Ayena (Mirror) is an intimate documentary that follows the lives of acid attack survivors Ritu Saini and Faraha Khan as they rebuild their identities in the aftermath of unimaginable violence. Rather than centring the attack itself, the film explores friendship, healing, resilience, and the quiet…
MOG Sundays | July 2026 This July, MOG Sundays brings together cinema, conversations, ecology, and food through a month of engaging public programmes. Join filmmakers, artists, environmentalists, researchers, and community leaders as they explore stories of justice, resilience, biodiversity, and Goan life. CALENDAR 05…
What counts as work, and who gets recognised as a worker? Working Girls, directed by Paromita Vohra, travels across India to uncover the vast spectrum of labour performed by women that sustains families, communities, and economies but often remains invisible. Through stories of domestic workers,…
Goa's biodiversity extends far beyond its beaches, thriving within forests, rivers, wetlands, fields, and the many ecosystems that sustain everyday life. In this special MOG Sunday, environmentalist Claude Alvares and Dr Pradip Sarmokadam, Member Secretary of the Goa State Biodiversity Board, will explore the importance…
Ancessao, written and directed by Manguirish Jagdish Bandodkar, is a moving portrait of an elderly Goan woman living in isolation. As loneliness and regret quietly shape her days, she finds comfort in gossip and in becoming entangled in the lives of those around her. Through…
This program features translator Augusto Pinto and academic R. Benedito Ferrao, who will discuss Hema Naik's novel Bhogadand which was translated as Leslie's Broken Guitar Strings by Pinto. Their exchange will delve into related language and socio-cultural issues such as migration and gender equity that…
‘The Takeover of Our Tablelands’ is inspired by the third chapter of the book Fish Curry and Rice. The program brings together diverse perspectives on the ecologically significant plateaus of the Western Ghats, locally known as the Pathar or Sada lands. Prof. Janarthanam, a leading…
At the edge of the city stands a bridge that people rarely visit by accident. It is a place marked by silence, where those carrying unbearable grief often arrive believing there is nowhere else left to go. One winter morning, two strangers find themselves there,…
This presentation traces Goa’s history, culture and traditions through the lens of textiles, its indigenous weaves, ancestral handloom practices, traditional attire and contemporary design interventions. Drawing from Poonam Pandit’s long engagement with Goa’s weaving communities, it brings together stories of artisans, weaving processes, collaborative projects…
