaturvedi. Splash! Communications offers communication and design services to organisations in the social sector. They have also worked on children's educational material -- for Toxics Link, the Azim Premji Foundation, and

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By Selma Carvalho

others. He finds Goa a creative place. 'Annie', as he is known to friends, talks about his fascinating work and priorities. Including his dogs, in an interview with FREDERICK NORONHA: FN: Why writing? Specially in the context of your

threatened wetland. This is to appear in a new science magazine called 'Brainwave', published by ACK Media, the guys who bring out Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle. Its launch is scheduled for December this year. I'm also working on a few design projects. FN: Do you find Goa a suitable place to write from? Why or why not? ASG: It's only since I moved to Goa that I have returned big-time to my writing. Something about the pace and atmosphere of the place makes the ideas churn and the words flow. A big factor is also the company of writers and creative people that I have been lucky enough to drop into the middle of. There's a lot of that breed here. FN: How does being in a small state contrast with a big city? ASG: The most significant change is that the pace of things is so different. Despite living in a city for 30 of my 40-odd years, I always felt hugely out of place, especially in Delhi where I moved once I started working, in 1987 Goa feels much more like the kind of place I was meant to be. I guess it's a matter of one's mindset -- I'm just not suited to be in a city, and I would say that's possibly true for many writers, artists, people of that ilk. If there's something positive about the city which I perhaps miss here, it's the desire in people to take on large in scope and ambitious in vision. There's a kick in working on such projects, and seeing the results of something that's truly worldclass in its execution. But even that is changing, and I think we will be seeing more such initiatives here as well, especially in the creative arts.

About Goan authors and humour?

Who the bleep cares about Goan authors and humour? My mother is an unusual character. Unusual because if you visit the solitary village she comes from in Goa and the mind-numbing silence of her ancestral house in the interiors of this village, you will never guess she speaks three languages; English, Portuguese and Konkani. So she had at her disposal three languages she could teach her children and whether it was a sense of nationalistic loyalty or some preserve logic, she insisted that her two older children at least would speak only in Konkani. This put me in a very precarious position. It made me a social pariah in a world of six-year olds with sticky fingers and snotty noses who called me names because I could only speak this alien tongue. Perhaps to make up for this or perhaps because it was the only Catholic school in Dubai, she sent me to St. Mary's, affiliated to the University of London. Here I was force-fed huge portions of Dickens, the Durrell brothers, Emily Bronte and Somerset Maugham and as a result I grew up believing only the English had a monopoly on English literature and I certainly grew up unaware that Goans had their own English Literature. About two days ago, I came across a superb piece of writing, quite by accident, in a book entitled, Modern Goan Literature (ed. Peter Nazareth, Goa, 1556). The Mango and the Tamarind Tree by Leslie de Noronha took my breath away. Very rarely will I interrupt my evening ritual of watching television to complete reading a chapter but such was the wit and wisdom of Noronha's writing, that even British drama had to wait."The mothers of Olinda and Philomena died shortly after child-birth, crushed partly by the weight of their pedigree and partly by pernicious anaemia and carcinoma of the cervix, respectively," is a line from this book. It is not often one comes across a singular sentence alternating so sumptuously between mirth and pathos. I don't know anything about Leslie de Noronha. I don't know if Leslie comes from one of those villages my mother lived in, insignificant dots on a landscape mapped by the Portuguese and relegated to obscurity by civilization; where only an audacious moon and an indomitable army of fireflies light up the night sky which otherwise darkens prematurely and lulls people to sleep. Or perhaps Leslie was fortunate to have landed on more fertile soil and had the opportunity to cultivate his genius. After an extensive google search I learn that Leslie was brave enough to write a campy book, as in gay, called the Dew Drop Inn, all the more surprising when Leslie used to be the Bombay theatre critic for the Catholic newspaper, The Examiner. I had to ask myself, who are these Goans? Like gymnasts, they have elasticated the English language and stretched it to weave their

IIT, aeronautical engineering background? ASG: 'Why?' is a difficult question to answer -- it's some sort of innate need. I feel happiest when I'm writing, so I'd rather do that than anything else. The writing came before the engineering, so you could consider the latter as the anomaly. Since when I was very young -- nine or ten -- I liked to write, but was always told that I couldn't make a living out of it (they're still telling me that). But, as I was good at science, I followed the accepted path till I was old enough to be able to listen to what the voice inside was saying. In college, I got more and more into writing and eventually took up a job as a journalist once I left college. FN: Tell us of what you're writing now? What are your main projects? ASG: The main project I'm working on is my third book. ProvisionallyZ titled 'Barking Mad', it's a travelogue-cum-guidebook on our travels with our dogs. My wife Anjali and I have six dogs, two of them recent entrants, and have travelled extensively all over India with four of them. The book tells the story of some of the strange, funny and scary situations we've been in during those trips. I'm hoping it will also act as a motiva tional and 'how-to' guide for people who would like to t r a v e l wit h their pets in India, but have so far felt it can't be done. Besides that, I'm working on 'Second Nature', a monthly two-page comic column about an ecologically-

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drinks are unhealthy and can have a drastic effect on keeping a check on your weight. Opt for water instead of the sugary drinks. Water with lemon juice and fresh fruit juices are healthy options.

