Road safety is often determined by crash data analysis, but in regions with limited statistics, understanding local road-user behavior is crucial. Advocate Moses Pinto highlights Goa’s rapidly evolving traffic landscape, where an influx of new vehicles meets inadequate infrastructure and reckless driving. From road etiquette…
Goa’s breathtaking landscapes hide an unsettling truth—it generates the highest plastic waste per capita in India. Praveen Crasta and Sanjiv are tackling this crisis head-on. Praveen is transforming ocean-bound plastic into high-performance building materials and Sanjiv is pioneering grassroots initiatives like Maka Naka Plastic. In…
For centuries, before modern medicine is widely accessible, communities in Goa rely on women healers—knowledgeable, intuitive, and deeply connected to nature. These women play a crucial role in maintaining the health and well-being of their villages through their understanding of herbs, traditional healing techniques, and…
Women carry worlds within them; they take on roles that range from having a job to changing the world to keeping a home, often all at the same time. They carry burdens, let go of others, and reshape themselves along the way. These weights tell…
Folk Frequency’s India and the Future series, launched in 2019, presents its latest industry report, offering over a decade of immersive cultural insight, consumer research, and strategic foresight. Instead of relying solely on economic forecasts or demographic data, India 2030 maps the real drivers of…
Stories carried by people, objects, and vessels crossing the oceans over thousands of years reveal how mixing and exchange—whether accidental, forced, or voluntary—shape shared histories across the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. These interactions involve people, animals, natural environments, spiritual practices, and ideas of friendship and…
A vibrant and immersive workshop took place at the Museum of Goa, designed for connection and creative exploration for adults! Set in a glow-in-the-dark space, the session invited participants to reimagine bodies as canvases using glow-in-the-dark paint. Through intuitive painting, movement, and shared connection, everyone…
As part of the exhibition "What Women Carry", the Museum of Goa hosted an engaging art workshop for adults, facilitated by one of the exhibiting artists, Chaitali Morajkar. Participants reimagined reality and created Picasso-style portraits using tempera on terracotta. This adult workshop encouraged exploration of…
Goa’s mining crisis is a stark reminder of systemic failure. The Shah Commission in 2012 exposed the collusion of politicians, bureaucrats and lessees in illegal mining, describing it as a “complete collapse of the system.” The Supreme Court in 2018 condemned the “rapacious exploitation” of…
