A new podcast array by a Mumbai-based Goan author is a lovely take on people, places and practice in a fever state over boozy breaks by a beach
A packet in Goa
A montage of teeming liquor, beach dances and an MTV-fed end for leisure has phony a imagination of many non-Goan teenagers and immature adults who dream of a graduation celebration in a fever state. And nonetheless author and artistic executive Clyde D’Souza grew adult in a discord of Andheri, his thought of a coastal state was distant private from this boozy tour checklist. Picture this: roasting cashew nuts in his ancestral residence in Colvale, unctuous off to a stream while a adults snoozed, and picking karondas out of troublesome bushes. It’s this quiet, pacific and quintessentially Goan life that D’Souza welcomes us to balance into with his new podcast, Susegad Stories From Goa.
The podcast delves into several aspects of Goa, including a normal houses and their conservation
Amid a pandemic, when burned-out city folk were flocking to Goa, D’Souza penned Susegad: The Goan Art of Contentment. Soon after, a folks during Bound India, a storytelling and content-creation platform, approached him with a thought of a podcast around Goa. “I jumped during a opportunity, since it allows me to excavate deeper into my roots,” recalls D’Souza.
Marius Fernandes’ home in Divar Island, Goa. Pics Courtesy/Clyde D’Souza
The array of 5 episodes taps into life in Goa, over a drink and a beaches. In each 35-minute episode, a cold preface prepares a listener for a tour — from a disharmony of work, deadlines and trade to a fever state, where peaceful waves path during your feet. The horde chats adult a flag-bearers of a state’s lifestyle, culture, traditions, history, tourism, comparison and all in between. Publisher and publisher Frederick Noronha, for instance, takes us by novel on, of and by Goans, while author and birthright consultant Heta Pandit gives us a practical look into a normal houses of a state.
Filmmaker and owner of Get Creative Goa, Vince Costa, delves into a artistic encampment in a state. Varun Hegde of Soul Travelling reveals how to truly knowledge a genuine Goa, and influencer Insia Lacewalla, meanwhile, answers a doubt tighten to a heart — what does it take to pierce to Goa.
Clyde D’Souza
These vehement chats are peppered with D’Souza’s memories. “We’re constantly bombarded with touristy things to do in Goa. But my mind is imprinted with my childhood memories — listening to spook stories in a evenings or carrying well-water baths. This helps me try a elementary pleasures of Goa,” he shares.
Our favourite shred is when a horde asks a guest their favourite Konkani word. And while a revisit to Goa competence not be on a cards for us any time soon, we managed to collect adult a internal tenure that sums adult a feelings for a state: mog assuni (let there be love).
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Goa, a Clyde way
In a morning, conduct to Chorao Island by packet and travel around a bird sanctuary.
Buy Goan snacks like croquettes and potato chops from your internal bakery. My favourite is La Confiserie in Candolim.
Pick adult uninformed fish and vegetables from a encampment tintto (market) and prepare your possess meal. we adore Goan parboiled rice.
Head to a nearest stream to watch villagers fish in a waters; it’s a super-soothing experience.
In a evening, watch a Goan tiatr (play) in Kala Academy, Panjim or Ravindra Bhavan, Margao, featuring Goan stars, high drama, song and comedy! Trust me, we won’t need subtitles.