garden fresh or lightly saut stir fried foods. Many grilled dishes are often basted with fats or oils. Ask for foods to be grilled without oil. Avoid marinated or soaked foods. Fish, lean cut meats and fresh green vegetables are healthy choices. If ordering chicken, leave the skin and just the meat. Main course dishes on Indian menus mostly have rich creamy gravy using fat, butter, cream or coconut milk. Request the chef to avoid them and use healthy and less oil instead. Choose whole wheat chapatti over naan. Naan made from white flour is not a healthy option. While ordering tandoori stuff - chicken or fish request for using no oil or very little but healthy oil like olive oil. There will be practically no difference in taste. Go for healthy desserts: Eating healthy doesn't mean you need to cut out desserts completely because there many dessert combinations those are healthy and taste wonderful. If you don't choose you dessert wisely believe me desserts can be a diet killer. Fresh fruit dessert instead of sugary high fat dessert is a healthy and perfect ending to a nice dinner. Many of the chain restaurants now offer a low fat or low carbohydrate dessert selection. Go for these wise choices to end the meal on a sweet note. If healthy dessert option is not available, sipping a hot cup of coffee with skimmed milk will help satiate your desire for something sweet. Go ahead and treat yourself to a healthy meal in your favorite restaurant and make dining out memorable without sacrificing taste.

FN: How tough or easy is it, to make it as a writer in India today? What do you see as the main challenges to "break in" to the field? ASG: The top three challenges to a writer hoping to make it in India are the same as anywhere else, I would think -- money, money, money. It's today become relatively easy to be published. But to make a living from being a writer is as tough as the rawhide bones my dogs love. I'm exploring the ways in which it can be done, and so far things are not looking promising.

stories, articles and essays. Other ideas in my mind, which I hope to bring to fruition over the next couple of years, include graphic novels, detective fiction and the more difficult-to-slot types that one has to perforce label as 'literary fiction'. And most of these are ideas for series, not single books. I find the word 'challenging' in the context of writing rather out of place. For me, writing is liberating, and the genre of the work has never changed that. Of course, some types of writing will be more taxing in terms of the non-writing effort you have to put into them, but that's part of the fun. FN: If you had three dream projects you would like

Go for soups and salads: Soups and salads can be great appetizers. Loaded with healthy nutrients and low in calories, they fill you up pretty fast preventing you from overeating. Prefer broth based soups to cream based soups. Cream based soups are higher in fat and calories than other soups. Order salads without salad dressing; instead get the dressing and sauces served on the side and use them in moderation. It is a great idea to dip your fork in the salad dressing and sauces before you fork into your salad. This will help you enjoy the taste of dressing and limit the intake of salad dressing and sauces. Yogurt salad dressing with herbs and spices is a healthy and tasty option. Vinegar and olive oil dressing is a heart healthy option. Limit your cheese consumption to avoid extra fat being added to your meal. Learn to control your portions: The most important thing while eating out is to take into consideration the portion size. Basic key to eating out is eating less of your main course. Most restaurants provide large meals than you should be eating in one sitting and this is one reason people often indulge in overeating. The best way to control this is to get half the portion of the meal packed for home to be eaten at another meal. Another option is to share the meal with a friend. Choose healthy options for main course: It is very important to choose the main course dishes wisely. Go for steamed, grilled, baked, roasted,

The top three challenges to a writer hoping to make it in India are the same as anywhere else, I would think -- money, money, money. It's today become relatively easy to be published. But to make a living from being a writer is as tough as the rawhide bones my dogs love.

to complete, what would they be? ASG: My next three projects beyond 'Barking Mad' -- a detective story set in Goa; a graphic novel with a story derived from 'The Odyssey'; and my first 'literary' novel, about memory, madness and mapmaking (wow, that came off felicitously, didn't it?) FN: Can you tell us a little about your experience with graphic novels? ASG: My interest in graphic novels is wholly rooted in my brother Orijit's fascination with them. Ever since we saw our first Tintin comic, he's been collecting comics and drawing them, and is quite the authority on them. Because of him, I have got to understand to a small extent the intricacies of the art, and developed a desire to do a few of my own. Unlike him, though, I can't draw, so I work in collaboration with artists to make my ideas take shape. Again, I've been very lucky -- I have found the perfect collaborator, in an NID animatorillustrator called Priya Kuriyan. I write the scripts and she converts them into comics. So far, we've done 'Our Toxic World', which was published by Sage earlier this year, a comic

FN: Tell us about the focus of your writing so far? What did you find the most challenging? Why? ASG: My writing is anything but focussed. I have always loved doing different kinds of things, and that attribute extends to my writing as well. So far, I have written a science-fiction adventure mystery for kids and a graphic guidebook on environmental issues which is partfiction,part-non. I am currently working, as I mentioned above, on a travelogue with dogs. I have also worked on scripts for television, short comic pieces both fiction and non-fiction, short

