Totally unfiltered, relentlessly productive, and obsessed-about by millions, it was a soul that was born to sing. Goa’s beloved nightingale, India’s Shirley Bassey, Lorna Cordeiro is living life a mile-a-minute More +

Totally unfiltered, relentlessly productive, and obsessed-about by millions, it was a soul that was born to sing. Goa’s beloved nightingale, India’s Shirley Bassey, Lorna Cordeiro is living life a mile-a-minute More +

Mumbai-based supermodel and actor from Goa Waluscha de Sousa graced the pages of VIVA GOA in August 2010. She recently landed a role opposite Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan in his next film ‘Fan’, which is scheduled to release in August this year. We reconnected with her to find out more about her jump from modeling to acting More +

Some people know DR BELINDA VIEGAS MUELLER as a psychiatrist, others as an author of books such as The Golden Gate And Other Stories, The Cry Of The Kingfisher and Goa Maaza. Still others will probably know her as Goa’s first woman super randonneur (long-distance sport cycling), cycling 600 kms in less than 40 hours. She is the third Indian, and first woman, to cycle 1,200 kms in less than 90 hours. VIVA GOA finds out how she balances her many passions More +

Despite a lack of support from the government, Director of the Centre for Environment and Natural Resource Management DR SANGEETA SONAK continues to work towards preserving Goa’s ecology in a way that supports both development and environment More +

DR DARSHANA LAXMAN NAIK, Medical Officer, Hospicio Hospital, Margao has accomplished many firsts. She was the first Goan to be awarded prestigious Indian Medical Association’s (IMA) Dr Ramchandra N Moorthy National Award for outstanding achievement in psychiatry and the only Goan to be awarded the ASIAN FEDERATION OF EARLY CAREER PSYCHIATRIST FELLOWSHIP by the Indian Global Psychiatric Initiative More +

At leading American magazine ‘Newsweek’, PATRICIA J Pereira SETHI, 65, interacted with the who’s who of the international stage. As the United Nations Bureau Chief, she regularly interviewed leading political figures and travelled around the world, but when it was time to retire, she found that there was no place as welcoming as the land of her ancestors, Goa. She shares with VIVA GOA her experiences from her time at Newsweek, some fond memories of her childhood vacations in Goa, and what brought her back here after seeing the world More +

REMEDIANA DIAS has taken it upon herself to increase awareness about the specific learning disability that can hinder even a bright student’s ability to progress. Her recent book, ‘UNDERSTANDING DYSLEXIA’ is a veritable guide on the subject for teachers and parents More +

Goa State Chief Information Commissioner LEENA MEHENDALE believes the power of the Right To Information (RTI) is a force for positive change and improvements in India. She shares interesting anecdotes about her time in the IAS, why she believes so strongly in the RTI and what she loves about Goa More +