Avani Rai is a Mumbai-based filmmaker and photographer whose work explores memory, political silence, and inherited histories through a deeply observational and poetic lens. Her debut documentary, Raghu Rai: An Unframed Portrait, co-produced by ARTE France and supported by the IDFA Bertha Europe Fund, premiered…
Extreme heat is pictured as an outdoor problem – a construction site, a crowded street. But turn a thermal camera on a home, and the story changes. In Making the 'Invisible' Visible, an audio-visual feature that uses thermal imaging to reveal how tin roofs, concrete…
This September, MOG Sundays brings together conversations on climate, sustainability, ecology, rivers, craft, and cinema, exploring the ways these themes intersect with everyday life, livelihoods, culture, and the landscapes we inhabit. 06 September 2026 | 11:30 AM Topic: Invisible Work, Visible Heat A screening…
We have the technology to build a cleaner future. But can everyone afford to be part of it? For millions, the barriers to clean energy and electric mobility are the everyday realities of cost, credit, and access. This conversation looks at what happens when sustainability…
We begin with Siddhesh Kadam, multidisciplinary design consultant, presenting his research on the Mange Thapni installation and the significance of the correlations between indigenous traditions and ecology in Goa. This is followed by Advocate Aurobindo Gomes Pereira, Advocate and Member of the Goan Philosophical Society,…
As Ursula Le Guin wrote, ‘Prior to the preeminence of sticks, swords and the Hero’s killing tools, our ancestors’ greatest invention was the container: the basket of wild oats, the medicine bundle, the net made of your own hair, the home, the shrine, the place…
What does it mean to work on poverty and development from the ground up? In the late 1970s, Frances and Sanjay Sinha were young graduates looking for ways to engage with the social and economic challenges facing India. Influenced by Gandhian principles and the belief…
How do we decide what to trust when information is constantly moving around us? Trust Me, It’s a Forward! is a tabletop role-playing game about digital mis/disinformation, developed in 2023–24. Instead of simply asking players to identify what is true or false, the game puts…
Where freshwater meets the sea, mangroves create ecosystems that support a wide range of life. They protect coastlines, provide habitats for fish and other species, and are closely connected to the lives and livelihoods of communities along Goa’s rivers and coast. Yet their importance is…