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commentary on the Commonwealth Games for Himal, a South Asian development magazine, and are working together on the 'Second Nature' series, along with my long-time friend and business partner, Salil Chaturvedi. FN: What's the typical day in a writer's life like? ASG: Since I have interests outside writing as well -- design projects, quizzes, that sort of thing - I divide my day into two parts. I start work early,

impact. The other 'irritating' thing in my list would be the tendency to put down the efforts of people trying to do some good. Again, let me say that this is not specific to Goa or Goans -- I've seen the same thing everywhere. It's perhaps more visible here because the scope of news is smaller, and the avenues more limited, so one gets to see the negative expression more easily. FN: Less seriously, and if I may ask, why do your dogs does play such a big role in your image? ASG: I guess it's because it's unusual for anyone to have as many (though I know of a couple who live not far from us who are reputed to have some 50-odd). This image is not selfgenerated, it's something everyone else talks about. But the dogs are certainly a very important part of our lives, like other people's children might be to theirs. FN: Tell us a little about Annie the man (and specially the unusual name your friends call you) The nickname is simply a shortening of my first name, Aniruddha. When I was young, kids in the neighbourhood called me 'Andy' (I shudder when I think of that now) and somewhere along the way, the 'd'disappeared. Besides that, I really don't know what to say about myself. I have a tendency to be funny, I'm quite easy-going and generally get along with people, I guess. Much everything else is up to other people to anyone says. say about me, and I'm okay with most things that

Dining Out The Tasty & Healthy Way

Dining out is always exciting for all of us but the mere thought of adding extra calories can dampen the spirits. This time of the year with festive season and celebrations in full swing, the sumptuous delights that are laid on the tables at all the festive get-togethers are bound to sabotage your healthy eating plans. Choosing to eat healthy but tasty food at get together or in restaurants becomes a challenge and all boundaries seem to fall apart while going through mouth watering dishes at festive parties or on the menu card. Dining out doesn't mean sacrificing the pleasures of eating tasty food. You just need to make good choices and follow some easy dining out secrets to treat yourself to a food that is both tasty and healthy. Seek nutritional information- select wisely: Select carefully from the menu. Use nutritional information to choose foods that are low in sodium, fat and sugars and high in fiber. Ask for Healthy start: It is ideal to start your meal with healthy snacks. Plain nuts, steamed, baked or tandoori snacks with sauces served separately are healthy options. Avoid deep fried snacks. Avoid cream based sauces as they will add to your intake of saturated fats as well as trans fats and calories. Limit alcohol consumption: Avoid drinking alcohol as much as possible. But if must drink, choose wine. Wine is good for the heart. Restrict to a glass of wine, indulging more will add calories. Avoid sugary drinks: Sugary sodas and energy the cooking medium, ingredients and cooking methods before ordering food. This will enable you to select smartly and reduce the calorie intake e.g. you may select grilled fish or chicken but request for not putting butter sauce will help cutting down calories without sacrificing the taste. All good hotels and restaurants have added healthier options to their menus.

and take care of my mail and other miscellaneous tasks (like this interview, for example) before breakfast. Between 9 and 2, I try and just write. In the afternoon, siesta, of course. And then, from about 5 to 9 or 10, and sometimes after dinner and even late into the night, I work on my other projects, reading, research work, playing with the dogs, going out, whatever. Of course, there tends to be a good bit of flexibility in this, but this is what I aim forFN: What are the three most irritating things about Goa as a place to work from/live in? ASG: Well, one I have already outlined in an earlier response -- the breadth of vision of people I have worked with. On the professional front, I can't think of anything else. In terms of living here, the irritating things are the same as they have been for me anywhere else -- if I were to choose two, I would say one is how 'development' is changing the landscape of Goa, and I don't just mean at a large level. One of its most obvious manifestations, and one which assaults all the senses all the time, is the ubiquitous garbage problem. In the past, the nature of the waste was such that chucking it into the woods, rivers or roadsides didn't affect things much, but with development have come the scourges of the modern world -- plastics and packaging. As disposal habits haven't changed, the garbage now has a much more enduring

Contacts:

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anniesen01@yahoo.com Frederick Noronha fn@goa-india.org

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By Nirmala Verma

History in Stone
While, Goa has already hailed the six-month long tourist season, it's time for visitors to the coastal state to explore tourist destinations from core to crust. Branded for its famous beaches, breathtaking backdrop, culture, traditions and so forth, the Portuguese connection like its architectures are enticing factors. The western coastal state has lots to offer to its visitors including history seekers. Coming to the huge and small fortifications erected at a number of strategic locations in Goa, other than just its history seizing attention, trekking to these forts is also quite revealing. One of the highly praised forts of Goa is the 1612 built Aguada fort, some 18kms from the capital city of Panaji. The fort gives a natural feel of Old Portuguese regime in Goa. It is said to be one of the best preserved Portuguese bastions in the state as it crowns the rocky flattened top peninsula. As history reveals, the fort was engineered in such a way as to guard the northern shores of the Mandovi estuary from attacks by the Dutch and Maratha invaders. The statue of a freedom fighter standing at the entrance was erected in memory of freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives to achieve freedom from foreign rulers. Another statue of a lady is also erected in standing position exemplifying liberty from the oppression of slavery. The fort now houses Central jail where several hundred prisoners are currently lodged. Going further towards the bare and rocky headland is the Aguada point situated 260 feet above the sea level. The four storey light house here is also a major attraction. The concept of the structure was that along the borders of the fort was a deep opening (moat area) that prevented any outsider or invaders from easily getting insideThe fort is an insulated and fortified rock, a historian describes of the place.

