Virtual technology and internet has been successful in bringing the world closer through information that can be found at the tips of one’s hands. It has also brought out a new set of entrepreneurs who have conducted successful business using this means of technology. Goa Handicrafts Rural and Small Scale Industries Development Corporation (“GHRSSIDC”) recently launched [...]
Goa Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat informed that the State Government, under the auspicious of the Art and Culture Department, would soon be implementing a cultural policy in Goa that would not only benefit locals but also budding artistes. Chief Minster, Mr Kamat was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of ‘Shadj Gandhar Music Academy’, started under [...]
John D’ Silva, the well-known writer, director, actor and one of the top most comedian of Konkani stage has entered Limca Book of Records of 2010 for writing, directing and producing 25 Konkani Tiatrs with their titles having a double Alphabet in it.
The tiatrs that brought him the laurels are Vell, Dennem, Kolle, Ekvott, Vatt, [...]
History of Goa:
The interiors of this tiny state of Goa have immense cultural and heritage treasure troves. These sites interest archaeologists, anthropologists and historians alike. The talukas of Salcette, Tiswadi and Bardez are called as the ‘Old Conquests’ of the Portuguese colonial rule. The Sahyadhri Khand refers Goa as ‘Gomantak’.
This verdant ‘Parshuram Bhumi’ (Parshuram’s land), even [...]
November 5, 2009 – 5:09 am
So I was talking to one of my Goan friends and he happened to mention ‘ Lambada’ for some odd reason. Lambada struck me like a lightning and reminded me of those nostalgic late 80s and early 90s days in Goa. Lambada as most Goans, who lived in those times , fondly associate the term [...]
October 9, 2009 – 7:51 pm
Academy award winner Ang Lee’s movie ‘Taking Woodstock’, which is a tribute to international music festival, had its India premier in Goa.
The music lovers and celebrities made their presence felt at INOX multiplex here yesterday to witness a premier of the movie which tracks down the roots of world’s one of the biggest music extravaganza [...]
September 30, 2009 – 10:25 pm
Shilpgram, a project of the Goa Handicrafts Rural and Small Scale Industries Development Corporation Limited (GHRSSIDC) spread over 8,000 sq m to showcase Goan arts and crafts, is expected to be complete by mid 2010 at a cost of approximately Rs 4 crore. The project will be taken up on a public-private partnership basis, chairman [...]
September 30, 2009 – 10:10 pm
Internationally renowned Goan fashion designer Wendell Rodricks will showcase his creations using ‘Ahimsa silk’-silk made of yarn derived from cocoons without killing the silkworms-on the occasion of World Ahimsa Day on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2.
Creations of several other local designers and artists using the same fabric will also be on [...]
September 11, 2009 – 1:48 pm
Even as the Regional Conservation Laboratory (RCL), Mysore is set to take fifteen paintings from the Goa State Museum for restoration to Mysore due to lack of necessary facilities in Goa, M V Nair, director of the National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property, Lucknow said on Thursday that Goa needs to utilize the [...]
September 10, 2009 – 8:43 pm
The Thessaloniki international trade fair, one of the largest trade fairs in Europe, was inaugurated on 5th September at Thessaloniki Greece, wherein Goan handicrafts have been displayed as a part of Indian Pavilion. The exhibition will continue till 13th September.
The stall showcasing unique Goan handicrafts is attracting the herd of Greek art lovers, who are [...]