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With travel season in full swing, Play lists some of the best travel guides to pocket when you set out on your journey.

Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet guidebooks are my personal favorite, and judging by their popularity, are the favorite of a lot of other people too. Lonely Planet manages to pack an extraordinary amount of information into their books. The strength of Lonely Planet guidebooks is definitely in their practical details. These guidebook have all the answers about how to get around, where to stay, where to eat, and what to see. Lonely Planet India is a thick and weighty book -- it's got well over 1,000 pages. However, what's really handy about Lonely Planet is that you don't need to buy the complete book. If you're only planning on visiting a region within India, you can just buy the relevant section. Whether it's south India, north India, or north east India, region specific guidebooks are available.

Percival Noronha, a renowned historian said that several fountains and wells within the precincts supplied water to every passing ship in the olden times. As such, the fort was named as Aguada or watering placethe fresh water springs were a first source of drinking water for the sailors, he said. In 1624 during the presidency of Dom Francisco da Gama, grandson of Vasco da Gama, one of the fountains was cut out of a rock, an inscription mentions. Trekking up to the fort and exploring its vastness takes you to the past and also offers a breath taking view of the coast. Noronha said that the fort once contained 79 guns and was defended by a guard with four officers. Extensive ruins of the fort can be reached via road while also enjoying the flora alongside the road. Goa's only helipad is located on the right turn before reaching the fort route. As the castle holds historical significance, the upper portion of the fort facing Candolim and the lower fortress is protected and thoroughly looked after by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The officials including the Additional Director General (ASI) Praveen Shrivastava have recently carried out a survey to take up restoration work. We have furnished a proposal to the Central government seeking its approval to carry out restoration work of the fort. The vegetation needs to be shaved and certain stones which are destabilized need to be put back, said the ASI Goa branch superintendent Shivram. Even as the restoration is a continuous process due to changing weather and particularly dents caused by rains and crumbling walls at the foothill are matters of concern. The superintendent certified that the stones are damaged because of constant contact with the sea water. He said, These stones will be restored back. We have proposed Rs 1.60 crores of the 800 meters surveyed area for refurbishment. The moat area is filled with garbage; water and vegetation also need to be cleaned. The agency had last year carried out restoration activity of the basin area. The officials said they are leaving no stones unturned to maintain the architecture of the castle and at the same time its physical conditional. Each ruin of the fort not only narrates memories of the yore and the expanse offers picturesque scenes but it is also a favourable spot for movies and ad shoots. Although the entire fort is not permissible for shoots as ASI fears it may damage the structure, remaining portions are exposed not just to Bollywood cinema (like Dil Chahata Hai, Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd, etc) but also Tollywood and Hollywood. We do not allow any film or ad shootings after dusk as it is a protected monument and we can't afford to take any risk about its structural or security dealings, said the ASI officer. After facing apparent bitter experiences in the past, ASI has shut entry to the cistern area, which is 115 feet across and divided into five compartments. We are worried as tourists and other visitors booze and jump around the area and it may result fatalities. Therefore, we have closed it but it can be opened for those genuinely interested with the permission of ASI, Shivram said.

Frommers
Frommer's India is another guidebook that's worthy of a look. While it's only got around 600 pages and doesn't provide as much detailed information as Lonely Planet or The Rough Guide, it is still useful.Frommers targets itself more at the mid to high budget traveler. Therefore, those planning on backpacking around India would be better off with a Lonely Planet guidebook. A particularly useful feature of the Frommers guidebook is that it contains discussions and suggestions, with rankings, of what to do. This is really helpful in planning your time in India. On the downside, a common complaint about Frommers is its lack of quality maps, which can be a significant hindrance to travel.

The Rough Guide

The Rough Guide to India is another very comprehensive guidebook that's filled with around 1,500 pages of interesting information. The appeal of The Rough Guide is that it contains a comparatively large amount information. If you're looking for in depth knowledge about India's history and attractions, The Rough Guide is for you. The Rough Guide also has region specific guidebooks available, as well as a pocket-sized book on the 25 Ultimate Experiences to India. of cultural

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well as cognition. Out of the four movies shortlisted for the country focus section at IFFI, 'Pirosmani' deals with the life of Georgian painter Niko Pirosmanashvili. Manoj Srivastava, CEO, Entertainment

44 Travel Rules
Little
No One Tells You
1. Wash your hands before you sleep, unless you
don't mind it if cute rats lick your fingers clean.

Society of Goa (ESG) said, Georgian cinema has a beauty of its own. Deeply rooted in history and literary arts, the art form has evolved over the 100 years since the country first started making movies. The films selected this year are an excellent collection Goa, one of India's most relaxing yet exciting destinations is a blend of East meets West where languages and nationalities conjoin with flare in a melting pot of international bonhomie. A truly exhilarating out of this world experience, Goa is

12.Ownersh
ip of stuff varies where you go. So when the Indian guy on the overnight bus from Udaipur to Delhi borrows your iPod without really asking, don't get mad, because when you're shivering later on he'll instinctively lend you half his blanket.

arguably the best destination to host a film festival of the stature of IFFI. With the laurels of hosting the last six festivals successfully, Goa has now been designated as the permanent destination that will host the IFFI year after year.

2. When kindness comes from strangers, accept it.

If you don't know if they expect a tip, you can offer one -- but don't insist when/if they refuse.

3. Animals will probably attack you if you try to give a Snickers to them. 4. It's wise to remember your passport. And don't pack it in a checked-in suitcase. 5. Try to accept all invitations -- you really should
have time for that cup of tea the silver-haired couple offer you from the balcony in their summer home in Aldona.

13. People without much education abroad often

seem to be better educated than a lot of people back home.

14. Always shop for locally made stationary, and

buy it when you see it -- it's rarer to find these days.

6. Car passengers see less than bikers, bikers see

less than walkers, walkers see less than stoppers -ie those who stop and watch.

15. Pack quick-drying, if ugly, clothes but at least

one nice shirt so you can attend a Konkani mass service.

7. It's OK to have a Coke without ice. 8. It's OK to have beer with ice. 9. It's OK to use your hands to eat. 10. You don't HAVE to eat brain, or bladder or anything you don't want to.
Don't use middle finger to beckon locals, or indicate they're tops.

16. It's OK to just want a damn hamburger. 17. It's OK to get frustrated or mad sometimes, just try to keep it to yourself as much as you can. 18. No, you don't have to take a group tour, or
have advance reservations. But it doesn't automatically make you a bad traveler if you do.

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19. Too much hassle where you are? Look around. If you are in the majority -- as foreign traveler -- walk two blocks to another part of town, and get out of that tourist ghetto you're probably in. 20. It's OK to have an opinion of a place, but don't think you 'know' a place after spending two/15/306 days there.
Try a couple days without the camera or email.

35. Seek out the passionate. Those who love what they do -- making belts, writing poems, pumping gas -- can make you appreciate things you didn't think you were interested in. 36. Take public transit -- bus, ox cart -- at least
once, even if you don't need to get where it's going.

Georgian Cinema
at IFFI
Four films from Georgia to be screened in the Country Focus section Four films by talented directors from Georgia will be showcased at the International Film Festival of India's (IFFI) 2010 in the Country Focus section. The Ambassador of Georgia to India Zurab Katchkatchishvili and Nana Janelidze, co script writer of the inaugural film Monanieba (Repentance) is expected to be present for the screening on 23rd November. The film won the

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22. Museums can be great, but are overrated as day-filler attractions. 23. Seeing movies and sports in foreign countries are underrated day-filler attractions. 24. It's OK to be uncomfortable, just be honest if
something isn't right for you.

37. Try to take pictures of things that might change: street signs, people's shoes, homemade sandwich ads, key-maker tools, overly bright fashion, heavy metal haircuts. Old churches and statues rarely change much, some of that other stuff maybe gone tomorrow. 38. Tip appropriate to local custom. 39. Returns trips to a place are OK, but try not to limit yourself to your next three trips to Baga. 40. Squat toilets are better than sit-down toilets. But it really is still best keeping toilets and showers segregated. 41. Always give one day of a trip to an 'up for grabs' experience -- a rented car to get from A to B, with random stops at unplanned places. You will likely remember it longer. 42. The tacos might be better back home but please don't say it for all to hear.
Traveling alone is something everyone should do at least once.

special jury prize at the Cannes film festival in the 1980s Other films including Temur Babluani's 'Udzinarta mze' (The Sun of the Sleepless), Sergei Parajanov's 'Ambavi Suramis tsikhitsa' (The Legend of Suram Fortress) and Georgy Shengelaya's 'Pirosmani' will be screened during the Festival. Qualified as one of the world's bestkept secrets of international cinema, Georgian cinema is considered sharp in style, imagery, poetry yet savage, innovative, visceral, energetic and at the same time rooted in literature, the arts as

25. Pee before you go out ANYWHERE! 26. You can get as much out of a trip to Velim as
Morjim. If you try.

27. Always go to visitors centers. 28. Socks-with-sandals is underrated. 29. Buy a hat. Always buy a locally made hat. 30. Don't put all your expenses in one place -hotel, hotel restaurant, hotel tours, hotel souvenirs etc -- try to spread out your money for maximum positive effect.

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with any taxi -- that is, if they have a door. Language-learning vacations -- with home stays and eating beans for supper, particularly in secondary towns off the tourist radar -- is one of the best things you can do abroad.

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33. Write a post card. 34. At small, out-of-the-way museums, ask if the curator will show you around. Sometimes they are and are thrilled to show off the dinosaur bones they personally dug up.
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Cirque de Soleil meets Moulin Rouge at the travelling carnival this tourist season. Performance act Lucent Dossier is spending a three month residency at Club Fresh in Candolim. This Los Angeles based acrobat and performance art group are internationally known for their colourful and dramatic performances including a variety of acts, among them, burlesque dancers, contortionists, stilt walkers, fire dancers, musicians and even a bearded lady. Working within the realms of fantasy, folklore and insanity, the troupe have enthralled audiences with a modern day version of the age old circus carnival. "Lucent Dossier is at the very core, a playground for the innovative genius child in all of us. It is a collective based on magic and inspiratio n,"explain s artistic director, D r e a m Rockwell. Having

graced the covers of a number of international art and fashion magazines, LD have even performed at the Grammies and performed for bands like Panic At The Disco and Motley Creu. Ringo Star, Kat Von D and Joe Walsh make up part of their client list. Two Lucent Dossier performers were present at the opening of the club along with other local performers. After you see what they do as a large group, it's a bit different to see only two of them in action, mentions one guest. However, the group is booked to expand to ten performers in December and make the show a bigger one. Club Fresh, with its beach facing view will play the backdrop to the variety of interactive and staged performances that will be put up. They will perform two shows a day, through the week, excluding Monday," co-owner Sunil Chawla says of the schedule. He along with Calangute MLA Agnelo Fernandes are partners in Club Fresh. Lucent Dossier have already sent notice on their website, "Come watch the sun set over the Arabian Sea and the white, pristine sand of Candolim Beach, AND US!"

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Some of the interesting events to look forward to this IFFI
Cinema of the World A bouquet of brand new films from around fifty countries will have their India Premiere in this section. Retrospectives : MIRA NAIR This section will feature a complete retrospective of the works of renowned IndoAmerican Film maker Mira Nair.
JAN JAKUB KOLSKI Eight films made by the Polish writer - film maker - cinematographer will be screened in this package. MICHAEL CACOYONNIS Veteran Cypriot Film maker Michael Cacoyonnis's work will appear in this category. His classic, award winning feature films Elektra, Zorba the Greek etc are included in this package. JIM JARMUSCH IFFI brings in the works of Jim Jarmusch, the pioneer of American Independent Cinema, in this package. SRI LANKA An overview of award winning Sri Lankan films from the year 2000 to 2010.

Special Sections
AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS IMAGES ON SCREEN IFFI focuses on the Indigenous film making practices and trends from Australia, in this package titled 'Australian Indigenous Images on Screen'. Films from the last four decades are included here. TAIWANESE NEW WAVE CINEMA All of Taiwan's savvy film makers will make their presence felt in the package titled 'Taiwanese New Wave Cinema'. They include Ang Lee, Edward Yang, Hou Shiao-Hsien etc. CANNES KALEIDOSCOPE 2010 For those cineastes, who could not make to the coveted Cannes, IFFI presents a comprehensive package of films that made it into Cannes this year. Picks include those from Cannes Awards, Official Competition and Director's Fortnight. GLIMPSES OF CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN CINEMA Iranian Cinema was brimming with creative impulses this year, making us select a handful of films with high aesthetics and heartrending content. CINEMA DIGITAL To feature a dozen of films, made on digital format, reflecting the emerging style of digital imagery. INSPIRATIONS IMAGES FROM TRUE LIFE STORIES Ten feature length documentaries made by Non Resident Indians are featured here.

Homage : ERIC ROHMER A TRIBUTE IFFI pays homage to the iconic French film maker Eric Rohmer who passed away during the first half of the year. Six significant titles from the Eric Rohmer filmography are chosen for this. Country Focus MEXICO As Mexico rises up to a renaissance in film making, IFFI follows with a spot light on the 'Neo Noir Mexican Cinema'. Prominent, internationally acclaimed films from the current decade are featured here.

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Leaving behind the heat of Kuwait, Cyprus and Egypt, Ossama Al Sarraf, aka Sultan decided to travel a pole apart and settle in Canada in order to pursue Mechanical engineering and business. Today no one's looking at his University education as much as Sultan's discography... and his track record holds a distinction. In a quick chat, Sultan talks about his music and the music scene's perception of India's nightlife. The last time you performed in Goa for Sunburn you were a hit. What can we expect this time? I'm expecting to have a great time and really looking forward to seeing all my fans in Goa. You can definitely expect a whole lot of new music and a great vibe. I'm bringing all my energy to Goa! You started DJing in Canada and then went on to play at some of the greatest places in the world in the world of night life that is. looking back at those starting days is there any thing you miss? Free time maybe? I think what I miss the most is being able to spend more time in my studio and with my friends. What kind of music will you be playing at the Goa gig? A mix of house, tech house and progressive. A number of Goan DJs claim you as one of their favorites. Have you had to chance to listen to much of the local Djing? Unfortunately I have not but I would love to. And I would truly love to sign Indian talent to my label,

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Harem Records. There is so much talent here and there is a whole world out there waiting to hear their music. Will you be playing at the next Sunburn? Yes! I can't wait! Very often when international acts come down they play older music presumably thinking that Indians haven't heard the latest stuff. From experience do you think it's true? It really depends. Some of the shows have had fans who know the new music where as others not as much. I always play some of my older productions in my sets because they are a big part of who I am and they are the songs that fans love to hear over and over again. India...and especially Goa's contemporary music scene has been criticized for being 'in the box'. From your last performance here..would you agree? Not at all. On the contrary from my last experience and the response I got, I find Goa is actually out of the box and open to a whole varety of music and styles. Having spent time playing in a rock band, does the genre still influence your music? All the time. I always try to incorporate organic elements in my productions and the guitar is still my primary source for writing music. Why call your self Sultan? Its actually a nick name my mother gave me ten years ago when I was first starting to grow my dread locks. I used to wear a massive hemp hat that resembled a turbain and I had a long Go-T so my mom used to tease me and call me Sultan. Over time my friends did the same and it stuck. From that point onwards I was Sultan.

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there were even competitions between boys and girls wherein the boys suffered major defeats. Shaheen Rebelo, the captain of the girls team expresses her views, The game was great; It was the first time we got to play against boys and beat them too. I liked the event and think it should be carried on more often in Goa.Making the whole idea a reality was no easy task. Co organizer Alok tells, We had a tough time. We had no clue how the whole event would turn out, till it actually happened. Finding a venue for the competition was a bit difficult as well, but we found a court in Porvorim we could use. Moreover, we spent a lot from our pockets. If we had sponsors we probably could have had better prizes, but all in all it was a tremendous success.Old time player Shane Dias is happy to find a new playground, not to mention new playmates. Its nice that now there is a place for all the players to come and play. I love the game and reached the finals too, so I would definitely recommend all basketball players come and play streetball with us. The organizers plan to take the game to other states as well, organizing small competitions and the like. They also plan on promoting the sport at village levels. The on set of the monsoons will suspend play for the coming months but organizers are going to pick up the pace as soon as the last shower has passed. It looks liked it will soon be time for the Jordans of Goa to tie their laces and try on this new court.

Streetball has been around for many years but now players in Goa have officially set up a base for all who love the game. The rules of streetball are similar to those of basketball. It places a higher emphasis on one-on-one match-ups between offense and defender. Often the attacker will indulge in numerous flashy moves before attempting a drive to the basket. The players call their own falls, while the referee simply regulates.The first official competition in Goa saw a number of players not only from the state but from outside as well. They all put up a commendable show of game play in their attempts to 'kiss the ring'. Zelmes also known as Zu, one of the organizers and an ardent player himself explains, The only competitions that take place are at Club or University level, this leaves out a lot of players and enthusiasts. Now with streetball in Goa, anyone can come and join in. In the US streetball tournaments were organized at night to keep youth away from deviant behavior and drugs. We may not have such extreme problems in Goa yet but the game does promote healthy behavior. The game promotes and inculcates a number of values such as teamwork and confidence, says Zelmes. I would request anyone who wants to play to come down and join the game. Streetball demands a minimum of three players which means a team can be formed with relative ease. There is no bar on age or sex. In fact

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instruments live in a studio. Thanks to technology a musician can produce music digitally on his/ her computer, without requiring the live recording of instruments, except vocals, which need to be recorded live. If a musician so desires, he/she may prefer to record an instrument live, even while digitally programming other instruments. Technology has elevated the quality of music as well as quickened the speed of working on music. Music scene in Goa: Unfortunately Goa lacks a professional set up as far as music production

independent music projects, such as Raghu Dixit Project, Mrigya, Bandish, Kailasa,Rabbi Shergill to mention a few. We need more record labels that will support independent music. The work done by Hungama Music is exemplary. What's missing in India: In India we need more supportive record labels who can release independent music. Also we need better marketing techniques for upcoming artistes to showcase the immense talent this country holds. Your influences: I would say that I have an ear for all genres of music. I keep listening to new music, genre no bar. While growing up, I was deeply influenced by classic rock, jazz and classical. The road ahead: I'm working on a Konkani album of my own. It's been delayed because of the other work coming in. It's different as its upbeat, and has a youth appeal. I'm working on a future project that will take Konkani music to another level. My mission is to have a touring band that plays only original Konkani. Are you satisfied with where you have come to? It's a dream come true. I've always dreamt of playing big and now I'm happy where I've reached.

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shoulders and called everyone else 'nanga panga'. This incensed the other tribes who were pure vegetarians. They moved to Anjuna and Vagator and finally to Mandrem and Ashvem where some of their descendants still laze around in the buff and don't eat meat. The Bhau tribe thus came to control the lucrative coastal belt. They all started draping fox pelts on their shoulders and building shacks on the beachside, and rent-back condominiums. They would willingly have given their own houses on rent to drug dealers but there were no drug dealers back then. The only drug available was datura, and that grew everywhere freely. One day a young tribe member killed a lion in the nearby jungle, of what is now Arpora, and returned with the hide chanting, Ailo re ailo, shenv ailo (which roughly and prophetically translates as 'MGP has won the elections') . The other tribe members all wanted a piece of the hide and in the ensuing melee the hide was torn to pieces. The young man went into hiding after the hiding he got. One enterprising young man named Bablo (Goans at the time were not very imaginative with names and grotesque combi-names like Esperdonia Augina or Ceatrice Betcil were centuries away) wrapped a piece of lion-hide round his waist and let the pelt hang down and hide his manhood. This was not only unconventional but controversial. In those days one's manhood had to be proudly displayed, to attract females for purposes of procreation. This

It has been nearly a decade, I think, since Wendell Rodricks announced that he would be producing the definitive book on Goan Fashion. This ambitious project plans to trace the story of style and costume in Goa, from ancient times to the present. Like many others I have been awaiting this book but since Wendell is giving no indication of when the book will be ready, I have decided to go ahead and write my own book on Goan Fashion. After minute research, many minutes actually, here is the rough draft of Chapter One. The timelines are a bit flawed but I'm working on it. In pre-historic times Goan males roamed around bereft of any undergarments, or overgarments for that matter. It was just much too hot and humid, & this was way before global warming. Human inhabitation was centered around the coastal belt from Candolim to Calangute and the diet was mostly fish-curry and rice. The caju plant had not yet been brought from Brazil by the Portuguese, hence there was no Caju Feni. Contrast that with the present where on the same coastal stretch cuisines from all over the world, and international beverages, are available - but yet nobody stocks a decent Caju Feni. One day in 3024 BC some adventurous males from the Bhau tribe in Candolim went into the hinterland, what is now called Saligao, and captured and killed a fox. The skin was claimed by the leader of the tribe. This pompous guy, named Bhimblo, used to go around the villages with the fox skin draped around his

goes. The musicians from here demand a lot of respect from the music fraternity outside. Yet it's sad that the crab mentality is getting in the way of progress. Musicians today are not passionate about original music as well. It's difficult to find something different. Influence of Bollywood: Unlike other countries the Indian music industry is synonymous with Bollywood and that dominates the independent music industry. Music labels are hesitant to release the work of independent music artistes and thus most artistes struggle to strike it in Bollywood as it is their only chance to recognition. Artists such as KK, Shankar Mahadevan, Sonu Nigam, Neeraj Sreedhar, despite working on independent music albums in the past because of the immense popularity and monetary gains they have received by working in Bollywood. At the same time, there are many bands and individual artistes who for their passion continue to w o r k o n t h e i r have stopped doing so

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Keyboardist for Bombay Vikings Andrew Ferrao chats about playing big and his plans for Konkani music With a background in food production, the one month stint on board a cruise line didn't seem an attractive offer for this passionate musician. His decision to turn back the tide back then, has seen keyboardist, singer, composer and arranger Goa born-Delhi based Andrew Ferrao, riding the tough waves of India's music industry to success. Today a keyboardist with Bombay Vikings, Ferrao chats with Play at length about his recent collaboration and his plans to get the country listening to Konkani music. Your collaborations: In my career of 15 years I have worked with artistes from across the country and world, on and off stage. Early in my recording

new garment would make a prospective female mate unable to distinguish between a weeny or a well-endowed male. Naturally, it was an instant hit accessory. As you must have guessed, the Bhaus were not very well-endowed. The first ever undergarment was thus invented in Goa.Bablo instantly registered his invention with the local Panchayat, as a 'lioncloth' and wanted Royalty Tax from everyone who wore such an undergarment. We all know how the Calangute and Candolim Panchyats respond to an opportunity to make money. The other Bhaus though just ignored Bablo and the Panchayat and just wore lion pelts anyway and called them 'loincloths' to avoid taxes. The first instance of product patent piracy thus was also in Goa. These loincloths continued to be standard underwear (later called innerwear) for Goan males for many centuries. In 1371 AD, or thereabouts, Goa came under the Vijaynagar Empire. These Vijaynagar folks were extremely fastidious about religion and worshipped the banyan tree. They wore a light cotton sleeveless innershirt while performing their pujas (in modern times this has evolved into a single string worn diagonally across the chest). This inner garment was quickly adopted by the ill clad Goan tribes and for lack of a better name they called it a 'banian' too, after the tree. We fast forward now to 1510 AD when the Portuguese landed in Goa. They were fascinated by this local 'banian' and a d o p t e d i t themselves as an inner garment. Back in Europe, specially in fashion crazed France, it became an instant hit with variations for the colder climes there. So a standard banian got named Singlette, a banian with short

sleeves was a Doublette, a banian with long sleeves a Tiblette, and a whole-body covering banian was an Omlette. There was a fashion designer named Panv who invented a layered garment called Double Omlette Panv but it never became popular. The next major change came in 1666 AD. The Great Fire of London destroyed all the pubs there and so the Scottish distilleries did not have anywhere to sell their whiskey and had to shut down. Many of these jobless distillers found their way to India and to Goa. They helped the locals perfect their distillation procedures and that's why we get such good Fenis today. They also brought with them their fascination for checkered designs like the ones on their kilts. Using local handlooms they started producing large handkerchiefs with a checkered red design which they called a 'Scotch Tee'. A descendant of Bablo, named Bhai, in the manner of his innovative ancestor, one day wrapped a checkered Scotch Tee around his waist and strutted around proudly as an insult to the Scots who he disliked. Bloody Charter Trash!, he used to exclaim. Bhai was quite the trendsetter and soon others started using the Scotch Tee as an undergarment. They started calling it 'kash tee', again to avoid copyright implications. Thus was born the quintessential Goan male undergarment - the kashti. (ENDS)

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career I produced music for a popular Tibetan artiste Dhepon. The album, also called Dhepon, released in 2004, is a collection of love songs with elements of rock, reggae and pop ballads. I have also had the pleasure of working with the immensely gifted sarangi-player Ustad Murad Ali Khan. For his album, soon to be released by Times Music, I have composed two tracks, which showcase the confluence of Indian and Western musical forms. I produced music for Goan artiste Camilo Fernandes and Varun Carvalho's debut Konkani album. Varun's debut album was a mlange of different musical genres-rock, reggae, pop and Indian classical. Change in music production: In the good old days, music was recorded by playing the

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